Bob and I finally got off the stick and ordered BlackBerrys (BlackBerries?), Bolds, with AT&T. Wow!
When we were buzzing around the southern Oregon coast over Thanksgiving weekend, and, come to think of it, when I was down Orange County way for my cousin’s funeral, I was testing a BlackBerry Curve, again with AT&T. On trial was the BlackBerry itself, of course, but also AT&T’s coverage and service.
The Curve was just amazing! Bear in mind I’ve used Motorola flip phones exclusively the entire time I’ve been “mobile”; that notwithstanding, the things a modern smartphone can do never cease to amaze (still)!
Having a physical QWERTY keyboard; being able to send and receive e-mail, and messages, of course; a “real“ Web browser (one that actually goes to Web sites rather than points back to where the carrier has it permanently pointed to read “Web” news); being able to jot a to-do and a reminder before you leave the dry cleaner; GPS… Do I sound jazzed?
The AT&T network was pretty reliable, even in some areas up in Oregon that looked a bit fringe on their coverage map.
We went with the Bold for a few reasons: the Curves can’t use AT&T’s 3G network and they don’t do WiFi. The Storm, at Verizon, doesn’t have a physical keyboard, and although the Storm’s is a lot easier to use than the iPhone’s (and the iPod Touch, to no one’s surprise), it’s just not there yet.
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