Hi I was thinking about getting the blackberry 7100i for nextel and I was wondering if you can recieve and send text messages while in call?

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Not on an IDEN device. I dont believe that is possible. Its been quite some time since I carried that model so I cant be 100% sure

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No, you can't do both voice an data (email, broswer, sms) at the same time. I believe it's that way with all devices - but I am not sure about WiFi devices.

all that sucks. well right now I have the i870 so if I get it could I just put my sim card in and it would work? also whats this about it doesnt support SMS will I not be able to text?

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Enough with the bumping. Take it easy.
You will have to call Nextel to have a BlackBerry Data Plan added to your account.

the 7100i does not support sending SMS messages. You can send and receive MMS messages and receive SMS messages.

Kids cant be patient and wait for people to answer in a timely manner.

7100i can text message and its a very reliable source to do so. Its just that its expensive. Instead of texting through the phone it all goes through data. you have to get a data package in order to text and those can be expensive.

That is incorrect. They can send MMS which requires the mesaging plan. It has nothing to do with the data plan.

of course not.you can not do them both at the same time