My brother and I have an ongoing debate over which is better – iPhone or blackberry. I know the visitors here will support my side – blackberry, no question.

Well yesterday my brother may have started swaying to the blackberry side, he received a bill from ATT for 3,000! These were obscene iPhone data roaming charges, for a week he spent in Canada, basically $20/MB – ouch.

With the 8820 and GPS – blackberry all the way. I just hope ATT doesn’t screw with the bb data plans.

My brother and I have an ongoing debate over which is better – iPhone or blackberry. I know the visitors here will support my side – blackberry, no question.

Well yesterday my brother may have started swaying to the blackberry side, he received a bill from ATT for 3,000! These were obscene iPhone data roaming charges, for a week he spent in Canada, basically $20/MB – ouch.

With the 8820 and GPS – blackberry all the way. I just hope ATT doesn’t screw with the bb data plans.

This is what we’ve “heard through the grape vine” (wink) in response to your question and Jibi’s post:

“It wasn’t a text file change. Thus was a software lock down. New device software was required.”

As a side point, no matter how involved the lock-down was (be it software, text-file, or physical clamp on the device), I think the heart of the story lay in the fact that RIM really didn’t want to do it, but they were forced to because of their relationship with AT&T and the carrier’s interest in protecting its investment in the iPhone and possibly also just in shaving a few more dollars off their customers.

Also, even if there was a work around, that leaves members of the Forums and BlackBerry Cool readers who would have the insight and technical capacity to get it done. What about the average BlackBerry user who has no idea what’s going on in the tech world, and is put in a position to pay his carrier more money because he isn’t aware of an alternative?

This is what we’ve “heard through the grape vine” (wink) in response to your question and Jibi’s post:

“It wasn’t a text file change. Thus was a software lock down. New device software was required.”

As a side point, no matter how involved the lock-down was (be it software, text-file, or physical clamp on the device), I think the heart of the story lay in the fact that RIM really didn’t want to do it, but they were forced to because of their relationship with AT&T and the carrier’s interest in protecting its investment in the iPhone and possibly also just in shaving a few more dollars off their customers.

Also, even if there was a work around, that leaves members of the Forums and BlackBerry Cool readers who would have the insight and technical capacity to get it done. What about the average BlackBerry user who has no idea what’s going on in the tech world, and is put in a position to pay his carrier more money because he isn’t aware of an alternative?

If its the case of a simple alx modification then i feel like a douche for getting angry over it when the story was first posted. I don’t really feel sorry for RIM if they were only pressured to change a text file. I’m sure RIM’s thoughts were as casual as “Yeah, yeah. We’ll change the freaking text file. You still going to give us our money? We’re cool then.”

If its the case of a simple alx modification then i feel like a douche for getting angry over it when the story was first posted. I don’t really feel sorry for RIM if they were only pressured to change a text file. I’m sure RIM’s thoughts were as casual as “Yeah, yeah. We’ll change the freaking text file. You still going to give us our money? We’re cool then.”

Can you imagine if Verizon woke up and listened to its customer base, instead of being greedy.

In the end if AT&T continues to go the way its going and cleaning up things, such as firing the people with tude’s and improving there network and data network they would really give Verizon a serious run for there there money

Can you imagine if Verizon woke up and listened to its customer base, instead of being greedy.

In the end if AT&T continues to go the way its going and cleaning up things, such as firing the people with tude’s and improving there network and data network they would really give Verizon a serious run for there there money