I looked at the calendar. I was certain the day was approaching, soon.

You see, in March of 2006, the little company I work for -- let's call them "Spittle Systems" -- was acquired by UltraMegaCorp, LLC, Inc. BFG. That same month, I was required to relinquish my Blackberry in favor of something supported by UMC.

Now, my venerable Blackberry was not a bad device. It had a reasonable color screen, excellent email capability, and worked fine as a phone. Of course, like many of the smartphones of the day, you were best served by a headset if you wanted to talk on the phone, because the idea of holding a hunk of plastic roughly the size of a sub-compact car to the side of one's face doesn't appeal to everybody.