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Mobile Guide to BlackBerry Review by W Boudville
several Electronic Communication Modalities
Foust shows how your BlackBerry can do significantly more than just read email in a wireless fashion. Many applications are described, but the key ones involve electronic messages. The latter word is used deliberately in the text. For it turns out that email is just one type of electronic communication modality.
The BlackBerry can also send and receive a Short Message Service [SMS] message. These are indeed skimpy; less than 150 characters. But given the awkwardness of typing on a BlackBerry, you would not want to send longer SMS messages, even if you could.
Specific to BlackBerries, they can also send PIN messages to each other. Somewhat more synchronous than email.
Notably, a BlackBerry can do phone calls. Which gives the benefit of not having to carry a regular cellphone. Though Foust points out that there is one drawback. The digits on the BlackBerry are not arranged as in a phone. If you are used to typing phone numbers, this might involve some retraining of your reflexes.
Finally, in terms of remote abilities, you can browse the Web. Though typical webpages will be extremely abbreviated on your little screen. Unless you go to those optimised for wireless devices, and written in WAP.
Pretty impressive.