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04/16/2008: "Does This Make Me A CrackHead?"
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Been in all-day meetings all week, so it's been a little tough breaking away to blog. May have a solution to that problem, though ...
I've never been a fan of the so-called "smart phones", partly because I didn't see a need for one in my life, and partly because they all seemed so clunky (read: Windows-driven) that they were little more than expensive toys. My job these last few years, however, has had me on the road a lot, and away from my office even when I'm on site, so the ability to take my tools with me is increasing in importance. It's always been a pain in the ass having to stop periodically to fire up my laptop just to read and respond to email. But with a perfectly good cell phone, and a corporate policy that makes it verrrrry hard to justify a smart phone, I didn't give an upgrade much thought.
This last weekend however, my cellphone died a horrible death when I was tossed in a pool with it in my pocket (don't ask). When looking at the various replacement models available, I didn't see anything that really caught my eye. But then I saw the BlackBerry 8830. What the heck, I thought, and headed off to find my manager to approve my replacement. To my surprise, she agreed to the need, and now I'm a BlackBerry user.
One of the first things you learn is why they call them CrackBerries. Now admittedly, I only got it yesterday, and I'm still going through the "new toy" phase. But I live my life through email, and to suddenly have ready access to all my email accounts is very powerful indeed. My sense it that it's not as good as an iPhone, but 1) it's Company-approved, which means they set it up so you can access company email and 2) it's company-paid. The iPhone can wait. I even found a theme for the display that makes it look like an iPhone. Best of both worlds ... almost ... 
