Monday, April 6, 2009
This past weekend my Blackberry went on the fritz during the Annual Casco Bay District pinewood derby. Imagine if you will, the horror of turning on your phone / PDA and having it freeze up within minutes of gaining power. Now this might now be a major issue for some people, but I live with my Blackberry.
It is bad enough that we all carry cell phones now a days, but now those of us who have hectic schedules can get smart phones to help up get through the day. Of course that is, until something goes wrong. I remember when Day Runners were the in thing. Your contacts and your complete calendar all on one place. My wife used to make fun of me for carry mine all the time. Then of course there was the Palm III. That baby had some raw computing power and managed to keep everything that the Day Runner did in 1/16th the space. Of course if you did not sync the thing with a computer and the batteries died, oopps!
Over the years I have bounced back and forth between a Day Runner (like the paper) and Palm devices (like the computer compatibility). Late last year I decided that while I am not 100% great with electronic calendars a Palm or Smart phone device was the way to go. Especially because they can sync with Microsoft Outlook which is used by most big companies. Including the Boy Scouts of America.
In February I ended up with a Blackberry Curve 8330. The device is much more powerful than the Palm Pilots I owned in years past and because of the technology I have my work email and calendar with me wherever I go. This has been great until the past weekend when I ended up spending lots of time with the tech support people trying to figure out what was wrong and ultimately, in the end, having them send me a replacement phone.
Now a days it is not so much the setup, as my smart phone syncs with my work account and everything is backed up and retrieved automatically, but what really gets you is the customization. Blackberries have such a learning curve that you can never really learn all the things they are able to do. If you end up replacing one, like I will when the replacement arrives, it can take days to properly reset your phone features to the settings you like. Either way I am sure I will spend quite a bit of time tomorrow night getting the thing running again.
I love technology.
Tony
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