As I travel around the country and the world (too much) I am always surprised and flattered by the number of people who tell me that they read my posts.

I sparked lots of interest with my early experience with my BlackBerry 8700 (purchased in early March). The problem I outlined was never really solved.

However I can report that BlackBerry and Cingular have just launced version 2.0 (for Cingular) that alleviates my problem of having to go online to delete email "buildup" so that I can continue to receive emails.

But progress on such matters sometimes comes with a dose of aggravation. RIM and Cingular launched the new version without warning (I only found out because my 8700 had a different home page one morning). For about 6 hours all was well, but then over the weekend emails ceased being delivered. This was particularly aggravating while spending the day in Baltimore yesterday. Fortunately the RIM tech team jumped into action last night and cleared up my problem with 60 minutes on the telephone.

If all goes well, I can hopefully say I have a terrific all around phone, email machine and PDA.