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Hi all, I tried searching for an answer and had no luck. Does anyone know if BB Messenger is included in the Unlimited e-mail plan? I can't seem to turn off the messenger. Does it run through BB or data? Thank you for any insight you might be able to provide.


{ I know some people will call me cheap, I just never use the browser... ever. }
 
no it will not work. as said above it is data and would require the unlimited BlackBerry data plan $19.99, the $9.99 unlimited email is just email (can you download/open attachments?? I'm not sure)
 
I'll bump my thread, but surprisingly you can open attachments via email with the email only package. I tested with a jpg and pdf to a family members phone who runs the $9.99 package. I didn't do extensive testing to see what other features might still work.

I'll give it a try later tonight when they get in and report back.
 
back.

well it seems t-mobiles "email only option" isn't really just email at all. you are able to use bbm and all functions within it. I am getting the feeling b/t this test and previous one I did that showed email attachments still work, that the "email only" plan is actually a regular bis plan minus them sending you the browser service books.

tomorrow i'll try installing some 3rd party apps and seeing if it will run with 'bis' settings and then also try putting in the tmobile apn and see if anything runs that way.
 
I think that the blackberry messenger uses data but it counts as text messages. I know that any instant message is considered a text message so if you have a text messaging plan, then they would use up text messaging.
 
sorry all, haven't gotten a chance to install the 3rd party apps to see if they will run. I'll still try to get on that asap. at the moment it seems it should run for those apps with bis option for connection settings since bbm and attachment opening do run through the rim servers.

be warned though, data doesn't appear from thin air. if you are pulling data you have not payed for, you may end up paying charges for the bandwidth you've used. I doubt a few kb's will draw additional charges from tmo, but several mb's sure might. user be warned.
 
With tmobile, there is actually a difference between text messages and instant messages. Instant messages (such as used from BB messenger, AOL, etc.) count for data plan. Text messages are not included. Therefore, you would need to have a data plan and a text message plan if you choose to do both.
 
aceone999, be careful with comments like that. While you are correct, you are also wrong lol. OK seriously T-mobile has IM via SMS also (see OZ Messenger which does AIM/Yahoo/MSN) which comes on most of their phones and even on the BlackBerries (for many users here). Then there are IM clients released by RIM and other 3rd party makers (such as RIM's AIM/Google Talk/Yahoo IM, or JiveTalk etc).. those will use data

http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/addons/services/TzonesDetail.aspx?tp=Svc_Tab_TZones&tsp=Svc_Sub_Messaging&tssp=Svc_Sub_InstantMessaging&oscid=4CD51BA7-B5AF-4AB2-85E0-50EC0AF141F9
 
Some people say you can't use Blackberry Messenger without Blackberry Internet service. Hmm, I do not use the internet service I just use the Blackberry Mail Add On, now for 3 months never had a charge for using Blackberry Messenger and it works great.

BB Email ADD On is data it goes through the BB servers, they block the internet service on the plan.
 
The internet service isn't blocked, they just don't push down the browser service book. If you install 3rd party software that utilizes bis connection, it still will function.

Again, I wouldn't suggest exploiting this to any degree since data does not appear out of the air and if tmobile does catch wind of abuse, they could hit with a surprise charge for data used and quite a few email only add-on customers get a shock on a future bill.
 
cliffr39 said:
no it will not work. as said above it is data and would require the unlimited BlackBerry data plan $19.99, the $9.99 unlimited email is just email (can you download/open attachments?? I'm not sure)[/quote

Yes you can use Blackberry Messenger on BB Email Add On, it's data and runs through the BB servers, but has a block for internet service. Your bill should indicate it as data as it's a unlimited megabytes data plan.
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