Blackberry 8120 Question

SallyUK

Hi All

I'm due to upgrade soon with Orange and wondered if someone could tell me if you can have MSN Chat or Yahoo messenger on a Blackberry?

Thanks

Sally
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Sid_Harper

I don't think you can. If you want all this stuff, get a series60 smartphone from Nokia (E71 coming soon is small with full keyboard, else look at E61, E51, or even 6120 or 6220 Classic models) - and get a Blackberry client for it if you want instant mail.

The *only* things Blackberry is good for are the instant email itself and battery life. Everything else - including the web browsing - sucks, quite frankly!

SallyUK

Sid_Harper wrote: »

I don't think you can. If you want all this stuff, get a series60 smartphone from Nokia (E71 coming soon is small with full keyboard, else look at E61, E51, or even 6120 or 6220 Classic models) - and get a Blackberry client for it if you want instant mail.

The *only* things Blackberry is good for are the instant email itself and battery life. Everything else - including the web browsing - sucks, quite frankly!

Hi Sid

Thanks.

I'm looking for something that I can use for web browsing, chat, email etc and would really like to have it before I go on holiday on Saturday morning. (well not really a holiday, but I'll be away from home and don't want to take laptop, as there's no facilities to use it where Im going)

Sally
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Sid_Harper

I can do all of what you say on my Nokia E51 - only thing it doesn't have is a keyboard, but I have a Bluetooth one. There is always the E61 which is Blackberry-like.

On T-mobile you can get web in Europe for £1.50/Mb (bizarrely, it's still £7.50 everywhere else including the UK, though here you have the £1 daily cap).

Fring is the killer app that lets you do the chat AND use Skype. Browsers include Opera Mini. I also have the MSN Messenger installed for S60.

A good alternative is a Windows smartphone as well but I'm not too clued up on the latest units.

SallyUK

Sid_Harper wrote: »

I can do all of what you say on my Nokia E51 - only thing it doesn't have is a keyboard, but I have a Bluetooth one. There is always the E61 which is Blackberry-like.

On T-mobile you can get web in Europe for £1.50/Mb (bizarrely, it's still £7.50 everywhere else including the UK, though here you have the £1 daily cap).

Fring is the killer app that lets you do the chat AND use Skype. Browsers include Opera Mini. I also have the MSN Messenger installed for S60.

A good alternative is a Windows smartphone as well but I'm not too clued up on the latest units.

Thanks again Sid, you've been a great help.

Sal
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