Our Crackberries Keep Our Options Open
Yeah, we know it's NOT an iPhone! Maybe the next one will be. Most probably will be, but two years ago Verizon wasn't stocking the iPhone, and a Blackberry Storm II seemed like the best fit for us, and it serves its purpose well!
We had a TREO 700p prior. Aaaack. Frequent reboots and trying to tether that phone to our laptops when we were away from home was a real hassle. We each have a Blackberry Storm II, although Bill's is a bit worse for the wear of the two (a few too many tumbles out of the hip holster). But the primary functions we need, they do well.
Email pushes regularly, both our work and personal accounts feed smoothly. We both have visibility to the business email at all times, and that helps tremendously with keeping us both of the same page all the time even when we're not in the same place. Get a contract while away, download and view. Maybe a little small, but at least we don't have to wait until we get back to the office to find out the details.
And if we're away from home and need Internet access to the laptop and no free WiFi is available? We can tether with Verizon or PDANet software.
Need a flashlight in a pinch? There's an app for that, and we've used it to illuminate a dark basement trying to find the light pull string.
Need blog pictures? They come with a camera that's better than our original digital camera, so quite a few of our blog posts benefit from always having that phone ready to go. Push a photo straight to Facebook? Piece of cake.
It's also great for taking a picture of where we parked in Scooby 7 (perfect for airport parking). Need to look up some equipment information later? Zoom in on the furnace nameplate and snap a shot. See a poster for an upcoming local event? Snap a picture, now it's ready for future blog development.
We will say the Internet capability is a bit on the weak side. We can access our mobile MLS, accepts leads from Remax.com and a host of other tasks, but definitely have a little phone envy when we watch the iPhone and Droid users blazing around.
Overall, having these two Blackberry phones has been a tremendous step up, but we are looking forward to the next step forward! The good news, the longer we wait, the better then next generation of phones will be!
Serving Warren County's residential real estate needs,
Liz and Bill aka BLiz
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