US federal transport crash investigators ditch BlackBerry for iPhones The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has followed other federal agencies in ditching Blackberry for iPhone. But it's not just because they love the retina screen, the public sector agency has blamed their Blackberry devices for being unreliable in a document on the FedBizOpps site explaining why they are …
Clearly stable communications aren't the priority or they'd probably have a candybar dumb/Symbphone that will last more than a day. I work with a guy who does Mountain Rescue volunteer work and he sticks with a Nokia Symbian phone.
They want to play with expensive iPhones, fair enough. Don't pretend they're the best choice for communications; they aren't.
Yep. Got it in one. If they say "I want a new shiny thing" what chance do you think they would have of getting it? But by saying it is a matter of reliability (surely more to do with the carrier than anything else) no-one will question them.
I wonder how much more iPhones cost than BBs?
It will be "Teh shiney Apples won't work, we need new shiney S3s". See...
The iPhone is the only "American" phone (Moto is moribund. WP8 or whatever it's called has to prove it can survive longer than its predecessors, so it definitely fails on the reliable and future-proof front) , so not using it would be unpatriotic. Or that kind of warped thinking; And highlighting the warped thinking is unpatriotic too btw, as well as reading comments to that effect, so too late guys....
I admit I am a blackberry user. I love mine for reasons that admittedly go against the social norm of smart phone use.
I primarily use it as a phone. The antenna blows away that of the iphone, even a lot of the android phones on the market. The battery life is superb, not to mention that I can replace the battery easily when it dies (4 batterys in one year with my previous iphone, 1 battery replaced in 2 years. out of 3 that i consistently use).
Granted the app choices suck, and the support for it on new mobile integrated hardware and storage is not there. The web browsing is slow tastic and crashes at times. But It does work.
When it comes down to it, its reliable for the things that matter, making calls, sending and receiving emails. Great at texting. Laplink, and RDP with a mouse (trackpad ftw). Its certainly my Number one choice for my work needs.
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