Dell Staff Get Win Phone 7 to Ditch BlackBerrys

[JMcEntegart]

Microsoft made headlines back in July when it gave out over 90,000 Windows Phone 7 phones to its staff. Now it looks like Dell is taking a leaf out of Redmond's book while supporting its own product at the same time.

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[plznote]

i'll buy one

 

[jskilnyk]

I can see why Dell is giving them phones. I mean if they can save 25% overall cost of phone and data service for 25,000 employees. Thats a lot of money. I be whoever thought of that money saving idea at Dell is getting a nice fat bonus.

 

[Guest]

Dell should offer that to other companies. Replace all their Windows XP towers and Blackberrys for 7&7.

 

[xantek24]

hey dell, wanna do business? i can make those blackberries disappear in a week.

 

[Guest]

Yeah, like ANY Microsoft hardware item has ever lasted more that 3 years before being shelved as unusable - the MS mouse excepted.

 

[john_westra]

The cost savings (ROI) associated with the elimination of a propriety messaging infrastructure (Blackberry Servers), is the "value nugget" in this story. If Dell can demonstrate a ROI case to other businesses, who don't have the luxury of getting devices at the manufacturer's cost, this could be a devastating blow to RIM/Blackberry.

 

[cookoy]

i can only assume these are company-issued BlackBerrys and not someone's personal stuff.
next news item: Apple issues iPhones to its employees ("In your dreams" - Jobs)

 

[michaelahess]

My windows mobile phone users are much happier than my BB users. Sorry but active sync on exchange 2007/10 is just far superior to BB ent server. I have to assume win phone 7 will work as well as windows mobile 6.5, if not better, so by-by BB.

 

[n8dogg]

I love the clowns who think win 7 phone will fail. I had a chance to play with the dell win 7 phone and I love my captivate but it's pretty sweet. I'd buy one just to monkey around with it.

 

[Vladislaus]

[citation][nom]Olden_Atwoody[/nom]Yeah, like ANY Microsoft hardware item has ever lasted more that 3 years before being shelved as unusable - the MS mouse excepted.[/citation]
Xbox?

Also the phone in question is a dell venue pro. To my knowledge microsoft doesn't have a WP7 device.

 

[Saljen]

[citation][nom]john_westra[/nom]The cost savings (ROI) associated with the elimination of a propriety messaging infrastructure (Blackberry Servers), is the "value nugget" in this story. If Dell can demonstrate a ROI case to other businesses, who don't have the luxury of getting devices at the manufacturer's cost, this could be a devastating blow to RIM/Blackberry.[/citation]
Since when was Microsoft in the hardware buissness? (mouse/keyboard aside). These devices are made by manufacturers other than Microsoft, and the last I checked... Microsoft software lasts quite a while. Windows XP anyone?

 

[bunz_of_steel]

money saved..... goes right into some big fat CEO's and exec's wallets.

 

[lradunovic77]

I predict that Windows Phone will be dominant on the market.

 

[Guest]

Dunno bout you guys but I'm loving my blackberry torch 9800. Gets the job done nicely when it comes to social communication or PDA organization. So enjoy your androids, iphones, win 7's, etc. Either way I could care less

 

[digiex]

How much did M$ paid DELL.

 

[mtyermom]

[citation][nom]stm1185[/nom]Dell should offer that to other companies. Replace all their Windows XP towers and Blackberrys for 7&7.[/citation]

I see what you did there!

 

[long2know]

I'd rather have a Dell Streak.

 

[joebob2000]

Let's hope that Dell knows how to low-level format those old blackberries. Ebay is an absolute treasure trove for e-dumpsterdivers to find corporate secrets on old hard drives, cell phones, PDAs, etc.

 

[joebob2000]

[citation][nom]john_westra[/nom]The cost savings (ROI) associated with the elimination of a propriety messaging infrastructure (Blackberry Servers), is the "value nugget" in this story. If Dell can demonstrate a ROI case to other businesses, who don't have the luxury of getting devices at the manufacturer's cost, this could be a devastating blow to RIM/Blackberry.[/citation]

RIM will just up the ante on their free version of the BES software that they already provide. For huge corporations, there needs to be something at the head end to do the work. It's disingenuous to say that they are switching away from BB and ALL that money will stay in their pocket; they will just spend it on more Exchange server admins or tech support costs or apps.