Blackberry Bold

Well my latest news is I have upgraded from a Bold 9000 to a Bold 9700 and what a sexy pice of kit it is! Smaller than the original Bold and so far battery life is a lot better. Screen is nice but a little smaller, as is the keyboard, but still easy to use.

Doesn't seem to work with Nokia car kits which is a bit of a pain, but seems to work great with everything else.

Blackberry Update

Regarding the Blackberry question of PIN transfer.

It seems that whenever you enable Blackberry service on a network, the PIN moves over. So in short when you want to change network just make sure you add on the Blackberry service on your network. Once you have that every thing works. You don't need to contact your old provider.

Also without BIS on your tariff, none of your internet apps work as the BIS operates like a proxy server for all internet stuff.

I am currently trying out T-Mobile PAYG with Blackberry add-on, which works a treat!

Orange PAYG!!!!!

Why oh why do Orange still issue 2G PAYG SIMS??? I want to test their 3g signal strength and speed, but all the sims they issue are 2g. I can't see why they do it.

Last time I enquired they told me to pop to a store and have it exchanged, but if I had time to do that I would have gone there in the first place!!!!

OK Orange, you are now crossed off my list of prospective providers, and I won't recommend you to anyone.

Blackberry PIN registration

It seems that once you put a sim in a Blackberry, with the BIS service provision, your BB just hooks into that service providers service - Excellent!!

O2 quoted me 28 days to unlatch it from their servers but it looks like they don't know what they are talking about.

Next choice is SIM free 12 months - or PAYG with BB add on.

Decisions decisions....

Google Mail App on Blackberry

I am just in the process of trying out the Google Mail app for Blackberry on my Bold as an alternative to bog standard, network provided BIS.

Its not bad and the multiple accounts option is pretty good, but the fact it doesn't render HTML the biggest drawback.

But anyway here is my opinion.

Pro's

• Multiple Accounts handled well
• You can view all your emails, past and present
• You can keep your settings when changing network providers (yet to be proven - watch this space)

Con's

• Doesn't render HTML emails
• Polling time very bad (5/20 minutes)

So the question has to be - which do i prefer? I think I prefer the BIS setup - its time to uninstall I think...or shall I?

UPDATE: I uninstalled the GMail app and went back to normal BIS. Its a lot better...

The Answers....

Well, in case you wondered, i got the ring and the netbook - it just had to be done!

Just Wondering

Its the weekend - is it time for a break or does the real hard work begin? Two whole days to manage and plan!! Still at least the Christmas shopping ois nearly done. Shall I buy the ring or not?? Do I need a netbook?? All will be revealed soon...