The Unofficial Speak Out Wireless Canada Consumer Page - Topic: blackberry text cost https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/phone-features/blackberry-text-cost/ Simple:Press Version 5.7.5.3 85matt on blackberry text cost https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/phone-features/blackberry-text-cost/#p17045 Phone/Device Issues and Features https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/phone-features/blackberry-text-cost/#p17045 i figured out that blackberry lets you know when you've used up too many characters and are onto a new msg, the msg indicator turns from 1 to 2 to let you know you're on your 2nd msg, etc. so i guess you'd be charged for each different msg. it's just that the txt box on the blackberry is bigger.

]]> Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:59:06 -0700 walter_wpg on blackberry text cost https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/phone-features/blackberry-text-cost/#p16997 Phone/Device Issues and Features https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/phone-features/blackberry-text-cost/#p16997 Easy enough to try out. Check your balance, then send a 500-character text message to someone who has a regular (non-Blackberry) phone. Check your balance afterwards to see how you got charged. Then, look at how the 500-character message was received by the regular phone. Multiple messages? One truncated message? If multiples, can the receiver easily figure out which message comes first, etc.? Report the results back here in the forum. Sure, it might cost you 30-40 cents, but then you, and all forum readers will know for sure. The whole forum community will be grateful to you. I know I will be!

bridonca said:

160 characters is the maximum for an SMS message. I do not own a Blackberry, but I could only assume the Blackberry would just sent multiple messages, whereas each each message would be 160 characters and then the rest of the message would be another 160 characters, and so on. You would be charged 10 cents for each 160 characters sent.

]]> Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:03:52 -0700 bridonca on blackberry text cost https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/phone-features/blackberry-text-cost/#p16992 Phone/Device Issues and Features https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/phone-features/blackberry-text-cost/#p16992 160 characters is the maximum for an SMS message. I do not own a Blackberry, but I could only assume the Blackberry would just sent multiple messages, whereas each each message would be 160 characters and then the rest of the message would be another 160 characters, and so on. You would be charged 10 cents for each 160 characters sent.

]]> Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:14:15 -0700 85matt on blackberry text cost https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/phone-features/blackberry-text-cost/#p16989 Phone/Device Issues and Features https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/phone-features/blackberry-text-cost/#p16989 i'm currently using a blackberry 7290 on speakout. just wondering, if i send a txt using the max allowed characters, will i still be charged only for one txt? because it looks like the max allowed characters on the blackberry is alot more than on a regular phone...? thanks

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