I finally upgraded: Blackberry Curve 8330

For those of you who know me you would know that prior to a couple of days ago I have had the same phone, the Samsung A880, since October 2005. Yes, you read that right, one cell phone; over 3 years. Who does that, right?
This phone went thru hell and back and is still functional, with the same battery it came with in 2005, to this day. Three days after I got it, on a Sunday stroll it started raining, who'd of guessed it, but the phone fell out of my pocket in my haste back to the house and was out in the torrential rain for a good 20 minutes before I found it. After a thorough dry out it was working just fine..
This phone has fell over 60 feet from the bleachers at a blazer game and when the attendant brought it back up for me not only was it still in once piece but it was on and working as if nothing had happened at all.
I have thrown it in the garbage in the pearl, dropped it too many times to have kept count..
The most recent abuse was when my dog, Charlotte, decided that she wanted to try and eat this shinny thing that I always have in my hand.
Through it all, it withstood the torture and always had a crystal clear signal and service from Alaska to the Grand Canyon to Utah to the woods of Alabama..
But with its age its prime function for me was starting to get difficult, and that was text messaging. It was getting annoying enough that it actually started to curve the amount I would text message, causing me to opt for *gasp* actually talking on the phone.
We can't have that now, can we?
Time to get a new phone!

After doing my research I decided that the phone that I wanted was none other than the Blackberry Curve 8330. Not only is it a phone, but it doubles as a mp3 (yes, you still owe me that ipod, and I still want it!), it has gps, much better access to the internet and a full qwerty keyboard that allows me to text and email to my hearts content. After playing with it for the past couple of days I have configured all my email addresses to send to this phone, facebook automatically notifies me when I have something new, I am waiting for a friend to get me the Microsoft Office product that goes with the phone which, theoretically, will be great (now I will never have an excuse for not getting homework done, right?). The phone works great, its easy for me to figure out and other than the fact that I am getting used to the keyboard the transition has been very, very easy. For me, its like comparing a car from the 80's to something from this current decade so to say that I am loving it is an understatement.