my best friend has a bb and she's using it with only a basic gprs plan, she doesn't care about her email. so does she really need a full-blown data plan? not really.

but i am also of the notion, that a bb without a data plan is just not savvy, but that is because i have been using a bb for so long, for everything, that when i had to use my Sony Ericsson when my Pearl crashed, i felt handicapped. it's just me i guess.

when i was overseas, i put in another sim into my unlocked pearl and that had no data either and it was awful. but hey each to their own i supoose.

don't shoot me, i'm just giving my own two cents.