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Why not to buy a Blackberry... no not cos it becomes Crackberry...

The good thing about RIM's Blackberry is that there are a limited number of handsets so deciding on which one to buy, is not so much of a problem. Once you buy the handset, not even half the battle is won. You get it back to office and all your colleagues are raving about how cool the handset looks. Now the ordeal starts. You called the resident IT guy to know the blackberry can be configured so you can start getting your mails. And he starts.... First, before even thinking about your emails, you need to sync your old phone with the laptop and download all your 3000 + contacts onto the laptop. Only one problem, you seem to have misplaced the CD which came with the old phone... Anyway.. minor problem, the software can be downloaded from the net, thank God for that! Next, once all the contacts are downloaded on to the laptop, you transfer them to your blackberry. Phew! What a relief... But it’s not over. Next, you got to send a request to the Server team in Singapore who in turn forw...