Rick Reszler

I have had this awesome older apache (Verizon XV6700) for some time now and it has been great. Mostly due to the fact that there are hacks/ports to Windows Mobile 6 which normally only runs on the latest models, but this fact is also what finally starting to wear on me.  I would spend a considerable amount of time keeping it working properly, which in the beginning didn't seem like much but now I felt it was getting out of hand.

After careful shopping, comparison, reading reviews and not to mention factoring in the financial aspect I decided on the Blackberry Pearl 8130. It has the new 2 megapixel camera with video recording capabilities, built in GPS and it's 3G capable so I can still use this as my backup mobile Internet connection for my laptop which for me is very important. At first it was so much of a change in the way it handles emails that I was not sure I liked it. I recently learned about the filters you can setup to control what gets forwarded to your Blackberry and how it's managed when you reply or delete messages. It really makes it the bomb for email.  The new web browser on it rocks too it even does java.

So far I am very happy with my choice.