Yesterday, at lunch, I wondered aloud to my friend Deb about how long I had to wait until I get a new phone… I am on Verizon, and I have recently started getting the itch that the end of my two years was coming up soon (around the summer usually), so when I got back to the office, I called customer service to see when I could succumb to my need for new technology. Turns out, I have been eligible since early April (thanks for telling me! Sheesh!), so off to the Verizon store I went.
When I got my Motorola Q, I really wanted a Blackberry, but at the time, there weren’t any available that had cameras, and none of those were good enough to make me want to give up having a camera on my phone. Well, recently, the Pearl came out, and I had originally thought about getting it when I had a chance, but after playing with the kinda-qwerty keyboard, I was pretty sure that preferred having a full qwerty at my disposal. After a few minutes of looking on the Verizon website, I had found what the very thing that I wanted: the Blackberry Curve. It is smaller than my Motorola Q, and it does EVERYTHING I want in a phone: email, pictures, internets, texting, qwerty keyboard, and my most wanted feature… IM.
So like I said, I was off to the Verizon store to cash in my $100 towards a new Curve. I also found out that I could get James a phone for free, so I got him the LG VX5400, which has everything his Motorola Razr has, but is just newer, more lightweight, and frankly, a bit cuter. The jury is still out on whether he likes it or not, but I have to say, that the Curve is like the best phone EVER. Seriously, I still joke that I would get my old StarTAC back in a second (I totally would), because it was the best phone I have ever had; but the Curve comes in a very, very close second. This phone rocks. The camera is great, and the internet is lightening fast. Also, I get to use the Blackberry internet plan, which is $20 cheaper than my old one. Rock!!
All in all, I got two phones, cashed in my $100 on mine, and ended up with a rebate of $100 instantly, and $50 mail in; making my Curve only $50. I am extremely happy with my purchase, and being that it was long overdue for a new phone, I couldn’t be happier that it all happened this week. So, if you have IM, make sure to hit me up; I am on yahoo (duanecmoody), AIM (theduanemoody), and even the Blackberry messenger (which I am pretty sure is only for peeps with Blackberrys).
I love a good deal, and this one was just too great not to blog about… not to mention the high I am riding after getting a shiny new piece of electronic equipment to play with!!!! Everyone loves that, right?!?! I also ordered an orange silicon case for it; which I can’t wait for. So far, I have nothing but love for the Curve! Good show, Blackberry!
I love my Curve too, I wanted it as a precursor to the iPhone that’s going to come out on AT&T but I’m not sure if I’ll make the switch. A couple of BBerry apps I use — facebook (I use it all day long), the GMail app, and Yahoo! Go
You no likey iPhone? I might try and get a new one when they come out in a few weeks.
Congrats with the new phone, it’s always nice to have a new gadget.
I was looking through the specs, but does or doesn’t it support 3G? I think it does not and that really surprises me. About a year ago it also surprised me when the current iPhone camne out, but apparently 3G by then had not really broken through in the US (which also surprised me at that time). Apparently the US and the European handset markets are very different…
iPhone 2.0 will support 3G.
@Rightwing Bugboy I know the iPhone 2.0 will, and it should. A year ago , it already seemed very strange to me to release a “Phone of the Future” without 3G support and without a high end camera (5 Mpixel). So if they would release one now without it, it would seems ridiculous to me. I think that whole issue made me loose quite some sympathy for the iPhone. But yeah, I know its design is wonderful….
But I say, Go Blackberry!!
I love my Curve also but I can’t helping thinking (as something of a techno-boob) that I am not taking full advantage of it. Is there anything essential I should be doing? I think the web browsers is really slow and clunky.
Steviepoo…what are your reasons for liking the Blackberry?
Richiepoo…I think the Curve can be hooked up to your laptop for high speed internet access via your phone??? (Might be wrong on that.)
@Rightwing Bugboy I like its features and the fact that it is not presented and regarded as the best invention since sliced bread. At least you know what you get with the BlackBerries.