Blackberry Or Palm Centro?

Terry — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 05:00:24 +0000

Considering a smart-phone? Two major competitors in this area are the Blackberry and Palm. One question I’ve been asked is “what is the difference between the two?” Aside from technical differences it might help to think of the devices as having different lineages that affect them.The Palm was originally a PDA (personal data assistant). This means it was an attempt to replace your paper address book, calendar, notepad, and to-do list, with an electronic device. It didn’t have a phone or internet access. These were later additions.The Blackberry was originally a strong email and phone device. It had an address book and other PDA software, but its software wasn’t as sophisticated as the Palm in that area.For example, one major difference between the two devices is that the Palm Centro has the Palm OS support for categories in the calendar and contacts. The Blackberry does not support this feature. If you make an appointment on your palm you could assign a color based on whether it is a personal versus a business appointment.The Blackberry, on the other hand, because of it’s longstanding support for email, is incredibly easy to configure for a new email account. The Blackberry OS also does little things that show how it has been refined over the years. If you are typing in an email address, you only need to type “name” space key “server” space key “com” to enter name@server.com because the software knows that a “@” goes after the name and a “.” goes between the server and com.So if comparing a Blackberry versus a Palm Centro, It might help to think about how these devices were originally conceived. Do you do live by email? Or does color coding your calendar excite you?.Update: Please consider visiting my new site at palmpre.digitalblade.com

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Blackberry Or Palm Centro?