I miss my Blackberry.
I had to turn in my Blackberry--one of the original 957 models--when I left my job in Washington DC. I was fine, for the first few weeks; similar the aggregator-less time period, I was busy with moving and getting settled in and adjusted. Now, though, I miss it. I miss having access to e-mail (or more importantly, my contact list) from wherever I happen to be at any given moment. Yes, while at home I could simply turn on my laptop and connect, but that takes significantly more time than, say, pulling my crackberry out of my purse and pulling up a phone number.
I need a new phone, as well; my old Verizon-brand flip phone has been struggling to stay together over the last few months after the joint cracked. (Side note? This was already a replacement phone; the first one broke in the same place.) Rather than deal with getting another replacement, I am planning on buying a unified device. I had been planning to buy a Blackberry, this time with the phone service, but I no longer have access to a BES server, so I'm not tied to that line of products.
Any thoughts or suggestions? Treos? Palm? (does Palm even have a phone-enabled model?) Goodlink? My requirements are simple--I want PIM information to synch from Outlook, access to e-mail (corporate and personal), and good battery life/service coverage. I'm heading out today to compare features and models.
And no, I am not missing access to my Blackberry for these reasons, although I found the article amusing.