I fell victim to a cheap marketing ploy. My cellular phone service provider has the ongoing promotion where you can upgrade your phone at little or no cost every two years if you agree to sign a contract for another two years. I went over three years with my previous phone.
I am now the proud and tired owner of a Blackberry device. It is a wonderful piece of technology. Wherever I am, I have instant access to the Internet and to all four of my e-mail addresses. Most of my contacts are now in the Blackberry.
The term "Crackberry" didn't come out of nowhere. Rather than have to go to a computer to check one e-mail account and then another and then another, I can now check them all within a few seconds on the Blackberry. It is very tempting just to check the Blackberry screen every few minutes to see if any e-mails came in. If there are new e-mails, it is very tempting to just check them. Then it is tempting to send a quick reply to some of them. My cellular service provider loves these temptations since checking and replying to e-mails requires air time. I'll have to see what the damage is when I get the next cellular phone bill.
I tend to be pretty savvy at technical things. However, one issue has befuddled me - but I will figure it out. Whenever a new e-mail comes to any one of the four accounts I have on the Blackberry, the phone vibrates. Unfortunately, I get well over 200 e-mails total per day on the four e-mail accounts on the Blackberry. Not only is it somewhat annoying to have the Blackberry vibrating every couple of minutes, that vibrating requires a fair amount of energy from the battery. So, I'll figure out how to turn of the vibrating notification for new e-mails.
Sometimes, technology can be overwhelming. And no, I am not writing this post from the Blackberry - even though that is possible.
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