BlackBerry 8830
8830 vs. 8800
besides the world capabilites, what other differences are there between verizon's 8830 and cingular's 8800?
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Cingular has unrestricted bluetooth, push to talk, and a GPS that hasn't been blocked. Other than that, the phones are pretty much the same except for the color.
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As someone new to BBs, can you explain what you meant by "unrestricted bluetooth" and "GPS that hasn't been blocked."
you make it sound like i'm losing out some functionality by going with verizon. please elaborate.
thanks!
you make it sound like i'm losing out some functionality by going with verizon. please elaborate.
thanks!
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This is from the VZW website:
*The RIM BlackBerry® 8830 supports the following Bluetooth profiles: Headset, Hands–free, Serial Port and Dial–Up Networking. It does not support object exchange (OBEX) profiles.
What that means is that you can't exchange or transfer files to another bluetooth device. VZW has crippled this feature. So in other words, you couldn't transfer music, ringtones, or pictures to another bluetooth phone. VZW wants you to pay to use there V-CAST music to download songs and there picture service to send pictures. In regards to GPS, here is a link to the Blackberry 8800 series website:
http://www.blackberry8800series.com/function/feature ... »
It states that the GPS is carrier dependent. VZW disabled it f...
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*The RIM BlackBerry® 8830 supports the following Bluetooth profiles: Headset, Hands–free, Serial Port and Dial–Up Networking. It does not support object exchange (OBEX) profiles.
What that means is that you can't exchange or transfer files to another bluetooth device. VZW has crippled this feature. So in other words, you couldn't transfer music, ringtones, or pictures to another bluetooth phone. VZW wants you to pay to use there V-CAST music to download songs and there picture service to send pictures. In regards to GPS, here is a link to the Blackberry 8800 series website:
http://www.blackberry8800series.com/function/feature ... »
It states that the GPS is carrier dependent. VZW disabled it f...
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Is there anyway that one could enable the GPS on the 8830... a hack or something?
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