The initial set up was fairly simple. If I can do it, anyone can – especially seeing as I’m not really one for reading instructions before jumping into a project…

After the initial set up, my next project was getting the data plan added. This was pretty quick. While I was still logged on to work and couldn’t really do too much with the new toy anyway, I sent a quick e-mail to AT&T’s customer service. I had a response and the shiny new data plan in just a matter of a couple of hours.

That’s when the real fun started. I set up my e-mail, which was waaay easier that I ever imagined and the started downloading apps for the device. I now have the Facebook app, the GMail app, I synced it up with my Google Calendar (which I’ve been using a lot lately and is awesome and highly recommend), Twitterberry – which is so simple and so brilliant ( I also have Twitter linked up with my Facebook, so I can update Twitter from anywhere now and then it will also update my Facebook status – genius) and last but not least, I also downloaded the Pandora app so I can listen to music wherever. These were all free apps, which is awesome -as you’ve probably figured out from reading this, I love free stuff.

Overall, I’m very pleased. It’s just a really neat tool and while I’ve never been a big phone user, I love having access to all this cool stuff at all times. I can’t say I’ll love my new phone bill – with the addition of the shiny new data plan, but I really do think it’s worth it.

Fellow Blackberry owners, any other cool stuff that I should check out for my new toy?

AT&T must be getting ready to bring in some new models, because even though I’m not eligible for a discounted upgrade until sometime in December, they were offering an early upgrade to their Blackberry Curves in either Titanium or Red for the low price of… FREE!  I noticed it on their website over the weekend and I just had to jump on the offer.  It looks like they were also offering the Bold, but they were already long gone by the time I noticed the offer.  So if you’re an AT&T user and are considering upgrading to a smart phone, this is a great way to do it and you should probably jump on it fast!

I had planned to wait until the brand new ones came out this Summer, but any way I looked at it I was going to be spending an awful lot of money and you just can’t beat free.  And while the Curve won’t be the latest and greatest,  I’m sure I will be more than satisfied with it as it will be a hell of a lot more phone than I’m accustomed to.

So I’m super psyched now.  I love new toys It should be coming in probably either sometime tomorrow or Wednesday and that, like everyone, I’ll be instantly addicted.  And hey, now you can all refer to me as a crackhead and really mean it!