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Originally posted by exstasie Bell apparently has a new option that is available as of yesterday...some of the effects of the auction hopefully! $30 Unlimited Data (Excludes BES) so long as you have a $30 Voice Plan. Not to shabby at all...if you're on Bell...

Can you tether?

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Originally posted by VERTiG0 Can you tether?

Nope.

In the additional charges it says $15/mb when tethering...

Try not to get your $20,000 bill!

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Originally posted by exstasie Bell apparently has a new option that is available as of yesterday...some of the effects of the auction hopefully! $30 Unlimited Data (Excludes BES) so long as you have a $30 Voice Plan.

what's BES?

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Originally posted by dEsidEL what's BES?

What is BIS?
BIS stands for BlackBerry Internet Service. It gives your BlackBerry access to the Internet. It’s like an ISP, but for your smart-phone instead of your home computer. Every time your BlackBerry gets an email, or accesses a webpage, it does so through BIS (unless you’re using BES)

What is BES?
BES stands for BlackBerry Enterprise Server. It gives your BlackBerry access to a corporate intranet. The intranet is the private, internal, network within a company. It’s kind of like a mini-internet that is cut off from the rest of the world. Many intranets allow you to communicate with the Internet as well, but with added layers of security.

The Differences
Both BES and BIS allow your BlackBerry to get email, as well as retrieve webpages and use third-party applications (like WICKSoft Mobile Documents!). All traffic from your phone goes to the BES / BIS server, and then the BES / BIS server communicates with the world on your behalf.

The difference, ultimately, lies in where the server resides and the level of control and security you get.

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Originally posted by exstasie Bell apparently has a new option that is available as of yesterday...some of the effects of the auction hopefully! $30 Unlimited Data (Excludes BES) so long as you have a $30 Voice Plan. Not to shabby at all...if you're on Bell...

What does the 30$ voice plan include Jeff?
I am paying 45$ right now for 150 weekday, unlimited eve/wknds and unlimited incoming with only 4MB data plan. Plus I have to pay the extra for txt/vm/etc.

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Originally posted by magikb What does the 30$ voice plan include Jeff? I am paying 45$ right now for 150 weekday, unlimited eve/wknds and unlimited incoming with only 4MB data plan. Plus I have to pay the extra for txt/vm/etc.

It's not a specific plan, it just means that you have to have a voice plan of AT LEAST $30.00


This wouldn't work for me, because my plan is $17.50/ month for 200 daytime, unlimited weekend and evenings, and evenings starting at 6pm.

So if you wanted to add that on then it should be no problem since your plan is currently above $30, however, i believe that you can count the 4MB data plan as part of the $30/month for voice plan as they wouldn't consider it voice.

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Originally posted by exstasie It's not a specific plan, it just means that you have to have a voice plan of AT LEAST $30.00 This wouldn't work for me, because my plan is $17.50/ month for 200 daytime, unlimited weekend and evenings, and evenings starting at 6pm. So if you wanted to add that on then it should be no problem since your plan is currently above $30, however, i believe that you can count the 4MB data plan as part of the $30/month for voice plan as they wouldn't consider it voice.

I am with Rogers right now, sorry Jeff I should have stated that
I am just looking at my other options out there which is why I asked everyone here. Rogers is changing things (txt msg'ing is specifically making me want to change over) and if I can get better deals with Bell, then I may take the plunge.

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Originally posted by magikb What does the 30$ voice plan include Jeff? I am paying 45$ right now for 150 weekday, unlimited eve/wknds and unlimited incoming with only 4MB data plan. Plus I have to pay the extra for txt/vm/etc.

what your on is called the Voice and data Combo plan.......Most people just use simple voice plans like Uber Incoming plans or the other plans like familyshare if you have multiple members of the family........Regular plans are called Voice plans and the ones that people use for email and stuff like blackberry or other pda phones like HTC touch or other like Motorola Q are called voice and data plans.

Regular Voice Plans

Voice and data plans

As much as I hate to say it and I'm probably eating my words from somewhere along the line, I'm fed up with my HTC Touch. This GSM version has a processor that is just way way way too slow. The phone itself is great, but holy shit I can't stand these 2-3 second delays when I hit a button. 200MHz is NOT enough for this thing. I'd kill to have the PXA270 624MHz CPU from my old Axim in this thing.

I love it for its versatility and ability to do damn near everything, and to do those things better than the average phone.

I'm probably going to sell it with the Bluetooth GPS receiver I have and go back to my trusty Samsung D820 until I decide what to get next.

I remember back in Europe last year I said that the Touch would be my next phone. That, or the Samsung U600. I think I made a mistake here.





On another note, has anyone used a Nokia N81 or N82? How's the Symbian/S60/UIQ world these days?

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Originally posted by VERTiG0 As much as I hate to say it and I'm probably eating my words from somewhere along the line, I'm fed up with my HTC Touch.

It's like God told me to open this thread today (or perhaps it's the ONLY thing going on on TA at this hour)....but....

I TOLD YA SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* It's like God told me to open this thread today (or perhaps it's the ONLY thing going on on TA at this hour)....but.... I TOLD YA SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shut up jerk. At least I didn't pay anything for the phone. Are you still rocking that fat, old V635?

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Blackberry is launching a new flip phone.



So the BlackBerry Kickstart was only leaked a few days ago, but BGR got some more details on this flip BlackBerry. The Kickstart will be modeled the BlackBerry 9100 and feature OS 4.6 along with Wi-Fi and a next generation Suretype QWERTY keyboard.

Here's the full specs known for now:

* Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
* "Next Gen" SureType keyboard
* 2.0 Megapixel camera
* 16-bit color LCDs
* Internal LCD is 240×320, external one is 160×128
* Wi-Fi b,g
* 3.5mm headset jack
* OS 4.6

According to reports the BlackBerry Kickstart 9100 will be launched in September on T-Mobile. Pricing won't be known for a while. As colors are important for RIM's marketing the Kickstart will be available in tons of different colors.



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I think it looks alright. I really do like what I have now, but we'll see when it comes out cuz I have always loved a flip phone. Maybe this will be my change to Bell when it comes out

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