I've gotten approval to switch my work corporate blackberry to a personal blackberry.

My company has already removed me from the BES server. My Internet/wireless provider has also switched me to a personal plan.

My blackberry still has corporate emails and contacts in it. Is there an easy way to reset/delete these items without having to do the security wipe? What's the best method to follow?

Security wipe is probably the best. You also need to make sure to remove the IT policy.

Why do you not want to do a security wipe?

Probably because I've never been a personal BB user. Just a corporate user for 6 years. Personal BB behaves differently. I have lots of memo pads, personal contacts and passwords I don't want to lose. Perhaps that is the question I should ask ... If I use the security wipe, how do I get back all those things above? I have done a BB backup but it probably contains both corporate and personal info. What's your recommendation.