My old Blackberry Curve 8310 was just…BAD. No wifi, slow as hell, so many battery pulls because it would freeze constantly, etc. I got it a few years ago.

In this day and age, TECHNOLOGY CHANGES AT A RAPID PACE. So my precious 8310 was outdated really fast.

Well, I’m a longtime customer of Rogers Canada. I had an old mobile phone and another account.

Why two accounts? At the time I was a teenager and thus the account was under my father’s name. When I eventually decided to get my first Blackberry which was some time later, I closed the old account and made the new one for myself. So, when I’m saying longtime customer, that would probably be a good 10+years at minimum.

Anyways, after a year or two of your contract, you might be eligible for a hardware upgrade. They send  you a letter in the mail listing which phones may be suitable for you. Two of them were offered to me at $0. If I wanted the latest models, I would have to pay some money for it. Having a tight budget at the moment, really made my option a no brainer. FREE BLACKBERRY PLEASE & THANK YOU!

My Blackberry 9300

The Blackberry Curve 9300 is what I went with. It’s a big upgrade from the 8310 that I previously had. It runs so SMOOTHLY! The difference is remarkable. Plus I have wifi (which I wanted badly), a better camera, and lots of performance improvements.

When I called in to ask about my eligibility for the hardware upgrade program, the representative from Rogers hooked me up!! Got tons of freebies & extra things on my plan that I probably won’t use, but hey…it was FREE TOO! They even discounted $5 off my monthly rate which helps out quite a bit.

I’m really happy with not only the product but my good friends at Rogers!

Thank you Rogers Canada & RIM!

ps… BBM 4 LIFE!!

So when she came to me for advice, I recommended getting the Blackberry Bold 9780 – which is the one I want to upgrade to because I’m stuck with a shitty Curve 8310 at the moment.

She’s still has a contract with a phone company, so she had to go and find one on sites like Ebay or Kijiji — and she did. This really nice gentleman sold her a Blackberry Bold 9700 which was in excellent condition for about $240 which is a bargain considering they go for almost $500 on no contract.

And now comes her obsession with Blackberry & BBM — WHICH MOST BB USERS HAVE.

I’m slightly jealous. I want a damn Blackberry Bold 9780 so bad. Reviews from sites like Crackberry.com don’t help either. Just makes me WANT IT MORE!!

The Blackberry Bold 9700 is very similar to the 9780. The 9780 has a way better camera though, which is why I want it. But like I mentioned, I’m locked into my 3 year contract at the moment and the company is not giving me an upgrade hardware option until July which marks the 2 year mark I’ve been on it.

• 2GB
• up to 480 songs
• small and light
• clip onto clothes
• easy to use
• built in battery
• 12 hours of battery life

One of the main reasons I decided to go with the iPod Shuffle was because of the clipon and how easy it is to just clip onto your shirt, pocket, jacket, etc. I love the simplicity of it since I’m hoping to join a gym soon and can easily clip it onto my shirt and listen to music while I work out.

Of course me being the most awesomeness sister, I ended up getting my sister one too. She wanted the turquoise one, while I got the silver. It was on sale at FutureShop.ca for only $59.99 which is really great! So now I just have to go pick it up sometime today since I selected to have it picked up instead of shipped to me. Saved me $10 there especially since I have a Future Shop location near my house. LOL!

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