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Tmobile Shootout: SK3...RIM Pearl...MDA
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Posted by: HardHitter

Alright well my contract with AT&T was finally up and I had to switch to Cingular but I decided to switch to Tmobile because of the new SK3 (ex had a SK2 and loved it) and the data plan and all of that. So last week I picked up the SK3 and have had it for about 4-5 days now and it's a great phone, but for some reason, the internet on the phone keeps going in and out. The e-mails are not being sent and I am not receiving e-mails and it's pretty frustrating when the internet keeps going out and you have to wait for it to come back on.

Now that the new blackberry came out and all I'm debating if I should switch phones. I have a 30 day warrenty correct as if I want to switch or anything? I'm thinking about either the MDA or the new Pearl that just came out. What I am really looking for is just a phone for texting, emailing, picture messaging, AIM etc. The reason why I went with the sidekick is because of the data plan ($20 for unlimited text, unlimited e-mail, unlimited picture, unlimited data, etc)

If I switched to the MDA/Blackberry would there be any kind of plan that is like this for these phones? I really do not want to be paying extra money for a data plan, hopefully there is one? When I bought my SK3, the store had the Pearls in stock but they couldn't show/sell til the 12th. He showed me his phone anyways and it was a pretty nice phone, small, sleek, and definately had all the gadgets. It says it's a qwerty keyboard, but I don't understand how it is when there are two letters on each button?

So although the SK3 is a good phone, just problems on connection going in and out and always searching is really making the phone basically useless for what I want it to do (sending text/browsing the internet/being on AIM/picture messaging/emailing) and I don't know if it's worth the $350 I payed for it. I feel that the Pearl/MDA might be a better phone for me, but the data plan for the sidekick makes up a lot.

Posted by: HardHitter

Called Tmobile today and asked them about the BB unlimited plan. Sadly, the unlimited plan comes with everything the SK3 data unlimited plan comes with for the same price except instead of unlimited text messaging, it's only 300 messages which sucks because I do a lot of texting. Is there anyway to get unlimited texting for the BB plan?

Posted by: annapink15

yea get the pearl sk3 is not worth it. and you can get tzones for 5.99 and program it to use with blackberry. also you return period it about 14days but depending where you buy that dealer we bought from gave us 30days (costco). good luck

Posted by: HardHitter

What is tzones if I may ask? And what does it do?

Just checked my receipt and it says "You may return a handset purchased from us with proof of purchase in its package with all original contens undamaged and in good working condition for a refund of your handset purchase price. The return period is within 14 days of activation (30 days in CA)." Love living in CA :-)

Posted by: annapink15

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Originally Posted by HardHitter

What is tzones if I may ask? And what does it do?

Just checked my receipt and it says "You may return a handset purchased from us with proof of purchase in its package with all original contens undamaged and in good working condition for a refund of your handset purchase price. The return period is within 14 days of activation (30 days in CA)." Love living in CA :-)

haha me too love livin in cali. t-zones is unlimited interentet thats limoited to tehs ites u can visit by tmo. (wap sites) but i believe u can use it on other devices so u dont have to pay $30 a month heres the link that explains it:

http://www.gruups.com/tzones/ goodluck

Posted by: HardHitter

Alright well I am on my sk3 right now amazingly the internet is working haha anyways I don't know about the sk3 maybe I'm just in a bad spot for the internet but I would love to try the mda or pearl but I don't think its worth it because it won't have an unlimited text messaging and that is what I really need I had 300 texts on my last plan and I would go over that within the first couple of weeks, so that wouldn't really work out. Why doesn't tmobile just have the same data plan with the sk for the bb? Would be so much easier!