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jjvaldez · 02-15-2008, 05:19 AM

hey guys i wanna get my girlfriend the pink pearl but when i went to the verizon store.. the man there told me that i HAVE to have a BB internet plan other wise the phone wont even function, is this true.. she just wants it for the calender function and well it is a nice phone and just wants it....

so is it true that with verizon you must have a internet plan otherwise it will not function???

thanks

Reichl · 02-19-2008, 11:48 PM

Yeah man that is 100% true. You have to have a $30.00 plan especially for the BlackBerry, but it is totally unlimited and this phone is unbelievable I sh*t you now. It is my first ever BlackBerry and my 27th phone in 6 years. While I may still get the Voyager for a regular phone (because for a normal phone you can't beat an LG), I will, from now on, always get a BlackBerry for a smartphone. Best part is, the Pearl is the solution for my problems. I can e-mail and work on my phone like I normally would on a Palm, but it is the perfect size and the battery lasts for like 7256761578418654 hours (don't quote me on that) not to mention with any BlackBerry holster that you get her for her pretty pink new phone, they have a magnet in them that tells the phone to go into standby and it saves your battery even longer. As you can tell I am a fan. Don't hesitate.. get it. If you have any questions just hit me up on here or via email a.e.reichl.22@vzw.blackberry.net ... -Adam

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Originally Posted by jjvaldez

hey guys i wanna get my girlfriend the pink pearl but when i went to the verizon store.. the man there told me that i HAVE to have a BB internet plan other wise the phone wont even function, is this true.. she just wants it for the calender function and well it is a nice phone and just wants it....

so is it true that with verizon you must have a internet plan otherwise it will not function???

thanks

dwp1975 · 03-29-2008, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by jjvaldez

hey guys i wanna get my girlfriend the pink pearl but when i went to the verizon store.. the man there told me that i HAVE to have a BB internet plan other wise the phone wont even function, is this true.. she just wants it for the calender function and well it is a nice phone and just wants it....

so is it true that with verizon you must have a internet plan otherwise it will not function???

thanks

That is NOT true, the phone (voice and SMS) will work without a data plan, but Verizon forces you to have one and WON'T sell you a blackberry without one. I purchased two 8130's a couple of weeks ago, a silver one for me and a pink one for my wife (it was about time she stepped into the 21st century and get a smartphone). I have a iPhone I use for work, so I need to slim down on the blackberry so I didn't have two bulky phones...

stevetaz · 03-29-2008, 06:49 PM

It is sad that Verizon does this kind of nonsense. I have a Sprint 8830 (company paid and provided) and GPS is included, but I understand Verizon blocks the on-board software as they want you to use their pay GPS plan.

It normally comes from the manufacturer abled, yet Verizon has that feature disabled. They are also about the most expensive plans. I understand other features have been known to be disabled by them, but I do not know for sure.

I am getting a Pearl for my daughter, but I think I am going to TMobile. Coverage here and at her school look to be okay and I will have only 14 days to decide if coverage and her like of the BlackBerry is sufficient. However I think she will know by the first day and probably will voice her like or dislike without much prodding.

-TMobile....1000 anytime minutes, unlimited text, unlimited email (up to 7 or 10 accounts, I forget) and unlimited data. Plus, all calls to your five "favorites" are free. $60. Pearl $100 after $50 mail rebate.
-Sprint....900 minutes, unlimited text, email, data. $90. Pearl $100 after $100 mail rebate.
-Verizon....900 minutes, text, email, blah, blah. $120. Note this appeared to have gone up from $100 on 3/26. Pearl $150 after $50 mail rebate.
-AT&T....900 minutes, email, text, data. $95. Pearl $200 after $50 mail rebate.

In my home area I know that no service is really good and I have had experience with AT&T, Sprint and Verizon. They have all been about the same. I do know that I have just ended a three-year relationship with a Treo because my company couldn't put up with the Treo's peculiar habits and little quirks so now we are trying Sprint BlackBerrys.

I must say that I am pretty impressed with the 8830 so far. Most noticable, the phone has a consistantly better signal and I have fewer problems than the Treo.

By the way, I never realized how lucky I am to have a free BlackBerry (or phone for that matter) until I started shopping around for this gift. YIKES!!! I can't imagine what a small family's cell bill can be a month and add in a smartphone or PDA nor can I imagine how they pay it. OMG it is ridiculous.

SteveTaz

chris · 03-29-2008, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by stevetaz

By the way, I never realized how lucky I am to have a free BlackBerry (or phone for that matter) until I started shopping around for this gift. YIKES!!! I can't imagine what a small family's cell bill can be a month and add in a smartphone or PDA nor can I imagine how they pay it. OMG it is ridiculous.

SteveTaz

Steve....you should see my cellphone bill.

(2) iPhones, BlackBerry. Luckily, most of the new devices are on AT&T, so I've been able to take advantage by swapping my SIM card out of the iPhone to the Moto Q9h/Centro.

stevetaz · 03-29-2008, 08:18 PM

Hi Ya Chris:

Good to see you are out there....Always watching!

Any TMobile experience you can share with this fellow Lonk Islander?

And how is that Moto Q treating you?

SteveTaz

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Originally Posted by chris

Steve....you should see my cellphone bill.

(2) iPhones, BlackBerry. Luckily, most of the new devices are on AT&T, so I've been able to take advantage by swapping my SIM card out of the iPhone to the Moto Q9h/Centro.

chris · 03-29-2008, 08:37 PM

I had T-Mobile back with my Treo 180. I'm not sure how the service is now. I can tell you that I definitely do not like AT&T when compared to Verizon and/or Sprint. I would drop AT&T in a second if I could, but that's not happening.

The Q9h is nice. The phone itself is stellar. Great speakerphone! I can easily hear callers and vice versa. Windows Mobile can be challenging at times, but I do like the "tweak" factor. Moto needs to work on the "out of the box" experience with regards to the Q. In most cases, you get a stock WinMob install and honestly it can be overwhelming for new users. For those who dig a little and find EverythingQ, then tend to be very happy with Q. When I get annoyed my iPhone, I switch to the Q. When Windows Mobile becomes tiring, I switch back to the iPhone.

Like Palm, things have been quiet from Motorola. They are rumored to be announcing the Moto Q 10 at CTIA Wireless this week. I'm hoping for Windows Mobile 6.1, WiFi and GPS in a Curve-like form factor. I also would like Palm to "adopt" the Curve form factor. RIM did a great job with it.

So where are you on LI? I just recently moved to Wantagh.

-Chris

stevetaz · 03-29-2008, 08:54 PM

The dreaded (in cellular-speak) north shore...Northport/East Northport.

A NIMBY neighborhood if there ever was one. I was thinking of offering TMobile an opportunity to place a tower on my roof, but I am guessing there are pesky town regulations.

The north shore is and always has been a cellular nightmare. Hilly, many treed locations, etc. Oh, and way to many wealthy indivuduals who don't want towers....blah, blah, blah. You know what I'm talkin' about, eh?

I know how bad Sprint has been here at home with the three-year Treo trial

, but I also remember Verizon and AT&T having the same issues so I think I am going to give it a shot with the Pearl on TMobile for my daughter. I must say IU notice a good difference in my connections using the 8830 now. Much improved and peppier all around. According to the coverage map, looks like coverage at her school is much less likely to be problematic.

As long as she truly tells me if it is usable before the 14 day trial period. Those youngsters her age, 20 next week <sigh> are always afraid to say bad things because they are afraid they won't get a replacement or it might take more than six minutes and what can they do in the meantime.....

SteveTaz

dwp1975 · 03-30-2008, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by stevetaz

It is sad that Verizon does this kind of nonsense. I have a Sprint 8830 (company paid and provided) and GPS is included, but I understand Verizon blocks the on-board software as they want you to use their pay GPS plan.

It normally comes from the manufacturer abled, yet Verizon has that feature disabled. They are also about the most expensive plans. I understand other features have been known to be disabled by them, but I do not know for sure.

I am getting a Pearl for my daughter, but I think I am going to TMobile. Coverage here and at her school look to be okay and I will have only 14 days to decide if coverage and her like of the BlackBerry is sufficient. However I think she will know by the first day and probably will voice her like or dislike without much prodding.

-TMobile....1000 anytime minutes, unlimited text, unlimited email (up to 7 or 10 accounts, I forget) and unlimited data. Plus, all calls to your five "favorites" are free. $60. Pearl $100 after $50 mail rebate.
-Sprint....900 minutes, unlimited text, email, data. $90. Pearl $100 after $100 mail rebate.
-Verizon....900 minutes, text, email, blah, blah. $120. Note this appeared to have gone up from $100 on 3/26. Pearl $150 after $50 mail rebate.
-AT&T....900 minutes, email, text, data. $95. Pearl $200 after $50 mail rebate.

In my home area I know that no service is really good and I have had experience with AT&T, Sprint and Verizon. They have all been about the same. I do know that I have just ended a three-year relationship with a Treo because my company couldn't put up with the Treo's peculiar habits and little quirks so now we are trying Sprint BlackBerrys.

I must say that I am pretty impressed with the 8830 so far. Most noticable, the phone has a consistantly better signal and I have fewer problems than the Treo.

By the way, I never realized how lucky I am to have a free BlackBerry (or phone for that matter) until I started shopping around for this gift. YIKES!!! I can't imagine what a small family's cell bill can be a month and add in a smartphone or PDA nor can I imagine how they pay it. OMG it is ridiculous.

SteveTaz

Verizon also disables most of the native Bluetooth functions like OBEX, where you only can use the headset function. But I believe they are starting to ease off the disabling with some of their phones. I put up with it becuase to be honest, where I live Verizon just flat out works. Here Sprint is a joke, Nextel is a bad joke, T-mobile is so-so (at home I can get some voice but almost no data) and AT&T is not all that great either, wi-fi on my iPhone is the only thing saving it...