It’s been a long time, but I finally feel like I’m coming home! In the last few months I have had the pleasure of trying several fabulous devices from HTC, Nokia and Sony Ericsson but none of them could match my favourite form-factor: the one of the BlackJack. I love its thin design, excellent thumboard and beautiful screen. Combine that with HSDPA and Windows Mobile and it was pretty much the perfect phone for me. Alas it was short lived, as it went back to the shop for repair and never returned.

It wasn’t until today when I needed to respond to a bunch of emails while on the road, with no laptop, that I realised I need it back. I just can’t stand T9 for emailing. So tonight, with Judie’s ever helpfulness in considering gadget purchases, I clicked “Buy Now” on an new unlocked Samsung BlackJack II. Faster, more memory, bigger screen and much improved battery life, the new one looks to update and fix the original, in the same design and compact package as before.

samsung_i617k_att_z1 Im Adding a New Phone To My Deck

As Judie will attest I have long wanted a HTC Tytn II, but alas it just didn’t fall into my price range at the moment, but hopefully the BlackJack II will serve me well for a while to come.

I paid for express shipping, so it should arrive this week (with first impressions to follow shortly after). If not I’ll have to wait over the long weekend, gah!