ctreelmom
TUG Member
I am eligible for an equipment upgrade for my AT&T cell phone and am thinking about a Blackberry-type device--by that I mean something that will let me access email and the internet and keep my calendar. I don't like to carry a large purse, and having to tote my phone and my dayplanner is getting cumbersome--I end up not bringing the dayplanner, but then things don't get entered, or I start to forget appointments, to-do items, etc.. Yes, I have a calendar feature on my current phone (razor) but it has limitations.
I also text quite a bit, and while I've gotten pretty fast, I like the idea of a qwerty keyboard.
I stopped into the Apple store last night and was playing around with an iPhone and maybe it just takes some getting used to, but even with small hands and pretty slender fingers, I was having a really hard time "typing" on the touch screen--kept hitting the wrong letters. Does that get easier with time? I know the keys on the Blackberry are even smaller. I'm concerned about the frustration factor. I do like the idea of the larger screen the iPhone offers and of course there's the "cool factor."
And I guess the question that should come first is, "do I really want to be that accessible all the time?" Many people tell me no, I really don't, and reference the "crackberry" idea, but I have become so internet-dependent I often find myself wishing I had access on the go.
It looks like Blackberries can be had for much less than the iPhone these days. I like the sleeker size of the Pearl--the curve just looks so chunky and awkward. Not to mention I like to keep my phone in my back pocket-- I wear jeans most days--can an iPhone or Blackberry handle being sat upon all day?
Thanks for any and all feedback from those who have either device (there's also the Pam treo but I haven't really looked at it yet) or have decided to just stick with a phone.
I also text quite a bit, and while I've gotten pretty fast, I like the idea of a qwerty keyboard.
I stopped into the Apple store last night and was playing around with an iPhone and maybe it just takes some getting used to, but even with small hands and pretty slender fingers, I was having a really hard time "typing" on the touch screen--kept hitting the wrong letters. Does that get easier with time? I know the keys on the Blackberry are even smaller. I'm concerned about the frustration factor. I do like the idea of the larger screen the iPhone offers and of course there's the "cool factor."
And I guess the question that should come first is, "do I really want to be that accessible all the time?" Many people tell me no, I really don't, and reference the "crackberry" idea, but I have become so internet-dependent I often find myself wishing I had access on the go.
It looks like Blackberries can be had for much less than the iPhone these days. I like the sleeker size of the Pearl--the curve just looks so chunky and awkward. Not to mention I like to keep my phone in my back pocket-- I wear jeans most days--can an iPhone or Blackberry handle being sat upon all day?
Thanks for any and all feedback from those who have either device (there's also the Pam treo but I haven't really looked at it yet) or have decided to just stick with a phone.