BlackBerry vs Palm
I was very delightedly surprised when I found that I was not the only one doing this research =). I found a few of sites that actually compare the two, amongst MANY that praise the super awesomeness of the BlackBerry. Believe it or not, there was one main feature that I am looking for. After my research, which was done in one day, I have decided to stick with the Plam Centro as my next super-gadget.
The main reason (for me): Categories in the calendar.
In my Palm z22 (which uses the same OS as the Centro), I am able to categorize the items I add in my calendar with different colors and names, there for with a quick glance at my monthly calender view, I can tell what days I have gigs, work projects, or bills due, by a simple colored dot. HUGE time saver, from having to go through each freaking day.
Apparently, you would need to install a 3rd party application to do just that with the BlackBerry, but its a built in feature with the Plam. Awesome.
From my z22 experience, I believe you should also be able to plug the Plam Centro into your PC, and actually manipulate data through the computer, add/remove calendar items, tasks, memos, and all that good stuff, and it would update through a quick ’sync’. I have done this with the z22, so I’m assuming that this awesome feature is still there. BlackBerry doesn’t have this feature (as far as my research has shown).
I don’t think my research is ‘too’ bias, I just wanted to make sure that the specific features that I use on a daily basis are still provided, sorry BlackBerry, your awesome, but not for me =)
Salaam.