Blackberry or Nokia

PhilGQ · 2 May 2009 at 10:29

I am trying to decide on a new smart phone. I like to be able to sync the contacts and emails etc.

I am not to bothered about syncing music and video provided I can drag and drop them to the phone (but it would be nice).

Both Nokia and Blackberry can do this on windows but I was wondering what connectivity usability was like on Linux. Is one better than the other or are both rubbish.

I will give serious consideration to an Android phone as an alternative but I have no interest in Windows Mobile or iPhone.

Can anyone share there experiences good and bad.

quackers · 2 May 2009 at 11:58

I've got a blackberry bold 9000 for my work phone and it's a very nice piece of kit, this is the first so called smart phone I've ever used. Internet/emails are excellent, GPS on google maps etc is really good.

All depends on what you really need

PhilGQ · 2 May 2009 at 16:41

Does it play nice with linux. Can you sync it with Thunderbird or Evolution (I'd take kmail/Kontact if I had to).

quackers · 2 May 2009 at 22:06

Not sure, we have our own blackberry server that sync's with exchange/outlook. I can't see why it wouldn't though

jon86 · 2 May 2009 at 22:25

Haven't got a Blackberry or tried syncing my Nokia with Linux but I found a link that might be useful for the BB... http://www.berryreview.com/2009/01/...for-linux-gets-a-nice-homepage-documentation/

PhilGQ · 3 May 2009 at 15:44

Thanks for the info guys, will check it out

leezer3 · 3 May 2009 at 21:17

As far as I'm aware, all Nokias have the 'Data Transfer' mode, so that they act just like a USB key.
'Music Player' mode IIRC is MTP and again should be well supported, but I haven't tested that.
Haven't tried playing with contacts or the calender though.

-Leezer-

Ucof · 7 May 2009 at 16:24

Nokia are one of the only brands Im "Brand loyal" to. Love their phones, always have done.

Had a play about on my Mums blackberry a while back, wasnt impressed, I just like the layout and display of the Nokias.

The N92 looks quite cool too.

I have no problems in synching or data transferring between my phone and Linux laptop.

PhilGQ · 7 May 2009 at 20:56

Ucof said:
I have no problems in synching or data transferring between my phone and Linux laptop.

What programs and distro do you use to do the sync.

I have been eyeing up the Nokia E63 or possibly a E52 or E55, subject to price.

Would be good if I could sync with Linux.

FirebarUK · 9 May 2009 at 13:16

I'd look into something really easy (opensync stuff can be painful and isn't necessarily very pretty). You may want to consider using Google Mail + Contacts + Calendar - using a desktop PIM-type client to connect to all these services and sync. Then use a phone to sync with the google services.

Rather than having to get opensync over bluetooth working...