Good ones...for whatever purpose....name em.

Already found crackberry.com which I assume is the most obvious....

4/5/2008 5:57:50 PM

do yourself a favor and get a windows mobile phone. you will thank yourself later.

4/5/2008 5:59:14 PM

http://www.allblackberry.com

4/5/2008 5:59:24 PM

Quote :

"do yourself a favor and get a windows mobile phone. you will thank yourself later."

4/5/2008 6:04:46 PM

Noob question here....but how do I know if my blackberry has GPS? I have the Verizon World Edition 8830 if that helps any....Also....does this mean I'll be able to use my blackberry over seas? I'm assuming I can't use the actual phone, but can I still get everything else?

4/5/2008 6:05:27 PM

did you just find a blackberry on the street and activate it?

what the fuck? shouldn't you be asking these questions before you buy

4/5/2008 6:06:35 PM

with verizon, you have to unlock it first before you can use it oversea. The 8830 has GPS, I know because I had one. There should be a GPS program on your phone.

4/5/2008 6:08:34 PM

nah, I just was so busy asking other shit and wanting to get out of the store that I forgot some questions....whether or not I had GPS or was able to use it overseas wasn't a sticking point so I just forgot to ask....but now I'm curious about it. Do you have to pay to unlock it to work overseas? And where is this GPS program you speak of?

4/5/2008 6:10:18 PM

all bbs have gps, lol

blackberry really is a server, and secondarily, a phone brand of rim

4/5/2008 6:10:19 PM

Quote :

"did you just find a blackberry on the street and activate it?"

lawl.

4/5/2008 6:11:15 PM

^^


yeah, you're wrong.

4/5/2008 6:12:31 PM

what bb do you have? you can pm if you have any questions (only if you have a windows mobile phone)

^ not really

[Edited on April 5, 2008 at 6:12 PM. Reason : asdf]

4/5/2008 6:12:31 PM

yes really.

unless you think gps is using gmaps app to triangulate your position.

4/5/2008 6:14:01 PM

hahahaha

thats funny


but you can try again however

4/5/2008 6:14:56 PM

I'm confused seedless....I have a blackberry so then I don't have a windows mobile phone right? Or was that question directed at someone else? I've got the 8830 and I don't know how to do shit.....I was recently informed on how to move the icons so yeah, I'm a total noob

4/5/2008 6:14:59 PM

I don't know how much it cost to unlock the phone. I had the sprint version of the phone, and the sprint version already came unlocked.

Quote :

"where is this GPS program you speak of?"

it's been a while since i used a blackberry, but it should be under programs or something like that. If not, just download google maps.

4/5/2008 6:15:46 PM

Quote :

"hahahaha thats funny but you can try again however"

Oh look

Im posting from a blackberry now, and there's no gps

4/5/2008 6:16:47 PM

you should have waited for this trick

4/5/2008 6:18:16 PM

^that's what i have. $150 cheaper than the 8830 too.

4/5/2008 6:19:14 PM

alltel will have them this summer.
they are so behind on everyone else with phones i am seriously thinking about leaving them for this. on top of this, i think this phone will come with wm6.0, not wm6.1

4/5/2008 6:21:32 PM

yes it has gps, opn up the maps application.

It is unlocked and u can use another carrier's sim card overseas

4/5/2008 6:22:11 PM

Quote :

"alltel will have them this summer. they are so behind on everyone else with phones i am seriously thinking about leaving them for this. on top of this, i think this phone will come with wm6.0, not wm6.1"

I had the 8830 at first, but then they made me pay $30 extra per month to use services through RIM, so I said screw it and exchange it for the Q9c and love it. It does everything the 8830 does except I'm paying $30 less/month. The only complaint is that it doesn't have a SIM card slot so I have to get another phone when I'm going out of country this summer. Sprint $30 SERO plan ftw.

4/5/2008 6:25:19 PM

nm

[Edited on April 5, 2008 at 6:26 PM. Reason : nm]

4/5/2008 6:26:03 PM

well I opened up the maps and there's no 'where am I now' option....I can find addresses, but that's it....if I actually didn't know where I was and needed directions, I'd be SOL.....

4/5/2008 6:26:29 PM

just download google maps and be done with it.

4/5/2008 6:26:54 PM

yep, gmaps has the 'find my location' feature.

4/5/2008 6:28:05 PM

OK awesome. You guys are teh best.


dled gmaps and indeed it has a find my location thing....I'd think it would be closer than 5000 meters, but hey....better than nothing.


OK...what other cool shit can I do with this thing???

[Edited on April 5, 2008 at 6:35 PM. Reason : other]

4/5/2008 6:33:41 PM

http://mobile.blackberry.com should have some apps and inf for you. also find a forum dedicated to your phone.

4/5/2008 6:35:43 PM

whoa, yeah it def. is closer than 5000 meters.

that's a long ways.

HOWEVER, if you're using gmaps, i'd only suggest it if you have the unlimited data plan

scrollin around and shit on gmaps blows up your data usage

4/5/2008 6:36:16 PM

^ thats true about the data plan but its no sense in having a phone like this wo an unlimited data plan however.

4/5/2008 6:38:08 PM

^agreed.

4/5/2008 6:38:53 PM

I do have the unlimited plan...I'm 95% sure but I suppose I'll find out soon enough.


But yeah, it's telling me I live in the middle of Westwood....which I don't, and I'm not 3 miles from it either

4/5/2008 6:40:23 PM

are you zoomed.

[Edited on April 5, 2008 at 6:41 PM. Reason : mine says 1300 meters, so idk]

[Edited on April 5, 2008 at 6:41 PM. Reason : and i'd assume there's more towers in westwood than the 'burbs of houston where i am]

4/5/2008 6:40:56 PM

to be more accurate, use the gps option on google maps.

4/5/2008 6:41:28 PM

yah.....zoomed....now it's moved me east a bit to the middle of beverly hills so yeah, I'm about 3 miles from there, but still not there really so I'd think I could get it much closer. I mean there's a lot of shit between me and there

4/5/2008 6:43:32 PM

use 'track location'

[Edited on April 5, 2008 at 6:44 PM. Reason : sdf]

4/5/2008 6:44:06 PM

well gmaps isnt a true gps, it's using your cell towers around hwere you're at.

if you have a true gps it'd be much, much more accurate

4/5/2008 6:44:26 PM

OK...more cool apps to download???? I <3 you all!!!!!!!!

^^I don't have that option....

[Edited on April 5, 2008 at 6:45 PM. Reason : ]

4/5/2008 6:44:46 PM

http://www.discoverblackberry.com/software/

4/5/2008 6:45:28 PM

youtube?

4/5/2008 6:45:45 PM

Any of you who have blackberry actually get a blackberry email addy?

4/5/2008 6:47:44 PM

naw.

well i think i got one, but i dont think ive ever logged in.


OMG MOBILE GUITAR HERO

4/5/2008 6:48:14 PM

should be something like this

yourname@yourcarrier.blackberry.com

4/5/2008 6:48:39 PM

PM me your phone number and I can hack it for you

4/5/2008 6:49:23 PM

i want someone to program a bb app that is voice recognition from a headset -> text message.

that'd be awesome.

4/5/2008 6:51:19 PM

well I have friends who have blackberries so I use the messenger thing, so I just use one of the emails I have going to my bb rather than the bb email addy. If only I could run 'rules' on incoming messages though....my main email acct gets too much spam

And, um.....how does one go about uninstalling a program? I dled this stupid fucking game LINGO and I want it off...but if I highlight the program, and click the menu button, there's not 'delete' option?

4/5/2008 6:52:48 PM

something like that is unfeasible right on a phone at the moment. however i am pretty sure that it can be a server based thing where you speak and the server translates that to a text and then send it.

4/5/2008 6:52:58 PM

btw

the bb facebook app will allow you to snap a picture, and immediately upload and comment it to your facebook accnt.

which is kinda cool

4/5/2008 6:54:17 PM

considering how crappy my bluetooth is at understanding who I'm trying to call...I can only assume I'd toss my phone out a window if I tried doing voice/text recognition

^no cam on my phone though....

[Edited on April 5, 2008 at 6:54 PM. Reason : ]

4/5/2008 6:54:18 PM

^^ thats kinda neat however, i wouldn't go as far as calling that cool

[Edited on April 5, 2008 at 6:55 PM. Reason : s]

4/5/2008 6:55:17 PM