She's Got a Habit

Originally published at Kenya Allmond: In My Own Words. You can comment here or there.

I feel like I'm just a few steps away from rubbing two sticks together - well maybe not that bad. MrFresh captured me a few weeks ago at PodCampDC doing something I did often - reading email, tweets, browsing online, etc. with my Blackberry.

The problem is that it wasn't my Blackberry; it was the property of my employer. So when I submitted my resignation, what did I expect? As of Friday, my last day at work, I no longer have a Blackberry.

Now I'm in Chesapeake, Virginia, for the weekend and I have to admit that I miss that connectivity. So I have fashioned together my Palm LifeDrive and my Motorola RAZR to get online. I'm using the RAZR as a modem via a Bluetooth connection to the LifeDrive. I admit that it is slow but it's faster than trying to use the browser on the phone and definitely easier to enter text. Also, I can no longer use GMail mobile or the GMail app on the RAZR itself. I haven't looked into it so I don't know why.

Before I remembered that I could do this I was really suffering, wondering what I was missing. I even called the BF to get him to look at a site that I was not able to see to get his opinion of it. I almost gave him my Twitter password to get him to check to see if I had any replies. I do have issues.

I did consider buying my own Blackberry but my new employer will most likely supply me with one when I start in June. The device I really want is the iPhone but I would like to be able to use it on T-Mobile. I am not willing to shell out all the money for an unlocked one or willing to destroy one in an attempt to unlock it, so I wait. Though, if the rumors are true about AT&T lowering the price by $200 when the 3G models come out, I may no longer be able to resist the AT&T bandwagon.

I have a few more trips planned before June so there are going to be more instances when I have to use this combination to get online if WiFi is not available. But it should be okay as I did this when I was in Argentina on vacation last year. I'll probably do it in the Dominican Republic later this month as well. Maybe I'll learn to appreciate a less connected life. Who knows?