Our company is loosening up just a bit. We can now choose between the iPhone, a Windows Phone or continue to use BlackBerrys.
My hands on research: on the BlackBerry Z10, I created a Remember entry titled "Keyboard Test" and typed "The quick brown fox jumped..." smoothly. I then created another Remember entry titled "Copy & Paste Test"; went back to the "Keyboard" entry and proceeded to copy & paste a portion of the sentence to the "Copy & Paste" entry. It went pretty well; better than I had expected considering my aging eye sight and all of the posts on CrackBerry.com Re: copy & paste. I then went to the Lumia 928 and did the same in One Note. Again, the typing was smooth; however, for me, the whole exercise was more difficult on the 928. It took several stabs at the screen to be able to hi-light the text. I was able to read the letters on the both keyboards - again a surprise, considering I can't see them on my wife's iPhone 4. I've been using a BlackBerry Bold 9930 for more than a year. For me, I've got to be able to use my smartphone to get work done. My phone is not a game controller or micro-sized TV screen. It might become one later; however, for me, where the rubber meets the road is to be able to get things done and to do that I need to be able to copy & paste.Any advice that might sway me towards the 928...
At this particular Verizon Wireless store (not just an authorized Verizon dealer), while fiddling with the Z10, 3 different Verizon sales reps asked me if they could help & I replied, "No thanks," and they left for another suck, er... uh... customer. I told the 4th rep the same thing but he continued to hang around and told me that I shouldn't bother with the Z10; that I'd just return it in 4 days. I pointed to the Lumia 928 (which I'm also considering) next to it and he said, "I wouldn't consider either one. I had it (the (928) for a while. It's too heavy; has no apps - neither do - and I couldn't get my iTunes on there; but it does take nice pictures." I said, "OK," and went back to swiping on the Z10. Who teaches these sales reps? What works or doesn't work for you could be the polar opposite of the customer's needs. Geez...
My hands on research: on the BlackBerry Z10, I created a Remember entry titled "Keyboard Test" and typed "The quick brown fox jumped..." smoothly. I then created another Remember entry titled "Copy & Paste Test"; went back to the "Keyboard" entry and proceeded to copy & paste a portion of the sentence to the "Copy & Paste" entry. It went pretty well; better than I had expected considering my aging eye sight and all of the posts on CrackBerry.com Re: copy & paste. I then went to the Lumia 928 and did the same in One Note. Again, the typing was smooth; however, for me, the whole exercise was more difficult on the 928. It took several stabs at the screen to be able to hi-light the text. I was able to read the letters on the both keyboards - again a surprise, considering I can't see them on my wife's iPhone 4. I've been using a BlackBerry Bold 9930 for more than a year. For me, I've got to be able to use my smartphone to get work done. My phone is not a game controller or micro-sized TV screen. It might become one later; however, for me, where the rubber meets the road is to be able to get things done and to do that I need to be able to copy & paste.Any advice that might sway me towards the 928...
At this particular Verizon Wireless store (not just an authorized Verizon dealer), while fiddling with the Z10, 3 different Verizon sales reps asked me if they could help & I replied, "No thanks," and they left for another suck, er... uh... customer. I told the 4th rep the same thing but he continued to hang around and told me that I shouldn't bother with the Z10; that I'd just return it in 4 days. I pointed to the Lumia 928 (which I'm also considering) next to it and he said, "I wouldn't consider either one. I had it (the (928) for a while. It's too heavy; has no apps - neither do - and I couldn't get my iTunes on there; but it does take nice pictures." I said, "OK," and went back to swiping on the Z10. Who teaches these sales reps? What works or doesn't work for you could be the polar opposite of the customer's needs. Geez...