I currently have two cellphones, my own personal phone on Prepay and a Blackberry for work. Having to carry both phones around is a right pain, but I don't want to use the same phone number for both personal and work calls.
Here are the benefits from my current setup:
- I can turn off my work phone when I'm not at work, and still receive personal calls and TXTs on the other phone.
- I have two separate phone numbers, so my colleagues only know my work number.
- If I move to another position somewhere else, I can still keep my personal phone number.
Here are the cons from my current setup:
- Two phones to carry around
- Two chargers to carry around
I'd prefer to keep my phone on Prepay if I can, although I can make personal calls from my work phone at company rates if need be, by prefixing the number with ##. Apparently, this doesn't work with TXTs though.
These are the workarounds I've thought of so far:
- My Motorola E398 has functionality to support multiple lines with separate ringing options for each (and I assume the Blackberry Pearl does too). I asked Vodafone a while ago if it was possible to put both phone numbers on the same SIM card, but they said it couldn't be done.
- I've thought about using call diversion to forward personal calls from my phone to the Blackberry, but most of the traffic through my personal phone is TXTs rather than calls, so they'd still stay on my phone until I checked it next.
Do you guys have the same issue?
What do you suggest?
Thanks,
Carey
