I’m completely loving and am addicted to the BlackBerry Pearl I bought last week. It’s my first time owning a BlackBerry and it’s a welcome upgrade as the phone I had previously was circa 2002 (the whole shopping for new phones really pisses me off, and the old phone did still work, technically). After a few learning humps and some tweaking to get things functioning properly, everything works perfectly. I receive email (I have my gmail account hooked up to it) just about instantly. I can log into Gtalk and all the other major IM services; I’ve got Google Maps, which is amazing on mobile, since it basically functions as free GPS; internet—you name it.

I now have an understanding and appreciation for why these things are nicknamed “CrackBerries”.