Nextel Blackberry 7520

Sometime back I used to be the proud owner of the Nextel Blackberry 7510. However, since it didn't work in letting me send/receive emails, and gave me headaches, I decided to return it and went back to the old fashioned cellular phone. Now, I see that Nextel has come out with their "new and improved" Blackberry 7520 with a lot more gizmos on it. My question to the group is: Does anyone have the Nextel Blackberry 7520 (with full web/email package and phone service)? How is it overall? Does it give you headaches when you have to use it as a phone? Do you HAVE to have the blackberry data plan? If so, is there anything cheaper than the $35/monthly for 3MB? Are you able to send and receive emails? What do you think are the pros and cons? I want to be 150% sure if I am to purchase this unit...that's why I'm doing the research first. Thanks.

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heres what i did. i have a i530 with web service for 14.99, i took the sim card
and installed it in my 7510 . i bought the web and email viewer from handango . the browser is great. i have a hotmail plus email account for 20.00 bucks a year . everything works great and saving myself 20.00 bucks a month at the same time. when i don't want to use the blackberry i just take the sim card and put it in one of my other phones. oh, one more thing i upgraded the software on the blackberry from 3.6 to 4.0 which is what the 7520 has.

you can surf the internet with the 14.99 web service fee without any hidden fees?

Originally Posted by mdavis71

you can surf the internet with the 14.99 web service fee without any hidden fees?

thats right, i bought the webviewer and emailviewer from reqwireless. i think for 49.00, you can download a trial version of both, to try it free for 5 or 10 days.

I just bought a blackberry for a real nice price! If I am reading this right you do not have to buy the internet service from nextel to make this blackberry internet capable is that correct and if it is can you direct me to the website that offers service for the blackberry!

I wish there was an option to get a 7100 series nextel. Something that is smaller then normal blackberry, but has more then a 10 digit keypad.

does anyone here have the nextel blackberry 7520? And if so, could you tell me whether you liek the phone or not and if its worth buying?

Don't have it, but if I were you, I would do a search on the board and see if there is a post opened for it. I am sure one was opened when the phone came out.