About that Palm Pre
DaleIt’s been a week since the Palm Pre was released in the USA. The reviews on the first day were glowing. By tech journalists. Who I generally distrust, as they…
Formatting … Please wait just for a while
It might be better to display, “Please wait for a short while”. I suspect it’s lost in translation. There are sites devoted to humorous English mistakes that appear in advertising…
The Good, the Bad, and the “Git Off My Lawn, Boy”
I’ve carried these four PDA’s around for the last three weeks. If it was my money, there are only two I’d consider. Leaving one I could live with, and one…
Ah, a case of “The Mary’s” has occurred.
In comes the Service Call from Our Man In The Field. “… the <users> address book isn’t downloading to their BlackBerry.” My reply: “The issue was caused by someone incorrectly…
“Do you keep a backup of my SMS messages …”
“... from January?”, asked a customer Simple answer, no we don’t. Long answer: No we don’t. While the BlackBerry Server can be setup to capture SMS messages, we do not,…
Only a few emails…
Had an issue at work recently. The background is that BlackBerry emails are delayed when you have 10,000+ emails in your mail file. It takes time for the BlackBerry Server…
Daylight savings ends for another year …
… and I suspect today is going to be a busy day. Back in the day, when I was working with mainframes, we would have to “stop” the mainframe at…
A day in the life of BlackBerry support …
“Ring a ding-a-ling” Is the BlackBerry server functioning? Yes it is. Two hours later, the Helpdesk calls We’ve got a BlackBerry user on a cruise ship in Antigua, and they…
Everybody wants a BlackBerry now.
Every man + dog wants a BlackBerry urgently. How we managed natural disasters without them, I don’t really know. Late Friday, “Ring Ring”. Customer needs a BlackBerry Storm urgently. So…
Now I remember why I dislike the Palm Treo
My favourite PDA, ever, would be a tie between the HP Ipaq 5450 and the Palm Treo 650. Today, I’ll talk about the Palm Treo. It was small, was a…