Comments on: Verizon BlackBerry 8830 To Support iTunes

By: Seahawk02

Seahawk02 — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:26:46 +0000

Similar question, thinking about switching to Verizon, like the BB for the obvious reasons, but tried the phone in the store and it had â€œdelaysâ€ when calling a local plain old telephone system (POTS) land line. The LG8700/LG8600/Motorola RAZR were crystal clear. Not sure if the phone needed a software update or if the unit was there for a reason, but why would you demo an inferior product? Echo Gretchen & Bryan, very interested in how everyones BB 8830 is performing in regards to weak or problematic areas as compared to a standard phone. Being a Navy Sailor I will be faced with constant weak signals aboard ship and need a phone with stellar reception. Love to have the BB, but if it canâ€™t manage to obtain or keep a phone call then itâ€™s a non-starter. Hope this was just a VZW store problem. Thanks in Advance.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 03 May 2007 16:03:23 +0000

Looks like RIM has done a deal with Roxio for Media manager technology, unless I missed this before this is new.

http://na.blackberry.com/eng/devices/features/mediamanager.jsp

By: Brenda

Brenda — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:45:59 +0000

Is there any way I can buy this blackberry without going through a telephone operator? I was in a duty free shop in London Heathrow and they guy there seemed to say it was possible. I would rather not be strapped to a contract with my telephone company (T-Mobile).
Thanks
Brenda

By: Verizon Officially Announces The BlackBerry 8830 | RIMarkable | The official, unofficial BlackBerry Weblog

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:31:45 +0000

[...] been rumored for a while but it is a rumor no more. Verizon has officially announced the BlackBerry 8830 which [...]

By: Robb Dunewood

Robb Dunewood — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 02:25:18 +0000

Yes Rick, there have been, but, they’ve all sucked.

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:46:49 +0000

Big dummies, there have been other phones with iTunes…

By: Nattie Liz

Nattie Liz — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:51:13 +0000

If it’s a blackberry/mp3/music player that will synch with itunes then rim better make sure that the application that plays the actual songs is exactly what ipods have now because otherwise people will just see it as another cheap rip-off mp3 app. The thing that most people like about itunes and apple is the design and user interface.

Plus the memory will need to be mega and the battery life will be non-existent. I personally think all the advances in pdas and such are great, but that they are worthless simply because battery technology has not caught up yet.

By: Robb Dunewood

Robb Dunewood — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:53:05 +0000

Now, that I agree with. I was just saying that if Apple allowed them to, RIM should jump at the opportunity to ad iTunes to the BlackBerry.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:34:03 +0000

I am not sure that Apple will risk upsetting the AT&T exclusive with the iPhone. If you want iTunes on a phone, I am pretty sure you will only get it on the iPhone from here on in. They are throwing a TON of resources at this product.

By: Robb Dunewood

Robb Dunewood — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:47:33 +0000

Andrew,

Can’t RIM just catch the next boat? Seems to me like they could introduce it with Verizon but easily add it to the other carriers with a mere update.