Originally Posted by
moseslawn
Hi Folks, I'm new around the forum. But this thread caught my eye. I'm about to buy an unlocked Blackberry Pearl, here in Canada. I am going to be in New Zealand for a month quite soon, and would like to purchase a Prepaid SIM to use in the Blackberry for phone/text purposes mainly. But I am curious if it is possible to have emailing capabilities with a Prepaid SIM?
From sifting through the posts, it seems that it might be possible? Can anyone confirm this? If so maybe suggest a Prepaid provider for NZ? Thanks in advance for any help. Cheers Moses Lawn
You'll get phone and text, but that is it.
Blackberry's work off so called "service books"; these configuration files are pushed to the device and are linked to the account you use. AFAIK no operator offers prepaid blackberry service.
The main problem with service books is that you can't just make them yourself and configure the phone to work, you need to signup for Blackberry service, and your operator sends them.