The BlackBerry interface is unapologetically a
Once you take make the investment to learn it, you’ll enjoy the BlackBerry’s more efficient screen usage. Google Maps for the BlackBerry 8700 is a great example of this. The entire screen is used to display maps – no buttons, menus, etc. (though overlays are presented in “directions” mode).
I believe that BlackBerry has gotten away with this interface design style choice in part because the majority of their customers are corporate users. They don’t have to sell each user, they sell the company and the company provides the device to the user.
In contrast, the Treo has been a consumer device which has moved into the enterprise. The initial ease of use of the Palm OS helped sell individual consumers on the device.
Now that BlackBerry is creating more consumer direct devices and the Treo is being billed more as a business tool, I’m curious if their respective user interface styles will also begin to converge a little more.
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suzann adds this Comment:
Got the BB sounder thinking I would use it in the same way I presently use my Palm OS. I cannot find the calendar on the desktop of the BB not can i find the address book on the desktop or the memos. Most of my data is entered on the desktop and hot synched later. Is this really what the BB is all about? ONly a cell phone and MP3 player?
February 2nd, 2009 at 12:17 am