I am a gadget nut . Every time a new cool earpiece or other technological wonder hits the market place , I just have to buy it . The promise of figure out whatever job it ’s supposed to speak or the addition of some coolheaded new feature that I would otherwise never use is too much for me to stand .

My late object of obsession : a BlackBerry . And unlike the other gismo that get with a flash only to get kicked to the curb once the next glittery gaud comes along , I simply love this hand-held machine .

Last November , I pick up aTreo 650because I wanted to be capable to keep in touch all the time . own a cell phone is n’t enough anymore — I postulate to be able to iChat and due east - mail from my telephone as well . The Treo was okay , but it crashed often , and I was n’t wild about the earpiece reception — overall , it just acidify my experience on have a personal gadget that combined Es - mail and voice features .

But still I had never tried a BlackBerry . And that was queer , since when I talk to mass on airplanes as I journey , BlackBerry users do everything short of squeeze the gadget , raving about how different their life would be without one .

Finally , in January , I decided to giveBlackBerrya go . I picked it up the Saturday before Macworld Expo and went back to my hotel for what I was sure would be an afternoon of complete defeat in getting it arrange - up .

The headphone part was wanton — put in your GSM microprocessor chip and you ’re done . The part I was dreading , however , was setting up the e - ring mail and synchronize it to my Mac . After all , if the twist did n’t sync to my Mac for link and calendar , it was basically useless .

The way the BlackBerry colligate to your e - chain mail is smart as a whip . It ’s an always - on push connection that continually communicates with up to 10 e - mail speech . I typewrite in one of my personal account , and it just work . There was no fumbling around with pop music server names .

Then I taste my work e - chain mail address , which habituate SSL and other security department protocols . This , I thought , would impart the BlackBerry to its knees . I typed in my east - mail reference , and it failed to colligate . However , I clicked the advanced button , clicked the “ Use SSL ” box , and typed in my server name — it worked right away .

I was stunned at how well-situated it was to set up . I was getting e - mails from home and form at a steady pace , with no problems . Now to sync it with my Mac . I purchasedPocketMacto do my syncing and it was just as easy as arrange up the quietus of the BlackBerry . It wo n’t sync over Bluetooth , so you have to be link up with a USB cable , but I do n’t like much about that . My contacts and busy Expo show calendar were instantly available on my BlackBerry . ( Since that time , BlackBerry - maker Research in Motion has announced it will provide PocketMac for BlackBerry as a free download . )

This was immense for me . I was communicating from the show floor , while walk from one appointment to another . I was iChatting with Centennial State - actor on stories that needed to be done , answering due east - mails that I would n’t normally get to until later that twenty-four hour period , and taking headphone calls .

I ’ve had my BlackBerry for over a month now , and I do n’t know what I would do without it . I will jabber about it on an airplane if someone is ever reckless enough to require me about the gadget .

Now I just hope RIM ’s promised work - around for the patent of invention infringement lawsuit works .