BlackBerry 8707v - user opinions and reviews

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6.5
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> In reply to awien @ 2011-01-06 10:55 from PS6v - click to readhow can i get BBM on this?

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  • 2011-02-04 23:32
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does the 8707v have a browser if it does where is it

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  • 2011-01-27 10:47
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> In reply to gina @ 2011-01-05 17:42 from pJ2h - click to readyup2..;)

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  • 2011-01-06 10:55
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does this have blackberry messanger

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  • 2011-01-05 17:42
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pls where can i download its application?
i need it urgently..plsssssssssssn help

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  • 2010-12-21 17:20
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Hi
really awesome phone like the look but is quite old and shows in the thickness of it but its so cool

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  • 2010-12-11 09:01
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how much!

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  • 2010-11-27 11:57
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nice looking phone

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  • 2010-11-05 20:59
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i brought one off ebay it says it has instant messageger it dont and cant find my contacts some1 help

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  • 2010-09-08 18:55
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oes it have wifi system?

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  • 2010-08-29 22:48
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obama's blackberry, isn't it??

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  • 2010-08-23 14:37
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My mate whitey reckons this phone doesnt have a colour screen. He is so wack

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  • 2010-08-19 09:28
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> In reply to Anonymous @ 2008-11-12 19:45 from tR2T - click to readgo to your menu options and select profiles in there you will find where it says loud, vibrate, quiet, normal, phone only, and off. This will make your ringtone loud or low.

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  • 2010-07-10 01:06
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These smartphones are cheap as chips on Ebay. Expect to pay about GB£20 (about US$30).

The phones are easy and cheap or even free to unlock. Upgrading the operating system is child's play. So too is overriding any corporate "IT policy" you sometimes find installed on a second-user phone. With a restrictive IT policy still in place, this can prevent full use of the handset.

Using a standard mini-USB data cable and a PC, third party software such as the BOLT web browser and the Google gmail client can be installed on the phone. Both these applications are free to download. Once these software packages installed, you no longer need to pay for a Blackberry data contract. A simple low-cost generic data plan is adequate.

I have hacked several 8707v and 8707g Blackberries for the sport of it, and have passed them on to friends as fully functional "Crackberries".

With a PAYG deal from the Three.co.uk cell network, the handsets provide full internet access and email for just GB£5 every three months!

Voice calls with PAYG are still quite expensive on Three, and that's partly the fault of Research in Motion, the makers of the Blackberry. RIM have steadfastly refused to release a Skype client for their handsets. However, there are other methods for bridging voice calls onto VoIP....

I would be interested to hear from anyone wishing to pursue open source development of "call bridging" solutions using Blackberries... Expertise in Linux, Asterisk, Bash scripting, C, and Java for embedded systems would be pre-requisites.

All the best,
Edwin
ee07m060@gmail.com

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  • 2010-03-05 21:10
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Its kinda fun to look back, a time when Blackberries were silver colored now everything is black, they all look the same to me, the storm and pearls are the only ones that look a bit different, I see no difference between a Tour and a Bold and most importantly they should try a different form factor and maybe just maybe they can compete on level ground with others, Touchscreen on the storm was a bad idea, it had a lot of issues, they just do something like a Touch Pro

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  • 2010-01-04 01:19
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The phone is absolute rubbish, its like holding a brick and masturbating in a single hand (Very awkward) It's very hard to use and has very limited means for expansion

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  • 2009-06-03 09:49
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> In reply to b @ 2009-05-12 07:47 from McVF - click to readay maichod convert in indian (its good)

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  • 2009-05-23 04:06
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> In reply to Bongiwe @ 2009-05-04 17:14 from NH}r - click to readDude, this phone is like three years old. Look at the Blackberry Bold for a better comparison.

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  • 2009-05-12 07:47
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this phone bores me no camera too big and the look it not my thing the botton looks sucks

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  • 2009-05-04 17:14
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> In reply to jason @ 2009-02-13 18:36 from P$3D - click to readjust let me say this jason who calls people on blackberries i dont thats why i have razrs there small and cool i have a motorola Q9h and blackberry 8800 i dont care about the size i just feel that phone like blackberry and the motorola Q9h dont deserve to be called on plus it wastes the batteries life alot i dont recive or make calls on these phones its ok for sidekicks cause there more compact and have a good battery life time and the slide/swivvel thats just my opinion but why would u call on blackberries i dont think thats what their for i think there for email,i.m and other businesss stuff butt when are they gonna bring out the 20 e-mail client support and hats what im talking about that would be the next version of the 8800 serias cause i could do with that

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  • 2009-04-26 18:53
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