Blackberry Pearl
If you have spoken to me in the last year than you have undoubtedly heard me complain about the state of smart phones. I have tried them all. The Treo is the worst -- I had three of them break in six months, maybe that’s why they are called Treo -- and the HTC TyTN is a big brick of a phone with limited battery life, a worthless Microsoft operating system, and the least intuitive design of any device to be called
smartin the last 5 years.
After much trial and ever more error I finally found the phone of my dreams: The Blackberry Pearl. It's small, sleek, and most importantly it just WORKS people. I had it up and running in 10 minutes and it has never crashed. The only downside is the keyboard -- it has two letters on each button and uses an algorithm to determines which letter you are trying to type. It is very good, but it took me a few days to adjust and trust this feature.
The best part about this story is that the Pearl was only $200. 75% less than the HTC TyTN which I’m going to sell on Ebay.