Just bought a Blackberry

[Simon]

Wait till the Autumn for the Storm 3, David. 

[David]

Glad you put this on here Simon 

I shall wait with you as this one is barely out of the wrapper 

[Rik]

Autumn storms, we've barely got into April.

[Glenn]

Depends on which hemisphere you are in. 

[David]

  Heesphere ,I love a party with a happy Hemeshpere

[pctech]

 

Going to pick up a Blackberry Curve 9300 from the O2 store tomorrow.

[David]

Its like your first kiss 

Enjoy

[pctech]

Cheers, will be on here tomorrow night while setting it up

[David]

Good Im free then I can enjoy it as well

[pctech]

how long did you charge it for?

[David]

2 hours max the battery was charged when I opened the box

[pctech]

Well I'm opting for the Pearl 9105 in Black because I'm used to a numeric pad and I find wide-bodied phones hard to grip due to my dexterity issue.

Sadly only one of my local stores has one in but when guy checked he was not sure whether it could be a return (I never buy second hand hardware because I'm never sure whether it's been treated with the same care I treat mine) so have just just ordered from the O2 site so hopefully it'll be here on Tuesday.

[Rik]

Good luck, Mitch.

[Simon]

 

[pctech]

Cheers, it'll be handy to be constantly on top of my e-mail, particularly at the moment.

[pctech]

Has anyone tried to use one on a non-BB tariff or without the bolt on?

Can you still use Blackberry Internet Service (I'm not bothered about messenger)

[Simon]

I don't think so, Mitch, no, as the internet and email service is enabled through the carrier.

[pctech]

Didn't think so as RIM also take a cut I gather.

Nevertheless a fiver isn't bad.

[Simon]

I'm on a SIM only deal with O2, and I pay £20 per month for something like 600 minutes (unlimited to other O2 customers), 1200 texts, and unlimited data.  I could probably afford to reduce it to lower calls and texts, but I like not having to worry about how much it's costing, or going over my allowances.

[pctech]

My aversion to mobile contracts is that sometimes I have to make calls to 0845 numbers like for a couple of bills I pay and they sting you for that (never use my work desk phone for personal business because we did once have quite a stern mail from our Network Services Manager about the bills)

Some of my colleagues thrash it but I can always say any calls out from my line are work related.

[Rik]

I can still remember when 0800 calls were free from mobiles. It's why I like companies to offer geographic alternatives these days.

[pctech]

I need to look up an alternative for FD on say no to 0870

An M&S credit card I had (HSBC backed) now paid off and closed after they jacked up the interest used to have 0845 and a geographic one for stolen, tried to ring the geographic one and it knows you are calling from the UK and tells you to call back on the 0845 one. grrrr

Fair play to both IDNet and Zen, they both have geographic alternatives.

[Rik]

Any decent company should, if they want our business, Mitch.

[Glenn]

 0113 234 5678 is the First Direct banking number

[pctech]

Yes indeed.