[junior1790]

Originally Posted by Postalrecon

it looks like it, but doesnt act like them, i like it becasue it looks good, at least to me it does, oh well, opinions opinions

i hear ya, i hate it because from having other VZW phones you HAVE t use their UI which is aggrevating, like you said opinions....

[Postalrecon]

Originally Posted by junior1790

Sure is, blackberry batteries are legendary...

that is until you get it on a cdma carrier, then youll have to charge it everynight

[njguy]

im loving this phone.
so far battery life is better than 7130
form factor rocks
reception is excellent
faster internet than 7130
and the screen....im speechless

[whsbuss]

Originally Posted by Postalrecon

that is until you get it on a cdma carrier, then youll have to charge it everynight

YMMV but I charged my 8703 overnight Tuesday and still have 30% left. 4 hours of calls, hundreds of email, and lots of browsing. So far it beats out my old 7130.

[W8RZ]

I love my 8703e compared to my "old" 7130e! I just wish someone would produce a battery door that will accommodate the extended life battery. The only one I see is for the 8700c & it won't work! It looks like the 8700g & 8703 have indentical backs (doors) & maybe one day someone will provide us with that little modification as if it is such an expensive thing to have to re-tool in order to produce a door that would probably cost them another nickel on top of what it would cost to produce the standard sized door! Anyway, enough of my BS. I am soooo happy to have this 8703e. As cool a technology SURETYPE is, I was beginning to feel a bit straight jacketed & having this new one is like returning to the fold of bb users! Hope all of you are feeling a small sense of normalcy having the 8703e because I sure as hell do!

[whsbuss]

Originally Posted by W8RZ

I love my 8703e compared to my "old" 7130e! I just wish someone would produce a battery door that will accommodate the extended life battery. The only one I see is for the 8700c & it won't work! It looks like the 8700g & 8703 have indentical backs (doors) & maybe one day someone will provide us with that little modification as if it is such an expensive thing to have to re-tool in order to produce a door that would probably cost them another nickel on top of what it would cost to produce the standard sized door! Anyway, enough of my BS. I am soooo happy to have this 8703e. As cool a technology SURETYPE is, I was beginning to feel a bit straight jacketed & having this new one is like returning to the fold of bb users! Hope all of you are feeling a small sense of normalcy having the 8703e because I sure as hell do!

I'm sure, given time, RIM or 3rd party will have an extended battery case for the 8703e. Especially since Sprint and BellCa will be releasing the 8703e shortly.

[kasperapd]

Originally Posted by ladasmith

I tried to sign up in the BlackBerry owner's lounge on the RIM site, and it asks me to enter my IMEI. I can't find this number on the 8703e (in the battery compartment or within Options-Status. I thought my ECN might work, but it is not enough digits. Does anyone know where I can find the IMEI? Thanks

Take a look at this --> http://www.blackberryforums.com/gene...tml#post306332
It worked when I signed up with my 7130e.

[Marv One]

how do you move the cursor without having to delete text? no the 7250 is was alt+o/p to move the cursor right/left why did they remove that, or did they just change how it works please let me know i may return mine if i dont figure it out.

[Smith_RS]

Originally Posted by Marv One

how do you move the cursor without having to delete text? no the 7250 is was alt+o/p to move the cursor right/left why did they remove that, or did they just change how it works please let me know i may return mine if i dont figure it out.

Alt + Trackwheel

My new pet peeve is that you can't leave the LCD screen on. Once the backlight
times out, the screen goes blank. Even if you are on a charger. If there is a way
to change this bevhavior I'm all ears!

[Smith_RS]

One more pet peeve...

When the volume on a ringtone is set to "High" the poor speaker is so
overtaxed that you get distortion, which can be fixed by putting a piece
of tape over it. Am I the only one this is happening to?

[rudyo]

Originally Posted by Marv One

how do you move the cursor without having to delete text? no the 7250 is was alt+o/p to move the cursor right/left why did they remove that, or did they just change how it works please let me know i may return mine if i dont figure it out.

They removed that funtionality because they added a semicolon ; key and and underscore _ key and removed the cursor right and left keys! I really miss this as I used these quite a bit! I'm not sure why in the world they would do this. Are there really that many people that need an underscore and a semicolon in lieu of the cursor keys? I am not one of them.

The only way to do it now is alt key and roll the trackwheel. Much harder than before.

[njguy]

how do i download themes directly to me 8703?
i like the ones with the signal strength in the form of bars.
you guys have any good ones out there without having to download them to the desktop----->transfer

[whsbuss]

Originally Posted by kasperapd

Take a look at this --> http://www.blackberryforums.com/gene...tml#post306332
It worked when I signed up with my 7130e.

Great. Worked for me!

[jmcnamara]

Originally Posted by whsbuss

I've noticed twice today that for some reason, after the screen blanks out, sometimes the green LED stops flashing. When it happens, I have to turn the radio OFF/ON for it to flash again. Have to watch for this one.

Mine does the same thing... Blanks out for no reason. Comes back when I press the power button. Twice today, Three times yesterday??

[jmcnamara]

Trying to register in the BB owners lounge. I'm a new BB user (Treos for years) Can't find the IMEI number to register in BB owner's lounge. It doesn't exist on my BB or on the box. Can't join without it. Too bad... Looks like a great place for a newbe like me. anybody have any thoughts. I tried the esn and pin numbers (no luck). LOVE THE BB!!

[jeb]

I just rec'd my 8703e and was wondering how to view text messages on it. I rec'd one with a pic attached and it told me to visit vzwpix.com to view the pic. Can anyone help with this? Thanks.

[cdd543]

Originally Posted by jmcnamara

Trying to register in the BB owners lounge. I'm a new BB user (Treos for years) Can't find the IMEI number to register in BB owner's lounge. It doesn't exist on my BB or on the box. Can't join without it. Too bad... Looks like a great place for a newbe like me. anybody have any thoughts. I tried the esn and pin numbers (no luck). LOVE THE BB!!

did you try your esn..imei is gsm version of esn. Look under option/ status. By the way the sight is pretty much crap..just links to handango to buy stuff. Only thing that looks useful are the tips and tricks and you can get those here.

[kasperapd]

Originally Posted by jmcnamara

Trying to register in the BB owners lounge. I'm a new BB user (Treos for years) Can't find the IMEI number to register in BB owner's lounge. It doesn't exist on my BB or on the box. Can't join without it. Too bad... Looks like a great place for a newbe like me. anybody have any thoughts. I tried the esn and pin numbers (no luck). LOVE THE BB!!

Look at post 227 on this thread.

[ladasmith]

Originally Posted by kasperapd

Take a look at this --> blackberryforumsdotcom/general-7100-series-discussion/45133-help-new-blackberry-user-cant-find-his-imeidothtml#post306332
It worked when I signed up with my 7130e.

Thanks kasperapd - that worked like a charm!

[Smith_RS]

OK here's some good news.

Polyphonic MIDI's work. MP3's work. No issues.

I was half expecting Verizon to find a way to lock them out.