Today's Washington Post includes a review of the Blackberry 7130c. The review was written by Rob Pegoraro, an admitted Treo 650 user. After reading the review there's no doubt that he likes his Treo better than the Blackberry 7130c. In fact, he says the Blackberry has "a relentlessly awkward interface that spits on most rules of good design." Ouch!
"But this phone is short on features beyond those. The 7130c includes a speakerphone, but no camera, memory-card slot or music playback. Its Bluetooth wireless seems good only for pricey Bluetooth headsets; it couldn't exchange any data with an iMac or work with a Toyota Prius's hands-free mode.
The 7130c shares its biggest flaw with every other BlackBerry -- a relentlessly awkward interface that spits on most rules of good design. Clicking on a link on a Web page should take you to a new page, but here it invokes a menu 17 items long. Opening a memo requires choosing between reading it and editing it; when you close a document, the default action is to discard your edits."
"But this phone is short on features beyond those. The 7130c includes a speakerphone, but no camera, memory-card slot or music playback. Its Bluetooth wireless seems good only for pricey Bluetooth headsets; it couldn't exchange any data with an iMac or work with a Toyota Prius's hands-free mode.
The 7130c shares its biggest flaw with every other BlackBerry -- a relentlessly awkward interface that spits on most rules of good design. Clicking on a link on a Web page should take you to a new page, but here it invokes a menu 17 items long. Opening a memo requires choosing between reading it and editing it; when you close a document, the default action is to discard your edits."
