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8820 help!
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Posted by: songman911

Ok, So i'm new here, and I've been searching and reading for the past 4 hours on posts for the 8820, but nothing seems to answer the questions lingering in my mind.

I really want to buy this phone, it seems it has everything (spec wise) i want excpet the camera, but i dont mind. the only thing i fear is from reading all the posts is that the Wifi wont work because i dont have a data plan, and i'll need to install all these different kinds of third party software to make it work. Also something to do with UMA stuff whatever that is.

To put myself into perspective

I'm hooking up on Fido, only because i dont want to lose my unlimited minutes account, and i need a pda phone.I had the treo 650, loved it, but it broke and the new 750 just doesn't do it for me in specs.

i want to use wifi and i'm going to hook up data so i can use the gps and web browsing while on the road, but i want to use wifi so i dont have to buy the largest plan.

i want to know:

-for text messaging does it organize your text by caller, or is it like the old BB that just list it by day?
-is it easy to install programs like the palm?
-do i need to do a lot of installing and other stuff to make the wifi work without all the acronyms (whch i have no idea they are)
-(fido question that they can't answer) will fido BB connect work with it?

All this b/c i dont want to lose my plan and sign up to rogers and get a BB voice and data plan from them.

ANY AND ALL HELP IS MUCH APPRECIATED~

Posted by: Moderator HF 7

- All of your messages will be listed by day
- It's very simple to install applications
- There is nothing to install on the BlackBerry to enable WiFi
- BB Connect Plan on Fido will work

Posted by: songman911

so the BB connect will work but will i get my own PIN and Email address then? like the cxxxxxx@fido.blackberry.ca or something like that?

also can you text more then 1 person at a time, the treo 650 i was able to text up to 10 people in one shot?

I know i'm being a pest sorry,

Posted by: GregGebhardt

you will need even a small plan to downlaod any new software. WiFi will work with no plan what so ever

Posted by: Moderator HF 7

Quote:

Originally Posted by songman911

can you text more then 1 person at a time, the treo 650 i was able to text up to 10 people in one shot?

Yes, you can text more than 1 person at a time.

Posted by: songman911

are you limited in the websites you can visit on the 8820? like java run sites and what not?

you tube?
gmail?

Posted by: songman911

sorry, and if you connect via fido BBconnect can you still use your PIN to message b/w BB's or is it only email b/c you're using fido BBconnect?