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Over the last couple of years I have had ~ 26 different cell phones. This is my addiction. My first phone was a Motorola bag phone that had to weigh at least 10 pounds, but it was cool!

From there the addiction started. A quick history of memorable moments in my cell phone past:

• The Zack Morris style Motorola brick phone was the next big step for me. A welcomed upgrade from the bag phone.
• The Motorola MicroTAC was my next major phone upgrade from there. I remember when they came out with the slimline battery, you could finally put the phone in your pocket :)
• The Motorola StarTAC, smaller and better!
• While working in San Francisco I found the Motorola V50 phone. The VP for the company I was working for would buy "gifts" for potential clients. This one potential client, who was also a cell phone junky, heard about this new "StarTAC" that was so small you could fit it into the palm of your hand. We tracked it down in Las Vegas and purchased two. They were $1500 each!
• From there I bounced around to a bunch of different brand and style of phones. Nothing really sticks out in my mind as really innovative.
• Back in 1999 I started a consulting company and was reading a review about this new device; the BlackBerry. Being a consultant I thought how cool would it be to get email 24/7 without being tied to a computer so I went out and purchased one. How my life changed! I know the device was not a "phone" but I feel it should be included in my list. The BlackBerry really changed the way I communicated. E-mail became my primary way of communication and my cell phone was bumped to second.
• I am trying to remember when my BlackBerry and cell phone merged into one but cannot recall the model or carrier. Strange, you would think that was an important event.
• I have had so many different BlackBerry phones, to many to list.
• The 7100i was the new design which strayed away from the normal design. If featured a new keyboard that grouped multiple characters on one key and had a predictive text engine. It worked fairly well but being in the tech industry it failed to complete words of the tech nature. I hated this phone but the display was beautiful.
• At this point I started looking at the Windows Mobile devices. Working for a company who is a Microsoft shop I felt the need to give it a look over. The big problem I had with Windows Mobile at the time was its lack of true push email. When an email was sent to me an SMS trigger was sent to my phone, by our Exchange Server, to tell the phone to check messages. SMS is not 100% reliable so I missed a few important emails. Very annoying!
• Last year Microsoft offered true push technology. My first phone with this capability was the Sprint PPC-6700. The push function worked very well and I said goodbye to my BlackBerry. It was awesome while it lasted. The big beef I had with BlackBerry was the lack of cool 3rd party apps.
• Being a big tech head I thought the PPC-6700 would have been the perfect phone for me. I could do everything on it. That was until I used it for a couple of months and realized how heavy and bulky it was. Also found that I did not use all the features. That is the point I started to look at the Smartphone versions.
• Motorola Q rumors were buzzing around as the "BlackBerry Killer" and I could not wait. I think I got one of the first one from Verizon when they came out. I made the switch to Windows Smartphone and have not looked backed.
• Just in the last year I have had the Motorola Q, HTC Dash, Samsung Blackjack and Cingular HTC 3125.
• I have stuck with the Blackjack as I like it the best!

I hope to share my experiences, good or bad, about Microsoft's Windows Mobile platform as well as pass along tips as I find them. I hope you enjoy the blog and please visit often :)