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i'm going to get myself a new cell phone tonight, and i'm debating making the upgrade to a Blackberry Pearl. i've never had a cell phone plan with internet access before. voice, text, and picture messaging are about the fanciest things i've ever done with a cell phone... but i keep thinking of those instances where i really needed directions to an address or needed to find info on a business, and how awesome threaded text messaging is.

so, for other people who have made the jump from normal service to smart phone service... is it worth the extra $20 a month?

yes... of course I don't actually pay for my phone, but if I did... I'd say yes.

In one word, yes.

In two words, fuck yes!



Just remember that once you have all the wonders in the world right there in your pocket its awfully hard, if not impossible, to go back to just a regular phone.

With a blackberry you pay for the blackberry plan, its $30 + your normal plan costs, and it includes internet, picture mail and unlimited text messages. so if youre paying 10 for unlimited texts, and 10 for picture mail, then its really only 10 bucks more per month.

I got a black berry a few years ago and i cannot for the life of me get any other phone..... they don't call them crackberrys for a joke...... they are addictive....

honestly its like having a laptop in your pocket.... a laptop with gps


and in canada with rogers you are allowed to teather your cellphone to your laptop and use it as a wireless modem and you can use your existing data plans (mine is 3 gb per month) so when i travel i can jack my laptop in to check my mail.

i just got the treo 680...

i am delighted


very easy to use and good feel

for 180 CDN pretty much new, a bargain

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Originally posted by colonelcrisp and in canada with rogers you are allowed to teather your cellphone to your laptop and use it as a wireless modem and you can use your existing data plans (mine is 3 gb per month) so when i travel i can jack my laptop in to check my mail.

o damn, thats pretty sick

basically it's $45 for me to get the "Everything Messaging" plan with 450 minutes + unlimited text/pic messaging... or $63 to get "Everything Data" with 450 minutes + unlimited text/pic messaging + unlimited data (web surfing, email, etc).

prices are before taxes and fees, of course, but considering i haven't paid for a cell phone in over a year i think i can probably splurge.

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Originally posted by Allied Nations i just got the treo 680... i am delighted very easy to use and good feel for 180 CDN pretty much new, a bargain

Fail. Palm is the WORST smartphone choice.

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Originally posted by mezzir o damn, thats pretty sick

If you know your way around phones you can do that here to.

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Originally posted by l�cid basically it's $45 for me to get the "Everything Messaging" plan with 450 minutes + unlimited text/pic messaging... or $63 to get "Everything Data" with 450 minutes + unlimited text/pic messaging + unlimited data (web surfing, email, etc). prices are before taxes and fees, of course, but considering i haven't paid for a cell phone in over a year i think i can probably splurge.

Do not EVER buy a smartphone and not get the data plan. That is like buying a car without an engine. You just wouldn't do that.

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Originally posted by gehzumteufel Fail. Palm is the WORST smartphone choice. If you know your way around phones you can do that here to.

Hah i think that'd be tough with the phone I have now though
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Originally posted by mezzir Hah i think that'd be tough with the phone I have now though `

well get something new nigga!!!!! lol

man i'm fuckin broke :/
stopped working part time to focus on school, and as much as i'd want a cool phone, no fuckin way am i buying one on credit if i don't have the means to pay it off

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Originally posted by gehzumteufel Do not EVER buy a smartphone and not get the data plan. That is like buying a car without an engine. You just wouldn't do that.

captain obvious to the rescue!

Get the HTC Touch Pro ....... BB pearl is a shit phone I have it and trust me it sucks.



HTC Touch Pro










or wait like one more month you will have this bad boy a.K.a Blackberry Storm:-




But please dont get a bb pearl thats a shit phone.

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Originally posted by gehzumteufel Fail. Palm is the WORST smartphone choice.

so far its the most easy to use phone ive ever had and i love the palm datebook program

so, i dont agree

plus i hate anything with the windows for phones

so fuck that

Re: normal phones vs smart phones

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Originally posted by l�cid i'm going to get myself a new cell phone tonight, and i'm debating making the upgrade to a Blackberry Pearl. i've never had a cell phone plan with internet access before. voice, text, and picture messaging are about the fanciest things i've ever done with a cell phone... but i keep thinking of those instances where i really needed directions to an address or needed to find info on a business, and how awesome threaded text messaging is. so, for other people who have made the jump from normal service to smart phone service... is it worth the extra $20 a month?

Get the jitterbug

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i don't want touch screen, i don't want to wait a month, and i don't want to buy the most expensive smart phone available.

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Originally posted by l�cid i don't want touch screen, i don't want to wait a month, and i don't want to buy the most expensive smart phone available.

Dont you want to look like that hot chic with dark hair coming out of your golf/jetta(cant remember which one it was) holding a fucking nice touchscreen the best money can buy phone.......Booooooooo

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Originally posted by l�cid i don't want touch screen, i don't want to wait a month, and i don't want to buy the most expensive smart phone available.

i dont know what the dude is talking about, this palm is awesome, cheap and once i have the extended battery, will be a warrior


thought the blackberry curve looks chill

i never really ever found a reason to get one of those crazy super phones. i never need directions, cause i'm just that good w/ geography. and i never really needed to take pictures, cause i almost always have my camera.

but there were a few times...admittedly enough; that i did not have my camera, and i was like, "OMG TAKE A PICTURE" and had them send it to me.

but for those random, few, occasions? to pay an extra $20 a month? not worth it, imo

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Originally posted by Moral Hazard yes... of course I don't actually pay for my phone, but if I did... I'd say yes.

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Ditto this and ill add an absolutely yes to it.

And I would reccomend a Qwerty keypad. I don't if the Pearl is or isn't.

touch phones are ghey....


blackberry bold pwns palm treo any day of the week......

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Originally posted by Allied Nations i dont know what the dude is talking about, this palm is awesome, cheap and once i have the extended battery, will be a warrior thought the blackberry curve looks chill

Yeah you go on with your treo that is exactly the same as the one below with a small few features added and buggy shitty os that crashes all the time, supports nothing, and is old.

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Originally posted by l�cid i don't want touch screen, i don't want to wait a month, and i don't want to buy the most expensive smart phone available.

I didn't say which phone to get.

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