Do not get a BlackBerry from T-Mobile
Just adding some fuel to the fire, Emory wrote up an excellent and completely justified post on his blog about his experience trying to use third party applications on his BlackBerry provisioned through T-Mobile. Recently they decided that "unlimited data" really only applies to WAP and Email (which is exactly the same restriction that AT&T has) after allowing other types of traffic for a couple months. Emory makes the point that he's not a freerider, he's not trying to get something for nothing. Just like every other BlackBerry user he pays a premium price for unlimited data... very few, if any carriers mention that "unlimited data" actually means "very limited data".
This kind of crap drives me nuts: BlackBerry users probably spend more money on data services than all other users combined and we get shafted more than they do. My Nokia 3650 could browse HTML pages or use third party applications with no problem. More information is available about this on BlackBerry Forums, Howard Forums and TinyScreenfuls.com.
December 27, 2004 in News by ajohnson
Comments
Nextel's "unlimited" does mean unlimited - Unlimited data, HTML and WAP browsing and Email.
Posted by: Michael Lane on December 28, 2004 10:48 PM
Good news!
BlackBerry Internet now finally works again on T-Mobile!!!!!
http://www.blackberryforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=26913
Posted by: Mark Rejhon on February 11, 2005 8:14 PM