BlackBerry Pearl 8130 coming to Verizon in November

[Gibralter]

Originally Posted by ogeneo

Dunno.. called three local stores, one said he has them but I must wait until the 8th. The 2nd said he didn't know about a Pearl and if anything, expect something at the end of the month. The 3rd said, "sure.. I've had them since Wed, come on down and buy one if you like".

Gah!! Stuff like that drives me crazy. I know that this is not the darling release (LG Voyager) but sheesh people, how hard is it to have a plan and stick with it.

Don't get me wrong, part of me likes having gotten it early but the other part of me goes crazy when release dates get all.......messed up.

/rant

[Gibralter]

Originally Posted by Cubro

Bought mine yesterday online.

There is considerable disagreement on multiple boards about this new BB data and email $29.95 rate and whether the data is "unlimited." When ordering online "unlimited" is used only for the other $45 plan.

Two things.

1. Spoke to a rep yesterday and decided to order the phone online as she said she could take the order but it wouldn't ship until 11/8. Went online and did a phone upgrade against my existing Family plan with no change to that plan. I paid $99 for the phone. Base of $299 -$100 for NE2 and -$100 "advanced device credit" +$23 tax (based on list price) = $123 total. Selected $29.95/month "Blackberry Service for Web and Email". The Pearl is already on the way via standard 2-Day FedEx. Should have it Wednesday.

2. The 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.

I had to buy the phone but the plan is still suspect.

??? From looking at Verizon's indirect paperwork, the 29.99 data package is unlimited exclusively for the blackberry personal use (BIS). I'm sure the 24.95 plan still exists for 10 mb but whats the point of that....

The 44.95 plan is for other smart phones (ex: Treos, i760, 6800, etc...) and for blackberry BES customers.

As for me, when i signed up on line, it kept trying to get me to have the 44.95 plan. Every time i clicked the bb specific one, it would default on the confirmation page as the 44.95....

[surf85]

Got my 8130 on Monday and am loving it. Ihad the 8830 and wanted something smaller and was waiting patiantly for this phone to come out. I was able to go into the verizon store inside the Circuit City that I work at and had no problem getting it early. Did I say that I LOVE this phone!!!

I am still getting used to the sure type. I have just learned to type as I would with my 8830 and it gets the words right 99% of the time. Them camera is great and yes it does ship with version 4.3 as well as the new Desktop manager software. .

[Gibralter]

Awesome dude. Enjoy!!