Nokia E71 & Blackberry Curve

fleetingmind

I need a new phone for personal emails but also work emails. My work colleagues have blackberrys. I'm new to all this so excuse the stupid questions.

*Would our compnay need special softaware at work to put the work emails to the Blackberry's?

*If they do how would i get work emails to a Nokia E71?

* Am i right you can choose for the emails to be downloaded all the time or at certain times. If it's all the time how does that and daily internet charge effect free useage of say 1gb (T-Mobile)?

*How does the Nokia and Blackberry compare?

Many thanks.

fleetingmind

Anyone help?

treb1971

I expect that if you buy a personal smartphone, E71 or Blackberry, your IT dept will be unwilling to support it. Because you will be downloading work emails to your personal device, and if you leave the co., they might want to make sure you don't take any business-sensitive data with you.
One option I've seen is to get a company Blackberry but agree to pay it personally - if that makes sense?

fleetingmind

treb1971 wrote: »

I expect that if you buy a personal smartphone, E71 or Blackberry, your IT dept will be unwilling to support it. Because you will be downloading work emails to your personal device, and if you leave the co., they might want to make sure you don't take any business-sensitive data with you.
One option I've seen is to get a company Blackberry but agree to pay it personally - if that makes sense?

Thanks for your reply. My boss would not have a problem with this at all. I assume if they got rid of me they could just shut down my emails.

redux

If you think you might prefer a Nokia ...

I have a Nokia E51. There are 3 options to install email software, described in the menu as Mail for Exch., Messag.e-mail and Blackberry Connect, none of which I've tried yet. I'd assume these are likely to come with an E71 as well.

I don't have the manual to hand at the moment, to give any ideas on how they compare. And there are probably other software options too. I hope some actual users will post soon.

Depending on how many emails you get, you might reduce the data use by downloading only headers to begin with. And you might be able to use wi-fi access at work or at home, to save on mobile internet cost

Miss_Liquorice

I have a Blackberry 8320, which I love. I have it set up to receive both my personal and my university emails, and had no problem setting them up. No need for special software! However, I don't think there's an option on the handset to turn off the check for email updates throughout the evening, which sometimes gets irritating with 3am emails!

All push emails are covered with the Blackberry Talk add-on. As well as your usual bundle of minutes and texts, you need to pay a fixed amount, that covers all your internet usage as well as receiving emails, or using the Blackberry messenger. It's usually something like £7.50 a month, but I get it for £2.50 a month on promotion from Orange.

I wouldn't go back to using a Nokia after the Blackberry, though to be honest, I haven't seen much on the E71.