I still find myself tapping the bold screen with my finger, the iphones touching screen was brilliant. In my opinion they are two totally different technologies and you really can’t put them head to head. You need to assess your needs and what you want out of the device or you’ll be disappointed with your choice.

Why are you even bothering w/ BB. iPhone is so much cooler. We could be talking about all sorts of cool apps to download instead It was the trip to Cannes — that convinced me that I needed to get on the iPhone wagon. All of my colleagues had them and they could do cool things like find their way to an obscure French restaurant (through Google maps) for dinner, get restaurant recommendations wherever they were, not to mention email, phone, text & play games while in sessions (just kidding on that one.)

As soon as I got back, I ordered one and it has exceeded my expectations. Fortunately, iPhone is a supported device for my company and Blackberry, curiously is not. Regardless, congrats on getting one step closer to the iPhone:-)

Congrats on the new phone. I have a different phone and I’m not verifying everything I’m writing here so these answers might be at least a bit off. Anyways, here goes:

* How do I change the PIN code?

The PIN code is on the SIM chip. You should be able to change / disable the password via Options -> Advanced -> SIM Card

* Why do I have both a password and a PIN code?

You don’t. The SIM password stops someone from putting your SIM into their phone and using it. The phone password stops someone from just using your phone. You can set it up to also encrypt your data when the phone is locked. You can disable the phone password by setting “Options -> Security -> General Settings -> Password” to disabled.

* Can I get rid of one of them?

See above.

* How do I change the ringtone?

By editing your profile. You should be able to get there by “Numlock-+F -> Advanced -> Click on Active -> Edit -> Phone”. The easiest way to get it right is to create a new profile.

* How do I make it stop buzzing when a message arrives and the device is in the holster?

Everything your profile has two modes. In holster and out of holster. Its really quite useless in my opinion. Change the “in holster” setting.

* Why does it only buzz when the device is in the holster?

See above.

* What does Blackberry messenger do that Enterprise Messenger doesn’t?

Dunno.

* How can I see just the unopened messages in email?

Dunno, I just use the ‘U’ shortcut to go to the first email and then continue clicking the ‘U’ button (I think it stands for next unread) until I’m all done so I never see my mail box.

* Why does the BB inbox say that I have 19 unread messages when my Outlook inbox says there are none, even after I choose Reconcile from the menu?

Dunno.

* If Reconcile does not sort out the differences between the two inboxes, what does it do?

Dunno.

* What am I doing when I “compose PIN”? It looks just like an email, and seems to have nothing to do with PIN codes.

PIN utilizes a peer-to-peer mechanism. Its similar to SMS, but is supposedly faster and has better delivery guarantees.

* How do I mark a message I need to come back to later (aside from marking it unread)?

That’s what I do

* How do I know if the browser and other apps are using WiFi or the data network?

My phone doesn’t have WiFi

* How can I make sure that apps only use WiFi access, and not the data network?

Dunno.

* How do I get that SMS message out of the Messages overview? I’ve deleted it several times, but it won’t go away.

Dunno, I think that’s specific to the theme that you’re using.

* How can I set a one-time alarm? I can only find a way to set an alarm that will go off every day, which lead to an unpleasant surprise the day after I had to catch an early flight.

I use the calendar. Mine allows me to specify which email account to associate each calendar entry with. I use that feature in conjunction with specifying a loud ring for that email account to achieve this.

* How can I go to the top or bottom of the email inbox or an individual message without scrolling that little wheel endlessly?

Shortcuts ‘T’ and ‘B’. The space key will page down.

* How do I make that blinking red and green light stop blinking?

There’s a setting that says ‘never blink green’ at Options -> Screen -> LED Coverage Indicator.

* What are those lights trying to tell me?

Red means you have unread messages for me. I think your profile determines what turns the red light on.

Good luck

Saad