- Today Privus Mobile announced a new service that increases the likelihood that incoming calls to cell lines can be identified via caller ID. Users of various BlackBerry and Windows Mobile smartphones can use the software, which costs $25 for three months or $90 for 12 months.
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Privus Mobile08-04-08 03:24 PMLike 0 - Our review ran in June:
Special Report Bonus Review 4: Privus Caller ID
This is as much a warning as a review. Privus Mobile�s aggressively priced $83.40/year Caller ID software & service for BlackBerry is a terrible solution in many ways. First, its name is misleading; you expect a Caller ID product to help you decide whether or not to answer a call; BlackBerry handsets already display whatever Caller ID info the carrier is sending; beyond that, if it�s a number on the BlackBerry contacts list, it�s able to display a name, the type of number (like work or home or mobile), a picture of the caller & play any specified custom ring tone. The Privus product doesn�t do any of that. Its action begins after the call ends when it sends the info you�ve already seen to a remote server that does a reverse lookup (we all know how iffy a proposition that can be) & eventually displays what it found on the handset, where it�s big claim to usefulness apparently centers on making it a smidge easier to enter that info into your contacts list. Between its cut & paste & free applications that can do reverse lookups, we�re not in love with the idea of cluttering a BlackBerry with what we believe to be a slow, clumsy & overpriced application. Did we mention that registering involves agreeing to abandon some personal privacy rights? Bottom line: in our opinion, Privus Mobile Caller ID for BlackBerry is not all that useful, at least somewhat misleading, not appropriately priced, not a good value & probably not that good an idea to begin with.08-04-08 08:32 PMLike 0 - Today Privus Mobile announced a new service that increases the likelihood that incoming calls to cell lines can be identified via caller ID. Users of various BlackBerry and Windows Mobile smartphones can use the software, which costs $25 for three months or $90 for 12 months.
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I'd think twice before giving them my money.08-04-08 08:47 PMLike 0 -
People dont waste your money on this~ I havent heard yet where it works as advertised.08-04-08 09:25 PMLike 0 - Today Privus Mobile announced a new service that increases the likelihood that incoming calls to cell lines can be identified via caller ID. Users of various BlackBerry and Windows Mobile smartphones can use the software, which costs $25 for three months or $90 for 12 months.
More info here:
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Thats true Scandalex...Privus stopped trying after we laid into him.08-04-08 09:32 PMLike 0 - Before you start pimpin' Privus Mobile, you might want to take a look at this thread: Privus Mobile - Calling name for numbers that are not stored in contacts
I'd think twice before giving them my money.08-05-08 08:12 AMLike 0
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