Blackberry Phones and Services in India

Rameshdude · 11th April 2011, 15:40

Internet access through blackberry is free if activated on the monthly unlimited plan,but it is still chargeable if browsing is through "vodafone live".Please do check on that setting.

nandishpal · 11th April 2011, 16:25

good news guys,
pearl 9105 available @ 10990 with 18 month warranty,
limited stocks available on them,

Sahil · 12th April 2011, 12:01

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Originally Posted by nandishpal

good news guys,
pearl 9105 available @ 10990 with 18 month warranty,
limited stocks available on them,

Thats aggressive pricing. RIM is showing it's commitment to the India market more and more. The recent BBM update even supports Hindi text !

What they need is a mass market model priced around Rs.6500 to capture the market.

quadra · 13th April 2011, 01:54

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Originally Posted by Sahil

Thats aggressive pricing. RIM is showing it's commitment to the India market more and more. The recent BBM update even supports Hindi text !

What they need is a mass market model priced around Rs.6500 to capture the market.

(for a higher price maybe)
+ A phone that is multimedia oriented (Streaming videos etc)
+ In house maps that actually work (turn-by-turn) Waze doesnt work well on BB

brat001 · 15th April 2011, 20:34

Finally picked up a bb cdma 9650, after a lot of deliberation and thought and friendly advice from Nandish. Was actually gifted a curve 8900 by my wife but couldn't use it as I have a reliance Cdma connection.Now need to sell off the curve 8900.
Thanks Nandish for the wonderful shopping experience and patience you gave me at your shop, highly recommended to all bhpians looking to buy blackberry's.

speedsatya · 16th April 2011, 09:30

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Originally Posted by SDP

Wifey borrowed my blackberry handset for a week. She is on vodafone prepaid. Noticed one weird problem. Without making any calls or accessing internet/data-services explicitly, the balance kept on reducing. She would notice anywhere between 80p to couple of Rs getting deducted after every couple of hours. I took the handset and turned the data-services off, also turned off GPS and was expecting the problem to go away. Surprisingly, it persists. Any ideas?

I think the BB Messenger uses data whenever you are online .Try uninstalling the BBM for a while to see if this problem still exists.

@Chaand · 16th April 2011, 09:42

BBM will not work with Data turned off. This seems to be some other problem. Check the sent items of the SMS Mailbox if there have been any messages sent.

sgiitk · 16th April 2011, 17:45

Now the jokers are after Nokia PushMail! So BB has company!

inder · 18th April 2011, 16:04

Any idea folks,how much is the curve 9300 3G retailling these days after the recent price cuts.

@Chaand · 18th April 2011, 16:11

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Originally Posted by inder

Any idea folks,how much is the curve 9300 3G retailling these days after the recent price cuts.

Aprrox INR 9500 @ Croma, Mumbai.
This is as of day before yesterday.

h@r$h@l · 18th April 2011, 17:04

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Originally Posted by @Chaand

Aprrox INR 9500 @ Croma, Mumbai.
This is as of day before yesterday.

i guess u are a little confused here. INR 9500 is the price for BB 8520 and 9300 3G is retailing for about INR 14k.

@Chaand · 18th April 2011, 17:12

@h@r$h@l

you are correct. I realised this mistake but could not edit as there was a problem in the net connection.
In Croma this fone (9300 3G) is retailing at approx Rs. 14500 .

inder · 18th April 2011, 20:22

Thanks guys for the pricing info of 9300.Will help me in negotiating.

Sahil · 19th April 2011, 12:47

Has anyone been able to get the Blackberry Protect App installed ? The BB app store says it is not supported by my carrier, I'm on Vodafone 599 BB unlimited plan.

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Originally Posted by @Chaand

@h@r$h@l

you are correct. I realised this mistake but could not edit as there was a problem in the net connection.
In Croma this fone (9300 3G) is retailing at approx Rs. 14500 .

That mistake might just be true. Check out this link: http://crackberry.com/koodo-blackber...00-no-contract

Once 8520 stocks are exhausted, RIM India will have to bring down the 9300 pricing to the same level to counter the grey market that will start picking up phones from sources likes the above.

nishantgandhi · 19th April 2011, 13:08

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Originally Posted by Sahil

Has anyone been able to get the Blackberry Protect App installed ? The BB app store says it is not supported by my carrier, I'm on Vodafone 599 BB unlimited plan.

Just downloaded and installed Protect.

Sahil - are you searching for the app on your PC or BB? If BB, check whether you have the BB App World ver 2.1.1.2 installed. Also, it should be India specific (i.e. prices for apps should be displayed in INR).

I'm also on Vodafone BIS 599 UL plan.

P.S. A very weird thing in Protect - it will back up all the data on your BB, except media files (understandable) and BBM contacts (why not??)

11th April 2011, 15:40	#3286
Rameshdude BHPian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Kochi Posts: 236 Thanked: 68 Times	Re: Blackberry Phones and Services in India Internet access through blackberry is free if activated on the monthly unlimited plan,but it is still chargeable if browsing is through "vodafone live".Please do check on that setting.
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11th April 2011, 16:25	#3287
nandishpal BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: bangalore Posts: 494 Thanked: 81 Times	Re: Blackberry Phones and Services in India good news guys, pearl 9105 available @ 10990 with 18 month warranty, limited stocks available on them,
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15th April 2011, 20:34	#3290
brat001 BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: bangalore Posts: 155 Thanked: 33 Times	Re: Blackberry Phones and Services in India Finally picked up a bb cdma 9650, after a lot of deliberation and thought and friendly advice from Nandish. Was actually gifted a curve 8900 by my wife but couldn't use it as I have a reliance Cdma connection.Now need to sell off the curve 8900. Thanks Nandish for the wonderful shopping experience and patience you gave me at your shop, highly recommended to all bhpians looking to buy blackberry's.
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16th April 2011, 09:42	#3292
@Chaand BHPian Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Mumbai Posts: 314 Thanked: 512 Times	Re: Blackberry Phones and Services in India BBM will not work with Data turned off. This seems to be some other problem. Check the sent items of the SMS Mailbox if there have been any messages sent.
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16th April 2011, 17:45	#3293
sgiitk Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Gurugram Posts: 7,971 Thanked: 4,809 Times	Re: Blackberry Phones and Services in India Now the jokers are after Nokia PushMail! So BB has company!
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18th April 2011, 16:04	#3294
inder BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: nagpur Posts: 388 Thanked: 101 Times	Re: Blackberry Phones and Services in India Any idea folks,how much is the curve 9300 3G retailling these days after the recent price cuts.
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18th April 2011, 17:12	#3297
@Chaand BHPian Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Mumbai Posts: 314 Thanked: 512 Times	Re: Blackberry Phones and Services in India @h@r$h@l you are correct. I realised this mistake but could not edit as there was a problem in the net connection. In Croma this fone (9300 3G) is retailing at approx Rs. 14500 .
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18th April 2011, 20:22	#3298
inder BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: nagpur Posts: 388 Thanked: 101 Times	Re: Blackberry Phones and Services in India Thanks guys for the pricing info of 9300.Will help me in negotiating.
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