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Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

12-14-2009, 01:21 PM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

Latest inexplicable problem: Google Mobile App. ...

Latest inexplicable problem: Google Mobile App. Worked find for the past few months. All of a sudden went wrong -- could see blue ostensibly selectable results as links, but the BB would not let...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-23-2009, 11:21 PM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

Ha! Well it was sort of a rant yes but my...

Ha! Well it was sort of a rant yes but my complaints/concerns are pretty legitimate you gotta give me that -- I mean sure y'all are better at this sort of stuff than I am but you all at some point...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-23-2009, 05:05 PM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

When I connect to PC and open DM -- it listed...

When I connect to PC and open DM -- it listed like 6 or so recommended updates. I ignored them for a while but eventually gave in and downloaded them. And they screwed things up.

This isn't the...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-23-2009, 04:27 PM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

more problems

Ok so against my better judgment I downloaded the recommended BB updates... now everything's screwed up. What were one day calendar entries now span two days from 5am to 5pm or 12 to 12, etc. ...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-22-2009, 09:13 PM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

Droid going back

Spent a few hours setting up Droid today. Taking it back. There is a major calendar time zone issue that, for a person who is always traveling b/w time zones like I am, is a deal-breaker. There's...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-20-2009, 10:52 AM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

Will be picking up Droid tomorrow. Will post...

Will be picking up Droid tomorrow. Will post initial thoughts shortly thereafter. I'm sure there will be both positives and negatives and again, I'll try to be objective. One thing I'm pretty sure...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-20-2009, 09:39 AM

Replies: 278

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Posted By ApacheIndian

Now I'm gonna really piss some people off, but I...

Now I'm gonna really piss some people off, but I gotta say it. You are a woman and sorry but women don't know technology anyway. So your opinion is really irrelevant.

"wouldn't trust with..." --...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-20-2009, 09:36 AM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

Google Aims To Remake Computers - Forbes.com...

Google Aims To Remake Computers - Forbes.com (http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/19/google-operating-system-technology-cio-network-chrome.html?feed=rss_popstories)

You can accept it now, or you can...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-18-2009, 05:52 PM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

Please. This is the clunkiest crap I've ever...

Please. This is the clunkiest crap I've ever seen. I tried it and after almost killing myself I gave up.

BES is crap -- a clumsy, high-maintenance, high cost product to sync mobile and desktop...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-18-2009, 05:44 PM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

I said text OR EMAIL Hooked on phonics are...

I said text OR EMAIL

Hooked on phonics are we?

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-18-2009, 04:52 PM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

Google Apps Outlook Sync for Microsoft Outlook...

Google Apps Outlook Sync for Microsoft Outlook (http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/outlook_sync.html#utm_source=en-ha-na-us-glook&utm_medium=ha&utm_term=sync%20contacts)

Microsoft's...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-18-2009, 04:49 PM

Replies: 278

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Posted By ApacheIndian

I'm glad you brought up BBM. It is STUPID. ...

I'm glad you brought up BBM. It is STUPID. There is no point other than some weird feeling of belonging to a "special BlackBerry club." Text or email serve the exact same purpose.

I don't want...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-18-2009, 04:43 PM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

Gee let's see... I want to... Send and...

Gee let's see... I want to...

Send and receive email (all devices do almost equally well these days -- gone are the days of RIM's dominance in this sphere)

Browse the web --> BlackBerry sucks
...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-18-2009, 03:31 PM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

What? haha -- don't get overly Freudian friend,...

What? haha -- don't get overly Freudian friend, I simply think CoDudette is sexy and want her to pull on my mullet that's all

I'll let y'all know about the Droid in a couple days

Cloud...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-18-2009, 03:23 PM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

CoDudette you are sexy

CoDudette you are sexy

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-18-2009, 01:53 PM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

I refuse to answer the memory or apps questions...

I refuse to answer the memory or apps questions because it is unreasonable -- no, it is ridiculous -- to expect users to have to keep tabs on these. I have stayed on top of these and other issues...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-18-2009, 12:37 PM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

As I sit here with my thumb up my butt waiting...

As I sit here with my thumb up my butt waiting for my Tour to reboot (froze again -- sigh), I have decided:

I am picking up a Droid this weekend. Will post review on this thread after some time...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-17-2009, 11:16 AM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

The point that all of y'all are missing is that...

The point that all of y'all are missing is that these forums select for the top 1-percentile of tech-savvy users. I am perhaps somewhere in the top 10th-percentile. So YES I admit I am not as good...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-17-2009, 10:57 AM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

Who ever said I was cost-sensitive??? I never...

Who ever said I was cost-sensitive??? I never said that. I am definitely NOT cost-sensitive. I am however extremely TIME-sensitive. I currently pay 280/month for unlimited VZW BB service and...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-17-2009, 09:24 AM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

Oh puh-lease, go back and read my posts on this...

Oh puh-lease, go back and read my posts on this thread and others -- I have thanked others for their help time and time again and meant it. My views on BB's deficiencies as of late HAVE NOTHING TO...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-17-2009, 12:58 AM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

Errr, sorry wabbit -- but not everybody is a tech...

Errr, sorry wabbit -- but not everybody is a tech dweeb like you with nothing better to do with their lives. Now go play dungeons and dragons or watch star trek reruns or whatever it is you were...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-16-2009, 04:51 PM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

Thank you JSanders. This illustrates my point...

Thank you JSanders. This illustrates my point exactly. I did figure out the answers to these ostensibly simple questions -- by y'all's help and by spending a not insignificant amount of time on...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-16-2009, 04:45 PM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

Hey hey hey -- please, I'm sensitive about the...

Hey hey hey -- please, I'm sensitive about the mullet ;)

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-16-2009, 04:44 PM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

JSanders -- I have been and still am grateful for...

JSanders -- I have been and still am grateful for all your help -- none of what I've said on this thread has anything to do with that.

I just don't understand why it seems impossible for any of...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-16-2009, 03:25 PM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

That's your preference and that's fine. But...

That's your preference and that's fine.

But that's not the point. The point is that that should be the user's choice.

I checked out the Droid yesterday -- very, very slick -- and the fact that...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-16-2009, 10:36 AM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

Another one: No Kindle app. All BB has is "old...

Another one: No Kindle app. All BB has is "old school" options like MobiPocket.

I mean c'mon already...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-15-2009, 07:34 AM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

more issues

The "Mark Prior Opened" function basically takes like 2 minutes to complete, rendering my Tour useless during that time

Yelp is a great website and outstanding app on iPhone, it is terrible on BB....

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-13-2009, 08:49 AM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

Ok. That's fine. I'm outnumbered by a lot of...

Ok. That's fine. I'm outnumbered by a lot of tech people who apparently think that BB is just perfect. "It's your fault!" Did you clean out the memory? Run the memory hack? Delete programs? ...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-12-2009, 03:26 PM

Replies: 278

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Posted By ApacheIndian

I recommend you read my other posts on this...

I recommend you read my other posts on this thread for the "specifics" you seek.

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-11-2009, 05:21 PM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

Not trolling. I still very much like my BB don't...

Not trolling. I still very much like my BB don't get me wrong -- just fired off some important time-sensitive emails with attachments while in traffic -- that would have been very tough to do with...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-10-2009, 10:51 PM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

:) Time will tell friends...

:)

Time will tell friends...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-10-2009, 02:11 PM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

This statement is very similar to ones made time...

This statement is very similar to ones made time and time again as technological innovations have been introduced over the past couple hundred years...

- No one is going to buy and sell from...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-08-2009, 05:24 AM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

Edumucate me please.

Edumucate me please.

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-08-2009, 05:23 AM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

predictions

Ok. It is clear I am in the minority here. That's ok. (These are BB forums after all.)

Here are some of my predictions:

1. RIM/BB will continue to lose market share. They are not...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-07-2009, 02:33 AM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

Disclaimer: I am not an expert in this arena. ...

Disclaimer: I am not an expert in this arena. If I'm grossly wrong in any way, please do correct me.

I disagree that it's a security issue. I think that's what MSFT would like you to believe...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-07-2009, 01:57 AM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

The whole "Losing calls..." memory maximizer hack...

The whole "Losing calls..." memory maximizer hack posted by John Clark -- I mean accolades to him and all, but to have to go through that process every couple months with each OS upgrade or whatever...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-06-2009, 10:47 PM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

Views: 24,006

Posted By ApacheIndian

Oh yeah, do you have a Tour? My Tour always has...

Oh yeah, do you have a Tour? My Tour always has these problems, and it takes like 10 minutes to reboot. And the popular and effective -- albeit time-consuming and tedious -- memory hack on these...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-06-2009, 10:45 PM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

I guess that's a possibility, but I consider...

I guess that's a possibility, but I consider myself a technophile and quite BB-savvy, so I kind of doubt it. Besides what I've noticed is that on these boards most of the mods and vets/experts are...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-06-2009, 01:05 PM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

Droid

Agreed -- the Motorola part of it is admittedly a bit of a gamble. But VZW is a proven entity. And Google -- well, Google is a force to be reckoned with -- unfrigginstoppable. Google has proven...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-06-2009, 12:58 PM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

Ok... 2.5 years. Had a Moto Q before that --...

Ok... 2.5 years. Had a Moto Q before that -- certified piece of junk that was.

My point by posting this isn't to stir things up. I am just frustrated with my BB woes and venting -- wondering if...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-06-2009, 05:58 AM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

I'm sticking with the Tour for now, but watching...

I'm sticking with the Tour for now, but watching the Droid closely.

Check this out:

Midnight Droid madness in Manhattan | Wireless - CNET News...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-06-2009, 05:47 AM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

RIM is not responding to its own deficiencies or...

RIM is not responding to its own deficiencies or to new market needs. iPhone is trouncing BB in the general consumer market, and picking up steam in the business market. If Apple came out with an...

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-05-2009, 10:08 AM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

I think BlackBerry's days are numbered. Adapt or...

I think BlackBerry's days are numbered. Adapt or die.

Forum: Rants and Raves Forum

11-04-2009, 03:34 AM

Replies: 278

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

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Posted By ApacheIndian

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough.

I have been a loyal BlackBerry user and fan for 4 years... 8830 World Edition, then 8330 Curve, now the Tour. I have used them and sung their praises and recommended them to others. I have not...