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does the blackberry 8530 play nice with osx? - lazydays - 01-08-2011
My wife wants a smart phone but doesn't want to switch from verizon. If the latest iphone announcment turns out to be full of hooey like the rest I might consider a blackberry 8530 for her as my brother recommended it. What I don't know is how well it syncs with osx ical and addressbook. Anyone care to comment?
Re: does the blackberry 8530 play nice with osx? - C(-)ris - 01-08-2011
I wouldn't bother with tethered or bluetooth local syncing. You want a phone that sync with a cloud. Either an Exchange server, mobile me, google, etc. Blackberry phones are the WORST phones for syncing. They are built for businesses who have a BES. I would get an Android phone if you have to go Verizon.
Re: does the blackberry 8530 play nice with osx? - lazydays - 01-08-2011
Android sync's better with osc ical and addressbook? I use mobile me. Very little google.
Re: does the blackberry 8530 play nice with osx? - C(-)ris - 01-08-2011
Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I believe Andriod phones sync with MobileMe pretty well. Not as well as an iPhone, but I think it works.
Re: does the blackberry 8530 play nice with osx? - Article Accelerator - 01-08-2011
lazydays wrote:
I might consider a blackberry 8530 for her as my brother recommended it. What I don't know is how well it syncs with osx ical and addressbook. Anyone care to comment?
It will be fine:
http://us.blackberry.com/apps-software/desktop/desktop_mac.jsp
OTOH, I think the Tuesday announcement is "the one," so she'll be getting the real thing...
(Whatever you do, don't get an Android phone; its main function is to turn you into the product that Google sells to its customers, i.e. advertisers.)