The Evil One Has Arrived

It landed on my desk this morning.

It is small. And evil.

It... is a Blackberry.

There is no other device in the world that could make me more appreciate the beauty, simplicity and brilliance of the iPhone.

The Blackberry is carpal tunnel waiting to happen. The keys are WAY too small. I have to use the edge of a fingernail to press the buttons. It's terrible. The software is completely non-intuitive. And the trackball is so flimsy, I don't expect it to last very long.

The internet browsing is worthless. It only loads the "mobile version" of any particilar website... if a mobile version even exists.

Oh, and did I mention that it didn't come with a User Manual? No. You have to use the crappy Blackberry help site to get any kind of info. For example... why would it occur to me that to use "CAPS LOCK," you have to use the "alt" button and the "right shift key?" Using the left shift key won't work. What kind of stupid system is that? How about just hitting the caps key twice? Nope. Gotta make it more complicated. It's as bad as using a Windows-based machine. Always making things more difficult than they need to be.

The iPhone just makes sense. It's an elegant design. The software is user friendly... intuitive... and doesn't take a pHD to figure out.

Aaaaaaargh!