Need help with buying a Blackberry

[importpower99]

Was looking to get a blackberry curve, need advice on:
- Support Available
- programs or applications available
- Why does everyone have one
- Is the support for these bad (customer service I heard was in India)
- And whats the general Pro's and Con's

Currently I have the crappy Samsung Instinct.
I need e-mail (ability to open attachments), internet (Full internet, not mobile internet), music, text, send and recieve pictures, GPS.

This is the one I am looking at.
http://www.cellstores.com/specialoff...268cae1b34a687

I have sprint and they will give me a discount if I put up with there horrible reception if I sign up for two years again. So if you know of another blackberry that is compatible WITH sprint then let ME know

[abrok99]

there badass i just got a tour.

do it.

[james_ls]

Your link goes to a Palm phone...

Get the 8900 and never look back.

[sleeper15]

i got the curve, and i love it.

check out www.crackberry.com/

great site for apps and questions about all the blackberrys.

[importpower99]

Sorry the correct link is up.
I will check that site out, thanks
Do they make the 8900 for sprint? I only see the 9630 and the 8330.

[P_856]

pick up the 8900 a few weeks ago its a nice phone its only on the edge network tho if you want faster internet (3G) get the bold thats if you have att

[ikozhukhin]

What is it about the instinct exactly that you didn't like? It had a voice guided GPS, i believe opera was available for it so you could get full internet, SMS, MMS. Other then the attachments it does everything you mentioned. The Pre and Curve 8900 are both very good phones with lots of support and definitely an upgrade to the instinct in terms of third party support and overall use of them. I know the Blackberry App store has thousands of applications from games to organizers and stuff, haven't really played with the pre apps but it has many also and i hear since its a web based operating system then it'll be one of the first 4g phones which sprint is releasing in philly within the next few months. If your in the Philly area pm me, i might be able to get you some deals.

[importpower99]

Originally Posted by ikozhukhin

What is it about the instinct exactly that you didn't like? It had a voice guided GPS, i believe opera was available for it so you could get full internet, SMS, MMS. Other then the attachments it does everything you mentioned. The Pre and Curve 8900 are both very good phones with lots of support and definitely an upgrade to the instinct in terms of third party support and overall use of them. I know the Blackberry App store has thousands of applications from games to organizers and stuff, haven't really played with the pre apps but it has many also and i hear since its a web based operating system then it'll be one of the first 4g phones which sprint is releasing in philly within the next few months. If your in the Philly area pm me, i might be able to get you some deals.

Don't like the instinct because

E-mails- Either I can't open attachments, or it won't let me read the e-mail at all

Keyboard- The touch screen sucks, never again will I get a phone with a touch screen key pad

Applications- (news, weather) take to long to load, if they feel like loading

Calender- Hard to organize task, and you can't put notes in there with that adgenda..like a name or client you are suppose to meet

No after market support-It was suppose to be better then the I-phone and have just as many apps, but it has like twenty sh**ty ones

Freezes constantly- (everyother day), but it only does it when I need to use it right away. (yes I know most smart phones do this)

Music- With my 8gb memory card, it takes one minute to load my music page.(Yes a minute is a long time, when you just want to hear one song play)

Internet- This pissed me off the worst. It is horrible to use. You can only go on certain websites. Most the sites you go to are mobile web sites, not full internet browser. And zooming in and out is a pain.

And explain a little bit more of this connection you have and a 4G phone...



What is MMS?

/crying

[ikozhukhin]

Well can't argue with all that because I've never actually owned one I just sell them and had a few coworkers that just loved them.

I work at a radioshack (any more you can ask through pm).

MMS is multi media message (picture, video, basically anything other then text message)

I know the blackberry has a great calender that fairly easily syncs up with outlook.

You need to actually see how you like these phones in person, they all look good online.

[importpower99]

Originally Posted by ikozhukhin

Well can't argue with all that because I've never actually owned one I just sell them and had a few coworkers that just loved them.

I work at a radioshack (any more you can ask through pm).

MMS is multi media message (picture, video, basically anything other then text message)

I know the blackberry has a great calender that fairly easily syncs up with outlook.

You need to actually see how you like these phones in person, they all look good online.

Yeah i was in the store yesterday playing with them. I think I'm gonna take the leap and by the 8330, since it would only cost me $50.

[Yes SiR]

I'm on my second curve 8310 and I love it. It's user friendly, has a lot of options, the app list is pretty decent. I use mine for both work and personal use and am really happy with it all around.

A friend of mine works at my local ATT store and said that BB has a whole bunch of new phones coming out over the next few months, so if you can hold off, you may want to wait. I'm waiting for the new curve; it looks like the old curve and the bold had a baby.

[dufflebagboyz]

screw them go with the touch screen i got the Storm and i f*cking love it. =]

[Elliott18t]

i too have the storm. love it.

[tavenger5]

I've come to love the blackberry os. It just makes so much more sense than windows mobile. You'll like the curve. There's a couple useful tips on my forum (link below).

[EvlEgl]

I have the Tour and Really like everything about it...I like the curve I just think the Tour is a tad faster for loading apps and such...and the screen is way better.

[ASIAN JUL]

Blackberry 8900

[importpower99]

Thanks for all the help guys!

But I got some intial complaints.
1) no visual voicemail
2) Cannot fast forward or rewind songs in the media player
3) cannot send pictures through text messages

Is there any apps that can correct these issues?

[Elliott18t]

pictures... its called MMS not SMS. as far as i know all BBs should be able to send/recieve them..
nope no visual voicemail.. might be an app tho.
you can ff rw on song w/ the media player.. at least i can on the storm.

[importpower99]

Originally Posted by Elliott18t

pictures... its called MMS not SMS. as far as i .

Found it!