Let’s face some simple facts…add on apps are nice…they are gadgets. I love my TexasHoldem 2 from Magmic.

But a smartphone is at its essence a communication device.

So how do we communicate?

There is TXTing. That takes a minute or more to get to its destination and you’re limited with the size of the message.

There is IM…so 1998.

There is calling each other on the phone. Still the best way, provided you don’t hit dead zones and get garbled transmissions.

And then there is email.

Consider this: 80-90% of all business communication is done via email. And let’s look at how the major players in the states handle email.

iPhone = IMAPI/POP.
Winblows = Exchange
RIM = BES

RIM wins.

It is fast and secure. Many times my blackberry buzzes before my Notes client. It’s simply that fast. It hunts you down and will find you so that you can get the information you need, or provide it for the person requesting it, or make that phone call as if you were sitting at your desk waiting for the email.

The other products simply cannot offer that sort of hunt you down email.

One caveat to this is that the BES and RIM units doesn’t handle attachments rather well, i.e. DOCs, XLS, PPT, PDF’s. You need to get an add on for it in most cases to see what you need to see. I personally recommend Beamberry while it is still free!

Anyway, that said…if the Open Source phone market can come up with a viable, fast, secure solution to get my email on my hip as fast as it arrives in my inbox, I will be totally sold.

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