Daughter got one for b'day from grandma, I liked it so much, I went and got one too. Now I am looking for others out there who may have one, anyone have a Blackberry?

I've got one. I think it's great but bet I'm not using it to it's best advantage. I'm still learning & not very techie at all.

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Violette, did you get yours through your phone's contract? Here they are way expensive, and the only way is to get it through like a 2 year contract where its only like $99...normally $399-599 something like that if you dont have a contract.

Is it the Curve? I have a Pearl and have been thrilled with it, but am really considering going i-Phone after a good friend of mine got one. It is amazing what it is capable of! And it would only cost me $200 to upgrade to an i-Phone from my Pearl.

Blackberry rules!

I just got a curve free on contract, love it

Hi and Welcome Daisy,
I have the Bold 9000, looked at the Curve, and the Pearl drove me nuts. I have long fingers and the latter two models were too small. I also have the Iphone, and although I adore it I Love the BB Bold better, for one thing I can get into the guts of the thing and poke around, not with the Iphone.  Plus I can run apps together.  

Thank you! It's good to be here!

Hmmm... interesting. I will have to look into the Bold. So you would def recommend it over the i-phone?

I have a refurbed, 2 year old Blackberry Pearl and it does the job for me. I'm one of these 'basic' people who just wants something that does a few simple things. Just needed to be able to reply to emails whilst away from home. Didn't want a huge contract since I wasn't requiring much credit on the PAYG so went for the cheapest option.

Took ages to work out the new keyboard though for texting - after being used to the standard mobile phone set up it was really difficult to get my fingers around. Now use both types so guess I'm ambitexterous!

Yes I would, I think it is the Qwerty Keyboard. 

My fingers are too fat for stupid blackberry keyboards. Anyone want to swap mine for a nice old nokia brick that my stubby digits can actually operate?

The Pearl has qwerty, but has two to three letters/symbols/functions per key, and so they are a bit bigger than typical blackberry keyboards, but if you're used to qwerty, it would take some getting used to. I-phone also has qwerty interface on its touch-sensitive screen keyboard, but the buttons are so small that when I am trying to type something I feel like I am hitting the wrong letter. Even though the letter you press enlarges when you press it...that, for me, would take a lot of getting used to. So I feel you Abby! I also hate the potential for smeary fingerprints all over the phone.

But I am in love with the apps!

Violette, what do you mean by being able to run apps together? And by being able to poke around inside?

Took ages to work out the new keyboard though for texting - after being used to the standard mobile phone set up it was really difficult to get my fingers around. Now use both types so guess I'm ambitexterous!

Lol!! I totally get your frustration- except in the opposite way. I learned to text mostly on an intuitive texting phone (that would presuppose the words you were going to type, like Blackberry) and so now when I travel to the UK and use my throw-away, I get really frustrated with texting on it! I am still trying to achieve your ambidexterity, Strawberry! 

Hmmm! All these berries!