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03-02-2005, 03:11 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Tallahassee, FL
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Guess who's getting his first BlackBerry?!??!?!
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Yours truly. Yep. I just orderd my new 7520 with Nextel. It should be here within three to five business days! :D
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03-02-2005, 03:14 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Model: Bold
Carrier: Rogers
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Welcome! Glad to see you aboard -- I hope that this board helps answer all your questions efficiently!
Let's also make this thread useful to welcome other new users too!
Question: Are you a first-time BlackBerry user in 2005? If so, post in this thread to say hello!
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03-02-2005, 04:16 PM
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Thumbs Must Hurt
Join Date: Feb 2005
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I am a new user- about 3 weeks with a 7230 on TMO- I think Crackberry would be a better name for this device. Thanks RIM!! and Thanks Mark
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03-02-2005, 04:24 PM
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Talking BlackBerry Encyclopedia
Join Date: Feb 2005
Model: 8100
Carrier: TMO
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Does it count if my BB was activated on 12/30/04?  7100t from TMO; no complaints so far beyond the not-to-be-unexpected aggravations associated with cell carriers and wireless/internet technology in general. Thanks to everyone here for their tireless efforts in educating us newbies; I'll try to return the favor by responding to some of the questions from fellow newbies that you must've answered a thousand times by now  |
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03-02-2005, 04:26 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: NS, Canada
Model: 8800
Carrier: Rogers
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I got my first BB on Feb 12, 2005. It's a 7290 from Rogers.
It has become an addiction.
I've been a lurker until now, but I must say that reading all the info available on this board has answered all my questions and helped me to make the right decision.
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03-02-2005, 04:42 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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been a berrier for 3 years now.. started with the 950.. and now im at the 7290.
took a while to get used to the transistion of the 950 track wheel to other models.. .but now i cant live with out it.
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03-02-2005, 04:54 PM
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Thumbs Must Hurt
Join Date: Feb 2005
Model: 8300
Carrier: Cing
Posts: 49
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got it yesterday 7100g. Data stuff wasn't enabled until today I think (still sitting at home since I hadn't gotten anything useful on it yet, don't have a decent case etc. etc. May not technically be my first BB. I had some rim pagers years ago (had some quality/battery issues with them) but need for paging and stuff wasn't there anymore.
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03-02-2005, 05:47 PM
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Talking BlackBerry Encyclopedia
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: North Carolina
Model: Storm
OS: 5.0.0.419
Carrier: Verizon
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I got my Nextel 7520 in January. One of my co-workers got one also. We also bought the small business version of BES 4.0 which we just maxed out today because we got 2 more 7520s. We now have 4 Nextels and one Verizon 7750.
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03-02-2005, 05:47 PM
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Talking BlackBerry Encyclopedia
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Eastpointe, MI
Model: 8300
Carrier: AT&T
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Not quite yet but it's getting close. I'm just waiting on Uncle Sam to give me back my money and then I'm off to the Nextel store. In fact I've already downloaded the BlackBerry JDE 4.0 and have been putzing around with making apps for it.
If anybody has any suggestions of simple apps that need to be written please let me know. Obviously I'd have to start with something simple as I'm an old programmer who's rusty on Java and new to BlackBerry's. Plus I have a son arriving in ~7 weeks so I don't know how much time I'll have right away. 8)
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Current: AT&T 8300 w/Plantronics Discovery 640
Previous: Nextel BB7520 w/ Plantronics Discovery 640
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03-02-2005, 06:57 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Red Deer, AB
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Hi everyone!
I also just recently got my blackberry. I've had it for a few days now (since feb28) and love it! This board has been a great help. I find myself coming back daily for more info.
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03-02-2005, 06:58 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Red Deer, AB
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Hi everyone!
I also just recently got my blackberry (7290 through Rogers). I've had it for a few days now (since feb28) and love it! This board has been a great help. I find myself coming back daily for more info.
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03-02-2005, 07:20 PM
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Thumbs Must Hurt
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Virginia
Model: 8703e
Posts: 108
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I've had a blackberry for about 4 weeks now.
For the first two weeks I had an AT&T BB 7290, then returned that when Verizon Wireless came out with the BB 7250.
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03-02-2005, 08:48 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Oregon
Model: 8703e
Carrier: Sprint
Posts: 18
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Just got my berry (7230 with tmo) a few weeks ago. It more than met my expectations of what I was hoping to get out of this cool device. I'm hearing impaired so, of course, I love the email aspect of it. I work with deaf and hard of hearing students and cover a very large geographical area, so I've been using it to record data and then transferring it to my computer at my main office for printing. One unexpected surprise of my BB is using it as my alarm clock--I slip the BB under my pillow and the vibration get me up! The snooze feature is great also. So I start and end my day with my BB! Can you tell how much I'm enjoying this?
Anyway, thanks so much for all who contributes to the board. It really makes a difference in my understanding of how to use my BB.
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03-02-2005, 09:49 PM
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I ordered my 7250 from VZW on the 21st and should have it tomorrow! (I work for the company, hence the long wait!)
I can't wait to get this beast in, I've done so much reading...I'll know how to use it before I ever get it. |
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03-02-2005, 10:24 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Woke up on New Year's Day to find my car battery dead, so to brighten my mood I walked to work, hopped online and ordered my 7520 from Nextel. Even despite a critical bug that required me to replace that first unit with another 7520, I've been sinking deeper and deeper into addiction. What a wonderful device.
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03-02-2005, 10:40 PM
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Talking BlackBerry Encyclopedia
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Model: 8100
Carrier: AT&T
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I ordered my Cingular 7290 for use on my ATT/Cingular plan and it should be here on Saturday or Monday! I can't wait to get addicted!
By the way, once I call Cingular and tell them to add the BB service on my account, how long does it take before it starts to work?
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03-03-2005, 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Adalan
I ordered my 7250 from VZW on the 21st and should have it tomorrow! (I work for the company, hence the long wait!)
I can't wait to get this beast in, I've done so much reading...I'll know how to use it before I ever get it. |
Where abouts do you work? Store? Corporate? we have something in common..... |
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03-03-2005, 10:34 AM
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Where abouts do you work? Store? Corporate? we have something in common.....
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I work for a corporate store in Mass. Retail Sales...actually looking at maybe moving into a data training position.
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03-03-2005, 11:08 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: NJ
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I've had my BB 7520 for about a month now, and love it. I wish I have gotten a lot sooner. This board has taught me so much on how to use my BB, that I hardley have any other questions. So thank you to all of you older members.
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03-03-2005, 07:09 PM
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Thumbs Must Hurt
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Laurel, MD
Model: 8703
Carrier: verizon
Posts: 55
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Hey Crackberry,
If you ordered it from Nextel, next day shipping is included free of charge. You should ge it the next business day (assuming you ordered it the day before the mail cut off time). Maybe you should call them and ask about the shipping.
BTW - Welcome to the Blackberry bananza
Auser
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