Google
 
Web www.howardforums.com
Pages: 1

Blackberry data plan?? Media Net? How is the 8800??

(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)

Posted by: KlamshellKing

Im basically like all of you guys, I buy em, sell em, trade em, get sick of em, get new ones!

I got a treo 750, and its too buggy. I like my blackjack though. But, how is the 8800??

The main question is, can I use the BB 8800 with a regular media net plan. I just want to check pop3 accounts, and use the internet (website)... thats it. Thanks


Posted by: fractured

Quote:
Originally Posted by KlamshellKing
can I use the BB 8800 with a regular media net plan.

Not at all.


Posted by: DubDub

Quote:
Originally Posted by KlamshellKing
Im basically like all of you guys, I buy em, sell em, trade em, get sick of em, get new ones!

I got a treo 750, and its too buggy. I like my blackjack though. But, how is the 8800??

The main question is, can I use the BB 8800 with a regular media net plan. I just want to check pop3 accounts, and use the internet (website)... thats it. Thanks



You need a BB data plan to get email and Internet on a BB. Email is tied to RIM servers via the BB PIN, so RIM knows where to send it. Some people have had success using miniOpera without a data plan but my guess is they get charged for data usage anyway.


Posted by: briareus

Quote:
Originally Posted by KlamshellKing
I got a treo 750, and its too buggy. I like my blackjack though. But, how is the 8800??

I'd place my chips on your not liking it. Unless stability and email are your top priorities and other features and apps can take a back seat to that... It's just a guess though.

Quote:
Originally Posted by KlamshellKing
The main question is, can I use the BB 8800 with a regular media net plan. I just want to check pop3 accounts, and use the internet (website)... thats it. Thanks

Certainly not for checking POP mail -- you need access to BIS for that and that requires access to the BB APN which requires a BB data plan. You might be able to weasel your way by on Media Net if you just wanted to browse web sites.


Posted by: KlamshellKing

really all i want to use my phone for is: phone, text, email, web browsing, maybe rss (BBs have avantgo now), sudoku (game), alarms, organizer (tasks, and plan my day). That is it, no like streaming internet radio on my phone, being able to ftp to some server or some random crap. I just want an organizer and a phone. I liked my e61 and e62, but it was too big and slow, it did get unstable after a while. The screen on that was awesome, screen on the BJ is too small... 8300 is in the middle... i think im going to buy 8300, 8800 seems too businessy.


Posted by: davistld01

Quote:
Originally Posted by KlamshellKing
really all i want to use my phone for is: phone, text, email, web browsing, maybe rss (BBs have avantgo now), sudoku (game), alarms, organizer (tasks, and plan my day). That is it, no like streaming internet radio on my phone, being able to ftp to some server or some random crap. I just want an organizer and a phone. I liked my e61 and e62, but it was too big and slow, it did get unstable after a while. The screen on that was awesome, screen on the BJ is too small... 8300 is in the middle... i think im going to buy 8300, 8800 seems too businessy.


I am 100% with ya, KlamshellKing. You and I pretty much want the same thing out of a smartphone/PDA. The only thing different is that I don't have time to play games...LOL.

I don't like the 8800's "disco-business" look...plus the keypad is too smushed together and hard to work with. And...it is at least one of the worlds greatest fingerprint magnets.

If I go to the "dark side" it'll be with the 8300 later this month. Besides, I have an upgrade that I am itching to use...and nothing else AT&T offers is worth a crap.


Posted by: KlamshellKing

also, itll be nice to have a few tunes on my phone. Im sure since its BB the music player will work smoothly. All i need is like 60 songs. I have 2000 but i never listen to all of them. Ill just leave them on my comp. Ill buy another card (1gb) so i can be satisified for a while, and so i can sell my ipod (one less gadget to carry around)




vBulletin Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited.
vB Easy Archive Final ©2000 - 2008 - Created by Stefan "Xenon" Kaeser