Blackberry — Crackberry – what happened to my “freedom??”

by Jillian Zavitz

Sure — the iPhone is cooler — has more apps and storage — but I’m not “supposed” to be doing all of that “fun” stuff with my BB (Blackberry).  Yes I have a BB — I recently got it for business purposes.  To be in touch 24/7… literally.  I use it constantly and now – as sad as it is to say – I can’t imagine functioning as smoothly without it.

If you had asked me 3 years ago what a blackberry was — out of all honesty — I wouldn’t know- A friend of mine emailed saying she and her boyfriend got blackberries and I wrote back saying “oh! that’s great! You found a nice patch in Ontario? I thought there were only wild in British Columbia – Did you make pancakes?” ha! Now I know better and am wowed by all of the features, and oh how can I forget the BlackBerry messenger??!! Emails that come in a flash — and ability to stay connected literally ALL THE TIME.  Yes BB is great!  It has that sleek business feel to it – that the iPhone doesn’t – It is made for business and I would venture to say that everyone who is in business should get one.

Of course it takes some getting used to – on my way home after picking it up and signing my life/freedom away – I started the long trek home 2hs on the bus – what fun – but this time round it was! I was able to chat and send pictures to my boss (ok not so cool but kind of if you have a boss like mine) it was like I was a little kid in a candy store.

BB is great – it is kind of funny – now I look at myself — and I compare myself to 3 years ago.  Sure I had a laptop but I didn’t know much about technology — but NOW – I am such a techy – actually it is scary!  Scary — but cool.. and expensive!

Now enough about me talking about how in love I am with my Blackberry…tell me how you feel about your Blackberry in the comments below.