The Blackberry! (Phone. Not fruit. Although some blackberries would be tasty if you've got some and would like to share).
Posted Sep 22 2008 11:05am
At the moment I am the proud owner of an ancient pay-as-you-go cell phone. It does the necessary functions that a phone should do- that is, it rings, I answer, we talk, and hang up. And it's even got the awesome futuristic feature of having text messaging!
Excuse my sarcasm. I am grateful for my cell phone. It has served me well. The problem? It doesn't work overseas. Or outside of the country, for that matter.
I've never needed anything super crazy and intense. I never saw the point in having all of those fancy features like cameras and goodness knows what else (yes, having a camera on your phone IS fancy to me!). All I wanted was a basic cell phone with caller ID, voice mail, and text messaging. And that's exactly what I got. And its all I've needed for the past few years. But this week I went to the store to find out if it would work while I'm in Italy (for emergencies, because it looks as though I'll be going to Pompeii by myself. Can you believe that the people I'm going with aren't incredibly excited to go and see Pompeii?! It's only one of the most remarkable historical sites ever. I can't wait to go there and swoon over the architecture and the history. Anyways. Tangent over), and it turns out that it will not work outside of Canada. Actually, the salespeople also gave me about 3 different answers as to whether it'll even work outside of province, so I guess I'll find out.
I'm getting tired of this phone and its lack of abilities when compared to other, much cooler, phones. It's time for a new one, and I said as much in exasperation to my dad as we walked out of the store. "Why don't you get yourself a Blackberry?" He suggested.
That was possibly the last thing I ever expected to hear him say.
A Blackberry is one of the most ridiculous/awesome/useful gadgets that have been invented. It's got just about everything, all in one device. Perfect for the supremely important CEO etc etc. All in all kind of silly for the average person.
But. I do plan on doing lots of traveling over the next few years, and I'd like to have a phone "just in case" while I'm overseas. It would also be really nice to be able to check emails from my phone and not have to pay the 2 Euros it costs to go to an Internet Cafe. Plus, it would save me the trouble from writing down important notes/plans/events on little scraps of paper which then wind up somewhere between my room, purse, work, and the car- instead, it would all be organized neatly on my Blackberry!
Can you tell that I'm smitten by the idea of getting a Blackberry?
This would just be so much fun! And useful. Highly useful. After all, I'm sure I'm every bit as busy and important as that CEO (tehe). Anyway, ever since the idea was planted in my head I've been having visions of Blackberry phones dancing in my head. But I want to do some quality research before I go off whimsically and buy one of these beauties. I need to figure out exactly which one is best for me and if the price is reasonable and what the contracts are like and such.
It turns out that there's a lot of different "series" of them. I think they do that for the sole purpose of confusing us regular people who know nothing about phones. But when I get back from Italy, I think that I will buckle down and start investigating as to which one would suit me best/if I can even afford one because I imagine that they're waaaay beyond my price range. Until then, does anyone else have a Blackberry? Or used one? Or know of someone who has one? Let me know if you've got any tips/suggestions regarding these things! Any info you've got on the Blackberry would be mega helpful right about now.
Excuse my sarcasm. I am grateful for my cell phone. It has served me well. The problem? It doesn't work overseas. Or outside of the country, for that matter.
I've never needed anything super crazy and intense. I never saw the point in having all of those fancy features like cameras and goodness knows what else (yes, having a camera on your phone IS fancy to me!). All I wanted was a basic cell phone with caller ID, voice mail, and text messaging. And that's exactly what I got. And its all I've needed for the past few years. But this week I went to the store to find out if it would work while I'm in Italy (for emergencies, because it looks as though I'll be going to Pompeii by myself. Can you believe that the people I'm going with aren't incredibly excited to go and see Pompeii?! It's only one of the most remarkable historical sites ever. I can't wait to go there and swoon over the architecture and the history. Anyways. Tangent over), and it turns out that it will not work outside of Canada. Actually, the salespeople also gave me about 3 different answers as to whether it'll even work outside of province, so I guess I'll find out.
I'm getting tired of this phone and its lack of abilities when compared to other, much cooler, phones. It's time for a new one, and I said as much in exasperation to my dad as we walked out of the store. "Why don't you get yourself a Blackberry?" He suggested.
That was possibly the last thing I ever expected to hear him say.
A Blackberry is one of the most ridiculous/awesome/useful gadgets that have been invented. It's got just about everything, all in one device. Perfect for the supremely important CEO etc etc. All in all kind of silly for the average person.
But. I do plan on doing lots of traveling over the next few years, and I'd like to have a phone "just in case" while I'm overseas. It would also be really nice to be able to check emails from my phone and not have to pay the 2 Euros it costs to go to an Internet Cafe. Plus, it would save me the trouble from writing down important notes/plans/events on little scraps of paper which then wind up somewhere between my room, purse, work, and the car- instead, it would all be organized neatly on my Blackberry!
Can you tell that I'm smitten by the idea of getting a Blackberry?
This would just be so much fun! And useful. Highly useful. After all, I'm sure I'm every bit as busy and important as that CEO (tehe). Anyway, ever since the idea was planted in my head I've been having visions of Blackberry phones dancing in my head. But I want to do some quality research before I go off whimsically and buy one of these beauties. I need to figure out exactly which one is best for me and if the price is reasonable and what the contracts are like and such.
It turns out that there's a lot of different "series" of them. I think they do that for the sole purpose of confusing us regular people who know nothing about phones. But when I get back from Italy, I think that I will buckle down and start investigating as to which one would suit me best/if I can even afford one because I imagine that they're waaaay beyond my price range. Until then, does anyone else have a Blackberry? Or used one? Or know of someone who has one? Let me know if you've got any tips/suggestions regarding these things! Any info you've got on the Blackberry would be mega helpful right about now.