My Dream Cell Phone

I spend a lot of time on my cell phone, which has been a Blackberry for the last few years. I don't answer my home phone, and have no personal phone number at work. Anyone who knows me knows that I'm almost always reachable--I always have my phone, and I answer it. I also use my Blackberry for e-mail and text messages and am just as reachable that way. For a while I tried out the iPhone, but I found it difficult to type using the touch screen, although I loved some of its other applications.

One of the most important ways I use my cell is as a tethering device for my laptop. I attach my Blackberry to my laptop, which gives me constant internet access; I can get online at open houses, when I'm on the road with clients, in hotel rooms, and even in my office when our wireless is acting up. Since the real estate programs I use most frequently aren't mobile enabled, and do not work on iPhones, this tethering is essential to my business. The Blackberry web browser is horrible, and the picture quality even worse, but the previously mentioned functions work wonderfully for me.

So, if I were content to do things as usual, I would be happy with my Blackberry and not have a roving eye. However, I have never been content with the status quo, and even if I were, the world of real estate is not. We are in a fast changing environment and I have to keep moving forward or I will get trampled.

With this in mind, and the fact that I am due for a phone upgrade on Jan 14th, I have been thinking about what I want and need in a phone. As I said I need:

1. A good phone
2. A key board that makes e-mail and texting easy
3. Access to wireless internet on my laptop. I tether for $15 a month. I can get a card for about $50 and then $70 a month if I need to, but I would rather not if I don't have to.

My wants are :

1. A camera that can take pictures good enough for me to post on MLS, my website, my fliers, my virtual tours, my BPO’s, etc. I like being able to take a picture on a cell phone and just e-mail to myself without all the intermediate steps needed by a digital camera. Plus, I don't always have my camera with me.
2. A better calculator than the standard one on Blackberry. Right now it is faster for me to add up numbers on paper than use the Blackberry calculator,
3. A better calendar. The Blackberry Curve calendar is bad news. I just set up Outlook so I think I may be able to sync but I'm not sure yet.
4. A better web browser. This is the least most important thing to me, but it would definitely be nice!

So, if anyone reading this has any suggestions for a phone with a usable keyboard that does what I want and takes great pictures, please give me feedback!

Thanks and Happy New Year!

Marcy Moyer

Intero Real Estate

marcy@marcymoyer.com

www.marcymoyer.com

650-619-9285

DRE 01191194