I have participated to a pilot-phase by Helvetia Patria since about 4 weeks with 20 other colleagues, to be able to test and to validate the usage of Blackberry within the company.

I got (and still have ;-) a Blackberry 7100v.

Features

• Complete functionality including:

• Phone
• Email
• SMS
• Wireless Data Access
• Address book
• Browser
• Calendar
• Memo Pad
• Tasks

SureType™, the new keyboard technology from Research In Motion

Bluetooth hands-free headset and car kit support

Bright, high resolution display

Polyphonic ringtones to give your business phone a distinctive personality

Integrated attachment viewing for popular file formats

Exceptional battery performance

32 MB of memory

Dedicated send and end keys

Quad-Band network support, allowing for international roaming between North America, Europe and Asia Pacific

Architecture

After one month…

+ clear screen
+ very user-friendly
+ online synchro with emails and agenda
+ data compression
+ access to the enterprise contacts (fix, mobile, mail, etc)
+ mobile size (no “pizza-box”)
– keys confusing at the beginning
– battery! for chance, yu can use the USB connector to solve this issue

Overview

Email

Agenda

Internet Browser