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PDA plan on Blackberry

prc2u1

2007-07-25, 10:33 pm

I have a Treo 750 with Media Max data unlimited. If I put my SIM into a
blackberry curve will I be able to go online?

Todd Allcock

2007-07-26, 4:33 am

At 26 Jul 2007 03:24:19 +0000 prc2u1 wrote:

> I have a Treo 750 with Media Max data unlimited. If I put my SIM into
a
> blackberry curve will I be able to go online?

You're the AT&T dealer employee- you tell us! ;-)

As you know, AT&T sells different plans for PDAs, BBs, and Smartphones,
so there might be different data settings required, in order to prevent
customers from easily using the "wrong" (cheaper) plan. I suspect you
could configure a BB to work on a PDA plan.

I'm a T-Mobile customer myself, and with T-Mo, BBs and PDAs use a
different APN (Access Point Name) so you have to edit either device's
default settings to make it work on the other's plan.

--
Todd Allcock

"I don't need my cell phone to play video games or take pictures or double
as a Walkie-Talkie; I just need it to work. Thanks for all the bells and whistles,
but I could communicate better with ACTUAL bells and whistles."
-Bill Maher 9/25/2003

prc2u1

2007-07-26, 10:33 am

our 'protocol' is to put the appropriate plan on the purchased device. I
want to know will it work even if we are not suppose to do it? No need for
an attitude, newsgroups are an exchange of information and that is what I am
asking for.

"Todd Allcock" < elecconnec@AmericaOn
Line.com> wrote in message
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> At 26 Jul 2007 03:24:19 +0000 prc2u1 wrote:
>
> a
>
> You're the AT&T dealer employee- you tell us! ;-)
>
> As you know, AT&T sells different plans for PDAs, BBs, and Smartphones,
> so there might be different data settings required, in order to prevent
> customers from easily using the "wrong" (cheaper) plan. I suspect you
> could configure a BB to work on a PDA plan.
>
> I'm a T-Mobile customer myself, and with T-Mo, BBs and PDAs use a
> different APN (Access Point Name) so you have to edit either device's
> default settings to make it work on the other's plan.
>
>
>
> --
> Todd Allcock
>
> "I don't need my cell phone to play video games or take pictures or double
> as a Walkie-Talkie; I just need it to work. Thanks for all the bells and
> whistles,
> but I could communicate better with ACTUAL bells and whistles."
> -Bill Maher 9/25/2003
>

Kurt

2007-07-26, 12:33 pm

In article <DtUpi.24666$Rw1.3685@newssvr25.news.prodigy.net>,
"prc2u1" <prc2u1@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I have a Treo 750 with Media Max data unlimited. If I put my SIM into a
> blackberry curve will I be able to go online?

As far as I know Blackberry uses its own proprietary network, with ATT
as the conduit. Don't think you can use MediaMax with BB.

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Todd Allcock

2007-07-26, 12:33 pm

At 26 Jul 2007 15:14:44 +0000 prc2u1 wrote:
> our 'protocol' is to put the appropriate plan on the purchased device.
I
> want to know will it work even if we are not suppose to do it? No need
for
> an attitude, newsgroups are an exchange of information and that is what
I am
> asking for.

What attitude? Despite my joke (which frankly was also advice- don't you
have a demo BB at your store you could try your SIM in?) I told you how
T-Mo does it. Seems to me that armed with what I wrote, you could simply
go into your Treo's data setup, write down the pertinent info and setup a
BB with the same settings and try it.

Unlike most of us you have access to all this stuff!

Again, I'm with T-Mo, not AT&T, but on T-Mo, yes, you can make a BB work
with any data plan (including $6 "WAP-only" plans) by editing the config
settings. I assume the same is true with AT&T, assuming you know the
settings for low-end data plans.

--
Todd Allcock

"I don't need my cell phone to play video games or take pictures or double
as a Walkie-Talkie; I just need it to work. Thanks for all the bells and whistles,
but I could communicate better with ACTUAL bells and whistles."
-Bill Maher 9/25/2003

prc2u1

2007-07-27, 12:33 pm

as i found out media max plan WILL work on BB but not push mail. I also
remembered that the bb curve is NOT 3G and the treo 750 is. It worked but
on Edge speed.

"Kurt" <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote in message
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> In article <DtUpi.24666$Rw1.3685@newssvr25.news.prodigy.net>,
> "prc2u1" <prc2u1@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>
> As far as I know Blackberry uses its own proprietary network, with ATT
> as the conduit. Don't think you can use MediaMax with BB.
>
> --
> To reply by email, remove the word "space"

Michael Paris

2007-07-27, 10:33 pm

"prc2u1" <prc2u1@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> as i found out media max plan WILL work on BB but not push mail. I also
> remembered that the bb curve is NOT 3G and the treo 750 is. It worked but
> on Edge speed.
>
Will you still be able to get regular pop mail on the blackberry instead? I
mean push is nice, but for my use it isn't an essential thing. I don't mind
either setting the device to check mail every so often or getting mail
manually.

prc2u1

2007-07-28, 12:33 pm

I have roadrunner in wisconsin. They provide a website to get my RR mail.
I just use the browser to get my RR or yahoo or AOL mail. Have not tried to
set it for sync on schedule. Give me some time and that is another thing I
can try.

"Michael Paris" <mparis27@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>
> "prc2u1" <prc2u1@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:wyoqi.41407$Um6.28082@newssvr12.news.prodigy.net...
> Will you still be able to get regular pop mail on the blackberry instead?
> I mean push is nice, but for my use it isn't an essential thing. I don't
> mind either setting the device to check mail every so often or getting
> mail manually.

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