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Blackberry on Speakout Possible?
March 3, 2009
5:00 pm
sapien
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Has anyone tried using a Blackberry on SO? If so, does Blackberry Messaging/Messager/whatever it's called work on SO then? I've been told that if you use BB Msg, it's free to send txt msgs to other BBs. I was just curious that if that would work on SO.

April 24, 2009
10:48 pm
bridonca
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The BB would more than likely work for voice calls, but I seriously doubt you could send or receive free message unless you are using the wifi which is not on the Speak Out network..

April 24, 2009
10:55 pm
Big Ang
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Blackberry messaging uses up data over the cellular network, and Speakout (well, Rogers) does not offer data over it's network.

Wifi (which does not use the cellular network, but uses your internet at home or from another hotspot) has nothing to do with Blackberry messaging.

You can use a Blackberry to make calls over Speakout, but you will not be able to use any of the special Blackberry features.

April 27, 2009
7:51 pm
sapien
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Just to give you an update - I've given up on trying to get a BB up on SO because of that. And I found out that BB's don't work on Telus Pay As You Go either. Telus's prepaid doesn't support any smartphones or PDA phones. 🙁 What a scam!