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GSM+iDEN Blackberry
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Posted by: HyoImowano

A guy I know told me he has a Blackberry that works with GSM carriers as well as iDEN carriers. I've tried some searching both here on the forums as well as on google and just generally asking around and nobody seems to know anything about this. Does anyone here have any insights as to whether this is true, or is he just pulling my leg?

Posted by: payroll

You have to buy a Blackberry for an iDEN carrier, iDEN Blackberry's will only work with an iDEN carrier.. If you buy an unlocked GSM carrier it will work on any GSM carrier, but not iDEN.

Posted by: HyoImowano

That's what I thought, but I'm pretty new to Blackberrys so I wanted to make sure.

Posted by: DubDub

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Originally Posted by HyoImowano

A guy I know told me he has a Blackberry that works with GSM carriers as well as iDEN carriers. I've tried some searching both here on the forums as well as on google and just generally asking around and nobody seems to know anything about this. Does anyone here have any insights as to whether this is true, or is he just pulling my leg?

What is the model and branding on the device?

Posted by: HyoImowano

He didn't show it to me, but he wasn't super smart on this kind of stuff, he said he thought it was a Blackberry RIM...

After that I just kind of left the conversation.

Posted by: robbob340

I am guessing since his iDen BB has a sim card in it, he thinks it does both technologies.

Posted by: HyoImowano

He claimed to get service with both of them, I figured it was just the "lol i can put sim in both" thing at first too.

Posted by: briareus

You can always check out all currently available models at Blackberry.com. I sure don't see any iDen/GSM models and surely there would be a lot more hype if one had recently been released or was going to be released.

Posted by: DubDub

Personally, I'd stay away from it. RIM makes the Blackberry so saying it is a "Blackberry RIM" means nothing.

Posted by: jase88

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Originally Posted by robbob340

I am guessing since his iDen BB has a sim card in it, he thinks it does both technologies.

My thinking as well.