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09-26-2006, 07:34 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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Nextel and RIM.....
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would there be another BB for nextel? a pearl type BB with PTT abilty would be awesome.
anyone hear of anything?
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09-26-2006, 08:36 AM
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Retired BlackBerryForums.com Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2005
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I will be surprised if Nextel ever gets a new BlackBerry.
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09-26-2006, 08:41 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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So would I....
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09-26-2006, 12:34 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Model: Many
Carrier: Sprint
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Don't expect it.......
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09-26-2006, 06:35 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Model: 7520
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Rumor has it that there will be a new iDen blackberry by Christmas
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09-26-2006, 10:00 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Austin, TX
Model: 9700
Carrier: AT&T
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Rumor has it that there will be a new iDen blackberry by Christmas
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Where does this rumor come from? I'd be really surprised if that happened. |
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09-26-2006, 10:36 PM
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BlackBerry Extraordinaire
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Carrier: Sprint
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Not true at all.....
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09-27-2006, 01:40 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Model: 8703e
Carrier: Sprint
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So you must be a RIM or a Sprint exec if you can say that with such certainty...
Frankly, I'd be shocked if there were an iDEN model...and sad.
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09-27-2006, 09:34 AM
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Talking BlackBerry Encyclopedia
Join Date: Aug 2005
Model: Class
OS: 3.1.941
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Carrier: Verizon
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I hope there is; I love the support for TeleNav and Mobile Voice Cobtrol. This has kept me from jumping to T-Mobile  |
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09-27-2006, 11:45 AM
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Thumbs Must Hurt
Join Date: May 2006
Model: 8100
Carrier: tmo
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Nextel is way overpriced. $50 for unlimited data that isn't even high-speed is getting really old. Also their voice plans are one, if not, the most expensive of any other carrier. To top it off, their coverage sucks. I am paying $120 a month for data with 900 minutes voice & PTT. I could go to Tmobile for about half that. Nextel/Sprint needs to wake up.... I am switching as soon as this contract is up. I SERIOUSLY doubt you will see an 8100 come out of them before NEXT Xmas. They seem to be a little over a year behind everyone else.
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09-27-2006, 06:35 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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The markets that will be pushing iDEN are no longer in North America. Look to Japan and Korea to see where the future of iDEN is. If neither sprout support for the 7100i device, then I doubt we'll see another iDEN BlackBerry. If there is a large support base, then they may get the balls rolling again. BlackBerry won't last long in Japan without an updated device, so keep that in mind - TOO much competition elsewhere.
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09-27-2006, 09:30 PM
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Actually I am a former Gold Level Nextel dealer. We sell tons of BB's and I have a great relationship with my Sprint/Nextel rep and the RIM rep for our area. Just passing along what I have been told....
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So you must be a RIM or a Sprint exec if you can say that with such certainty...
Frankly, I'd be shocked if there were an iDEN model...and sad.
Jes sayin...
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09-27-2006, 09:32 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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When's the last time you checked the Web? Unlimited is $39.99 and the voice plans are very comparable to the rest of the industry. No one will ever be as cheap as TWhore but Sprint Nextel voice plans are in line with Cingular and VZ.
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Nextel is way overpriced. $50 for unlimited data that isn't even high-speed is getting really old. Also their voice plans are one, if not, the most expensive of any other carrier. To top it off, their coverage sucks. I am paying $120 a month for data with 900 minutes voice & PTT. I could go to Tmobile for about half that. Nextel/Sprint needs to wake up.... I am switching as soon as this contract is up. I SERIOUSLY doubt you will see an 8100 come out of them before NEXT Xmas. They seem to be a little over a year behind everyone else.
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09-28-2006, 07:22 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Originally Posted by jibi
The markets that will be pushing iDEN are no longer in North America. Look to Japan and Korea to see where the future of iDEN is. If neither sprout support for the 7100i device, then I doubt we'll see another iDEN BlackBerry. If there is a large support base, then they may get the balls rolling again. BlackBerry won't last long in Japan without an updated device, so keep that in mind - TOO much competition elsewhere.
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Japan is not a market that is interested in mobile corporate e-mail. The only people who really want it there are us Gaijin.
The lone iDEN provider in SK just got the 7100i, and I'm not even sure why. In both Japan and SK, iDEN is really only used for its original intended purpose, which is extended two-way radio.
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09-28-2006, 11:27 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Oakley
Model: 7520
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Originally Posted by nigletsyz
Nextel is way overpriced. $50 for unlimited data that isn't even high-speed is getting really old. Also their voice plans are one, if not, the most expensive of any other carrier. To top it off, their coverage sucks. I am paying $120 a month for data with 900 minutes voice & PTT. I could go to Tmobile for about half that. Nextel/Sprint needs to wake up.... I am switching as soon as this contract is up. I SERIOUSLY doubt you will see an 8100 come out of them before NEXT Xmas. They seem to be a little over a year behind everyone else.
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My nextel plan i am paying $90.00 ofr 1000 any time minutes voicemail, long distance nationwide ptt, unlimited ptt and unlimited data. it all depends when you get your plan. i have had the same phone plan for 4 years its was the nationwide 10000 or osmething like that. |
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09-28-2006, 11:44 AM
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At the VERY most, Nextel might get a 87XX Blackberry but I would not hold my breath for that. The new Nextel phones are on Sprint system for voice. It is only a matter of time before Sprint starves the Nextel users for new technology giving them little choice except to switch to sprint.
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09-28-2006, 01:19 PM
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Thumbs Must Hurt
Join Date: May 2006
Model: 8100
Carrier: tmo
Posts: 138
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Originally Posted by southwestcomm
When's the last time you checked the Web? Unlimited is $39.99 and the voice plans are very comparable to the rest of the industry. No one will ever be as cheap as TWhore but Sprint Nextel voice plans are in line with Cingular and VZ.
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Dude, when was the last time YOU checked? You are supposedly a dealer and you don't even know your own pricing? Unlimited is $50 and 5MB is $40. 900 minute plans are $60. That is $110 for a crap plan not including insurance on the phone and taxes. My bill is usually around $120 or so. Check the web yourself. I don't really care anymore though because I just dumped Nextel yesterday and am going with T-Mobile... gettting the new Pearl. |
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09-28-2006, 03:02 PM
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BlackBerry Extraordinaire
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Austin, TX
Model: 9700
Carrier: AT&T
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I just checked and the unlimited data says its on sale for $39.99, same price as the 5MB plan.
Of course, this was also as if I was setting up new service. Existing users very well may have to pay $49.99, which from what I have seen, is the most expensive around on a US carrier.
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09-28-2006, 07:24 PM
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Talking BlackBerry Encyclopedia
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Washington, DC
Model: 7100i
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Originally Posted by nigletsyz
Unlimited is $50 and 5MB is $40. 900 minute plans are $60.
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These are the new prices, it use to be $39.99 [unlimited] and $29.99 [5mb]. For those of us that have been BB users before the change are still on the old pricing plan.
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09-29-2006, 04:55 AM
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Thumbs Must Hurt
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: boston
Model: Tour
Carrier: vzw
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I was on the phone with nextel blackberry tech support yesterday. I told him I knew the sprint 8703e was coming out shortly and asked if it was going to have 2-way. He said no, but offered that the nextel version would be coming out by the end of the year? You'd think that nextel might let something out or even announce it if this is the truth. There have to be a bunch of 7520 owners that have abandoned ship if they've been lusting after all these new units, like I have, ever since the 8700c was released. LAST NOVEMBER!!!
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