After years or dutiful service my Treo cellphone died. An unexpected static shock shorted out the display.

Technically Treo still worked, incoming calls worked–a testament to its smart construction and design–right up until the moment of activating my new love, the Baybeh 9700 ( Blackberry Bold 9700 ).

After several days of relentless use, I must note that Baybeh 9700 is the finest Blackberry ever encountered. Though my main phone was the Treo, I’ve handled all sorts of devices in the course of duty at my day job. It’s light; it’s responsive and it just works–right out of the box.

Every weakness of the Blackberry in years past has been resolved. Configuring it to use any mail server and without paying for a Blackberry Enterprise Server license? Enter the email address and password and Baybeh does the rest. Low battery charge capacity? I can run this phone full out all day with all kinds of applications humming and it’s still over three quarters capacity. Poor camera resolution? 3.2 megapixels, bright flash and ways to override the automatic settings.

And speaking of the camera, behold my beloved Oedipus:

And so farewell, Treo. Hello Baybeh 9700.