Mobilink’s exclusive Blackberry partnership with RIM is coming to an end and the rumour is that RIM will now allow other operators to also license and give their users Blackberry service. This is good news because uptil now, you had to have a mobilink number to use a crackberry, erm, I mean Blackberry 
Mobilink still owns this high end market, but with other entrants, (UFone is pitched as the next services to offer a BB) the price should come down and we should have more choice.
So what about Me? I dont use a BB (not yet anyway). I’d rather not look the crackberry nerd 
and rave on about a technology and email server that is 8 years old and used by uncles. (hehehe sorry uncles ) I use a white (which is rare in PK) Sony M600 with the Gmail mobile email client which kicks ass and is faster on the go.So what if it “doesnt” push emails? Who wants spam to bug them at 2am like an sms anyway?? This BB I miiighttt use.
And I’ll probably switch to an IPhone with Gmail on later! (M600’s Symbian’s super slow tho, the Gmail client is a J2ME-Java app)
More on Blackberrys here:
http://telecompk.net/2007/11/01/blackberry-in-pakistan/
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January 1st, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Too little, too late. With WM5 and WM6 devices taking the smartphone market by storm (majority market share in the US), why would anyone want to sign up to the revoltingly proprietary blackberry model. I have junked two blackberries till now because once I cancelled my BB email service, I couldn’t even access regular WAP based websites in the browser. That’s ridiculous! I am a 100% WM6 convert.
March 29th, 2008 at 7:37 am
You might want to check out the Smart Mail services being offered by Telenor. Thats push e-mail, unlimited GPRS for Rs. 1000 per month and over 80 handsets supported (Symbian, Windows, Java etc)
April 16th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
[...] reported earlier on Jan 1 on ITT, Mobilink is now no longer the only service offering Blackberrys for your obsessive email habits. [...]
April 17th, 2008 at 12:51 am
Telenor has a limit for usage on its so-called Unlimited internet access, as confirmed by its service center in Clifton. Telenor doesn’t give anything unlimited, sorry…. I have a habit of using an Indigo with unlimited package for just 500, and man it runs on anything i plug it with, including intense downloads via my laptop!
May 21st, 2008 at 10:59 pm
hey guys.. looks like Blackberry is getting popular in Pakistan see this: http://www.whatmobile.com.pk/BlackBerry_Mobile_Phones
August 19th, 2008 at 6:51 am
what about I phone. I heard it has all features like black berry. it got more features infact
http://www.pakistanmobileprices.com/Imate_Phones
September 6th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
HomeShopping.pk has all the latest BlackBerry Smartphones at better then Market price and all the phones are brand new and unlocked
September 6th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
have a look at our website with the name of http://www.homeshopping.pk for better then market prices on the Blackberry . We are direct importers and you do not have to make any online payments with homeshopping pakistan. Just order any thing we will deliver it to you anywhere in Pakistan and then you will pay your due amount