mookaloid
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| posted on 15/12/09 at 08:20 PM |
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Blackberry advice please
Hi Folks,
My 16 year old daughter wants a blackberry curve for Christmas.
Question is if I buy one off ebay will it work fully with a PAYG SIM card?
Cheers
Mark
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mad4x4
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| posted on 15/12/09 at 08:28 PM |
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Not all the blackberry's are 3G and they don;t all have touch screens.
Should work PAYG but not sure who all the DATA bits work over PAYG lot of blackberry's used PUSH mail.
Look at a vario II HTC TYTN full touch and 3G
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McLannahan
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| posted on 15/12/09 at 08:35 PM |
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You'll need a data allowance for it. It will work but email won't be pushed to it when it arrives and the Internet won't work.
Orange and O2 both offer PAYG Blackberry but I imagine it'll be one of those mandatory payment each month PAYG
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McLannahan
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| posted on 15/12/09 at 08:40 PM |
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O2 do a bolton it wold seem for PAYG to support BB's. It's £2.65 a MB though...
http://shop.o2.co.uk/blackberryhub
If she browses the web a lot.. Yikes the bill
[Edited on 15/12/09 by McLannahan]
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nitram38
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| posted on 15/12/09 at 08:49 PM |
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Don't T-mobile do a pay as you go that gives u free internet if you top up £10 per month?
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McLannahan
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| posted on 15/12/09 at 08:55 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nitram38
Don't T-mobile do a pay as you go that gives u free internet if you top up £10 per month?
I think the offer excludes BB's Martin - just trying to find evidence though!
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grusks2
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| posted on 15/12/09 at 09:07 PM |
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Orange is £5 a month for the blackberry service which give you unlimited email push and gprs for web things like face book, bebo, twitter and other
thing that kids want.
I couldnt be with out my blackberry, its my office.
As per normal there is a fair usage allowance, as i use mine for work and cain it, 80 emails a day, and surfing the net on my phone i still only pay
£5 a month for the service.
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D Beddows
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| posted on 15/12/09 at 09:15 PM |
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quote:
Look at a vario II HTC TYTN full touch and 3G
lol, I've got one of those and I love it.......But teenagers give me a pitying 'what century is that from grandad' type look when
they see it so - good as they are - I'd probably give it a miss LOL
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McLannahan
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| posted on 15/12/09 at 09:26 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by grusks2
Orange is £5 a month for the blackberry service which give you unlimited email push and gprs for web things like face book, bebo, twitter and other
thing that kids want.
I couldnt be with out my blackberry, its my office.
As per normal there is a fair usage allowance, as i use mine for work and cain it, 80 emails a day, and surfing the net on my phone i still only pay
£5 a month for the service.
I have the same, excellent value! Sadly it's only available on contracts though - not PAYG 
[Edited on 15/12/09 by McLannahan]
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mookaloid
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| posted on 15/12/09 at 10:04 PM |
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Thanks guys - so it would seem that it's safer to get a new one then?
The email push thing is part of the BB experience and it might not be possible on a PAYG sim then?
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McLannahan
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| posted on 15/12/09 at 10:11 PM |
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Orange and O2 and T mobile sell them with a prepaid package but it's costly!
http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/mobiles/pay-as-you-go/phone-finder?filterManuf=BLA030&filterAvail=PPAY#
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ashg
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| posted on 15/12/09 at 10:12 PM |
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i will give you some advice. take the money and throw it in the bin. you are doing the same thing if you get the blackberry.
i have had two now and they are crap. eventually settled on an nokia e71 which seems ok now its had a software update.
just go and get her an i phone she will love you forever
[Edited on 15/12/09 by ashg]
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