| Many people, especially those who are involved in | | | | you're going. |
| business, will recognize the BlackBerry on sight, as | | | | The constant connection to the Internet offered |
| it is one of the few smartphones that is | | | | by most BlackBerry plans can be ideal for the |
| recognizable by brandname. What the BlackBerry | | | | busy agent, who is nowhere near an office, a |
| does is combine a cellphone, PDA, laptop and | | | | computer and/or WiFi, to search the MLS and |
| camera into a handheld mobile device. For the real | | | | email clients. There is no more waiting to get back |
| estate agent who is juggling a full schedule of | | | | to the office; with a BlackBerry, the office comes |
| home showings, client appointments, MLS | | | | with you. While not as powerful or as versatile on |
| monitoring and more, it may just be the ideal | | | | the Internet as a true laptop, the BlackBerry is |
| co-ordinator of one's working and personal life. | | | | more than capable of getting the essentials out |
| What do you do all day? You have appointments | | | | immediately. The BlackBerry also supports MSN |
| for home showings, the office, you have stuff | | | | Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, BlackBerry |
| you have to get done, you have papers that | | | | Messenger and Google Talk for realtime |
| need filing and a hundred other little tasks that can | | | | conversations. |
| pile up and be forgotten if they aren't brought to | | | | Need to send a picture of a property or feature? |
| your attention. You're on the road a lot to | | | | The BlackBerry has a camera with zoom |
| appointments, seminars, lunches, etc. Maybe you | | | | capability. The Internet connection makes it easy |
| have to keep track of a lot of clients and | | | | and fast to send said picture to Facebook, email |
| colleagues. You may have a family, which will | | | | or Flickr. If your clients are asking about what |
| mean that you need to make sure that you're | | | | something looks like, you don't have to tell them - |
| there for them when they need you. You need a | | | | you can show them! |
| portable system that's easy to use, but is also | | | | One of the most exciting features that |
| powerful enough to help you do all of this. | | | | BlackBerry is going to offer to Realtors is the |
| The BlackBerry allows you to sync your | | | | eKEY from BlackBerry's parent company, |
| computer calendar/organizer with the Blackberry | | | | Research in Motion (RIM). The eKEY will retrieve |
| software. If you use Google Calendar or one of | | | | data directly from the MLS and enable users to |
| many other popular calendar/organizer software, | | | | search by ID number, address or buyers' profiles. |
| your BlackBerry can update it as well as | | | | Google Maps is connected so that listings can be |
| downloading information changes. This makes it | | | | viewed on a map. Contact information is |
| easy to ensure that all of your appointments and | | | | constantly updated, so that you can contact |
| reminders, including the ones you note on the fly | | | | other agents, no matter what company they are |
| are sent to where you will be able to see them | | | | working for. Users can also get real-time |
| when you are planning your schedule. While small, | | | | notifications on home showings and the agent(s) |
| the keyboard for a BlackBerry is functional | | | | representing the homes being shown. |
| enough to support fairly quick data input. | | | | All the bells and whistles that this little machine |
| Need to get to an address? BlackBerry Maps can | | | | offers are perfect to help out Realtors on the |
| help you by pinpointing your location with the | | | | move. If you're looking at changing your phone |
| BlackBerry GPS and showing you where the | | | | and wondering what would suit you best, check |
| address you're seeking is on a map. You can plan | | | | out the BlackBerry. It is a great solution to some |
| a route or get driving directions to wherever | | | | of the problems of an "on the go" career. |