I Heart BlackBerry

Anybody who calls the DF knows that his phone is useless. It drops calls and refuses to send and receive texts and we're guessing it's because it's almost 4 years old. (Keep in mind that with AT&T you're eligible for an upgrade every 2 years; the DF has obviously not taken advantage of this.) He's been thinking about getting an iPhone for a while and his hospital will actually pay for one since he uses medical software on his phone and would use it on the iPhone as well (they have an education budget each year). With the announcement of the new iPhone 4S we decided it was high time that he got a new one.

I'm on PTO and luckily Steven got a break in his schedule this morning, so we went to the AT&T store to order his phone and look at a new one for me since I've been eligible for an upgrade for about 5 months. See my post about my current phone here. I've really enjoyed my BlackBerry but I figured that since I could get their latest model for only $50 it was a good time to switch. I got the BlackBerry Torch 9810 - see the AT&T page here.

I've been messing around with it this afternoon and so far I really like it. BlackBerry is known for its really good keyboards, and since I am absolutely terrible at typing on touch screens (I've used both a Droid and an iPhone and really stink at both) it was important to still have a keyboard. This new BlackBerry is neat, though, because it has a great touchscreen for general use but it slides out to reveal the keyboard for when I want to text or type an e-mail. If I want to use the touchscreen to type I can, but I can also just slide it out to type. The screen size is bigger and the colors are better, and the Internet capabilities are improved. I was glad to see that they even have a hard case for this, even though it's a slider phone.

I'm not one to use my phone for accessing the Internet or watching videos, so while many hardcore smartphone users feel that BlackBerry doesn't meet their standards, I am really happy with BlackBerry phones.

The salesperson at AT&T was great and really made the process easy. The DF's iPhone should be shipping in about 14 to 21 days or so, and I bet you'll be reading all about it on his website. :o)