does the blackberry 8530 play nice with osx?

[lazydays]

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?

[C(-)ris]

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.

[lazydays]

Android sync's better with osc ical and addressbook? I use mobile me. Very little google.

[C(-)ris]

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.

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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/d...op_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.)