Blackberry 7230 smartphone

Reviewer: Stuart Miles
Review Date: 21 October 2003
Manufacturer: RIM
Price as reviewed: £179 + monthly subscription and data allowance charges
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User: Paul Curtis, Cleveland
Date Posted: 4 November 2004
Review: I really don't know how I coped without this fantastic device. It's one of those things that you um and er about buying for ages and then when you do it becomes an important part of your business life. The Blackberry is a key tool that helps me run my business, I never miss important emails and because it's so easy to sync to the PC it carries all my up to date contacts and appointments. Fantastic. I'm not sure if it would be worth it for non-business users though unless you just want to have the latest toy. Also note that one of the key differences to a smart mobile is that as this is always connected to the network it automatically receives the emails as they are pushed to the Blackberry where normal mobiles are pull systems where you have to remember to select check to see if there is any emails. I plumped for the T-Mobile offer as you currently get 100MB included compared to O2 and Vodafone which is only 5 & 6MB and they charge about £1.50 for each MB thereafter, so take that into consideration if you want to keep your monthly costs down.
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