My First Experiences with a Black Berry

Just when the iPhones are hitting the US, I'm starting to use a blackberry. I got a Curve. It's a pretty slick little phone.

I've been a Nokia fanboy for about 7 years now, but since I've started using this new phone, I can see how far Nokia has fallen behind in the cellphone world.

I liked how my Nokia peripherals hadn't change since my first phone. I also like the quick access menus -- I could hit menu 1 3 3 to change my profiles quickly. Both of those things are starting to change. New Nokia models apparently have different chargers and the quick menus don't work so well in Symbian OS.

Blackberries all use the mini USB connector for charging, and I imagine that won't change for a while. Bluetooth accessories typically work with all devices as well. Blackberry has a pretty big market for software as well.

The Curve is nice and small too. It's actually smaller than my last Nokia. I think the screen is bigger too.

I haven't had any luck with syncing the blackberry with Macbook Pro. It's not such a huge deal as it syncs to the Exchange Server just fine. If only Address Book and iCal would talk directly to Exchange..

Data plans still suck in Canada. I haven't seen my bill yet, but I'm thinking it'll be about $130 for 50MB of data, 350 minutes of voice, voicemail/caller id and free evenings and weekends. I can't believe people were complaining about the iPhone plans.