[stripesace]

I'm about to go buy one of these 8700s tommorow at the cingular store.... Now not so sure, especially since there are reports of dust still in these units... whats a good test or way to see if this a blackberry that has the proper seal on it, or if its one of the "defective" blackberry's.

[oyster rsx]

iam also very interested in buying a 8700 soon, but iam thinking that if i have an updated holster i might have a 8700c with as good as it is going to get dust free screen...i mean please correct me if iam wrong but i dont see any other way of differentiating the new dust free 8700s from the old dust magnets...so with that said how would i be able to tell if i had a n updated holster? thanks in advance...

[hf1khal]

Well based on the 2 stores by me, it seems that the 8700 is selling well and they keep runing out of stock. So based on that i would say that by now they only have the new ones.

[oyster rsx]

iam from long island as well what stores are you referring too?

[hf1khal]

roosvelt field Cingular owned store the one by macy's on the lower level and the other is in the VallyStream mall. Both are cingular owned stores. If you go to either one, let me know and I will PM you iwht names over there that will take good care of you and insure that all is set up right.

[oyster rsx]

i live right over there, i usually go to the one on old country road in carle place...but please pm me the names and i will def go there...

[hf1khal]

Done, sent you a PM with the info. Spoke to the stroe manger and he will be thre this evening.

[SteveSparks]

When I got my 8700 Today, the store had 2 when I called and then only mine when I picked it up. I figured It was not a big deal but lots of people are getting them now wit the court settlement

[oyster rsx]

any update on whether or not the 8700c in circulation are fixed of all dust problems?

[tc94040]

For those that received a replacement from RIM and returned your unit... Did you get a letter from FedEx stating that the account used to return the unit was no good and included an invoice to pay ($59.10 from California to RIM)?

[oyster rsx]

any update if anyone just bought a 8700 this month (march) and it getting dust under the screen?

[jisaacs]

got mine in march, only a few specs nothing drasitic nothing compared to the originals with this problem.

[oyster rsx]

that is still bad tho, i want one and will have to pay out of contract for it and i will get dust that aint cool...anyway how do you house your 8700? oem belt clip or something else? thanks

[jisaacs]

I house mine in the updated oem belt clip. Don't even stress over it though because it is so minimal, like two or three little poeces of dust, besides you don't even notice it till you turn the screen off.

[coreyg510]

I'm telling all of you, use a shop vac, or one of those vacuums at the car wash. Those things try and pull the seats out of my car

[wirelessandy]

coreyg510,

I was half-joking in my previous post about the Shop-Vac idea. But did you actually try it and did it really work? (I'm being totally serious).

[tc94040]

Originally Posted by tc94040

For those that received a replacement from RIM and returned your unit... Did you get a letter from FedEx stating that the account used to return the unit was no good and included an invoice to pay ($59.10 from California to RIM)?

Just a quick follow up...

Apparently the FedEx account number didn't scan properly on the preprinted airbill that RIM used. That generated the invoice. Now that it's been corrected, FedEx is able to bill RIM directly. So...just a minor hiccup.

[SDF]

I have a stream of dust in my 8700.

I dropped my Sirius S50 in the pool.... It was 4 ft under for two minutes...
works perfect!

[jonlevine]

I had dust on my original unit after 18 days and returned it to the Cingular store. I then had dust under my second unit and was able to swap it out with RIM. The THIRD unit I had also had the dust issue (and a very loose keyboard) and it too was replaced by RIM. I'm now on my FOURTH unit and, unfortunately, am not too hopeful.

[bobhammer]

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Damn...dust in the screen, I read some thread abt removing the case to remove the dust, is it ok, to remove it by myself?? Will it be any "side-effect"??