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11-04-2007, 10:28 AM
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heres a few more pics.
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I see the Samsung i760 in photos. Does this mean you have this phone also? If so, could you comment on the following please:
Any benefit in having Wifi in i760 vs. not having it in the Pearl in terms of email access or anything similar - or is Wifi just a way to cut down on data usage?
Is email/web access faster/slower using WIfi - Verizon sales rep claims their net is faster than Wifi?
Is browser better on i760?
Due to large cost difference between i760 and Pearl - in terms of monthly unlimited and total ($44.99 vs. $29.99, $250 vs $150), I'm asking these questions. |
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11-04-2007, 11:39 AM
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Can anyone comment on the microphone of the 8130 compared to that on the 8830? The 8830 has a well documented issue of the microphone being way to sensitive and almost unusable in any situation where there is significant background noise.
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11-04-2007, 12:57 PM
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Just received an email that my order shipped. Today is Sunday! Very good service.
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11-04-2007, 04:45 PM
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so will we be able to download and use google maps or have to purchase the VZ Navigator for $9.99 per month?
also the is the $44.99 per month unlimited plan the same as the $29.99 one i have with t-mobile for just blackberry usage? Right now i have two phones one for talkin and one for pearlin' but if its gonna cost + $25 a month over the tmobile pearl just to have one phone im not so sure...
thanks for any info
p.s. i use jivetalk on the blackberry instead of the text-message charging IM client, would i be able to use that for verizon version blackberry also?
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11-04-2007, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by ILuVaTaR
so will we be able to download and use google maps or have to purchase the VZ Navigator for $9.99 per month?
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Google maps installs but errors and will not launch.. BB Maps doesn't see the VZW 8130's internal GPS.. SPOT doesn't get a location from the built in GPS...
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Originally Posted by ILuVaTaR
also the is the $44.99 per month unlimited plan the same as the $29.99 one i have with t-mobile for just blackberry usage? Right now i have two phones one for talkin and one for pearlin' but if its gonna cost + $25 a month over the tmobile pearl just to have one phone im not so sure...
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If you do NOT use a bes... go with the $29.99 (with qualifying voice plan) Email and web for blackberry plan (this is the BIS plan)...
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Originally Posted by ILuVaTaR
p.s. i use jivetalk on the blackberry instead of the text-message charging IM client, would i be able to use that for verizon version blackberry also?
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Currently you can use Gtalk and Yahoo! IM right now...
AOL IM, Windows Live!, and ICQ clients should be available shortly... for more info see -> HowardForums: Your Mobile Phone Community & Resource - View Single Post - Official BlackBerry Pearl 8130 Release Thread
I've not used Jivetalk... but since AOL, WLM and ICQ work on my T-Mo 8320, and not on my VZW 8130... and Google Maps doesn't run on the 8130... I'm not going to guess about Jivetalk...
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11-04-2007, 08:28 PM
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I currently use JiveTalk on my work 7100i. I emailed them a few days ago asking about the 8130, and their support team said it should work fine. Although I wont know for sure till I get mine tomorrow from FedEx and try it.
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11-04-2007, 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Mark_Venture
If you do NOT use a bes... go with the $29.99 (with qualifying voice plan) Email and web for blackberry plan (this is the BIS plan)...
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thanks alot mark! so with the 29.99 plan i would get unlimited email/web and if i load one of the chat clients i can use those unlimited too right?
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11-04-2007, 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by ILuVaTaR
thanks alot mark! so with the 29.99 plan i would get unlimited email/web and if i load one of the chat clients i can use those unlimited too right?
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Right. You get upto like 10 BIS mail accounts... unlimited DATA for web, email, and such...
The IM programs I mentioned above all use DATA... not text messaging like the IM program on REGULAR Verizon Phones usually do...
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11-04-2007, 11:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Mark_Venture
I'm in the process of uploading pictures of the Verizon Pearl 8130 to -> Picasa Web Albums - Mark_Venture
Included are...
two pictures taken with the Pearl's camera (thru my sliding glass door)
Pictures of it in next to T-Mobile Pearl, T-Mobile Curve, Moto V3C, LG Chocolate VX8500...
Pictures of various screens of the Verizon Pearl.... including shots taken of the web browser... |
LOL....You wouldn't happen to live in Bear would you? Those pics you took with the 8130 look like the same backyard view as my gf's family.
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11-04-2007, 11:51 PM
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LOL....You wouldn't happen to live in Bear would you? Those pics you took with the 8130 look like the same backyard view as my gf's family.
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Nope.. Not Bear... near Elsmere
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11-05-2007, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Mark_Venture
Right. You get upto like 10 BIS mail accounts... unlimited DATA for web, email, and such...
The IM programs I mentioned above all use DATA... not text messaging like the IM program on REGULAR Verizon Phones usually do...
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It is not unlimited. The limit is 5GB/month. |
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11-05-2007, 10:43 AM
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Battery Life
Hello,
Any impressions regarding the battery? How long can you go without a charge?
Thanks!
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11-05-2007, 11:05 AM
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It is not unlimited. The limit is 5GB/month.
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This is also what i know of. I don't think is unlimited either. Can someone confirm?.
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11-05-2007, 11:14 AM
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This is from the Broadband Access Terms and Conditions page:
If usage exceeds 5 GB per line during any billing period, we reserve the right to reduce throughput speeds of any application that would otherwise exceed such speed to a maximum of approximately 200 Kbps. These speeds are subject to change, in our reasonable discretion, in order to address network issues. I
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11-05-2007, 11:31 AM
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does it have international capability?
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11-05-2007, 02:19 PM
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Serious mixed information on the $24.95 plan
Just ordered my VZ Pearl on Sunday
There is considerable disagreement on multiple boards about this new BB data and email $29.95 rate and whether the data is "unlimited."
I spoke to a VZ rep and ordered the phone online for automatic credits. BUT... While I reviewing the options rep looked up the BB Web and Email service and said "it has a 10MB monthly limit. 500 emails = 1 MB" and that I can track usage via the usual #DATA call and upgrade to the $45/month plan if my usage gets too high.
When ordering online "unlimited" was listed only for the other $45 plan.
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11-05-2007, 02:45 PM
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I wasn't sure about this whole $29 rate so I documented my Chat session with the VW rep... Here's what she said:
VW: You can browse the internet and email as much as you would like.
VW: The max is 5GB per month.
VW: Once you exceed 5GB it will be .015/kilobyte.
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11-05-2007, 05:03 PM
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Just order my 8130 from my vzw b2b extranet, hope to see it tomorrow.
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11-05-2007, 06:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by paulyjsob
It is not unlimited. The limit is 5GB/month.
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Yeah, I know that, they call it unlimited.. it says 5gig in the fine print...
But if you call in and say "I want the $29.99 5gb/month plan... the CS people will be TOTALLY CLUELESSS...
plus, you're not going to hit 5 gig using the blackberry by itself...
The other plan is limited to 10 MEG per month... and says so 
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11-05-2007, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by aad
does it have international capability?
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No. The 8130 does not. Only the 8830 is international capable.
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