Hello all

I'm leaning towards buying a sk65 to use on t-mobile service, I won't be using BES. I had a few questions

Is IM supported? AIM, Yahoo, etc..?

how sturdy is the phone overall? it seems to me the sliding keypad would be easy to break..

If i'm not using BES, will i still have access to the internet browser?

I don't know of an IM app yet but I haven't really looked. I would imagine that a java app would work, especially if it works on the other series 65 siemens phones.

I've had mine for about a week now. It seems pretty sturdy but compared to a 7500 or 7200 blackberry, I would not expect it to take a drop nearly as well. It does not seem flimsy or cheap, but the hard, shiny plastic seems more damage-prone than a true BB.

There is a wap browser built in, but don't expect it to be as good as the BB browser. Siemens offers a web-based configurator that will send you all the t-mobile settings you need to get up and running on the WAP browser, etc. You'll need to log in to your My T-mobile account, tell it you have a BB7100 (to make the Blackberry Internet Email option available on your homepage) and confirm to the system that you are using a new BB device. Send the service books if necessary and you should be up and running in 30 minutes or less.

That was my experience last week.

im+ has a im client in java and it does work on my sk65. |edit| after research verichat does also load on the sk65. using application loader thank you |edit|