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My new Blackberry finally arrived. 2 days from Australia, 5 days in customs in Auckland. That’s good for business.
Voda NZ doesn’t push BB’s so don’t have the latest units. Hence the need to source from Oz.
But, the unit had Vodafone Australia software on and is SIM locked. Arrrrrgh!
So 30 minutes on the phone to Voda Oz. No joy. Computer Ezy looking at swapping with an Optus sourced unit (no SIM lock) or try to get the vanilla RIM 8700 build that I can flash upgrade.
So close and yet so far.
From what I can see the new UI is pretty. Phone enhancements include a richer call list and hardware phone buttons. Speaker phone and Blue-tooth will be useful. Also uses standard mini USB jack.
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