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PDAs as a Blackberry Alternative

Thursday February 2, 2006
With the possible shutdown of the Blackberry service, Blackberry users need to consider their options when it comes to receiving their email while on the road.

While a Blackberry is a great device, I still think wireless enabled Palm or Pocket PC based PDAs are usually a better choice over a Blackberry because of the options and features that PDAs offer. Yeah, I know there's some hardcore Blackberry users cursing me right now.

The key to using a PDA as a Blackberry replacement is finding the right email client or service for your PDA. We've got a listing of the top PDA clients for both Palm and Pocket PC, so be sure to check out:

Top Palm Email Clients

Top Pocket PC Email Clients

While these services may not offer the exact same experience as a "push" mail service like Blackberry, with a little fine-tuning of an email client (like automatic email retrieval, etc,) that meets your needs, you can have a good email experience on a wireless enabled PDA or Smartphone.

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