Continued poking at the whole Crackberry thing. Learned the “standard” model we get (the 8700 — most likely I’d be getting the 8700c to minimize disruption in service).
Pretty much most of the stuff I have on my Treo is available on this guy, and the stuff that isn’t isn’t all that important. Except …
… no camera.
It seems odd that, having once pooh-poohed having a cell phone camera and not having had one until I got the Treo, I find that prospect so daunting. But it is so freaking convenient to be able to snap some sort of picture nearly anywhere I go that the thought of losing that capability is … really, deeply irksome.
I need to find out how rock-solid the “standard” is — either the Blackberry 8100 Pearl or 8300 Curve have cameras, and I’m willing to live with a bit of other inconvenience if they’ll support my Exchange stuff (which it appears they do).
The standard at my company is a Blackberry 8100. Nice little devices, they’ve got micro-SD card slots in the battery compartment and (with 3rd party softare) can play ripped DVDs, music, all that good stuff. And yup, they support Exchange with no problems (Enterprise Activation is one of the standard icons)
Yeah, been doing some reading on them. The Curve looks pretty nice, too — and looks to have a better keyboard, too. Cheaper than the 8700, as well, which makes me hopeful I can wangle one.