BlackBerry for Non-commerical user

[LeVeR2oOo]

I just found out that they blackberry available for sprint users but I was told its only for commercial use. I am a non-commercial user and want a blackberry or I will be forced to switch to T-Mobil for the Sidekick II but I don't want to lose Sprint Service nor pay the $200 termination fee. How would an individual like me go about getting a blackberry as a Sprint user.

[FloorMatt]

Well.....do you need a Blackberry for sure?

And btw.....there has been a Sprint Blackberry for some time.......but, a NEW one was added.

[LeVeR2oOo]

I really DO need a blakberry, I dont mind getting a a 2nd device and a 2nd service provider but I would rather not. I just saw the new one on phonescoop with bluetooth which makes my pants tight :) and yes i really really do need/want one.

[neotope]

Why not get a Treo? The only benefit of a BlackBerry I could see is the Enterprise Server software for support with Exchange, Domino, and Groupwise. If you are not using one of those methods for email it seems like a Treo would be a better bet because of all the additional things it can do.

[FloorMatt]

Why not get a Treo? The only benefit of a BlackBerry I could see is the Enterprise Server software for support with Exchange, Domino, and Groupwise. If you are not using one of those methods for email it seems like a Treo would be a better bet because of all the additional things it can do.

Bingo...

See also the Blackberry thread in the General Forum.

[LeVeR2oOo]

I really DO need a blakberry, I dont mind getting a a 2nd device and a 2nd service provider but I would rather not. I just saw the new one on phonescoop with bluetooth which makes my pants tight :) and yes i really really do need/want one.

never been a big fan of the treo maybe because i never messed around with one

[FloorMatt]

never been a big fan of the treo maybe because i never messed around with one

Go try the Treo 650 :cool:

I do e-mail and AIM/MSN/YM on my PDA connected to my PM-325........just imagine it all on one device! :clap:

[LeVeR2oOo]

Go try the Treo 650 :cool:

I do e-mail and AIM/MSN/YM on my PDA connected to my PM-325........just imagine it all on one device! :clap:

I will give it a try, if not i am comming after you :)

but still any idea when the commoner can have a blackberry and sprint all in one

[FloorMatt]

I will give it a try, if not i am comming after you :)

but still any idea when the commoner can have a blackberry and sprint all in one

I'll be sure to leave the light on :thought:

Ehh, who knows about a Non-Biz Sprint Blackberry...

[LeVeR2oOo]

I'll be sure to leave the light on :thought:

Ehh, who knows about a Non-Biz Sprint Blackberry...


well would you say 2-3 months or like years?

[FloorMatt]

Maybe never...........this is already the second Blackberry for Sprint, and they haven't put either on the personal side.

Do you have a Blackberry PUSH server, for starters?

[eekman]

I would guess more than 2 months, but less than a year. As you probably know, Sprint is in the process of merging with Nextel. Nextel currently offers the exact same model to it's customers for $249, regardless of their busess/personal classification. If you trade in a qualifying PDA, it drops the price by $100, and there's also a $100 mail-in rebate through Nextel, netting you a BT-compatible Blackberry for $49. Not that I'd advocate switching to Nextel for the Blackberry, but the point is that, if Nextel has it for regular customers and Sprint offers it to business customers now, I doubt it'll be too long before it's available to the general public. YMMV.

[rjmoose]

I just found out that they blackberry available for sprint users but I was told its only for commercial use. I am a non-commercial user and want a blackberry or I will be forced to switch to T-Mobil for the Sidekick II but I don't want to lose Sprint Service nor pay the $200 termination fee. How would an individual like me go about getting a blackberry as a Sprint user.

I think you have been given wrong information.

I received the Blackberry 7250 and activated it just fine...contrayry to what has been reported here, I was able to use my Vision plan to use the built in Web Browser built in on the Blackberry.

FYI, I really liked it, but it did not measure up to my Treo 650 as mentioned earlier in this thread...but it was a pretty good little device...

[NinjaMom]

I would guess more than 2 months, but less than a year. As you probably know, Sprint is in the process of merging with Nextel. Nextel currently offers the exact same model to it's customers for $249, regardless of their busess/personal classification. If you trade in a qualifying PDA, it drops the price by $100, and there's also a $100 mail-in rebate through Nextel, netting you a BT-compatible Blackberry for $49. Not that I'd advocate switching to Nextel for the Blackberry, but the point is that, if Nextel has it for regular customers and Sprint offers it to business customers now, I doubt it'll be too long before it's available to the general public. YMMV.

I had a Nextel Blackberry before switching to Sprint for the PPC6600... It was a good device. The email worked better on it than the PPC and I like the PIN messages on the BB too. However, the PPC beats the BB hands down in everything else! There was software for the BB, but it was a smaller selection and surfing the web was slower than dial-up.

Plus, with Nextel you had to have the phone/radio operational AND they charged you $50 a month for the BB service.

I switched to Sprint-got a cooler phone-and my husband and I are using our phones for less than I had my one phone with Nextel.