[mxu030]

I am on Bell, and bought a lightly used Bell BB Bold 9700 pretty much just to try it out. I put my SIM card in and everything works fine (although I am on an iPhone plan so I don't have push-email)... however for some reason I have working visual voicemail on my device free of charge. I know Bell has a visual voicemail feature add-on that costs $8/month which I am not subscribed to. The visual voicemail icon even works after I reinstall the OS and everything. Did I just get lucky because the seller bought it permanently or something? I am kind of confused.

[SaneinOne]

I am on Bell, and bought a lightly used Bell BB Bold 9700 pretty much just to try it out. I put my SIM card in and everything works fine (although I am on an iPhone plan so I don't have push-email)... however for some reason I have working visual voicemail on my device free of charge. I know Bell has a visual voicemail feature add-on that costs $8/month which I am not subscribed to. The visual voicemail icon even works after I reinstall the OS and everything. Did I just get lucky because the seller bought it permanently or something? I am kind of confused.

I have heard of SIM cards from an iPhone being used in a BB will carry over Visual Voicemail.

[mxu030]

I have heard of SIM cards from an iPhone being used in a BB will carry over Visual Voicemail.

I don't have voicemail on my iPhone though... I don't have the feature added to my plan in the first place!

[mike448]

I am on Bell, and bought a lightly used Bell BB Bold 9700 pretty much just to try it out. I put my SIM card in and everything works fine (although I am on an iPhone plan so I don't have push-email)... however for some reason I have working visual voicemail on my device free of charge. I know Bell has a visual voicemail feature add-on that costs $8/month which I am not subscribed to. The visual voicemail icon even works after I reinstall the OS and everything. Did I just get lucky because the seller bought it permanently or something? I am kind of confused.

by any chance did you buy an at&t bold 9700? The at&t version suports free visual voicemail

[Jiggavel]

I have this app on my phone I haven't tried it out at all yet...is it worth me testing out or just another useless app?

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[Icefire18]

What does the visual voicemail do?

[mike448]

visual voicemail basically shows u the voicemail the way a media player shows u a song. U can stop/pause rewind ff anywhere in the voicemail

[mike448]

I find it useful however I wouldn't pay for it, like i said at&t allows it for free

[Jiggavel]

I find it useful however I wouldn't pay for it, like i said at&t allows it for free

Do u know if its free for t-mobile as well?

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[berkdavis]

Do u know if its free for t-mobile as well?

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Yes, it is free with T-Mobile, though the provisioning (adding the feature) doesn't always work from the device. You may have to log in to t-mobile.com or call customer care and add the feature, but it is free.

[mike448]

according to this article yes it's fee with tmobile also.

Free Visual Voicemail for BlackBerry 9700 from T-Mobile � Phone Reviews

[hbalagh]

I have it with tmobile and love it

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[LilacWinee]

It's free and I love it.

[blueyestm]

it may be free but I find it annoying, i may shut mine off soon.

[jlp916]

I find it useful however I wouldn't pay for it, like i said at&t allows it for free

Ditto this...I find it very useful and I like that you can pause a message or scroll to a different message in the list since you can see who the messages are from. Nice for someone who gets alot of voicemail.

[canusaybimmy]

lol use it and enjoy it

[mxu030]

It's weird... On Bell this is a paid service. Could it be that the owner who sold me the BB still has the PIN linked to his account and this is causing it?

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[CMSevilla]

It's weird... On Bell this is a paid service. Could it be that the owner who sold me the BB still has the PIN linked to his account and this is causing it?

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It is very much a posibility, however, it may be temporary.

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[kid108]

by any chance did you buy an at&t bold 9700? The at&t version suports free visual voicemail

I wasnt aware of this. I just got my 9700 about a week ago and when I go to the visual voice mail app it asks me if I have added visual voice mail to my wireless account. I also saw an option that charges for visual voice mail ($8.99 or something in that area) when I was looking at the plans online.

If this is true, I would be happy.

Can somebody clarify this for me. Thanks.

[docta v]

visual voicemail works on a pay per use basis with telus as well as on a monthly basis. if it works the same way with bell you might be paying for each one rather than paying monthly for the service. hopefully your not doing either!

[dbone15]

Absolutely love VVM, but would never pay for it. I'm still shocked that at&t offers it for free. Won't hear me complaining.

[syb0rg]

I have this app on my phone I haven't tried it out at all yet...is it worth me testing out or just another useless app?

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USELESS APPLICATION ALL THE WAY ! ! ! delete it and be done.

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[ClintRo]

I like VVM... have it free on T-mo....not sure I would pay for it tho.

[blueyestm]

i just canceled mine last night, i had enough of it free or not

[syb0rg]

Those of you giving VVM the boot check out Ribbit mobile, they E-Mail you the transcribed email and email you the voice mail in a MP3..... and it's 100% free.

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