[davistld01]

Does anybody here have other mobile phones that they use at times instead of their BlackBerry Curve? I have an 8310 coming (hopefully...) soon, but I have several other mobile phones that I would like the liberty of using at casual times...or whatever. I will be using a BIS Personal Unlimited Data Plan on my BlackBerry...or whatever it's called now.

Can I just take my SIM card out of my Curve and use it in any other GSM phone? Will I just be able to use the voice/phone capabilities of the phone I put the SIM into...or will I be able to use data on it too, to access email and do web browsing, etc?

Sounds like dumb questions...but they're important to me.

[shivers316]

Depends on what phone you are using. There are some phones that you can set up to use the data from the Blackberry Unlimited Plan

[ezrunner]

Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8700/4.2.1 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/100)

Yes you can use the sim in another phone!

Data will likely not work but I am not certain! You will be able to sms!

[CMatthews]

I have taken my sim from my Curve in the past and placed it in my old Blackjack, and voice and data both worked fine.

[speed4tu]

I had been wondering this also. I figured it would work, but don't want to get charged for per kb usage b/c I don't have a normal phone plan with it.

[davistld01]

Thanks guys/gals...

The main reason I ask is because I hate to carry my BB in my jeans or shorts if I am camping or at the lake, or just jacking around. I would rather use my Motorola V635 (still a great phone!) or another phone I have around the house. I'm just too afraid of messing my BlackBerry up...

Email/data would be nice to have available on those other phones...but it's not the end of the world if it won't work that way either.

[vinmontRD]

On advice from my local T-Mobile rep (at a corp store), I tried popping my SIM from my Curve back into my MDA, and it works fine. The Blackberry unlimited plan works fine as an Internet unlimited plan for non-blackberry's.

When the SIM is in my MDA, I can still do email (Win Mobile 5 poll/pull email), IM and Web - no reconfiguration needed.

Very handy!

[miamiborn79]

I switch between the Curve and the Nokia E61i quite often. What's even better, is that my Nokia has the capability to use the blackberry push email on the plan so i never miss a beat! I love both phones equally and would be sad to retire either one. For now, i'm happy with my smartphone tandem.

[speed4tu]

This is great info, thanks alot guys