[eagletreo]

I'm thinking about returning to BB after a stint with an EVO. I miss the simplicity of the BB phone and messaging but love the internet browsing experience on the EVO. A solution may be to purchase an older BB (maybe Tour 9630) and then a playbook for the richer browser and media experience. I wanted to confirm though that the bridge feature will work with an older BB such as the 9630?

If I purchase tether I can use the BB as a wifi hotspot like I do with my EVO and wireless tether app so the Playbook can browse the net via the BB/Tether?

Thanks

[narci]

if the bb can run OS 5 or 6, bridge will work. Just don't count on speed or rich experience when bridged though, it's a bit slow.

in regards to tethering, the pb has built in tethering to a bb or any wifi hotspot device can conbect to.

[Fubaz]

BB Bridge for Tour 9630 - BlackBerry Support Community Forums

[eagletreo]

Thanks. Used 9630's aren't that much cheaper than 9650's so it's probably worth going for the newer model.

[narci]

Thanks. Used 9630's aren't that much cheaper than 9650's so it's probably worth going for the newer model.

Correct. I believe 9650 can run os6. The 9630cannot.

[togardergrosse]

Bridge works on OS5, yes that's true.
But it also works with my old Curve 8330, the only curve with OS5 support. (not the 8330m).

[walcolm]

i think what you need to watch is the application memory available to you on BB after installing the bridge app. it gulps a decent amount of memory. so if you get an older BB, thats going to make your bridge experience slow.

i use a Bold 9700 and recently upgraded to OS6. noticed a steep drop in available application memory and after installing the bridge app, it dropped further. now my 9700 is way slower and i have to do regular hard reset to keep things going.

i'm sure my bridge experience is not as fast as it should be cos of this

[pkcable]

The bridge is also a battery killer!