calibanzwei
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Thanks.Regular AM/FM? Just normal radio.
Its my wife who uses it to tell the temperature, I use it decide whether I need a real waterproof on my ride or I can take my lucky theme park poncho which weighs 50gms and has stopped all rainfall when in my pocket for over 5 years now.You could just look out the window bof.... or even easier look up before you walk inside.
I did a quick search and it appears that only the Blackberry Curve 9220 has an actual radio built in. Other models get radio programmes via the internet. If you are accessing the internet via Wifi then that wouldn't be an issue, but via a phone signal it could well be. Data usage is a combination of bitrate and how long you listen for.Does the radio on my blackberry use analogue (free) signal or does it use internet?
Does anyone know?
I did a quick search and it appears that only the Blackberry Curve 9220 has an actual radio built in.
I've been with the same company for around 8 years now. I don't get free phones from them, if I want a phone I buy it. As a consequence I'm a valued customer and pay £10 a month for 300 mins, 300 texts and unlimited* internet.
* I will suffer a service degradation after 1gb but won't actually be stopped from using the internet.
Ha ha - that's funny! I wonder if it was a case of trying to differentiate different models by not enabling the radio circuitry in them and then the word got out, embarrassing them into enabling it later OR ... had they just not got round to it when the other models were first released?Well bu**er me
EDIT: http://crackberry.com/blackberry-os-71-brings-fm-radio-blackberry-curve-9360-and-9380
Is it a case of all are capable and the hardware needs only be activated via the OS?!
Told you... murky...
I've just been given a Nokia Navigator, which is better than the cheap and cheerful phone I've been using up to now. I was thinking of scrapping the other phone and using the Navigator instead because it has GPS and cameras built in, and the screen is better (I can't read the old one outdoors, except in gloomy conditions).You should be able to get a better deal than that if you don't take the free phones.
I get 250 mins, unlimited texts and unlimited data* for £10 per month through GiffGaff and I don't have to be tied into a contract
* real unlimited, I'm just not allowed to tether a laptop/computer to it.