Blackberries & Water Don’t Mix

10th October 2007

I picked a great day to drop my Blackberry in downtown Portland… One of the best phones I’ve ever had, (8703e) bounced once then landed in a 3 inch deep puddle.

It worked for about a minute, then the screen started flickering, then it made a little fizzing sound, and that’s the end. I KNOW I should have dried it out in a bag of rice for three days, or something, but c’mon, i had to try it, right?

Anyway, I’ll had a $50 insurance replacement here tomorrow, and it stinks going without a phone, but I didn’t stop and get another one because I just don’t know too much about what’s available.

I really do like my Blackberry, but there are a ton of amazing options coming out from Verizon, and at this time I have no reason to leave the. coverage is good, and the customer service is great, but i have to do some research before I drop a bundle on a new toy.

Not to mention that Google phone is probably coming soon, and if the Iphone were to start coming with a slide out keyboard, I’d probably want to check that out too. So many choices…

Most important for me in a new phone will be a Qwerty keyboard at least as large as my Blackberry, and now that our web hosting server supports Exchange, it might be nice to try a Windows mobile device again.

There are so many options right now I barely know where to start, so I figured I would do without my phone for a day while I investigate some of the options, and wait for my replacement to arrive.