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+1 ... Niagara should be a great device, but it's going to be pretty expensive if you pay retail. Curve is a great phone and they're a dime/dozen (alright, not quite, but there's plenty out there) on ebay / Craigslist.if i were you, i would grab a curve off of ebay or craigslist and save your upgrade(if you have one) for the tour(niagara). you can take this time to get used to the blackberry and all of the nuances, and then switching to the tour will be effortless. just my opinion..
Good luck, and welcome to the BlackBerry world when you do get one04-28-09 11:21 AM - If you do buy one off of ebay / craigslist, make sure it is from a reputable seller, and ask for the PIN before you bid / buy. Call Verizon to make sure this PIN is not blocked / blacklisted, and that if you were to buy it, you could activate it. I have read stories on here about people being sold stolen phones on craigslist, etc so as title suggests, Buyer Bewareif i were you, i would grab a curve off of ebay or craigslist and save your upgrade(if you have one) for the tour(niagara). you can take this time to get used to the blackberry and all of the nuances, and then switching to the tour will be effortless. just my opinion..
Also I have heard Verizon wont activate a BB that isn't branded as Verizon (can someone else verify / confirm this?). So make sure the phone is branded Verizon.
Welcome to your crackberry addiction and FYI creating duplicate threads (like the one I found below) is frowned upon.
http://forums.crackberry.com/f141/wa...s-help-216607/Last edited by dtubbs06; 04-28-09 at 11:56 AM.
04-28-09 11:53 AM - Go to your account online. There should be a gauge somewhere on one of the main pages that shows how long you have until your "new every two" upgrade, or a link that say's upgrade now.
If you're at the end of your contract & eligible for the new every two, you can get a brand new curve for $50 (online order). It's already loaded with 4.5 & optimized to have the 5MB minimum out of box. This is what I just did & I couldn't be happier with the decision. Beyond that, with the BOGO offer still going, your better half, or one of your friends can get one for free if they sign up for a 2 year contract too.
IMHO - if you're itching to get a BB, just go ahead & grab a curve now. It's a solid device & doesn't have the issues/bugs that a brand new device will right out of the gate. I was personally following the storm (almost obsessively) since it was announced, but still went with a curve when I finally bought into the BB scene05-08-09 03:05 PM - It's a blackberry instead of just a (slightly) email capable phone.
It's one of the more stable/solid smart phones out there.
Very customizable (application wise).
Better camera (not the best out there by far, but head & shoulders above the alias) I use this camera, I used my alias' once every few months at most.
Expandable memory that you can really intuitively use for your music / photo's. I never really utilized my alias for mp3s and all because it wasn't overly upfront and simple - my curve is connected to my car stereo as soon as I get in.
You can go online, you are always connected.
It's just better
Truth be told, I was a Sidekick user Back in the day. The Alias was my way of "downgrading" from smart phones (if you can call the sidekick a smart phone) in general for a little while, while still keeping a qwerty since I had qwerty's for years up to that point.
After doing months of Crackberry lurking, I found the curve was really one of the best current choices out there to get back up into the 21st century. There's hardly a single bad review ANYWHERE for this phone. It's hands down the best, most solid device available through Verizon right now.
All that said, it's not the newest & flashiest out there.
But I decided to go for reliability instead of waiting for the next big thing to come along & be a beta tester for that.05-08-09 03:49 PM
