For my personal phone, I recently decided to upgrade my Blackberry 7230 (which had survived a dunking in the toilet) with a new Blackberry 7290. I decided on the 7290 because it was 1) Cheaper than an 8700 model, 2) Same form factor as the 7230, 3) Had a brighter screen, 4) Bluetooth, and 5) Quad-Band GSM support. My carrier for the phone is T-Mobile. Cost me $49 from T-Mobile (plus tax of course and after mail-in rebate with new contract....).

I love this thing.

First, it resolved a number of issues that made me dislike my 7230. It stays synced with the network time. It has a much brighter backlight so those with early on-set far-sightedness (me) can read the display better.

Second, all my old accessories work with the phone, and still syncs with PocketMac to my Mac.

But the unexpected fun came with the upgraded Blackberry OS loaded on it. This unit has decent theme support, and I was able to get the MacBerry theme which makes my Blackberry look like a Mac. Whoo hoo!

Another fun app I've discovered is Google Maps Mobile. If you've not tried this little application, it's great. It's just like Google Maps except smaller (obviously). It can give you step-by-step directions between two points, pan and zoom, and even use the same satellite imagery that Google Maps uses. An added feature is real-time traffic displays for 30 metropolitan areas. Very, very nice. Reportedly supported on any Java J2ME enabled handset. Highly recommended (but only if you have an unlimited data plan on your device - it does download a lot of stuff).