New BlackBerry

Grrrr...it seems that I just write about how great things are going with my BlackBerry, and something untoward occurs. However, this time, it was not the fault of RIM, T-Mobile, or anyone else other than myself.

You see, I was going to the NYLUG meeting at Google's NYC office. I had arrived at the location about 2 hours prior to the meeting (I didn't want to go home and come back to the city). Nice day, figured that I would go to the Starbucks that's right next door and try and get some work done. So I went into the Starbucks, ordered coffee, sat down, got some work done. Then I looked out the window and noticed how dark it was - which was odd, since it was 5PM in the middle of the summer. Then it started POURING down rain. The meeting didn't start until 6:30, so I figured that I'd have some time to wait it out. Well the massive downpour did stop, however, it was still raining quite heavily. So I made a dash for the building next door (where the meeting was). I did not realize that there was a step outside the Starbucks, and found myself plastered on the sidewalk in front of it, drenched. Then some onlookers mentioned that my phone was in the street - which it was, in a puddle of water! Needless to say, it didn't work too well after that. Oh well, that means I got the new BlackBerry 8800 that I had been wanting. So far so good. A little different getting used to a new user interface again (they changed alot between the 8700 and 8800 - the track wheel that had been there for so long is now a proper trackball among other major design changes) The 8800 is certaintly alot thinner than the previous 8700.