I have often posted about PDAs and cell phones. Over the years I have thought I had the best. For example: the second generation Treo and then the BlackBerry 8700.

Throw these devices away. I just got the "Curve" or BlackBerry 8300. Obviously I am no Walter Mossberg so I will not attempt to describe the features nor will I try to analyze the 8300.

All I can tell you is the following:

Size - amazingly smaller than the 8700
Weight - I would say one-third lighter than the 8700
Features - What more could anyone want (other than WiFi)?

A little bit more. While I was buying my 8300 in Manhattan today, I was amazed how people were swarming into this little Wireless store to grab these $500 devices. I know that the sage of Omaha - Warren Buffet - does a lot of market research by observing buying patterns etc. Based on today, consider buying RIM which owns BlackBerry (I do not own the stock).

Sorry for this digression from my normal posts. Back to normal on the next post.