this woman’s work

Julia is telling me that a blackberry would change my life and I’m trying to figure out how a person who is tech-illiterate when it comes to these mobile devices would go about making a decision about this.

Can those of you who actually understand this PDA business help answer some questions? Like:

–Does a regular cell phone plan work for them and then you can use wifi to get online or is it something more complicated?

–Can a person really type on those things?

–Does it cost to send emails or is it free (like if you’re using wifi)?

–What’s the most I should spend for a PDA? I don’t need a lot of bells & whistles.

–What’s a decent plan to power the thing?

–Are they all Mac-compatible or will I need to do something fancy?

Teach me, oh glorious internet people! I’m reading around and just getting more confused. (Listen, I didn’t even know how to answer my cellphone until Pennie showed me how to do it.)