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03-14-2006, 08:15 PM
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BB 8700g?
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I just purchased a BB 8700g from Cincinnati Bell today. Got the BB service for $35 per month with no contract which I was pleased with. My concern is can this phone be unlocked and used with Cingular or the others down the road? If I move out of the Cincinnati area I certainly don't want to keep a Cincinnati phone number. Anyone know?
Also, can the 8700 be used as a modem for a laptop while tethered?
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03-14-2006, 08:35 PM
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So Cinci Bell is selling an 8700g?? Very interesting?
So if you wanted an 8700c, then why did you not jus buy one?
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03-14-2006, 09:02 PM
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Wirelessly posted (8700c: BlackBerry8700/4.1.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/102)
There are many unlocking threads and modem threads. Some of the info is at my tips site. You can unlock them and use them as a modem. Please search the threads for details.
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03-14-2006, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by go2duke
So Cinci Bell is selling an 8700g?? Very interesting?
So if you wanted an 8700c, then why did you not jus buy one?
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Didn't realize you could do that. What carriers would this model work with then? |
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03-14-2006, 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by jrandol
I just purchased a BB 8700g from Cincinnati Bell today. Got the BB service for $35 per month with no contract which I was pleased with. My concern is can this phone be unlocked and used with Cingular or the others down the road? If I move out of the Cincinnati area I certainly don't want to keep a Cincinnati phone number. Anyone know?
Also, can the 8700 be used as a modem for a laptop while tethered?
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Is Cincinnati Bell using GSM? If yes then you should be able to unlock the phone and use T-Mobile or Cingular the only two carriers in the US that use GSM.
Many unlock threads on this site just do a search. |
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03-14-2006, 10:15 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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I just went on their website... do you mean the 7100g instead?
go2duke said that because Cingular is the one carrying the 8700c. So if you had wanted a Blackberry to function on the Cingular network, you could have just purchased one from them.
But I'm confused too, so...
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03-14-2006, 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by aphr0deity
I just went on their website... do you mean the 7100g instead?
go2duke said that because Cingular is the one carrying the 8700c. So if you had wanted a Blackberry to function on the Cingular network, you could have just purchased one from them.
But I'm confused too, so...
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Nope it's a 8700. I noticed they don't have it on their site either. They didn't have one on the shelfs either, but I asked and he got me one from in back. I don't fully understand it, but Cincy Bell has some affiliation with Cingular. The BB even says Edge on it. |
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03-14-2006, 11:12 PM
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You got something that looks like this?
And not this?
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03-14-2006, 11:22 PM
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The color of the one I got was the dark blue, much like my old monochrome Tmobile BB.
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03-15-2006, 12:02 AM
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Interesting, how much did you pay?
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03-15-2006, 10:03 AM
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huh, 87000g at Cincinnati Bell? I am curious you can look your 8700 box and what did they say your box? I guess you have BB7290. Look Link http://www.cincinnatibell.com/search/default.aspx
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03-15-2006, 11:30 AM
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Look at post 7, he already said that they went to the back to get it for him and it wasn't on display |
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03-15-2006, 11:32 AM
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Here we go again.
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03-15-2006, 11:40 AM
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Dan, everyone is free to ask their own questions. lets not pick on people.
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03-15-2006, 11:43 AM
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Dan, everyone is free to ask their own questions. lets not pick on people.
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I know, but like the guy above me posted, if he'd read, he wouldn't have had to post that.
I'm not gonna say anything else. I promise. 
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03-15-2006, 11:45 AM
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I swear, I gotta keep my eye on you all the time 
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03-15-2006, 11:46 AM
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I am... berryberry sneaky... Sir. :p
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03-15-2006, 11:48 AM
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LMAO... now that was funny!
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03-15-2006, 11:51 AM
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I am... berryberry sneaky... Sir. :p
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See you already said another word, tsk, tsk, tsk, (shaking my head).
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03-15-2006, 11:55 AM
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When will T-Mobile carry the 8700?
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