Blackberry user thinking of jumping ship...

The email app on my phone (Desire Z) polls periodically for emails. If you poll, then you won't get notified right away, but will at the next polling interval.

What I did was just forward everything to my Gmail account. The GMail app supports push emails and I get notified right away when I receive an email.

I think someone else can speak more about how to get push email with non-Gmail accounts. I believe it is possible.

You should be able to access any, commonly used symbol or punctuation with the on screen keyboard. Depending on the symbol, you may need to press a shift/alt/symbol key to access it. It is also possible to use alternate keyboards if you do not like the default ones on the phone.

 

My husband has a BB for work and an Android phone for personal. He always tells me that when the contract for work runs out, he's getting an Android based phone for work. Not sure how big the difference is, but since he uses both , I would say he has his reason. He sur stays on them enough, LOL

 

Which email service do you use?

The Android Market has several apps for syncing with itunes, but I don't do it much so I wouldn't be much help on this one.

The keyboard is definitely going to take a learning curve for you, it'll probably take you a couple weeks to get used to using a touch screen keyboard. However IMO it works very well.

 

I ditched my BB almost a year ago and have not looked back. I went with a Droid X to start with, then changed to 4G HTC Thunderbolt soon after. More/better apps, and the touchscreen only took a day or 2 to start feeling "normal". I use an iPod for music so I am of no help there, and all my emails are Gmail addresses (which is push - aka 'instant').

 

I don't even talk on my infuse 4g. I don't think you will mind droid at all, I would look for something more for the business user. Lol all I do is play games and watch movies, books internet.

 

IMO I think android is much easier to learn than blackberry.

 

So, did they say you can take it back and then the store refused, or did they say you could have the Samsung instead before you got the Bold?