Comments on: Buying a Blackberry Can be Hazardous to Your Health http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/08/29/buying-a-blackberry-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health/ A Canadian Take on the Web Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:01:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Shaun Rotman http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/08/29/buying-a-blackberry-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health/#comment-6724 Shaun Rotman Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:21:46 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/08/29/buying-a-blackberry-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health/#comment-6724 Mark, word of advice for future Rogers upgrades: call it in! There is only ONE Rogers store in the entire city that is actually Rogers. The rest are "authorized dealers" and don't have the same privileges as the CSR's you speak to over the phone. On more than one occasion I've ordered a phone and had it the next day. Not to mention I got a better plan and features over the phone than I could ever get in a store. So next time you can get better service AND still be able to sit down throughout the whole process :) Mark, word of advice for future Rogers upgrades: call it in! There is only ONE Rogers store in the entire city that is actually Rogers. The rest are “authorized dealers” and don’t have the same privileges as the CSR’s you speak to over the phone. On more than one occasion I’ve ordered a phone and had it the next day. Not to mention I got a better plan and features over the phone than I could ever get in a store. So next time you can get better service AND still be able to sit down throughout the whole process :)

]]> By: Mark Evans http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/08/29/buying-a-blackberry-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health/#comment-6722 Mark Evans Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:28:16 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/08/29/buying-a-blackberry-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health/#comment-6722 anon: you have to love how Blackberrys in different countries have different features. In the U.S., AT&T neutered the Blackberry 8800's GPS technology because it didn't want it to compete against the iPhone. anon: you have to love how Blackberrys in different countries have different features. In the U.S., AT&T neutered the Blackberry 8800’s GPS technology because it didn’t want it to compete against the iPhone.

]]> By: Chris Clarke http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/08/29/buying-a-blackberry-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health/#comment-6721 Chris Clarke Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:21:32 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/08/29/buying-a-blackberry-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health/#comment-6721 If you bought it online, at least you could've been sitting down! And re:"In an ideal world..." - I'm sure someone will make an iPhone comment in response any minute now... If you bought it online, at least you could’ve been sitting down!

And re:”In an ideal world…” - I’m sure someone will make an iPhone comment in response any minute now…

]]> By: anon http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/08/29/buying-a-blackberry-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health/#comment-6720 anon Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:16:57 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/08/29/buying-a-blackberry-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health/#comment-6720 "very cool, although it is odd that the 8800 doesn’t come with a camera, while the Curve doesn’t come with GPS." There is indeed a BlackBerry Curve with GPS - BlackBerry Curve 8310. But it only appears to be carried by Vodafone UK at the moment. “very cool, although it is odd that the 8800 doesn’t come with a camera, while the Curve doesn’t come with GPS.”

There is indeed a BlackBerry Curve with GPS - BlackBerry Curve 8310. But it only appears to be carried by Vodafone UK at the moment.

]]> By: Mark Evans http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/08/29/buying-a-blackberry-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health/#comment-6719 Mark Evans Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:28:45 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/08/29/buying-a-blackberry-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health/#comment-6719 Who believes advertising anyway? :) In hindsight, I probably would have bought the Blackberry online, although I'm not sure what the process involves and much time it takes. In an ideal world, you'd be able to provide all of your details online, and then have the Blackberry mailed to you, or you could pick it at a store. Who believes advertising anyway? :) In hindsight, I probably would have bought the Blackberry online, although I’m not sure what the process involves and much time it takes.

In an ideal world, you’d be able to provide all of your details online, and then have the Blackberry mailed to you, or you could pick it at a store.

]]> By: Chris Clarke http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/08/29/buying-a-blackberry-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health/#comment-6718 Chris Clarke Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:16:06 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/08/29/buying-a-blackberry-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health/#comment-6718 How does that Rogers commercial go? You know the one where the guy is shocked that the woman "just got it today" and was set up "in minutes"? Yeah... How does that Rogers commercial go? You know the one where the guy is shocked that the woman “just got it today” and was set up “in minutes”? Yeah…

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