Img_7396  I had the good fortune to get my hands on the 8830 months before it was released on Sprint.  I wrote a detailed review on the device and was very impressed with it.  But as a Palm man (that sounds weird every time I write it) I just couldn't make the leap to the stodgy boring world of Blackberry.

  But for whatever reason, I could never keep my eye from completely turning away from it.

  Last month MP got it's hands on another 8830.  12 days ago I decided to activate it and for reviews of software and hardware.

  6 days ago I began using it as the primary device for calls and data.  Today, the 12th day..... Well..... My 755p keeps looking at me from its Sedio cradle.  It just stares at me like a best friend in grade school that stopped talking to me because I got a girlfriend and stopped hanging out as much.

I have to say, I am very surprised at how much I like the 8830, and the Blackberry OS.  In all of these 12 days, I have not suffered one single reset, stall or pause.  I can't get through a day without my Treo reseting.

Now, I'm not abandoning the Treo.  There are still a great many things that I love about my Treo.  But I am surprised at how much the BB OS has evolved   And how easy it is to work with.  There are draw backs, and as this is the first installment of my BB experience, I won't get in to too much of that yet.  But there is one very big drawback.

If you're a Mac user, you're screwed.  Very few titles, abilities and features are Mac friendly.  This of course is STUPID!  Myopic developers leave out the Apple platform and lose out on a ton of cash.  But for the end user like myself, it leaves us high and dry on the sidelines watching the cool kids play with cool toys.

But that has not hindered my enjoyment with this device.  I don't even miss the camera ( I never use it on my Treo's), I actually realized this this morning. 

The trackball takes a bit of getting use to, and every now and then I reach for the screen to no avail, but those are just habits.   Habits can be broken.

I will be detailing my thoughts over the next week so stay tuned. 

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