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And there's the rub. In the Blackberry world, you get to ram your thoughts down the throat of your clients, employer, employees (and of course your friends and loved ones) exactly when you want to, and without that oh so inconvenient time sink of having to listen to the other person's thoughts, as you must with a conventional phone call. By making the other person's Blackberry demand "read me, READ ME!" you get to hurl your typed thunderbolt with impunity, at least your chosen target retaliates with his or her own brilliant missive. Not to be confused with the nearly lost art of letter-writing, the Blackberry replaces conversation with a series of curt, "in your face" volleys, and a generation for whom "Crossfire" and "The McLaughlin Group" are formative examples of interlocution has naturally accepted this mode of "communication".
Of course one wonders what Palm's decision portends for its PDA offerings (and other PDA makers who license the Palm OS), assuming of course that people still want PDAs without wireless telephony - see "Are Falling Handheld Prices A Sign Of PDA Obsolescence". But RIM still has a winner until Palm and their new friends in Redmond succeed in accommodating push (shove? jam?) technology. I'd be interested in the thoughts of others on this subject, especially those whose organizations compel them to experience the joys of the Blackberry.