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Old 10-23-2009, 12:22 AM
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you paid 550 for a blackberry
 
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Old 10-23-2009, 12:41 AM
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I have the touch screen dingleberry blueberry blackberry. POS....the first one kept freezing up and I couldn't answer the phone so it got an express ticket across my house. The second one was better till last week. Going for another replacement tomorrow. A couple more and verizon will replace with another model. All this fancy phone crap and I still have never texted.
 
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Old 10-23-2009, 01:09 AM
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whats the point of having one and not texting...yeah the touch screen one verizon has is known for freezing up but i thought they got that fixed up...im going with a nextel one, i have verizon now but they want like 30 a month more then nextel for there blackberry service
 
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Old 10-23-2009, 04:10 AM
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Originally Posted by stkdram55
pretty much every carrier has them, not sure about ATT though since they have the iPhone which is why these blackberry's have gotten so popular, its the poor man's iPhone so to speak since when the iPhones first came out they were like $600...


Im getting me one here in the near future, maybe tomorrow if i decide to...a blackberry that is

AT&T does have them. They have the Bold which was the predecessor to my Tour which is basically the same just made for Verizon and a little bit different shape. I've heard nothing but good things about the Bold and I think they just released a new version of it.
 
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Old 10-23-2009, 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by stkdram55
pretty much every carrier has them, not sure about ATT though since they have the iPhone which is why these blackberry's have gotten so popular, its the poor man's iPhone so to speak since when the iPhones first came out they were like $600...


Im getting me one here in the near future, maybe tomorrow if i decide to...a blackberry that is
AT&T has blackberries.
I also wouldnt say that a blackberry is the poor mans iphone. My blackberry was around 600 new, though i did not pay a dime. The blackberry has just as many features, some better, some pointless. Id choose a blackberry over an iphone any day. im not a fan of the touch screen, although i think that the iphones internet feature is much better than the blackberrys
 
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Old 10-23-2009, 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Miyagi
Kinda my thinkin', too....a phone is for calling..... a high powered notebook with an air card and a 10 megapixel camera does the rest. And around hill every road is a tunnel without a top thanks to the mountains and the trees....there are dead zones on I-5 for cryin' out loud....


Sorry for the hijack....so are all Blackberry's compatible with every network, or are their proprietary versions exclusive to Verizon, AT&T, and so on?

I've never really paid attention, sorry for the dumb questions.
Again, sorry to hijack but where you guys have these fancy things - they sell them here too, don't get me wrong, but how well do they work? I mean, I can barely go a day without a dropped call, poor reception and even voicemails that don't even ring in the first place. I live in what is supposed to be a digital area but it is not a 1X area like the major centres are. In fact on the site where I'm working the cell can go from 4 bars to 1 just by turning 90 degrees.
 
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Old 10-23-2009, 09:28 AM
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The reception is the carrier not so much the phone. That being said these (with my experience) seem to hold onto the service they receive fairly well. As for me not texting.....I got this phone for the organization and internet. I jave the BB I'm but don't use it much. Phone call is much faster for me.
 
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Old 10-23-2009, 09:53 AM
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My Blackberry works great.

It not the best for surfing the internet but it sure does the job getting e-mails, texts and phone calls. When Im working up north, it even works in the refinery and I use it to confirm flights as well.

When it come time to get another one - it will likely be the bold or something similar as it has WIFI built in.
 

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Old 10-23-2009, 09:56 AM
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I see your point. Wouldn't the safety department have your *** in a sling by now with the potential for static electric charges though? We were only allowed our cells in certain areas.
 
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Old 10-23-2009, 10:21 AM
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No not in the areas that we work. Other places in the plant you cant have them.
 



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