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Originally Posted by Gazella
mgmueller, out of curiosity, what phone do you use?
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iPhone 4S and Nokia Lumia 920.
I'd very much prefer any BlackBerry.
But alas - the app fever has gotten to me as well.
When on a (business) trip, now I usually take Dell Venue 8 Pro (Windows 8.1) and iPad mini Retina with me.
For a longer trip or when having some luggage anyway, I choose Surface Pro 2 over Dell Venue 8 Pro.
Why the Windows 8 tablet?
I can't do without it. Even when jumping through hoops, I don't find an acceptable way to send corporate emails via iPad (CI conformity of signatures and so on) and other business stuff.
When having to write lengthy emails or reports on the train, I love the convenience of the Type Keyboard on Surface or the compact bluetooth keyboard (integrated into the folio) of Venue 8 Pro, that's one of the reasons (reported quality issues being the other) why I didn't buy the Lenovo Thinkpad 8 (I haven't seen any efficient keyboard solution).
Why the iPad?
I did without any iPad for about 4 months.
I din't miss it at all as a tool, Windows 8 tablets took that space more than adequately.
But I've kind of missed it as a gadget. And, since having decided for the iPad mini Retina, I use it every single day for a few hours.
And for simple stuff, the Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard is a nice add-on.
Since I take iOS and Windows 8 on tablets with me, it only makes sense to do the same on phones.
I'm not that fond of iPhone. I miss lots of features, my BlackBerry did deliver already 8 years ago.
For example, I loved the profiles: "I'm in a meeting now. No calls, please, with the exception of those 3 numbers" and things like that.
Absolutely common needs on business phones, but in my opinion iPhone simply is an iPod, that can do some phone related stuff as well.
I often think about replacing the iPhone 4S by the Nokia Lumia 920 for my businesss needs. Or even going for newer Phablets from Nokia.
But quite frankly: Smartphones are about the only gadget, that I never was interested in.
In addition to talking on the phone, there's not much I'm doing on my phones.
I want to have the same address book on all my units.
I'm using outlook.com, to sync between my MacBook Air and Outlook on Surface Pro 2.
So for the respective phones, the contacts issue easily is solved.
I'm (for now) not interested in Android. All I missed on iOS and directed me towards Android, more efficiently can be done on Windows.
And I don't want to fumble around with BlackBerry, to get my contacts, schedules and the likes into a 3rd OS.
I miss my BlackBerry and I even have one of my favorites 5 years ago still lying around, but not using it...