BB

I have never been a fan of the BlackBerry, or BB, as people call it and everyone who has ever received an email from me knows that perfectly well.

In a way, BlackBerry and I got off on a wrong foot. I had heard much of this miracle enterprise phone for a while and seen many visitors to Thailand type away at their emails with it, transfixed at it. Oh, well, it would blow over, I thought.

The it was at CommunicAsia that the Canadian embassy staff eagerly tried to get me to go to their stand to witness the best thing to come out of Canada since maple syrup. That did not happen as nobody at the stand was allowed to talk to the press.

Perfect thinking - go to a huge exhibition and man it with people who are not cleared to talk about it. That move was worthy of the Thai government strategy.

Then a few stars started using the BB and it became the in thing. People were getting rid of their iPhones and getting the BB because of the amazing ability to chat for free. Never mind that the cost of accessing the network was substantial to begin with. I called it a 20,000 Baht pass to an elite club.

The other day I picked up a white 8520 curve. Now to slowly learn what makes this baby tick.