I just got a Blackberry Tour on my Verizon plan. It was a tough decision; I had questions like “do I really need the internet on my phone?” and “is it worth another $30/month?”
The answer was “yes.” A thousand times “yes.” I want to shout it from the top of a mountain.
(not the line I was looking for, but good enough. Replace “Veronica” with “Internet on my phone” and that is how I feel)
Then I had to decide what to get: an iPhone and be an pretentious Apple customer with crappy AT&T or a Blackberry on verizon (with my 17% discount from my company) and then be a corporate douchebag?
Then the Rhapsody app came out for the iPhone, which almost put me over the top for the iPhone; I love Rhapsody. Love it.However, in the end, I went with the Blackberry Tour. Apparently I love money more.
The Tour is badass. Personally, I like the keyboard more then the touch screen and I like the way the Blackberry handles my multiple email accounts. While the iPhone is said to have a better browsing experience, the new Java-based browsers like Opera Mini and Bolt render pages almost perfectly. Bolt is especially impressive, as it works with almost all CSS perfectly and can play youtube videos. The phone memory can be expanded to 16GB with a microSD card.
And now, because I work in B2B, and corporate people have Blackberrys, I can see what all this fuss about rendering emails in BBs is all about.
There is also a game called “Word Mole” that comes on the phone that almost ended my relationship with my girlfriend when we were in paris because I played it so much. I had to sneak some mole sessions in when she wasn’t looking or went to the bathroom. I’m addicted.
The rollerball can be touchy, there aren’t as many “cool” apps for the Tour, and the lack of wifi on the Tour is annoying. That being said, I’ve never had wifi or the need to drink a fake beer or play a cowbell on a phone before, so I wouldn’t know the difference. For me, the Tour ended being the best choice.
And it works with Rhapsody, which was a complete surprise. It was like Christmas.
Posted from my Blackberry while I was messing around with it
Tags: blackberry, life choices
