Since the BlackBerry has grown up to be more than just a glorified pager I have always been interested in what else people use it for. I am talking beyond phone, email, and basic PIM management. By secondary features I mean the ones that are not the bread and butter of the BlackBerry. I know I use it daily to catch up on the latest news through my RSS reader.
So what do you think is the BlackBerrys most useful secondary feature?
What secondary features do you utilize the most on your BlackBerry?
- Web browsing (29%, 148 Votes)
- RSS Reader (Viigo, Freerange,…) (19%, 96 Votes)
- Instant Messaging (GTalk, Yahoo,…) (18%, 93 Votes)
- GPS mapping (Google Maps, BBMaps,…) (16%, 82 Votes)
- The media player (14%, 74 Votes)
- Facebook/flickr (4%, 21 Votes)
- Document editing/creation (Docs To Go, Dynoplex,…) (0%, 3 Votes)
Total Voters: 517
Loading …
Ron Not Registered
Posted: August 1, 2008 at 8:43 AM EST
What I use my Blackberry for mostly (along with the Treo and Handsprings before) is tasks with alarms. I’d forget to take my head in the morning if it weren’t for those. :-[
Nikolaus Not Registered
Posted: August 1, 2008 at 9:22 AM EST
I think this list is good but it would be better to rank them in order of importance, because while I also choose “Web Browsing” if the BB could only do that, then I’d switch to a phone that can do that plus much more. The Mapping, IM, and Facebook/Twitter are all features I use dozens of times per day.
Ronen you didn’t have Blogging on there. I only created my own blog after I knew I could do it from my Berry. I have too much work to do when sitting at my computer. On my Berry while traveling is the best time to blog for me.
Randy R. Not Registered
Posted: August 1, 2008 at 9:25 AM EST
I dont think a one option poll is fair. I agree with Nik in the same way, but I feel we needed a multiple choice type of poll I sort of use all the features equally one day I might use the media player only then the next just pure GPS kind of stuff then one day I leave the music playing while GPSing or Google Mapping and info look up.
Ronen Halevy ( View Profile) Senior admin - Posts: 5298
Posted: August 1, 2008 at 3:35 PM EST
I agree guys. I am just slightly limited by the software. I am working on it though
Maybe something like a digg up and down a feature…
Eric Not Registered
Posted: August 2, 2008 at 2:13 AM EST from my BlackBerry 8830
I’d use a lot more of the add-ons and third party apps if the Blackberry wasn’t so short on memory, or better yet, could actually *run* programs from the SD card. For me, Viigo, FlexWallet, MS Live Search, Mobipocket Reader (gotta have ebooks!) and BBSmart Alarms Pro all are things I use daily beyond the email capability and PIM features.
Meredith Not Registered
Posted: August 4, 2008 at 6:27 PM EST from my BlackBerry 8310
No fair, you closed the poll way too soon. Anyway, I use mine for ssh, camera, and GEOCACHING!
Meredith Not Registered
Posted: August 4, 2008 at 9:13 PM EST
Er, nevermind, you didn’t close the poll…it just looks that way if you’re viewing the mobile version of the site.