[phil8715]

Hi

I have a Blackberry 7290 on Vodafone. The phone was previously on T-Mobile but has been unlocked.
I'm trying to set my Blackberry 7290 for the internet but can't find a way to input the settings and theres no browser installed apart from Opera Mini which i can't get to connect.

Any ideas?

Phil

[NJBlackBerry]

Do you have a BlackBerry Data Plan for Vodafone?

[phil8715]

I've been told that I don't need a Blackberry connect account, I have a data plan with Vodafone and my data has been enabled but not as a specific dataplan, but i've also been told that I dont need vodafone's blackberry email service is this correct?

[NJBlackBerry]

Nope. You will never get e-mail or get the BlackBerry browser without a BlackBerry Data Plan. Without it you *may* be able to get Opera Mini to work by putting the in the APN for Vpdafone (I don't know it) in the TCP section under Options / Advanced (or just Options).

[phil8715]

I'm not really bothered about Email. Its the internet I want to use. problem is if i subcribe to blackberry connect its an extra £15 on top of my tariff, which will come to £55pm.

[stonent]

What did you like about the BB so much that you got it over another smart phone?

It would be a lot easier to get some other kind of PDA to work this way I would think.

[phil8715]

Because it has a qwerty keyboard. I know the Nokia E61 has a keyboard, but I dont have a spare £300+ to spend, plus I have 3 other contracts running. I bought the Blackberry 7290 from a mobile phone stall in the local market for £45.

If could afford to buy the E61 I would have.