BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900, 9930 announced!

Who would’ve thought something described as “Dad’s phone” a few years ago would become a fashion statement. Some would even try to identify it with their so-called social standing. ;)

I’ll still pass, though. QWERTY phones are really not my cup of tea.

BB is for messaging and that’s the main reason people buy it – to be “social” and be connected to your friends not pa-sosyal because it’s in or something like that. And yes you need a data plan because BIS works that way. In a way you can say na maypagka-sosyal nga ang dating kasi you have to have a data plan and that means shelling out extra dough for the service. So bottom line, wag magpaka-sosyal kung hindi kaya. Tapos!

I’m sure you visited this web site because you don’t money to go out. You’re just surfing the net. I’ll give you money para you can use BlackBerry.

Alright. Globe and Smart offers BB Social/Mail plans which is different from the usual BIS plan. The ordinary BIS plan is worth 999 a month, and the BB Social plan is worth 300 a month.
BB Social plan includes unlimited access to:
Social Networking Apps (FB, Twitter)
Blackberry Messager
Other messaging apps (YM, Gtalk, MSN)

BB Mail plan includes unlimited access to:
Push Mail
Blackberry Messager
Other Messaging Apps

Please note that the above plans does not include unlimited web surfing.

For globe, to access BB Social, you just need to send “BB SOCIAL ON” to 8888. If you’re on postpaid the 300 will be charged on your bill for that month, if you are on prepaid, make sure that you have 300 load when you register.

Since I am a globe user, I am not familiar with smart’s registration code, but I am sure the amount is the same since some of my friends are using Smart.

i completely agree with messie. i used to spend a thousand a month nung dpa ko nka-bb. now 300 plus extra load nlng nasspend ko monthly. i use bb social and its enough kc i only use ym, fb, and twitter most of the time. let’s face it, we want a wi-fi enabled phones only to avail of these features. :)

Good thing I did not upgrade agad. But I do feel for you. I don’t know what RIM is thinking, but it is certainly not a good gesture toward its loyal customers.