Blackberry Pearl
After my big spills this afternoon, my phone needed to be replaced. It’s full of sea water and it doesn’t power up. So, off to the T-Mobile store in Sunnyvale with me.
I’ve been toying with the idea of acquiring a Sidekick 3 for some time, but it seems like more of a toy to me than a productive communications tool. Several of my friends have the Sidekick and I’ve always thought that the flip screen was nifty, but sort of unweildy. On top of that, the unit is big and very expensive. So, I decided to keep my options open.
I thought about the big wide fat Blackberry, but that one also costs $350, doesn’t have a camera, and is sort of difficult to stuff in a pocket. Then, I saw it. So sexy. So sleek. So powerful. With the 1.3 megapixel camera and lots of applications, I just had to ask the price. They quoted me a price $50 below the marked price, since I’ve been a customer so long. That cinched the deal. I now carry the Blackberry Pearl.
The browser doesn’t support stylesheets, but this phone is really small, so that’s expected. The built-in bluetooth lets me surf the web from my laptop from anywhere I have signal, like when I go to Grandma’s house in Idaho for Christmas. This little guy is loaded with features. The full keypad makes texting easy, so I can use dodgeball or twitter much more easily than I could when I used the Nokia.
Yay, new technology!
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