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hizgeorgiapeach -> RE: Does anyone here access this site with a Blackberry/PalmCentro or WebPhone? (11/20/2008 6:57:16 AM)
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You might be surprised, Mia, at the cost break down.
When I bought my laptop in the early part of this year, I was worried about having to pay seperate charges to be able to log on the web while out of town, but it came with wifi as a standard rather than conventional modem. When I go out of town, finding a place to sit and log on using the wifi that's out there isn't difficult - IHOP and a lot of other resturants have wifi availabile 24/7 at no cost. Since ya gotta eat anyway, taking the laptop with, and logging on to do things like check email or the forums costs nothing extra and I do so from my own computer where all my relevant files already are. If you aren't wanting to go out to eat, specifically, just having a cup of coffee while you do so still gets you alone time, wifi acess, and being able to use your own computer without having to worry that it'll leave behind internet history traces on your relative's comp. (Which, btw, aren't that difficult to get rid of - just tell it to purge internet history every time you log off. Shazam - no history for him to notice concerning this site!)
I have a Blackberry as well. I check my regular email from it some, but honestly don't do much websurfing via my bb. I've had it since July, and I'm still trying to figure out all the various apps that come Standard with it lol. I'm not paying "extra" for webservice per se with my blackberry. BUT. I am paying twice as much for "blackberry service" as I was for a simple phone plan that included free incoming minutes. And it wasn't an option to remain with the plan I had but simply upgrade my phone to a blackberry - it was go with a blackberry specific plan, or stay with a regular cell phone. I actually got the Blackberry as a business tool. There are handheld units available to read credit cards, transmit the data, and print a reciept - which a blackberry plugs into, and becomes both the modem and processor for the unit. Since I do a lot of small craft shows and local fairs and such, being able to immediately process credit cards for sales is important to me, and I wanted one of those cc units to facilitate such.
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