[NickiJ]

Just thought I'd introduce myself as a new BB owner. I got mine on Dec 20 07.
I've been a WM5 user for several years and never thought I'd get a BB. However the need for more instant email caused me to reconsider and I am now the proud owner of an 8320 Blackberry Curve, which I think is simply wonderful. I did a lot of researching (every day for a week and this forum helped me a lot, the information and help here is wonderful) - and decided within a week of looking that the Curve 8320 was one of the best BB's out there. I bought an unlocked one, swapped in my SIM and I'm now wondering how I managed without it

So far thanks to the discussions in this forum I have OTA'd
Empower Pro
Pocket Day Professional
Doc Hawk viewer (trial at the moment)
ToDoMatrix (trial, but I will be buying)
Idea Matrix (ditto)
Opera Mini (was free but I find it rather buggy, useless for downloading apps)
Iberry Black theme from BBPlay (amazing theme)
Iberry Blue theme
Zenergy theme

I'm using BIS as this is my personal Blackberry and I have set up my three email accounts which are working like a breeze. I find the BB synches with my Outlook at work so much more quickly than Activesynch whose bugginess was beginning to get to me. I am still finding the cost of some of the apps quite high compared to WM appl (BB apps seem to be priced for businesses still) but from a productivity standpoint and my needs I think they will pay for themselves. I am on Robbers - sorry Rogers - BB data plan - I wanted to use my old generic (and cheaper) data plan with my Curve, but the experience simply isn't the same, and half of the things A BB is great for were missing. So I bit the bullet and changed it to a BB data plan. There is no contest here in my view although I will be monitoring my data usage.

Just want to say thanks again for all the hard work that goes into this forum... it certainly was and is a big help to me!

[aiharkness]

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Welcome to the group!

[jeremyckitching]

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Welcome to the group!

[ezrunner]

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Welcome to the group

Go into the after market software section there is a neat little data useage monitor that is free you can download and keep track of data useage

[NickiJ]

Thanks - and sorry for not posting my intro in the new member's forum as I probably should have done...

[ezrunner]

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Welcome to the group

Go into the after market software section there is a neat little data useage monitor that is free you can download and keep track of data useage

[ezrunner]

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MiniMoni - Traffic/Data monitor - Beta testers welcome

Here is the link

Okay so i cant post the link from WAP

http://www.blackberryforums.com/afte...s-welcome.html
try this

[aiharkness]

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EZ, put url in brackets in front and /url in brackets behind. That will fix it right up.

Nicki, noobs are cut some slack, of course. You are allowed one post in the wrong group, I'm sure.

[NickiJ]

Thanks... and Thanks!

[Sith_Apprentice]

welcome to the blackberry side!

[roseroyce]

Originally Posted by NickiJ

Just thought I'd introduce myself as a new BB owner. I got mine on Dec 20 07.
I've been a WM5 user for several years and never thought I'd get a BB. However the need for more instant email caused me to reconsider and I am now the proud owner of an 8320 Blackberry Curve, which I think is simply wonderful. I did a lot of researching (every day for a week and this forum helped me a lot, the information and help here is wonderful) - and decided within a week of looking that the Curve 8320 was one of the best BB's out there. I bought an unlocked one, swapped in my SIM and I'm now wondering how I managed without it

So far thanks to the discussions in this forum I have OTA'd
Empower Pro
Pocket Day Professional
Doc Hawk viewer (trial at the moment)
ToDoMatrix (trial, but I will be buying)
Idea Matrix (ditto)
Opera Mini (was free but I find it rather buggy, useless for downloading apps)
Iberry Black theme from BBPlay (amazing theme)
Iberry Blue theme
Zenergy theme

I'm using BIS as this is my personal Blackberry and I have set up my three email accounts which are working like a breeze. I find the BB synches with my Outlook at work so much more quickly than Activesynch whose bugginess was beginning to get to me. I am still finding the cost of some of the apps quite high compared to WM appl (BB apps seem to be priced for businesses still) but from a productivity standpoint and my needs I think they will pay for themselves. I am on Robbers - sorry Rogers - BB data plan - I wanted to use my old generic (and cheaper) data plan with my Curve, but the experience simply isn't the same, and half of the things A BB is great for were missing. So I bit the bullet and changed it to a BB data plan. There is no contest here in my view although I will be monitoring my data usage.

Just want to say thanks again for all the hard work that goes into this forum... it certainly was and is a big help to me!

Welcome to CB! I am new to BB also. Where can I get Pocket Day Professional? Many thanks!

[NickiJ]

PocketDay Professional for Blackberry
I actually went first to Handango, where I generally check out all the apps for any device I have, and looked under Productivity. Then I Googled PocketDay Professional and went to the company web site.

[emcee78]

Can anyone help me with some of the terms that are Frequently used>
Example: OTA
Other commanly used terms that anyone would not mind posting for me would be much apriciated.
Thanks

[aiharkness]

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Originally Posted by emcee78

Can anyone help me with some of the terms that are Frequently used>
Example: OTA
Other commanly used terms that anyone would not mind posting for me would be much apriciated.
Thanks

OTA = over the air

See the glossary at blackberryfaq.com for many definitions.