Buying Guide: Business Handsets

Today a business class handset is very hard to classify as even the big brother of business handsets, Blackberry has deviated from its usual ‘all about the work’ norm. While they’re still catering to the hardcore business users, they now offer users quite a bit more. Like they say, all work and no play etc. This makes selection of device for business a little harder but here are a few tips to keep in mind that should help you decide what you want and how to go about looking for it.

Do keep in mind though even some of the higher-end handsets that manage to do almost everything a business class handset can do, might still lack a few features you might consider vital for a business class device.

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Data entry

If you’re a business person who’s always traveling and is usually required to correspond with the office or clientele then the one thing you’ll have to be most comfortable with is the handset’s method of data entry and navigation system. Examples of navigation would include a trackball, five-way nav-pad or an optical trackpad system. Of course there’s the touchscreen which can be more comfortable for some users. Just decide which of these you find most convenient.

The keypad is next. If you prefer physical QWERTY you have the option of a standard candy bar form or a touchscreen with a slide out QWERTY. I recommend the latter, as in most cases, you’ll have a large comfortable keypad with an obviously large display to work with. Of course you’ll have to use both hands for this (Mumbai commuters understand the difficulty here) whereas the former option will allow you to use just one, once you get used to that.

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