Got a new cell phone last night.....

[KnacK]

I was invited to a new product rollout for Blackberry and Sprint last night.  Open bar and free ( as in b33r ) food..

Here's what everyone who attended got:
CLICK ON ME!!!!!!!

[y00tz]

Wow, KnacK and the misses are living it up.

[P!nk]

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[KnacK]

* KnacK is now pulling what's left of his hair out trying to set up a BES server.....

[jitspoe]

I was going to say, "Nice!  Now you can call somebody who cares!", but I've ragged on you enough lately.

[XtremeBain]

What a nice toy

The GPS and laptop modem (we're missing this feature on the 8700R model that we're giving everyone at my company) will suit you nicely.

The trackball in the middle (feels weird calling it a "pearl" when it's on the Curve or the 88xx) takes a little getting used to, but it's probably much better for your thumb than the scrollwheel they used to have.  I just got a new job so I'll no longer be getting to play with all the new Blackberry devices as soon as they come in.  We won't be getting this model since we're with a GSM/GPRS carrier here (can anyone say iPhone? ).

I know 10 guys I went to college with who are working for RIM right now, great company and great products.

[Eiii]

Blackberries are super-cool. Mostly because you can write apps for them.

Last I checked, at least.

[jitspoe]

* jitspoe waits for KnacK to port paintball2 to his blackberry.

[KnacK]

There is a developer's environment in the BES called MDS.  You can make and port apps within its environment then push it out to any blackberry.

As soon as I get this POS server up[ and running we shall see what kind of kewlness I can create.

[eagle]

how much did the blackberry cost?

[Eiii]

Sounds like they gave it to him for free.

[KnacK]

THe 8830 was free at the product rollout party but the first one I bought was $277.00 ( that's a HUGE discount off of full retail of over $400.00.

So I'm trying to get one of the 8830's activated.

It's Saturday and I'm at the office.

THE BES server is running great.

I've been on the phone with tech support for 2 hours.

They don't know what the hell they are doing trying to take a Nextel i870 and converting to Sprint 8830.

My rep is going to get an earfull here shortly....