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by wannamove » Tue, 09 Aug 2011 2:49 am
I will be traveling to Singapore for 2 weeks for my job hunt. Top priority for me is to get a sim card as soon as I land. I need something wth a data plan to use with my Blackberry
Any suggestions? Where can I get one? Are there shops at the airport where I can pick one?
What will it cost me?
Thank you
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by wannamove » Tue, 09 Aug 2011 9:33 am
Thank you!
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by taxico » Thu, 11 Aug 2011 6:50 pm
starhub has prepaid blackberry. it's not too expensive either.
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by wannamove » Thu, 11 Aug 2011 6:57 pm
taxico wrote:starhub has prepaid blackberry. it's not too expensive either.
Thank you! That might be an option if my blackberry does not work in Singapore. Any idea of the rates?
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by perp » Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:59 am
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by wannamove » Sat, 13 Aug 2011 3:54 am
Thanks for the link! Sounds like what I wanted to know
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by Tigerslayer » Sat, 13 Aug 2011 7:30 pm
You may also want to check with your carrier to ensure that your phone is not locked to your carrier.
They should be able to give you a code to unlock your phone to use with other networks if it is.
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by wannamove » Mon, 15 Aug 2011 9:41 am
Tigerslayer wrote:You may also want to check with your carrier to ensure that your phone is not locked to your carrier.
They should be able to give you a code to unlock your phone to use with other networks if it is.
Thanks for the suggestion - I did get it unlocked through my carrier but have no real way of testing it till I reach there - just wanted to be prepared
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by aster » Mon, 15 Aug 2011 4:13 pm
Just pop in a SIM card from a different carrier and see if the phone boots up correctly without any error message about not being able to use this SIM card.
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by nakatago » Mon, 15 Aug 2011 4:23 pm
What's your phone? Check the supported frequencies ("the bands"). If it's quad band, your most probably safe. Singapore, FYI is GSM 900 and 1800 MHz; 3G 2100 MHz.
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by wannamove » Mon, 15 Aug 2011 9:23 pm
nakatago wrote:What's your phone? Check the supported frequencies ("the bands"). If it's quad band, your most probably safe. Singapore, FYI is GSM 900 and 1800 MHz; 3G 2100 MHz.
Wow! now that sounds like Greek and Latin to me - I should get some help from Google Gods to understand what it means - but it is exactly what I am looking for
Thank you so much!
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by perp » Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:06 am
Most of new blackberrys are tri/quadri band.
Anyway you can check it on Blackberry's website (smartphones > features > additional features (bottom of the page) > carrier networks)
http://us.blackberry.com/smartphones/
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