Blackberry Phones and Services in India

nisarg86 · 16th March 2010, 01:57

From past 15 Days i have been facing slow browsing speed during day time. i email vodafone BB support. Here is the reply i got today.

Dear Mr. Nisarg,

Thank you for your mail dated 12/03/10 regarding BlackBerry.

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused to you.

We wish to inform you that we are in process of upgrading our BlackBerry infrastructure. Your experience on BlackBerry would be greatly enhanced once the upgrade is completed by the first week of April.

My RIM, which is situated in Canada, is working round the clock to upgrade. it

Thank you for your patience and cooperation.

Anyone else facing slow speed on Vodafone ?

jimmyjagga · 16th March 2010, 08:20

Guys my question again, need some answers soon, so please help!

PS: I don't really care for 3G on phone, so that's not a deal breaker for me.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimmyjagga

Hi Guys,
I am upgrading from E71, and am stuck between E72 Vs. 8900, could you please shed some light on use of 8900, is it a better bet?
My usage is office + personel.
Thanks

SumitBahl · 16th March 2010, 09:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimmyjagga

Guys my question again, need some answers soon, so please help!

PS: I don't really care for 3G on phone, so that's not a deal breaker for me.

I have not used E72, but did use E71 for 6-8 months.
I would prefer 8900 over E71.
The Email service and IMs and much better integrated in 8900 than Nokia.

E72 does not change a whole lot over E71.

jimmyjagga · 16th March 2010, 09:34

Any other takers on this guys?

Quote:

Originally Posted by SumitBahl

I have not used E72, but did use E71 for 6-8 months.
I would prefer 8900 over E71.
The Email service and IMs and much better integrated in 8900 than Nokia.

E72 does not change a whole lot over E71.

ashthedivx · 16th March 2010, 11:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimmyjagga

Hi Guys,
I am upgrading from E71, and am stuck between E72 Vs. 8900, could you please shed some light on use of 8900, is it a better bet?
My usage is office + personel.
Thanks

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimmyjagga

Any other takers on this guys?

E71 is far superior then that of E72 in terms of reliability and ease of use. However, I would prefer BB of any QWERTY handset.

If you are not so much fixed upon 8900 and lower on budget you can check out BB8520 as well, a pretty loaded handset.

nandishpal · 16th March 2010, 13:00

NO BODY AWARE OF IT?DID NOT GET A RESPONSE.
hi guys,
i am using a 9700 bold 2 with airtel 899 bb plan.recently got a bsnl 3g card.as my phone is company unlocked i can use any sim but the question is can i use the 3g services?has anybody used it?if yes please help me with the procedure.

anmolbedi · 16th March 2010, 15:26

@nandishpal,

just enable 3g from BSNL, you would have to check your network operator settings that 2g+3g is selected and then you would see 3g as an icon on your home screen. Thats it.

APN settings and others would be provided by BSNL, you need to put them in Advanced options-> TCP/IP.

Any other info, let me know. I also have a BB9700.

Thanks
Anmol

deepakchan · 17th March 2010, 10:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimmyjagga

Guys my question again, need some answers soon, so please help!

PS: I don't really care for 3G on phone, so that's not a deal breaker for me.

If you are moving from a Nokia E71 to a BB, then be prepared to shoot yourself in the foot for not getting HTML based email newsletters getting truncated after 25kB. Any email newsletter which has embedded images or links to images in a html email, is quite distorted (some images which need to appear side by side are one below the other), and also gets truncated at 25kB. I forward those emails to an ovi email id and check it out in my Nokia. I have not been able to find a work around for this. If you do not carry two phones, stick to E72

Sahil · 17th March 2010, 13:39

Did anyone see the Ford Figo ad in the TOI the other day? They had a BB group scanable barcode !
Great marketing idea but it seems the barcode does not scan when printed on paper

Xehaust · 18th March 2010, 04:51

Yeah Sahil. I saw the barcode on the ad as well. Tried to scan it, but it didnt happen.

Though a great idea, it reflects poorly on the marketer & the company for not bothering to test it before execution. Imagine all the people who tried to scan it must have had a negative impression & this is not good for a newly launched car

quickdraw · 19th March 2010, 03:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sahil

Did anyone see the Ford Figo ad in the TOI the other day? They had a BB group scanable barcode !
Great marketing idea but it seems the barcode does not scan when printed on paper

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xehaust

Yeah Sahil. I saw the barcode on the ad as well. Tried to scan it, but it didnt happen.

Though a great idea, it reflects poorly on the marketer & the company for not bothering to test it before execution. Imagine all the people who tried to scan it must have had a negative impression & this is not good for a newly launched car

Woah thats interesting, I didnt come across the ad though. Prive has been having a Blackberry Singles night where you can mingle through barcode's I think its a amazing idea as well.

KSM-Vtec · 19th March 2010, 09:40

Guys is anybody aware of the GSM 8530 being sold in India??

SohailPistawala · 19th March 2010, 10:35

Hey guys, please help me with a 2nd hand Blackberry CDMA. Budget under 5k, good condition. please let me now if you have good deal. its urgent.

CaliAtenza · 19th March 2010, 15:33

if i get a BB do i have to sign up for Airtel's BB plan? Or can i keep using my existing prepaid account?

mobike008 · 19th March 2010, 15:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaliAtenza

if i get a BB do i have to sign up for Airtel's BB plan? Or can i keep using my existing prepaid account?

AFAIK, Blackberry features can be used only if you have a "Post-Paid" account. It does not work on a pre-paid SIM

And, you need to sign up for the minimum BB plan to make use of emails and IM's ( Rs.299/Month)

16th March 2010, 01:57	#2026
nisarg86 BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ahmedabad Posts: 392 Thanked: 13 Times View My Garage	From past 15 Days i have been facing slow browsing speed during day time. i email vodafone BB support. Here is the reply i got today. Dear Mr. Nisarg, Thank you for your mail dated 12/03/10 regarding BlackBerry. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused to you. We wish to inform you that we are in process of upgrading our BlackBerry infrastructure. Your experience on BlackBerry would be greatly enhanced once the upgrade is completed by the first week of April. My RIM, which is situated in Canada, is working round the clock to upgrade. it Thank you for your patience and cooperation. Anyone else facing slow speed on Vodafone ?
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16th March 2010, 13:00	#2031
nandishpal BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: bangalore Posts: 492 Thanked: 80 Times	NO BODY AWARE OF IT?DID NOT GET A RESPONSE. hi guys, i am using a 9700 bold 2 with airtel 899 bb plan.recently got a bsnl 3g card.as my phone is company unlocked i can use any sim but the question is can i use the 3g services?has anybody used it?if yes please help me with the procedure.
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16th March 2010, 15:26	#2032
anmolbedi BHPian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Noida Posts: 58 Thanked: 4 Times	@nandishpal, just enable 3g from BSNL, you would have to check your network operator settings that 2g+3g is selected and then you would see 3g as an icon on your home screen. Thats it. APN settings and others would be provided by BSNL, you need to put them in Advanced options-> TCP/IP. Any other info, let me know. I also have a BB9700. Thanks Anmol
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17th March 2010, 13:39	#2034
Sahil Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 6,292 Thanked: 7,607 Times	Did anyone see the Ford Figo ad in the TOI the other day? They had a BB group scanable barcode ! Great marketing idea but it seems the barcode does not scan when printed on paper
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18th March 2010, 04:51	#2035
Xehaust BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mumbai Posts: 846 Thanked: 81 Times View My Garage	Yeah Sahil. I saw the barcode on the ad as well. Tried to scan it, but it didnt happen. Though a great idea, it reflects poorly on the marketer & the company for not bothering to test it before execution. Imagine all the people who tried to scan it must have had a negative impression & this is not good for a newly launched car
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19th March 2010, 09:40	#2037
KSM-Vtec Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: MH-02-India-Bombay-Bandra Posts: 1,562 Thanked: 446 Times View My Garage	Guys is anybody aware of the GSM 8530 being sold in India??
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19th March 2010, 10:35	#2038
SohailPistawala BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 434 Thanked: 25 Times	Hey guys, please help me with a 2nd hand Blackberry CDMA. Budget under 5k, good condition. please let me now if you have good deal. its urgent.
	() Thanks

19th March 2010, 15:33	#2039
CaliAtenza BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: LAX-SNA-BFL-BLR Posts: 321 Thanked: 18 Times	if i get a BB do i have to sign up for Airtel's BB plan? Or can i keep using my existing prepaid account?
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