If you just want to use the phone and text functions of the Blackberry, then you don't need to, however, if you want to use data, then you should register your phone for a Blackberry service as any regular data plan would not work on Blackberry phones.
Yes.
Yes, you can use a prepaid SIM on the phone, if you just want to use your Blackberry Storm for texting and calling, however, if you want to use the phone for data as well, you would need to register the device for a Blackberry Data plan.
The newest Blackberry model offered by Sprint is the Blackberry Q10. With a new contract and an unlimited data plan this phone will cost $79.99 a month.
Blackberry email does cost extra, you have to purchase a data plan called the unlimited data plan which costs $39.99 extra. You can go to www.blackberry.com for more information.
Blackberry messenger is a data service, unlike texting, which is SMS (short message service). If you have a Blackberry you likely have a data plan, and BBM uses very little amounts of data, and Blackberrys themselves use less data than other smartphones tend do because they go through a different server. Check your plan, because some come with a certain amount of data, and many offer unlimited social networking and instant messaging, which includes BBM. If you're shopping around, make sure to keep that in mind.
Verizon sells a number of data plans for all of their smart phones. However, they no longer offer unlimited data plans. However, if you are already a Verizon customer you can be "grandfathered" into an unlimited data plan.
While prices seem to vary regionally, in the region researched Nextel offered at least 10 styles of BlackBerry smartphone and the BlackBerry tablet. Their plans range from a $29.99 200 minute plan with an optional data package to a $99.99 unlimited package which includes data.
This depends on what carrier you currently have or want for your 4G service. A good start would be to look for a data plan. Sprint offers smartphones with unlimited data plans at 4G speeds.
Virgin Mobile has very inexpensive smartphones. they also offer an unlimited data plan for a relatively low price. Phones made for Virgin Mobile can be purchased at Radio Shack or, online, through Amazon.
Yes they do. You need to pay more a month but they are offering it in order to get more people to buy the phones.
Yes you can because the blackberry along with other smartphones has a 3G card in it so anywhere you have cell/3G service you can access the internet but only if you have a data plan for the phone
Smartphones Protect Your Data - 2012 was released on: USA: 14 December 2012 (internet)