Curve.

Waiting is for little old ladies. Sell your curve on ebay when the new one drops and threaten sprint that you are gonna cancel if they dont sell you a bold.

9/7/2008 9:22:27 PM

is the bold that much better?

9/9/2008 10:48:34 AM

I just got the Curve a few months ago, I can't see upgrading to the bold anytime soon. Yeah the screen is nice and all that jazz, but I can't justify the extra cost bulkiness just for wifi, the data plan with Sprint is unlimited anyway, and I'm very rarely in an area where I don't get reception.

On an unrelated note, any of you guys ever try the opera mini browser? how does it compare to the stock BB browser?

9/9/2008 11:36:05 AM

i like the opera mini browser more than the stock 4.2 version- the stock 4.5 version has some improvements but that's another issue

i like opera a lot for general browsing. it makes the internet look more like the internet. what sucks about it is when using gmail, the program is kinda lame when saving and uploading files of your media card asking permission each time you see a new subfolder or file every step of the way

there doesn't seem to be a way to paste into the address bar

picture-heavy pages kinda stop around 215kb at the highest image quality setting

and even with 4.5 os, you can't see youtube videos with it- this will probably been updated after 4.1 opera hopefully

i have to use a triad mix of ramble, bb stock browser, and opera mini to enjoy the internets. but all in all, you should definitely pick up opera mini

9/9/2008 12:33:57 PM

question for people with an 8830 and Sprint

do you have issues opening picture/graphic attachments? This phone will open word, excel, ppt, pdf documents, but it only shows the text (ie 1,000 word word doc with a clipart image...the 1,000 words show up, the clipart doesnt)...JPG images dont even go through at all...if a PDF is 3 pages of graphics and no text, all you see is the page dividers...Sprint says this is an issue with how RIM made their phones to handle attachments (I emailed an attachment test with DOC/XLS/PPT/PDF/JPG/MP3/MP4 to this Sprint phone and also an identical phone on the Verizon network)...the Verizon phone opens all attachments and shows all graphics...Sprint phone doesnt even show the JPG/MP3/MP4 attachments, and only opens text in others like I mentioned

Anyone else have this problem? Any idea about handheld OS or firmware upgrades? Any free 3rd party viewers that you could recommend? our BES server is setup to allow all attachments with no file size so I don't think thats it...help?

9/16/2008 11:48:38 AM

OK I am at my wits end with this BES shit.

I have a hosted exchange account from mailstreet with the BES add on. The original activation went flawlessly and it was working fine for like two weeks. One day I am playing with my phone and it power cycles. (blank screen, hourglass, boots back up fine)

I realized that afternoon that my exchange e-mail account was not working on the BB, then I realized that nothing was synchronizing.

For the last week I have been walked through the same thing by tech support at mailstreet. They keep telling me how to activate, let it wait four hours, etc. I get an error message that "The Server is not responding please contact your system administrator"

I have been told to wipe my phone (done this at least three times) the same thing happens.

Mailstreet has told me Sprint has them blocked, Sprint says there is no way they could have it blocked. I even added the BES feature to make sure it would work (did not have this originally).

Last night we had a three way call that lasted close to an hour, they deleted and re-added me to the blackberry enterprise server, I started activation again, after wiping the phone again, and was told to wait four hours......

same results

I do not even know what company is at fault I keep getting tossed back and forth.

9/16/2008 9:39:24 PM

^can you check another email address with it, or surf the web? (have you confirmed your data is operating?)

9/16/2008 10:05:31 PM

yes

9/17/2008 12:38:41 PM

I have a curve with Alltel service and for some reason, every appointment I have shows up as being from my gmail calendar, which I have never set up. This problem has been occurring for a while now, however, on a side-note, we switched last week from Novell Groupwise to Microsoft Exchange. My calendar syncs OTA with my phone perfectly, but it shows up as the gmail calendar. Why the hell is this happening?

9/21/2008 9:39:08 PM

everytime I save something in my address book, my bb freezes and I have to take out the battery to reset it.

also, it is slow as hell now. i haven't downloaded anything recently and I recently cleared out my emails/mms/sms, and it's still slow as shit

9/23/2008 6:44:37 PM

fyi for Nextel users

NC, SC, GA all having issues on the iDEN (Nextel) side today...specifically you'll have NXTl instead of NXTL and/or won't be able to send and receive emails...this is a network issue so don't spend too long worrying about your internal settings and config

9/24/2008 10:43:09 AM

^YOU FORGOT TO ANSWER MY QUESTION

-1 FOR TREETWISTA

[Edited on September 24, 2008 at 7:06 PM. Reason : A NOT ER, DURRR]

9/24/2008 7:06:37 PM

How much does your carrier change you for Media/Internet access and email and text?

We just got a Blackberry and Att is charging $35 for the mediamax and 200 txt messages. Just curious if others are spending about the same price?

Is it worth it? We just got it and haven't had a chance to use it and test it out.

9/30/2008 2:40:27 PM

my wife and i have that setup (same price)

works for us because we don't sms/mms that much, and the blackberry messenger texting is free

[Edited on September 30, 2008 at 2:48 PM. Reason : Ø]

9/30/2008 2:48:06 PM

2000 anytime minutes
11 my circle numbers
free nights/weekends (nights start @ 7)
free mobile to mobile
unlimited internet data
unlimited sms/mms

+ 2 regular lines that share all of the above

$150

9/30/2008 3:06:45 PM

FYI: BES 4.1.6 Maintenance Release 1 is available. I'll be upgrading the server Monday, so if nobody has upgraded before then, I'll fill you all in.

9/30/2008 6:35:26 PM

Why the hell are none of my emails coming through and i keep getting the busy timer thingy everytime I push a button?

10/3/2008 11:38:28 AM

http://www.blackberry.com/select/blackberrypearlflip/

10/4/2008 10:19:31 PM

Im serious with this question. My 8703 click wheel stopped halfway working this weekend. Basically I can still scroll up and down but when I press to "click" the wheel is somewhat alread ydepressed and is not "clicking". I figure I need to get it fixed but until then, is there a shortcut that takes the place of this click on the keyboard?

The ENTER button does not give full functionality of the click wheel either.

10/7/2008 1:16:04 PM

10/13/2008 2:17:20 PM

10/13/2008 7:23:16 PM

10/13/2008 7:26:56 PM

10/13/2008 7:36:43 PM

10/13/2008 7:39:58 PM

what's up with all the videos?

my questions:

1.) within "messages" it's slow as hell (I can type a full text message before the damn thing fully loads). I've tried clearing the messages out. Didn't really help. no recent s/w or h/w changes.

2.) whenever I save changes in address book, my bb freezes, completely. I have to remove the battery to reset it.

3.) ball won't always scroll up. it will scrow l/r & down, but up it doesn't. the ball turns, but it feels really smooth (doesn't click like it does in other directions). I took it apart but couldn't get anything from that.

10/14/2008 3:41:15 PM

Quote :

"what's up with all the videos?"

phone was released yesterday

10/14/2008 10:22:44 PM

the Verizon large business account reps came to my job today and did a presentation of the new BlackBerry Storm. it's a damn nice phone. definitely comparable to the iPhone, yet it is a BlackBerry.

10/15/2008 6:58:24 PM

2 Blackberry Curves
__

1400 Anytime Minutes
Free Nights and Weekends (starting @ 5PM)
Unlimited Texts
Unlimited Web/Data (does not include phone-as-modem, but I get this free through a little hack I ran across, @ least for the time being)
Damage/Theft Insurance on Both Lines
Free Mobile to Mobile

$152 before discounts
$93/month after discounts
8 Years @ Sprint, 1 Employee Discount, 1 Retention Discount

[Edited on October 16, 2008 at 1:40 AM. Reason : .]

10/16/2008 1:31:51 AM

Ok, i have an old Sprint Sero plan (500 minutes, unlimited data and text for $30/month). I really like the form factor of the 8330 compared to my Treo, but do not want to double my monthly bill to add the BIS (and I really have no use for push email anyway).

What apps on the Blackberry do not work without the BIS plan? Was doing some research online and I guess there is a hack that allows you to use the Blackberry browser, but is there anything else that I would be missing out on?

10/22/2008 9:57:24 AM

Blackberry question: How many Blackberrys were sold last quarter?

10/22/2008 10:11:53 AM

^^^ plz to explain the "little hack" to get phone-as-modem for free on a bberry data plan

10/22/2008 12:16:11 PM

^ Not a way to use your phone as a modem but a way to use the BB internet browser w/out the BB data plan:

http://sites.google.com/site/blackberrywithoutbisbes/Home/english

10/22/2008 1:36:56 PM

^^ depends on your service
for alltel, new connection, username is 10digitphone#@alltel.net, password is alltel and phone number to dial is #777

10/24/2008 5:01:55 PM

Not sure if I asked this. Is it possible to use a Blackberry Curve as a PDA to synch your Calendar, Contacts, tasks, etc without connecting to the internet?

My wife got a BB Curve but I don't know if she can synch with her work using the BIS/BES (Not sure if I am using the terminology correctly). They are using Novell Groupwise and are pretty tight with security.

If there is a way to synch it could you briefly explain the steps or point us in the right direction. Thanks for the help.

10/24/2008 7:46:29 PM

Free Phone-as-modem explained below. I'm not the author of the post and don't have any experience with it outside of the sprint network.
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Now granted this is a hack, and probably breaks your TERMS OF SERVICE with your service provider - so use with caution. I just wanted to help those that don't wanna pay those higher data fees. This is try at your own risk.
if you have any questions I will help as much as I can. Send me a pm, pin me or email me. Ssjason@crackberryaddicted.com

Will your provider find out? Probably not. Its really no different from downloading files from a P2P site such as limewire, frostwire, bearshare, etc.

• Start your BlackBerry Desktop Manager and it should be running in the background. there is no need to click on any options. just open it. This is required to use BlackBerry as an external modem.

• Conenct your BlackBerry using USB cable to your Computer.

• Click on start->Control Panel -> Phones and Modems->Press Enter

• Click on Modem tab-> select the standard modem -> click on Properties -> Advanced and add only ONE of the following Extra initialization command line That applies to your carrier.

APN Settings:

AT&T Users+cgdcont=1,”IP”,”proxy”Cingular

T-Mobile+cgdcont=1,”IP”,”wap.voicestream.com”

Verizon USA - blank

Sprint USA - Blank

• Press ok until all windows are closed. now click on Start -> Connect To -> Show all connections -> Create a new connection.

• Click Next

• Select “Connect To The Internet” then Next

• Select “Set up my connection manually” then Next

• Select “Connect using a dial-up modem” then Next.

• Check only the Standard Modem (if prompted).

• Give the connection a name such as “BB Modem”, then Next.

• On the next screen, pick one of the following phone numbers, depending on your carrier:

For GSM Phones such as Cingular , AT&T and T-Mobile use phone number *99# For CDMA phones such as Verizon, Sprint use phone number #777

• Click Next.

• On the next screen, pick one of the following, depending on your carrier:

*****AT&T*****
User name: blank
Password: blank

*****T-MOBILE*****

User name: TMobile.com User name
Password: TMobile.com Password

*****VERIZON*****

replace 8005551212 with your phone number:

Username:8005551212@vzw3g.com
Password: 8005551212Sprint:

*****SPRINT*****

Username: Sprint User name
Password: Sprint Password

• Clear all check boxes (”Use…when anyone…” and “Make this the default…”)

• Click FinishMake sure under TCP/IP Properties (Advanced) “Use IP Header Compression” checkbox is unchecked. To verify this, do these steps:

• Start Menu->Network Connections->”BB Modem”

• Click Properties Button

• Click Networking Tab

• Select “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)”

• Click Properties Button

• Click Advanced… Button

• Un-check “Use IP header compression” checkbox

• Click OK until all windows are closed.Uncheck all the following check boxes, if you see any of these checked:

• Turn off “Enable Hardware Flow Control”

• Turn off “Enable Modem Error Control”

• Turn off “Enable Modem Compression Finally, click on the “BB Modem” icon via Start Menu->Network Connections. start using Internet from your Blackberry

10/25/2008 12:28:54 AM

when will the bold and storm be released

[Edited on October 25, 2008 at 1:30 AM. Reason : eh]

10/25/2008 1:30:07 AM

Quote :

"Is it possible to use a Blackberry Curve as a PDA to synch your Calendar, Contacts, tasks, etc without connecting to the internet?"

The USB cable and Desktop Manager software came with the phone-use that.

10/27/2008 9:37:43 AM

Doesn't look like it'll work on my network (o2 ireland). Thanks all the same though!

10/27/2008 5:43:57 PM

Quote :

"my questions: 1.) within "messages" it's slow as hell (I can type a full text message before the damn thing fully loads). I've tried clearing the messages out. Didn't really help. no recent s/w or h/w changes. 2.) whenever I save changes in address book, my bb freezes, completely. I have to remove the battery to reset it. 3.) ball won't always scroll up. it will scroll l/r/d, but not up. the ball turns, but it feels really smooth (doesn't click like it does in other directions). I took it apart but couldn't get anything from that."

....

[Edited on October 27, 2008 at 5:50 PM. Reason : better engrish]

10/27/2008 5:50:00 PM

This thing should drop any day now

10/29/2008 11:51:53 AM

too bad i am like :bai sprint:

Whatever cell company hires me is gonna be the phone I have.

I think sprint sucks for not having 4.6 out for the CDMA phone but available on iDEN one.

10/29/2008 1:02:39 PM

Quote :

"This thing should drop any day now"

I should be getting mine next week (for free)-customers can order them starting 12/1.

10/30/2008 1:24:38 PM

so my pearl just took a shit all over itself

i go to sleep last night, all ok

wake up, get the black screen with a battery and a red line through it.

plug into wall, same deal

go buy a nice $55 replacement battery from bestbuy, same issue

connector prongs dont have any contamination.

something's royally fucked, but im a moron and dont backup my shit... ever

how can i access the data on the hard drive?

is there any other course of action other than just get a new one?

10/31/2008 6:37:55 PM

Quote :

"something's royally fucked, but im a moron and dont backup my shit... ever"

fail

10/31/2008 6:39:31 PM

aware of that thanks.

10/31/2008 6:40:37 PM

What happens if you plug it in with the USB cord?

RIM has 1 year manufacturer warranties on these but you have to go to your carrier to get replacement service.

10/31/2008 7:03:24 PM

yeah im 16 months in on this phone.

if i take the battery and sim out, plug in with usb, gets the same screen with the battery and the line through it.

which, is bizarre

also, DM is not able to establish connection.

10/31/2008 7:21:10 PM

Kingston 8GB microSDHC - $18.98 (free shipping)

http://www.buy.com/prod/kingston-8gb-microsdhc-high-capacity-memory-card-with-adapters/q/loc/101/209847341.html?adid=17070&dcaid=17070

12/1/2008 10:51:14 AM

the 8350i is not available today

hopefully it will be out this year

12/1/2008 11:32:10 AM

There are only like 14 or so blackberry users still on Nextel.

I hate to say it but they may have missed the bus.

12/1/2008 4:49:35 PM