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Dustin,
Thanks for the note. I guess I was slightly surprised to see the information
the Black Berry Forum that is referenced in an e-mail a few messages up.
My question I guess is this:
1 -- Is it possible to browse the web using the Verizon data services on
the Black Berry?
2 -- Does it support IMAP?
3 -- Is it possible to use the phone as a modem on the 1x network (speeds
up to 144kbps right?)
Thanks,
-gg-
> Michael,
>
> I don't believe that the Blackberry 7250 uses the EVDO network at this
> time. They say that it probably Will in the future, but that it will
> take a Verizon software upgrade to do it.
>
> "Michael D. Sullivan" <userid@camsul.example.invalid> wrote in message
> news:VNWJe.2410$7d.799@trnddc08...
>
>> Gray Ghost wrote:
>>
>>> Thought that I would ask what you all think of the BlackBerry 7250.
>>> I'm considering getting one here in the Northern Virginia area.
>>> Wondering how their reception rates to tri-mode phones (Sadly
>>> they're all digital). Additionally wondering about whether or not I
>>> should wait on the Moto-Q that's set to come out in January 2006.
>>>
>> I have had the 7250 for about a month. In the Washington, DC metro
>> area, where there is virtually universal digital coverage, it has
>> gotten excellent service, both for telephone calls and for
>> email/browsing on the EVDO and 1xRTT networks. Battery life and call
>> quality are MUCH better than the tri-mode Kyocera PDA phone it
>> replaced, which only had 1xRTT capability, not EVDO. The lack of
>> analog coverage is actually a plus for me, because when I'm in an
>> underground garage and there's no signal, the Kyocera would try like
>> heck to reach an analog network and light up its "no service"
>> indicator, causing excessive battery drain; the Blackberry can't
>> waste its battery on analog transmissions and doesn't have a lighted
>> "no service" indicator.
>>
>> I went up to Boothbay Harbor, Maine for a week recently. Verizon's
>> map shows the town having "extended" digital coverage (from Saco
>> River Cellular, I think) but no broadband -- so I was expecting the
>> Blackberry email/browser not to work. Sure enough, "data connection
>> refused" indicator when in town, but the phone connection worked just
>> fine. There were a few spots along the lesser roads where I got no
>> signal. The weird thing was that the resort I was staying at was on a
>> peninsula jutting out into the bay away from the town. Most of the
>> time I got a no signal indicator there, but sporadically I got just
>> enough broadband or 1xRTT digital service to update my email. I
>> suspect I was getting a very weak signal over the water from the
>> adjoining VZW Portland network and when I was standing in just the
>> right place I got a few data packets flowing for just long enough to
>> update the email -- but I was never able to place a working voice
>> call from the resort. Analog wouldn't have helped, though. My wife's
>> tri-mode Nokia couldn't place a call there either.
>>
>> For what it's worth, I was vacillating between the Blackberry 7250
>> and the Treo 650. I really liked the Treo and the Palm OS features,
>> while the Blackberry had EVDO and Bluetooth. The email connectivity
>> for me is better on the Blackberry, because my office has an Exchange
>> server with a Blackberry setup, so I can get email whether or not my
>> office computer is running on the network; for the Treo I'd have to
>> leave the computer on the net running a redirector app -- which meant
>> I couldn't bring the laptop with me and still get PDA email.
>> Finally, the balance was tipped when my office decided to reimburse
>> people Blackberry data service but not for other PDA data service, so
>> I went with the unlimited Blackberry data package.
>>
>> --
>> Michael D. Sullivan
>> Bethesda, MD (USA)
>> (Replace "example.invalid" with "com" in my address.)
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