I get so many frequently asked questions, that one day I am going to make a FAQ.
“Rex, you are impossibly attractive, how did you get so gosh darn handsome?”
“Rex, are you a super genius or merely a regular genius?”
“Rex, you hair smells terrific and always looks so well-kept, which salon products do you use?”
“Rex, I love your shoes, where can I get a pair exactly like them?”
“Rex, did you have some kind of operation or were you born with a freakishly large penis?”
While the above questions are merely asked twenty, maybe thirty times daily, one question stands above and beyond all others.
Seriously.
“Rex, what do you use for live blogging?”
Given that it is so frequently asked, I figured a picture was worth a thousand words.
Above is the EXACT device I have never once left home without in over a year. The one that is in my pocket 24/7. This is the official VegasRex live blogging and communication device. Anyone who matters is in this little machine.
It is a Titanium Blackberry Curve 8330.
I call it “God” for short.
Not only do I not leave home without by BlackBerry, but I don’t even go to the bathroom without it. Since I have germ OCD and wash my hands before touching it, my voice command via Bluetooth means that I often don’t have to touch it at all. It rests 8 inches from my head at night.
My BlackBerry has seen it all.
East Coast, West Coast, 20 degrees, 119 degrees, urban and rural … it has never let me down.
One might say that it is an extension of myself. If you have ever been in my presence, you have probably noticed that it is omnipresent in my hand.
I almost never speak on the phone. That is so 1975. Frankly, I am not sure why I even have voice minutes. I think I used 45 of them last month. My ringer for all but a select few numbers is set to a silent.mp3 file. With me, it’s either text or nothing. No exceptions.
When I go about my daily life in Las Vegas, and send my live posts, photos, and videos to the blog or one of the social network sites such as Posterous and Twitter … it is from my BlackBerry.
It looks like it has been through hell, but this thing has seen more work than the entire population of Mexico during the height of the Las Vegas construction boom.
I have taken tens of thousands of photos, and dozens of hours of videos with the very device you see pictured here.
I use every feature on it … Mp3 Player, Movie Player, Stereo Audio over Bluetooth with A2DP, Still Camera, Video Camera, turn-by-turn GPS, Maps, Voice Command, Email, SMS, Web Browser, Voice Recorder, TwitterBerry, Blackberry Messenger, Google Messenger, AIM, Yahoo Messenger, and of course, the calendar and PDA functions … and every so often, the phone.
It has a built in keyboard that I can type very fast on, and the trackball is far more intuitive than a stylus or touch screen has ever been. Hell, it’s even easier to use than a mouse.
During the course of a week, I probably use my BlackBerry Curve twice as much as I use my PC. I am arguably the most proficient BlackBerry user on the planet. I wish there was a contest, because I assure you that I would not only enter, but I would win first, second, and third place simultaneously.
While this may indeed sound like a commercial, I assure you that it is not. It’s simple reality. I have used everything dating back to the original Palm Pilot, and as of 2009, the BlackBerry is the greatest tech advice ever invented. Yes, including the iPhone which looks far nicer, but which lacks far too many features that I use on a daily basis. The iPhone is a toy. If a man carries one, it’s a substitute for the vagina he always wanted. The BlackBerry is a powerhouse that does everything and it “just works”. Fanboys flame away, but I’m right and you’re wrong. Period.
So, there you have it.
The next time I get this question I will simply throw a link up to this.
And when you see a cell-quality photograph or a live blog post hit the site, you now know from where it was derived.
While I am at it, I will go ahead and answer the second most frequently asked question:
I was born with it.
