I plan to get a Sprint 8330. Their website says in order to receive emails, one has to have an "email package" that costs $29.99/month. They are being quite vague about it, not specifying whether this service is required for using BIS/BWC or BES, or simpling using free downloads such as Gmail Mobile. Really, the latter is what I would use the BB for.

I searched the forum for similar posts and found this article "Methods of Receiving Email on BlackBerry" by Mark Rejhon. (I cannot post a link here because I have fewer than 10 posts.) However, it doesn't specifically address this question.

Can someone answer this? Thanks in advance.