Comments on: Frugal Tip: A Blackberry For Less Than 50 Bucks

By: The Financial Blogger | Financial Ramblings

The Financial Blogger | Financial Ramblings — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:04:16 +0000

[...] time to surf around to see if there were any good deals to make. I recently did when I wanted to save money on a BlackBerry. I was shocked! There are so many good deals that you will spend more than you previously thought [...]

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Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:57:42 +0000

[...] The Financial Blogger shows us how to get technology on the cheap with Frugal Tip: A Blackberry For Less Than 50 Bucks. [...]

By: The Financial Blogger

The Financial Blogger — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:06:07 +0000

Toan, is it the same thing with gmail?

By: Toan Nguyen

Toan Nguyen — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:25:55 +0000

Hello,

Jerry Hung: I used to work for RIM as technical support and to my knowledge you should be able to add Hotmail to your BIS (BlackBerry Internet Service) 2.0 account. Give Rogers a call and they should be able to help you out.

By: Gean Oliveira

Gean Oliveira — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:18:07 +0000

That’s what I do with my Treo 650. I bought 2 years ago and I’m using Rogers as a carrier in Toronto. I’m not using the wireless plan, only the cellphone. I just canceled my call display feature. Cost me $7/month

By: The Financial Blogger

The Financial Blogger — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:37:46 +0000

Hey Jerry,
it is just that I never realized that my SIM card would work and I thought I would have to pay a good $75/month in order to get a Black Berry.

I’m always excited when I can save money and it doesn’t hurt ;-0

By: lee

lee — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:12:05 +0000

Hi ,

About the blackberry phone i just want to say one word ” awesome “. I too have the new blackberry with GPS and it really works fine for me. All the features are excellent and user friendly.

By: Jerry Hung

Jerry Hung — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:45:54 +0000

Not sure about the excitement in this thread, what’s good about this? sorry if I don’t get it

You can put a Rogers SIM card into any Rogers-phone or Unlocked GSM phone, and it’ll work.

For schedules you may need to sync with your computer, but many phones can do it, not necessarily a BlackBerry. Treo, SE P900, Nokia N-series, etc…

I personally wouldn’t pay to get my own BB & Data plan (Rogers has $15/month unlimited data plan now if you’re interested)
I do have a work BB, and it’s quite handy I must say.

Sucks that I can’t check Hotmail on it and BB interface really isn’t THAT great
I understand why some are addicted to it, swear by it, but it’s only because they haven’t seen the alternative IMO

By: Sods

Sods — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:29:24 +0000

I think Blackberry’s, especially the older ones from before Moblie Internet got big, have the funcionality to write as many emails as you like on the device and then when you sync with outlook to download your agenda you can send them from your PC. I would do some more investigating before doing this, but I believe it is possible.