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Entries from April 2007

T-Mobile now has the BlackBerry 8800!

April 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Last Monday (April 23, 2007) T-Mobile officially launched the BlackBerry 8800 on their network. The T-Mobile 8800 has all the features of the AT&T/Cingular 8800 as seen in our preview here. It does have the GPS feature even though the T-Mobile website does not mention this feature. According to a sales representative, […]

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Tags: Wireless Device Reviews

International Coverage

April 25th, 2007 · 1 Comment

>One big question about getting a phone with QWERTY keyboard (or “pager” as we call them), is “Will it work when I travel?” The answer will depend on the type of pager you have, the pager’s wireless network type, the carrier you have, and where you are traveling. Answers will vary from “no”, […]

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Tags: Carriers Issues · Network Coverage Issues

Instant Messaging on Pagers: Sidekick and Blackberry

April 9th, 2007 · 5 Comments

Instant Messaging on Pagers

Instant messaging (IM) has become a staple of deaf and hard of hearing communication via wireless pager ever since the first wireless IM client, RadeIM, appeared on Deafwireless RIM 850’s. Instead of communicating through emails, watching for the “D” and “R” symbols to appear next to your message, indicating that […]

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Tags: Other Issues