Help needed with my unlocked 8900

Hi.
I live in england and today, I bought a blackberry curve 8900 unlocked and am currently using an Orange simcard.
Now to connect to the internet is is telling me that it is a wifi device and I need to be connected to wifi to browse the internet.
but if I go to options>manage connections, I have selected mobile network only where it says connection preference.
Will I be able to conenct to the intenet when I am not at home or near to a wifi connection? Or is that the only time I can connect to the internet?
I never had this problem with my old blackberry :s
thanks

The 8900 has two browsers, one for wifi and one for edge. Silly I know.

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Do you know how I can change it so I use edge at all times?
I would only use the wifi if I was in another countrey if it worked

Originally Posted by Helen456

Do you know how I can change it so I use edge at all times?
I would only use the wifi if I was in another countrey if it worked

It should be automatically set to the Internet Browser which is the browser for EDGE. Just try to browse a webpage without Wi-Fi on and it'll be fine.

Originally Posted by godzilla07

It should be automatically set to the Internet Browser which is the browser for EDGE. Just try to browse a webpage without Wi-Fi on and it'll be fine.

Hi godzilla07
I tried that but it says 'This is a Wi-Fi service. Please ensure your device has an active Wi-Fi connection and try again'
I bought the phone off someone, could they have messed something up int the set-up?

Do you have a Blackberry Data Plan on your Orange account???

Originally Posted by Helen456

Hi godzilla07
I tried that but it says 'This is a Wi-Fi service. Please ensure your device has an active Wi-Fi connection and try again'
I bought the phone off someone, could they have messed something up int the set-up?

Okay, open the Browser and hit the Menu button, go to Options. Then in the Browser Options screen go to General Properties. After that, go to Default Browser and set it to Internet Browser. Exit and save your changes. If that doesn't work, go to the home screen, look in the top right corner. Is it EDGE or edge? It could also be GPRS or gprs.

Originally Posted by godzilla07

Okay, open the Browser and hit the Menu button, go to Options. Then in the Browser Options screen go to General Properties. After that, go to Default Browser and set it to Internet Browser. Exit and save your changes. If that doesn't work, go to the home screen, look in the top right corner. Is it EDGE or edge? It could also be GPRS or gprs.

All it will let me choose is hotspot browser.
when im on the internet it says gprs and wifi underneath it

Fatboy97 - I pay for my internet week;ly-It costs me �5 for a weeks unlimited internet and it works on my other blackberry

Originally Posted by Helen456

All it will let me choose is hotspot browser.
when im on the internet it says gprs and wifi underneath it

Fatboy97 - I pay for my internet week;ly-It costs me �5 for a weeks unlimited internet and it works on my other blackberry

Well is the GPRS "GPRS" in all caps or is it "gprs" in lowercase? If it's in lowercase, resend the service books to your BlackBerry from their BIS site (BlackBerry Internet Service).