Blackberry Pearl

I was fed up with my Palm Treo 650. Fed up enough to break contract and go with something else no matter what it cost me. I had Earthlink Wireless and my coverage was poor almost everywhere. The Treo 650 stopped retrieving emails after a while and I’m not sure if that was the fault of the unit or the service, but in any case I wasn’t getting email. On top of that, the Treo 650 would restart at random. It would restart in the middle of the night, in the middle of calls, and just about any other unexpected time. Some may say it was third party software causing it to crash, but I didn’t have any at all. I just did a hard reset to factory defaults and experienced the same issues. I figured this was unacceptable and it was time for a change. Cingular (now AT&T) and Verizon offer excellent coverage in my area and areas I travel to frequently. I know going with either of them work work much better than Earthlink. The next item in hand was to pick a handset that would suit my needs. I wanted email and internet capability as well as contact management, calendars, and the usual phone ability. I decided a smart phone would be the best fit and I decided to go with the Blackberry Pearl.