BlackBerry Pearl

[galaxie]

HOLY CRAP I WANT IT

aweeeesome

[MissMarz]

oh hun i totally agree with u.. that thing is mint

[rawb]

OH HI EVERYONE

[cheeseburger]

^ dude, you have a blackberry!?!?

I've heard those things are neat

[cheeseburger]

ps - highest bidder gets rawbs pin, paris hilton style

[rawb]

GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS I ALREADY HAVE A LADY CALM DOWN

[galaxie]

^ I officially hate you!

I WANT IT!!!!!

[charly]

haha i love mine!

it's excellent.

[decypher]

Hey Rawb do you know if these can be unlocked from Rogers?

[rawb]

ya bu you need the unlock code which is tied to each phone, and i have no idea how to get that

[miss.myra]

those are really nice looking...too bad Roger's doesn't have a dedicated high speed data network yet, then they'd really rock.

[rawb]

Edge?

[miss.myra]

I don't really think I'd consider Edge to be a 'high speed' network not compared to T & B's EVDO, Roger's doesn't have anything that compares yet in terms of speeds.

That being said, Roger's is still testing its own highspeed network HSDPA which will probably launch soon, and then it'll kick ass..Roger's always gets the sweetest data devices.

[decypher]

The pearl looked really nice but i'll probably end up getting an unlocked phone because i'm going to need to use it in other countries.

[rawb]

makes sense, wouldnt wanna rogers roam in other countries.

edge is good, but evdo is head and shoulders better.

also rogers has archaic data plans as well which is the biggest pissoff. for most shit i do edge is fine, bandwidth wise, especially with the berry enterprise server between the device and the internet. but evdo + a laptop link would be pretty bliss.

[dj_soo]

does that thing have wifi?

edit: just checked - nope. Useless.

[rawb]

^why would you want wifi? how does the lack of it make the device useless?

if you want a 'OMG i have a PC in my pocket!' get something that runs palmOS or windows media. After struggling with it for a year let us know how your new blackberry is. :D

[Gusto]

so you can connect to local wireless networks and save on data costs.

[rawb]

what high-bandwidth/high-data-cost operations do you do on a blackberry. because i just use mine for push email and to browse the web.

[Gusto]

i don't use any high bandwidth functions on a berry, because it doesn't have wifi. but yeah faster web downloads, msn, downloading media, etc. anyway, i'd still get a pearl, i just think wifi would have been a nice addition.

[prozac]

um yeah, and with the price of data these days, even for email and surfing wifi helps a lot.

If my pocketPC didn't have it I'd be paying though the nose for data...well not that I pay for it, but still. It can make a huge difference.

[dj_soo]

Reason's it's "useless" - my phone can already do everything that the pearl can do but mine has a *much* better camera...

Reasons for WiFi:

#1 cut costs on surfing, e-mail, etc.

#2 cut cost on phone calls by making calls on VOIP or SKYPE (probably more of a near future type thing)

[prozac]

I just looked into it a little more and mine does everything it does too. Woop-de-doo.

[dj_soo]

i honestly think that Canadian carriers are afraid of Wifi cause they realize that VOIP w/ wifi-enabled devices are going to make cell phone plans obsolete in urban areas (where universal wifi will probably be a given within the next couple of years).

Why go on a costly plan when you can just pay a flat fee, have unlimited calls and long distance (and no roaming when you go to other cities with wifi).

[Gusto]

Originally Posted by dj_soo

Reason's it's "useless" - my phone can already do everything that the pearl can do but mine has a *much* better camera...

can it connect to a BES for exchange email?