[jumanji1]

Any help would be appreciated. My mum gave me this phone, and I need it on prepaid as I can't afford the deposit for a contract.

[MadGasser]

Unless it's branded by Boost you probably won't get it activated on Sprint's various prepaid offerings. If I were you I would save up $100 & get a Curve 9310 on Boost @ $50 per month. The 9310 is a much better phone than the 8530.

[Denise in Los Angeles]

Ask your friends if any of them are on Sprint and they might be interested in buying the phone.

[West Coast Flavor]

you can get it on boost or metro. Go on craiglsit and look for a flash service

[JR A]

I got my old sprint 8330 on boost. No BBM and i dont think i got push email either. It was 2 years ago so i forget...

[Wino Ryder]

Unless it's branded by Boost you probably won't get it activated on Sprint's various prepaid offerings. If I were you I would save up $100 & get a Curve 9310 on Boost @ $50 per month. The 9310 is a much better phone than the 8530.

This would be your best bet. Its about the cheapest you're gonna find for a new BlackBerry on BIS and enjoy the BB experience.

[brad8530]

I took a Sprint 8530 to a dealer who could flash it to Verizon and I'm using PagePlus. PP has a $80 / year PIN (through kittywireless) that ends up costing me 4cents per minute and 5cents per SMS text.