Countdown to Nexus One

It’s not even official, but I’m still counting down until March 23rd, the day that Verizon will supposedly start carrying the Nexus One. And I realize that I’ll then have to order it from Google so I still need to add a few days for shipping, but I’m counting down anyway.

In truth, my Blackberry Pearl has been a very good phone. The smallest phone I’ve had in years (I had the original Treo). Like all Blackberries, it’s an email machine. Handles Twitter fine. I read books using Mobipocket. Syncs nicely with my Google calendar.

But it’s just getting old.

The keys stick. The over/under on how many times you have to press L to get a response is 3. The trackball randomly decides not to recognize up. But really, it’s the keys. Sending even the shortest text message is torture. Forget about replying to an email, I’ll read it, but wait until I can get to my computer to respond, unless the response is two words or less.

So I’m counting down. It’s pretty much inconceivable that I won’t love a Nexus One. I’m not comparing it to an iPhone, I’m comparing it to my Pearl. As long as the virtual keys don’t stick…