Got a new phone today
My new Blackberry Storm
I am a total geek. In large part because of the work I do here but also because I am a total geek I have accounts with three different phone carriers. I have the iPhone on AT&T, the G1 Android on T-Mobile, and until today I had the Blackberry 8830 on Verizon.
You may recall I had an evaluation Blackberry Storm supplied by RIM back when it launched on Verizon. I enjoyed using that evaluation phone and my impression of the Storm was pretty favorable while not the common one. That phone went back to RIM long ago but Verizon has been calling to me to get one of my very own.
I have successfully fought off that urge until today and I now have a Blackberry Storm to call mine. Verizon let it go for only $99 with all the various incentives including the “new every two” discount they offered. I just couldn’t pass that up so I have one of these babies of my own. That means I now have the three flagship devices for each of the networks I belong to:
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I’ve always wondered how you manage multiple phones. Do you carry all three? Forward one to another one? Do you stand in front of your phones today and play eenie, meenie, minie, moe to see who gets to go to Lowe’s with you? Draw straws?
Hope you have fun with your new phone!
Congrats very good choice and very good price too. I am stuck with my Bold for now.
I carry 2 phones with me iPhone and BlackBerry Bold :-)
Pam, I just carry one with me and do a lot of call forwarding. I pretty much only give out one of the numbers these days so that’s easier to do.
The price is the only reason I jumped on this. I liked the Storm but didn’t need one. :)
cross operator call forwarding must be expensive over time, no?
Wise decision James. I’ve found the Storm to be the best smartphone ever and there’s still a lot to come (firmware updates and BB store)
James congrats on your new Storm, now hopefully Kevin can convince himself to get one also, and become part of the Crackberry Nation. :) I have been using my Storm since day one and its been a very asome phone. So what you say Kevin?
Admit it, you just couldn’t let Om get away with carrying three devices when you only had two :)
Not happening just yet, HG. I’m only willing to pay for one voice line at a time. ;) We’ll see what the next few months bring, since my AT&T contract is up in June. I’m trying keep my options open until then.
You are a sick man……………and I am a jealous one.