[Ilugc] [OT] BlackBerry - GPRS without BIS
- From: rajasuperman@xxxxxxxxx (Raja Subramanian)
- Date: Tue Jun 23 14:06:03 2009
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 1:24 PM, CreativeWolf<creativewolf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
BIS is for pushing mail and alike and GPRS is supposed to be independent
using their APN & goes through a proxy thus restricted to a particular port
mostly 80 and applications that use sockets wouldn't work thats when the
Data Plan comes to rescue which uses EDGE.
BB explicitly requires BB data service to be enabled for your SIM card
by the service provider. You cannot take the SIM card out of a Nokia
smart phone which has Airtel Mobile Office (GPRS) enabled, and use
it in a BB -- only voice calls will work, no data of any sort.
Nearly all telcos bundle BB data plan and BIS for their subscribers.
Pretty nifty these service providers who make the best out of it all.
RIM has a hand in it too -- BB is not a regular GSM/CDMA phone, it
requires support from the service provider for many data/smart phone
functions.
Also, moving a BB which is SIM locked to one telco to another is very
difficult, or very expensive.
BB is a nice platform, but a very closed one.
- Raja
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