Prepaid BlackBerry comes to Boost Mobile for $60/month
January 25th, 2010, 11:56 am · 9 Comments · posted by Tamara Chuang, a.k.a. The Gadgetress
Now we’re talking… Irvine’s Boost Mobile added a BlackBerry phone to its lineup today — the company’s first smartphone.
It’s the aging BlackBerry Curve 8330, which Sprint added in April 2008. But hey, it’s a BlackBerry, which means Web, e-mail, apps and all the regular goodies of a smartphone. Boost is teaming the Curve with a $60 per month unlimited plan using Sprint’s 3G wireless network. The phone itself is $249.99 before taxes.
This isn’t your typical BlackBerry. Boost is aiming for the youthful social networking crowd with the phone and touting its Internet features and links to Facebook, Twitter, etc. According to the fine print (details below), this won’t connect with corporate e-mail and you can’t make conference calls. Consider it a BlackBerry on a diet.
It’s not the first time a BlackBerry has been offered to the prepaid crowd. Last March, MetroPCS added the same BlackBerry to its product line. MetroPCS was charging $50 a month at the time. New MetroPCS plans for 2010, however, now cost $60/month for the BlackBerry.
And, as most BlackBerry users know, unlimited plans with traditional wireless companies tend to cost $10 to $30 more per month. Boost and MetroPCS plans don’t require a contract.
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The Fine Print: Boost’s BlackBerry plan does NOT include BlackBerry Enterprise Server, which gives access to corporate e-mail. This service is not available, according to the fine print. Also, in all caps, Boost says that “UNLIMITED USE DOES NOT MEAN UNREASONABLE USE.” What are some of those unreasonable uses? Conference calling, monitoring services, data transmissions, telemarketing, autodialed calls, other commercial uses.
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Gadgetress,
When will AT&T officially roll out the Microcell in Orange County? I have no reception in my house. Thanks for your help.
Andrew — I was about to respond with ‘Who knows?’ when I noticed that someone in Irvine said AT&T turned on microcell service on Jan. 3. Am checking with AT&T on what’s up with that and when will the rest of us get access. I’ll either update comment or write a new post if I get something concrete.
Gadgetress,
Thank you!! I hope the story is true so that I can use my cell phone at home. Looking forward to your response with AT&T. Thanks again.
Just got the new blackberry today. The phone is good but I don’t think this phone is getting 3G speeds. The Internet is a bit slow. I spent over 6.5 Hrs on holed trying to get the phone activated. That could be a good thing, it could mean there are a lot of new subscriber to boost and there for securing the spot in the cellphone business. A lot of people what to know about the texting and the texting is good they come in in a timely manner. So I would say if your looking to get this phone I would give it a week or two.
When will AT&T have a Prepaid that incudes unlimited Calls, Text and Web? Just like Boost and Metro PCS?
The Black berry does sound great. I got my self a Finesse from Straight Talk which is really super. Straight Talk gives me Unlimited data, minutes and messages for only $45 monthly and with such a nice phone I definitely think this was a good one for me.
if i already have 50 dollard plan can i still buy blackberry curve 8330
yes you can but you must change your 50 dollar plan to 60 dollar .
heey yeahh noo this fone sucks…it crashd like the 3rd day i had it…nd i payd another 100 dollars jus to get it fixd….trust dont even waist ur time with this fonee..