Blackberry 8830 opinions?

Just doing some advance planning on my next vzw phone and I'm somewhat
intrigued with the 8830. Who has a 8830 and how do you like it?

§ wrote:
> Just doing some advance planning on my next vzw phone and I'm somewhat
> intrigued with the 8830. Who has a 8830 and how do you like it?
>
I have 3 friends who have the 8830 and they seem to like it a lot. I have
the Pearl 8130, which is sort of like a miniature 8830 (but without the
dual-band capability) and I love it- one of the best phones I ever had.
Right now I think Blackberry is the only company that knows how to put out a
useful, highly functional phone that is primarily a phone.

Carl wrote:
> § wrote:
>> Just doing some advance planning on my next vzw phone and I'm somewhat
>> intrigued with the 8830. Who has a 8830 and how do you like it?
>>
> I have 3 friends who have the 8830 and they seem to like it a lot. I have
> the Pearl 8130, which is sort of like a miniature 8830 (but without the
> dual-band capability) and I love it- one of the best phones I ever had.
> Right now I think Blackberry is the only company that knows how to put out a
> useful, highly functional phone that is primarily a phone.
>
>

Thanks for the info Carl.

This may be a obvious question but would I be able to purchase a 8830
from a third party other than vzw and activate it for vzw?

§ wrote:
> Carl wrote:
>> § wrote:
>>> Just doing some advance planning on my next vzw phone and I'm
>>> somewhat intrigued with the 8830. Who has a 8830 and how do you
>>> like it?
>> I have 3 friends who have the 8830 and they seem to like it a lot. I have
>> the Pearl 8130, which is sort of like a miniature 8830 (but
>> without the dual-band capability) and I love it- one of the best
>> phones I ever had. Right now I think Blackberry is the only company
>> that knows how to put out a useful, highly functional phone that is
>> primarily a phone.
>
> Thanks for the info Carl.
>
> This may be a obvious question but would I be able to purchase a 8830
> from a third party other than vzw and activate it for vzw?

I am not an expert in these matters, but I believe you can. Vzw does require
a data plan with a BB device, though, no matter who you bought it from- just
be aware of that.

Carl wrote:
> § wrote:
>> Carl wrote:
>>> § wrote:
>>>> Just doing some advance planning on my next vzw phone and I'm
>>>> somewhat intrigued with the 8830. Who has a 8830 and how do you
>>>> like it?
>>> I have 3 friends who have the 8830 and they seem to like it a lot. I have
>>> the Pearl 8130, which is sort of like a miniature 8830 (but
>>> without the dual-band capability) and I love it- one of the best
>>> phones I ever had. Right now I think Blackberry is the only company
>>> that knows how to put out a useful, highly functional phone that is
>>> primarily a phone.
>> Thanks for the info Carl.
>>
>> This may be a obvious question but would I be able to purchase a 8830
>> from a third party other than vzw and activate it for vzw?
>
> I am not an expert in these matters, but I believe you can. Vzw does require
> a data plan with a BB device, though, no matter who you bought it from- just
> be aware of that.
>
>

Actually you answered what was to be my second question, whether I can
use the 8830 with my home proxy server therefor vzq data plan. Thanks
again.

Hi,
I've had my 8830 for about 2 months now and I love it. This is the
first Blackberry device I've owned, in fact the first Smartphone and I
am very impressed. I looked at one of the cheaper models, but I really
liked the scrollball thingy rather that the wheel on the side (which
is what I think the older models have), and the full keyboard, while a
bit small and cumbersome, is not that bad to type on.

Call quality and reception are very clear. Signal strength seems to be
good as well, better than with my old Motorola E815.

One thing that is a bit of an adjustment is that the ringers and
alarms are not very loud. I guess this can be good or bad depending on
your point of view. I'd be awakened in the middle of the night by the
E815 beeping at me for some reason or another, while I've slept
through calls on the Blackberry. I much prefer the Blackberry's
quieter persona.

I haven't tried out the MP3 function that apparently comes with the
8830 - my iPod does that job for me so I'm really not interested.

Otherwise, I'm a happy customer.

Cheers,
Marie

On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:09:48 -0800, Lagomorpheus wrote:

> Hi,
> I've had my 8830 for about 2 months now and I love it. This is the first
> Blackberry device I've owned, in fact the first Smartphone and I am very
> impressed. I looked at one of the cheaper models, but I really liked the
> scrollball thingy rather that the wheel on the side (which is what I
> think the older models have), and the full keyboard, while a bit small
> and cumbersome, is not that bad to type on.
>
> Call quality and reception are very clear. Signal strength seems to be
> good as well, better than with my old Motorola E815.
>
> One thing that is a bit of an adjustment is that the ringers and alarms
> are not very loud. I guess this can be good or bad depending on your
> point of view. I'd be awakened in the middle of the night by the E815
> beeping at me for some reason or another, while I've slept through calls
> on the Blackberry. I much prefer the Blackberry's quieter persona.
>
> I haven't tried out the MP3 function that apparently comes with the 8830
> - my iPod does that job for me so I'm really not interested.
>
> Otherwise, I'm a happy customer.
>
> Cheers,
> Marie

The 8830 has a nice mp3 player. You can load mp3 files to a
customer supplied Xd card. Just be sure to write to the correct
directory. You can organize files into directories and then access
them with media>music>albums. This is not obvious.

Make sure the GPS works if you expect to use it.
I dropped Verizon because they refused to enable the Blackberry GPS.

Also watch out for astronomical data charges when roaming.




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