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I've had the following converstation many a time before

• A.N.Other: Should I get a Blackberry Clare?

• Me: No idea, haven't got one!

• A.N.Other: Really, I thought you must have. Oh but you're creative, you'll have an iPhone.

• Me: Wrong again.

Stunned silence!

And it's true. For ages I was more than happy with a "standard" phone. In recent years I've had a Motorola that I loved (clam-shell flippy thing, very Star Trek!) and then a Nokia that was absolutely fabulous. The orginal Blackberrys and the iPhone were/are just to big for me. I like small phones I can easily put in my pocket. Also when the Blackberrys first came out the data charges were ridiculous for a small business like mine and iPhones don't support Flash (why Apple, why Apple?)

But now I have a Blackberry. It's one of the Curves and it is the perfect size. True it's bigger than my Nokia but it still fits nicely in my hand and in my pocket.

But if I hadn't been due for a upgrade, I wouldn't have made the switch. I know some people constantly change their phone but I don't see the point of that. My Nokia was fab...is fab and I am quite sad to change. Well not so sad that I'm tears but it was a good phone and had some features that I wish my Blackberry had.

On the other hand my Blackberry is purple and it's the only nice purple phone I've ever found! Yes that's very girly of me and I wouldn't normally judge tech on its colour but really, there is just too much black out there and all the pink phones are fine if you under the age of 13!

BW

Clare Lauwerys

24 Feb 2010