It seems I may have angered the Android gods with my last entry, the five things I hate about Android, as my HTC EVO 4G will no longer take a charge. Instead of buying a new EVO or using my upgrade (I’ve been eligible for an upgrade for 5 years now), I went back to my Blackberry Curve 8330. So I thought I would start a short miniseries of blog entries that will document my readjustment to a phone I once loved. Could my misfortune allow RIM to win me back?

I’m officially having Android withdrawals. I miss my games. I miss my browser. Most of all, I miss (grasp!) my touch screen. A little over a year ago I would have rebutted such a statement as that last one with harsh contempt, because a year ago I was a diehard Blackberry fan that would refuted anything not made by Research in Motion (RIM).

I was also anti-touch. I happily disavowed any touch based phone for the simple fact that a QWERTY keyboard was faster. I didn’t know about Swype back then and honestly if I did, I probably would have not cared. Although, in the public eye I was an avid defender of all things Blackberry, behind closed doors I was angry with RIM and their unwillingness to innovate and compete.

When my second replacement of my Blackberry Curve started having the same USB port issues, I started doing research on the Android phones available for Sprint. When the insurance company sent me my third BB Curve 8330, I was secretly highly interested in Android and the just released HTC EVO 4G. That third BB Curve would only be used for a month as I decided to make the leap to the Android ecosystem.

Day One

Surprisingly, the operation of my Blackberry Curve 8330 came back to me naturally. My fingers quickly readjusted to the QWERTY keyboard. I am able to spit out texts with all of the fluidity I once had. BB OS 4.5 has no issues keeping up with my scrolls of the trackball. The one thing I notice is that my BB awakes immediately whenever I press the trackball, a far cry from what I am use to with Android and its one to second delays.

E-MAIL. I got to give it to RIM. They are still the kings of e-mail and while the world would want to believe that such communication is obsolete, especially in the age of Facebook, e-mail is still really important. I must say that Android and its Gmail app does gives RIM a run for its money.

Browsing the web on my BB Curve with its native browser sucks. Even Mini Opera doesn’t help much. Browsing is slow and my favorite sites look like toddlers renditions. I hope RIM rectified this issue in newer Blackberries.

To Be Continued…