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... What was it like?
My story* (*lol this sounds like councelling):
This year I finally decided that enough was enough with Pay&Go and that I should do myself a favour and invest in a handset that was on contract.
After eyeing up the Nokia N97 and even the iPhone 3GS, I finally settled on my now beloved Bold 9000, on Vodafone (Unlimited Texts/Internet, 300 minutes etc)
Vodafone stated that they would be sending the handset & SIM through Royal Mail to my home address (For any US members who don't know, this is the UK's biggest mainland postal service). Anyway, RM were still under 'strike' action so Vodafone 'kindly' decided to change the courier to DHL without bothering to tell me.
I'm not at home during the day and RM usually leave packages in our conservatory after placing them through a small window. DHL attempted to deliver it but refused to even allow our neighbours to sign for it etc etc.
SO after 2 days of emails and calling, it was made clear that the only way I'd now get my precious Bold was to get all the way to the local depot. Now I'm using the term "local" quite loosely as I don't drive so it means relying on public transport.
Come the Saturday after my frantic week; 2 bus, train and taxi journeys (Essentially costing me �40/$55 just to pick it up) later and I finally had it. Upon opening it I was adamant that they had not given me the SIM card I had specifically ordered, later to find that it was wedged along the inside of the box against the side. Panic over.
A couple of months have past now and I'm still loving it even with the occasional trackball issue which is soon resolved after a bit of fiddling about (yes that sounds wrong)
So, what was yours like?
12-01-09 05:20 AM - Somebody had to lose their job for me to get mine .... and eventually someone did, and I got my first one ... a Pearl 8100 in Black and I loved it ... I thought I was the mutts nutz with a BlackBerry in my hand blinkin away as if I was popular
Eventually I started to get more and more into my Berry, and wanted a better one, and grabbed the 8120 when it was released on O2 in the UK .... and I still wanted more ... and luckilly, the trackball died ... and under warranty I managed to blag my first Curve 8300 .... and took some time getting used to the qwerty ... but did .... and my journey has progressed along the Curve route since.
Going from 8300 to the 8310 ... and the 8320 on Sim free because I wanted it ... and then to the 8900 through work ..... and now, took delivery of my shiney new 9700 Bold on Friday 27th Nov 09, and that is me up to date at this time ...
Apps ahoy !12-01-09 05:32 AM - The day I got my bb. What a day that was. I ordered it off of ebay. I waited about four whole days for it. The day it was supposed to come I was working. I asked my sister to answer the door or else it wouldn't be dropped off. She said she would take care of it since she would be home all day anyway. I called her around 5pm. Hoping that it got there. She said no. all my anticipation for that day went away, I felt comletely distraught. When I got home that night I found a usps notice. They were at my address with my package. No one was there to claim it. I got so angry. The next day I took the notice to the usps hq. They said it was at another location but had also already been picked up by a mailman. So what did I do? I junted the mailman (woman) down, got my package and went home and played with my berry till 4am
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com12-01-09 08:39 AM - Oh man when you said the sim card wasn't there I felt so bad, it was like more than **** breaking loose on you. It was such a relief that you said you found it. Whew llol... What was it like?
My story* (*lol this sounds like councelling):
This year I finally decided that enough was enough with Pay&Go and that I should do myself a favour and invest in a handset that was on contract.
After eyeing up the Nokia N97 and even the iPhone 3GS, I finally settled on my now beloved Bold 9000, on Vodafone (Unlimited Texts/Internet, 300 minutes etc)
Vodafone stated that they would be sending the handset & SIM through Royal Mail to my home address (For any US members who don't know, this is the UK's biggest mainland postal service). Anyway, RM were still under 'strike' action so Vodafone 'kindly' decided to change the courier to DHL without bothering to tell me.
I'm not at home during the day and RM usually leave packages in our conservatory after placing them through a small window. DHL attempted to deliver it but refused to even allow our neighbours to sign for it etc etc.
SO after 2 days of emails and calling, it was made clear that the only way I'd now get my precious Bold was to get all the way to the local depot. Now I'm using the term "local" quite loosely as I don't drive so it means relying on public transport.
Come the Saturday after my frantic week; 2 bus, train and taxi journeys (Essentially costing me �40/$55 just to pick it up) later and I finally had it. Upon opening it I was adamant that they had not given me the SIM card I had specifically ordered, later to find that it was wedged along the inside of the box against the side. Panic over.
A couple of months have past now and I'm still loving it even with the occasional trackball issue which is soon resolved after a bit of fiddling about (yes that sounds wrong)
So, what was yours like?
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com12-01-09 11:35 AM - My 9000 is the result of suffering for years with cheap or free phones and never being really satisfied. My wife at last sent me to the store to get a BlackBerry. I have enjoyed every minute since that decision was made.
In the store the phone was set up so I could spend time in the parking lot getting initial setup finished to suit my tastes. At home it took a call to ATT to finalize the deal. The rest of that first day was spent trying out the phone and exploring more of CB for information and apps. I was addicted from the very first hours.12-01-09 12:16 PM - My last PDA was an ancient Sony Clie, but for the longest time it did nothing but gather dust. That's because for several years, I wasn't able to own a smartphone or PDA (or at least bring it with me into the workplace) because of a corporate security restriction. But I later learned that they relaxed their restriction, so I wasted no time in grabbing my Tour from the VZW web site.
I've never regretted my purchase. In my view, the Tour is a great machine that does even more than I thought it could ever do for me. Plus I now compare notes with my coworkers, many of whom now use BES-based 'Berries.12-01-09 02:50 PM - I went to my US cellular over thanksgiving weekend because they were having an all phones free sale. I walked out of there with an lg tritan on saturday. With us cell, you have to have a mobile internet plan that costs almost as much as the berry data plan. After a day of messing around with it and being generally unhappy with my tritan, I took it back and got my 8330, which I should have done in the first place. I will never go back to a normal phone. I love my berry and don't know why I waited so long to get it. oh and between the two days I waited in line, I was there for TEN hours. Totally worth it after I returned the tritan for my curve
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com12-18-09 07:52 PM
