Finally took the plunge today. had Blackberry for years, now I have an S3.

dlknight · Sep 2, 2012

I have only made one post on this site. It was about selecting a new phone. I have had BB for years. I was going to wait for Blackberry 10. Two weeks of research and I got myself a Samsung Galaxy S3 16GB, with an Otterbox case, and a 32G SD card.

I have downloaded Swiftkey 3, and score mobile so far. I have a lot to learn and will probably be asking a lot of questions trying to learn the Android system.

I am glad I found this forum. I figured most android and iphone forums would be a lot of bashing. I was so wrong. Great forum here. Thanks for helping me make this decision. I really appreciate it.

BabyBlues · Sep 2, 2012

We're glad you came here for some info! Feel free to ask questions - we are a very friendly group of people around here.

Brontegirl · Sep 3, 2012

Welcome to android phones! I was a former bb user too. My first smartphone was the 8320 and then I upgraded to the 8900. I then upgraded to an android with a slide out keyboard because I felt I needed a tactile keyboard. I had that android for 2 years and then realized that I rarely used the keyboard once I figured out how to use that swipe feature. Now with the S3, I don't miss the keyboard at all.

Matrix Leader · Sep 3, 2012

Same here, read my story:
My experience switching from BlackBerry to Android

and welcome to the Android Forums, I was a noobie like you and the guys here taught me and now I have the experience to root my phone in less than a month

great people here unlike the hostile environment in BB forums

SUroot · Sep 3, 2012

I'm an ex ex blackberry user. I'm also a blackberry admin at work. Android is far better for personal. I prefer it at work too. I've handed back my bb

EpicMindWarp · Sep 3, 2012

In terms of work usage, a BB is actually really great to use - no doubt about it.

But for personalisation etc - the Android system is great!! The S3 having a big screen, longer battery life (relative to other smart phones) and an amazing processor just makes it worth having.

SUroot · Sep 3, 2012

EpicMindWarp said:
In terms of work usage, a BB is actually really great to use - no doubt about it.

MDS is great but the supposedly secure email solution and activations etc start to annoy me when there's a lot to do. Activating and syncing a bb can take and hour sometimes where as it takes 2 minutes to set up exchange. Too much to go wrong

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