How did you get your first blackberry?
Hey everyone. I think it would be pretty cool to see how everyone got there first blackberry.
I got mine after I bought an HTC 5800 and I had to keep getting it replaced. Stupid windows mobile. I then thought I would try a curve and I instantly fell in love with it.
Now how about all you guys?
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From dumb flip to BlackBerry Flip
My wife and I have had various flip phones on a Sprint family plan for years. Last summer we started exceeding our monthly minutes on a regular basis. $100, $200, $300 overages. T-Mobile has the add-on for unlimited UMA/Wi-Fi calls. That option was enough to get me thinking seriously about jumping to T-Mobile.
Last Fall I still had a few months to go on my Sprint contract, so I started trolling the T-Mobile offerings for UMA phones. Pearl, not a flip. Curve, calculator. Samsung T-409, yuck. Nokia 6301, yuck and not a flip. Then BlackBerry announced the 8220. It's a beautiful flip phone that has all the features I wanted.
I still had 2 months left on my contract when Black Friday arrived last Thanksgiving. Rebates offset one ETF, and our savings on UMA calling would offset the other ETF. I pulled the trigger and ordered through LetsTalk.
Now I can't imagine not having a BlackBerry. My wife uses UMA for her hours of calls, so no more Minute Nazi. I use all the smartphone features every day: laptop tethering, wap browsing, Outlook sync, push email, instant messaging, Garmin Mobile, 3rd party applications galore ...I'm preaching to the choir. You can have my BlackBerry back when you pry it from my cold, dead hands!