My Top Blackberry Apps

PodTrapper - Download Podcasts over Verizon, so much nicer than a iPod but it cost real money (only app I have paid for to date)
Facebook - Does Facebook, still not as nice as the iPhone version)
QuickPull - Can actually shut the BB off or reboot on a schegual (the dark side on BB running apps in the background is sometimes it gets slow and reboot helps from closing running applications)
Google Apps - I use Maps and Google Sync (Google maps syncs mymap)
Viigo - RSS reader I love (shows update to friend blogs or website feeds) and has way more features I don't use like streaming podcast. Oh, and you can update it the web and it syncs with your BB
Vlingo - Not as good as it was (now charge for a pro account) but it replaces my voice dialer (call John) with many more options. It does an ok job translating voice into email or text messages (now limited number a month) but is pretty slow. Only options when you're driving and want to be 'safe'
Sametime - Hey, it's the IM we use at work so don't make fun of me (I use Yahoo IM once and a while)

Sometime used
Amazon - check prices when I'm in a store and leverage my prime account to get it in 2 days
Audible - streaming audio book but it's to choppy so I only use it for buying the books and still use my iPod for listening
Opera Mini - nice browser but I stick to a pearl BB for size so I only use it when I want to see a website the built in browser butches
BB App world - don't think this really counts as a app but if you have an older BB you should grab it

Added my gdgt gadget list widget

Treasury Department Touts Expanded Tax Credit for First-Time Homebuyers

Not sure the details but Treasury is offering a credit offer up to $8,000 to qualifying taxpayers

Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Originations Plunge 80% from Fourth Quarter ...

A report from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) shows a 80% drop from the same period in 2007

Housing starts fall to record lows (How many times have you seen this headline?)

They fell 16.8 percent from December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate per Housing starts fall to record lows  from Today's Real Estate News

Picking up a Dell Mini

So, to help the pain giving up my BlackBerry I put in a order for a Dell Mini 9.  I'm grabbing the XP version so I wouldn't have the Linux learning curve.  I don't get it till March but as soon as I do I'm post pics and my .02 cents...

Update: Called and added build in webcam and it moved the ship date from 2/26 to 3/9 - wish they would have told me that on the phone

Giving up my BlackBerry

So, I liked the Storm but it was just a little too big and the batter life just plan wasn't good for me.  I would still recommend it as a phone b/c I love a lot of things about it but my final decision was to return it in the first 30 days to get a phone phone since that's what the main reason I use it for.  I know I'm going to go into withdraw but we will see how bad it is.  I was pretty much a crackberry person so it's not going to be easy.