I'm about to start practising in the real estate industry. I know I'll need a good smartphone, but I have no clue which will work best with real estate software.
I've looked at the blackjack, the blackberry pearl, nokia E62 & the blackberry 7130. Each one has some option that the other doesn't and I think I might need (eg. camera but no wi-fi, no camera but w/ editing capacity, etc.).
Is there anyone working in the field that could share some knowledge?
2007-02-03 06:09:00 · 4 answers · asked by guru 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
I use the blackberry. Its a great tool for my business, but everyone has personal preferences. I would suggest a phone without a camera. You will not be using it to take photos of homes because the quality will not be good enough. I would suggest a nice digital camera for that.
You may also want to look into the trio. Its a good phone as well.
My blackberry is more than enough phone for me
Good luck
RE Agent,
Remax
2007-02-03 08:51:33 · answer #1 · answered by frankie b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seems like the popular phone for people in the business is the Treo. Make sure to get one with a Palm operating system. If you go with Outlook as your business contact manager, you can get away with a blackberry also, but If you want to go with a Real Estate specific program like Simple Remote, you will need the Palm operating system that you can only get on a Treo.
Good luck,
2007-02-05 08:44:35 · answer #2 · answered by MemoryLeak 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a blackberry, which I love, but I pretty much HAVE to use a headset with it, or people have trouble understanding me (a lot of feedback with the handset.)
I had the treo...liked that a lot too--didnt' have the same microphone problem.
I agree with the first poster, I think the camera is extraneous...haven't seen a really good camera photo from anyone yet...
good luck
2007-02-07 11:49:41 · answer #3 · answered by singingsoprano 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a treo 700 and love it. I don't know if your MLS offers the sofware to open keysafes with your PDA as mine does. If it does I would highly recomend you get a Treo, it updates automatically without the need to update through a dock. If it doesn't still get a Treo because it won't be long before your mls transfers over to the new systems
2007-02-10 11:54:51 · answer #4 · answered by Ricky S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋