WHY I AM NOT A BLACKBERRY GUY
November 26th 2009 00:22
Here’s a confession. Just like the next guy, I am tempted by the alluring looks and seductive features of fine pieces of “art” called… well… high end mobile phones, a.k.a. smart phones. I mean, take one look at them and immediately, you are hit with this shameless desire of exploring the unbounded promises of technological wonders!
Unfortunately, many of those promises are just that – promises. Empty. Non-existent, and sometimes, if ever they exist, they only exist in our minds, us, the consumers. Those are expectations that we, probably, provided ourselves. Thanks, but no thanks, to our own fertile imaginations.
Oh, naturally, it’s not our fault entirely. The guys who produced those phones would like to sell them and make their hefty profits, so they hired people who are just as creative and imaginative (if not more so) as we are to package their products in such a way that the products would appeal, strongly, to their target clientele which included us.
Nope, the creative people would not lie. They will not make false claims. But they will make those impressions that their products can fulfill our subliminal needs, whatever those needs are.
And so, you drool and promptly make the payments…
You go home and, since you are comfortable with new technology, you set aside the manual and tried to make your new toy do the job that you want it to do by just tinkering with it. The problem is, it won’t. you try again, and it still wouldn’t do your bidding!
No, the unit is not defective. Another no, the manual can’t help you a bit even if you chew and tasted every single word written in it. Why? Because it cannot do what you want it to do, period!
Sure, the thing that you bought is a pack of techno wonders. It can actually do many things - except that one thing that you really want it to do. Bummer, hu?
And that my dear friends, is why I am not a Blackberry guy. (Never mind that U.S. President Barrack Obama cannot live without it.)
When I was thinking really hard whether to get one of that cell phone or not, I chose to ignore the trimmings and the hypes. I love the looks of the Blackberry model that I set my eyes on. I relish the status symbol that it would create. It is not everybody’s phone. It is several notches higher! And best of all, it has many things in it that our ordinary mobile phones do not have.
Well, so I thought.
But then, I looked closer. I found out the Blackberry that I want is not even 3G. It boasts of its email and browsing capabilities, etc. but it is only on EDGE and GPRS (UMTS or HSDPA are a lot faster )and, I was told, it won’t serve as a lowly modem. I mean, do you really believe a gadget that fits in a man’s back pocket can replace a laptop in browsing the web?
Then, there’s that thing about the camera. At that price, it only goes with 2 megapixels. To be fair, I’ll admit that Blackberry has units that are HSDPA capable, with higher resolution cameras, etc. But those are even pricier than the unit that I already consider expensive.
Besides, I’ll have to use both hands to operate one of them. That is something that I find really hard to do while driving. Maybe I am behind the learning curve here, but somehow I feel that I need to grow two more hands to be able to do that properly. And I have not even learned how to grow additional hands!
Ok, I’ll grant that the ability to read one’s emails, while on the go, is really important. But if you are a man who has to deal with some details, and have to respond to the emails you are reading in a lengthy manner, would you not rather do it with a bigger machine? And if you are to respond to the emails with but a few words, why not just use SMS? Further, if you are going on a business trip will you really leave your laptop behind?
What I’m saying here is this, if you want a cell phone that will enable you to read emails on the go, you can find a lot of less pricey units. The ones that function both as a modem and a browser would be better because that will enable you to connect your laptop to the internet. Let’s you work easier and faster and, maybe, even gentler to your eyes. At least, you have a choice on which one you want to use to browse the web, the phone or the laptop.
Sure, there are people who buy T-shirts that are 10 times more expensive than the ordinary shirts, maybe even more. And what do T-shirts do, eh? But then, there are wealthier people who buy T-shirts that costs 50 percent less than the ordinary shirts…
Why short change yourself?
Unfortunately, many of those promises are just that – promises. Empty. Non-existent, and sometimes, if ever they exist, they only exist in our minds, us, the consumers. Those are expectations that we, probably, provided ourselves. Thanks, but no thanks, to our own fertile imaginations.
Oh, naturally, it’s not our fault entirely. The guys who produced those phones would like to sell them and make their hefty profits, so they hired people who are just as creative and imaginative (if not more so) as we are to package their products in such a way that the products would appeal, strongly, to their target clientele which included us.
Nope, the creative people would not lie. They will not make false claims. But they will make those impressions that their products can fulfill our subliminal needs, whatever those needs are.
And so, you drool and promptly make the payments…
You go home and, since you are comfortable with new technology, you set aside the manual and tried to make your new toy do the job that you want it to do by just tinkering with it. The problem is, it won’t. you try again, and it still wouldn’t do your bidding!
No, the unit is not defective. Another no, the manual can’t help you a bit even if you chew and tasted every single word written in it. Why? Because it cannot do what you want it to do, period!
Sure, the thing that you bought is a pack of techno wonders. It can actually do many things - except that one thing that you really want it to do. Bummer, hu?
When I was thinking really hard whether to get one of that cell phone or not, I chose to ignore the trimmings and the hypes. I love the looks of the Blackberry model that I set my eyes on. I relish the status symbol that it would create. It is not everybody’s phone. It is several notches higher! And best of all, it has many things in it that our ordinary mobile phones do not have.
Well, so I thought.
But then, I looked closer. I found out the Blackberry that I want is not even 3G. It boasts of its email and browsing capabilities, etc. but it is only on EDGE and GPRS (UMTS or HSDPA are a lot faster )and, I was told, it won’t serve as a lowly modem. I mean, do you really believe a gadget that fits in a man’s back pocket can replace a laptop in browsing the web?
Uh, let me check the one with another color please! Pic source: Wikipedia
Then, there’s that thing about the camera. At that price, it only goes with 2 megapixels. To be fair, I’ll admit that Blackberry has units that are HSDPA capable, with higher resolution cameras, etc. But those are even pricier than the unit that I already consider expensive.
Besides, I’ll have to use both hands to operate one of them. That is something that I find really hard to do while driving. Maybe I am behind the learning curve here, but somehow I feel that I need to grow two more hands to be able to do that properly. And I have not even learned how to grow additional hands!
Ok, I’ll grant that the ability to read one’s emails, while on the go, is really important. But if you are a man who has to deal with some details, and have to respond to the emails you are reading in a lengthy manner, would you not rather do it with a bigger machine? And if you are to respond to the emails with but a few words, why not just use SMS? Further, if you are going on a business trip will you really leave your laptop behind?
What I’m saying here is this, if you want a cell phone that will enable you to read emails on the go, you can find a lot of less pricey units. The ones that function both as a modem and a browser would be better because that will enable you to connect your laptop to the internet. Let’s you work easier and faster and, maybe, even gentler to your eyes. At least, you have a choice on which one you want to use to browse the web, the phone or the laptop.
Sure, there are people who buy T-shirts that are 10 times more expensive than the ordinary shirts, maybe even more. And what do T-shirts do, eh? But then, there are wealthier people who buy T-shirts that costs 50 percent less than the ordinary shirts…
Why short change yourself?
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