I was just having a conversation with a friend who just changed jobs and no longer needs his BlackBerry for corporate use. He just got a BlackBerry 8703e on Verizon but is going to return it so he can get a Motorola Q. He admitted that there is no way that they would use the Q for business, yet, he is going to buy that new black Motorola Q for personal use.

My friend was a long time BlackBerry user so when he told me this I didn’t believe him, especially when he just upgraded to the 8703 not 2 weeks ago when he changed jobs. He told me that it just wasn’t worth it becasue he really doesn’t use the BlackBerry for anything. I said that he couldn’t be serious, the he asked me this question.

Besides email and making calls, what do you really use your BlackBerry for?


I heard the question or some variant of it many times before, but, for some reason it really stuck with me with me.

Besides email and making calls, what do you really use your BlackBerry for?

This question really got me to thinking about how I actually use my BlackBerry. I have been a BlackBerry user for years and have written about the device almost every day for over the passed two. If I am honest, however, I really don’t use my BlackBerry for anything besides email and making calls. Sure, I have a ton of games and I constantly am IMing people via BlackBerry Messenger, but, when I really think about it, there is no killer app outside of email that draws me to the BlackBerry so that I cannot live without it.

I bet I am missing out on some really cool stuff so I am going to ask the question to you.

Besides email and making calls, what do you really use your BlackBerry for?