I acquired a Blackberry 7100T over Christmas. I had heard it will work with * and that is what I want to do with it. But I think it needs a SIM card to make it work. If this is true how do I go about getting a SIM card for it and how to set it up? Thanks for any help you can offer. Bob Rawlinson
To get a sim card you need service from T-Mobile. Any cell phone, land line, sat phone, etc will work with Asterisk depending on what you mean "work with *". You can set up an phone number as a custom extension. If you mean you want to setup the blackberry as a sip phone that communicates with your Asterisk server, I don't really know how you use it within the Blackberry but if you have the Blackberry Enterprise Service you can send out a setting to the Blackberry to configure a SIP server. To make this all happen you will need: Blackberry (you already have that) SIM Card (requires T-Mobile service account) Windows 2000/2003 Server (maybe you have one, maybe not) Blackberry Enterprise Server (about $1,500 for a 5 user license) This is based on my LIMITED experience servicing a client that has a few Blackberrys, I have never touched the SIP settings on theirs, I have only seen them in the BES setup. If there is something different that I don't know about, please let me know. Kerry Garrison Publisher - http://GeekGazette.com - http://VOIPSpeak.net (949) 502-7819 x200 - kerryg@techdatapros.com http://www.techdatapros.com -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Robert Rawlinson Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 9:50 AM To: Asterisk Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Blackberry SIM card I acquired a Blackberry 7100T over Christmas. I had heard it will work with * and that is what I want to do with it. But I think it needs a SIM card to make it work. If this is true how do I go about getting a SIM card for it and how to set it up? Thanks for any help you can offer. Bob Rawlinson _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
You do not need the BES server.. It is nice for total wireless syncronization but not need for it to work. The BB will work in three ways: BES server, Married with Exchange server or Lotus notes. Internet only, you are given an address like myblackberry@tmo.blackberry.net, you them forward your emails to it, you can change the way email get sent so it looks like your address in stead of myblackberry@tmo.black.... (does not work to well with Domain Keys or SPF) Redirector, SW is loaded on your machine (PC) and interacts with Outlook, all mail is sent to your mailbox in an encripted file and then the redirector 'redirects it' out to the user via your PC. As far as Asterisk support goes, the only support that the BlackBerry has for Asterisk would be the Bluetooth interface. Other nice features that are on but not limited to the BB are: Fax to your email as a PDF. (to read you either need a space lens from the Hubbel Telescope, or a space Electron Microscope!) Your VM left on asterisk include caller information so that returning calls is as easy as select and click. As far as a SIM card, if your unit is 'unlocked' you can put in any GSM Sim card and activate service with whiomever you fancy, provided they support BlackBerry. .> -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of > Kerry Garrison > Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 1:06 PM > To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Blackberry SIM card > > To get a sim card you need service from T-Mobile. Any cell > phone, land line, sat phone, etc will work with Asterisk > depending on what you mean "work with *". You can set up an > phone number as a custom extension. If you mean you want to > setup the blackberry as a sip phone that communicates with > your Asterisk server, I don't really know how you use it > within the Blackberry but if you have the Blackberry > Enterprise Service you can send out a setting to the > Blackberry to configure a SIP server. To make this all happen > you will need: > > Blackberry (you already have that) > SIM Card (requires T-Mobile service account) Windows > 2000/2003 Server (maybe you have one, maybe not) Blackberry > Enterprise Server (about $1,500 for a 5 user license) > > This is based on my LIMITED experience servicing a client > that has a few Blackberrys, I have never touched the SIP > settings on theirs, I have only seen them in the BES setup. > If there is something different that I don't know about, > please let me know. > > Kerry Garrison > Publisher - http://GeekGazette.com - http://VOIPSpeak.net > (949) 502-7819 x200 - kerryg@techdatapros.com > http://www.techdatapros.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of > Robert Rawlinson > Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 9:50 AM > To: Asterisk > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Blackberry SIM card > > I acquired a Blackberry 7100T over Christmas. I had heard it > will work with > * and that is what I want to do with it. But I think it needs > a SIM card to make it work. If this is true how do I go about > getting a SIM card for it and how to set it up? Thanks for > any help you can offer. > Bob Rawlinson > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
I stand corrected, the 7170 is a BlackBerry that has Wifi Support. The BES has to support all the BB even if you do not have the option on your phone chances are that you will have it on the BES. I wanted to get me one a while back but was told that it became vaporware, I do not think that BB continued development on that product, and lately there attention has been elsewhere.... This article is more than a year old and still no BB. I wonder if the Cell Carriers got wind of it and shut it down?? http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2004/10/18/blackberry_7270.php Alex> -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of > Kerry Garrison > Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 3:25 PM > To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Blackberry SIM card > > If you do have the Blackberry Enterprise Server, there are > options available to send out a policy to the devices that > contains SIP server and account information. I have seen no > other way to access those settings nor do I have any clue how > they would function if I tried to set it to use my Asterisk > server. If I can borrow a Blackberry from my client for a few > days, I will try it. > > Kerry Garrison > Publisher - http://GeekGazette.com - http://VOIPSpeak.net > (949) 502-7819 x200 - kerryg@techdatapros.com > http://www.techdatapros.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of > Alexander Lopez > Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 12:03 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Blackberry SIM card > > You do not need the BES server.. It is nice for total > wireless syncronization but not need for it to work. > > The BB will work in three ways: > > BES server, Married with Exchange server or Lotus notes. > > Internet only, you are given an address like > myblackberry@tmo.blackberry.net, you them forward your emails > to it, you can change the way email get sent so it looks like > your address in stead of myblackberry@tmo.black.... (does not > work to well with Domain Keys or > SPF) > > Redirector, SW is loaded on your machine (PC) and interacts > with Outlook, all mail is sent to your mailbox in an > encripted file and then the redirector 'redirects it' out to > the user via your PC. > > > As far as Asterisk support goes, the only support that the > BlackBerry has for Asterisk would be the Bluetooth interface. > > Other nice features that are on but not limited to the BB are: > > Fax to your email as a PDF. (to read you either need a space > lens from the Hubbel Telescope, or a space Electron Microscope!) > > Your VM left on asterisk include caller information so that > returning calls is as easy as select and click. > > > As far as a SIM card, if your unit is 'unlocked' you can put > in any GSM Sim card and activate service with whiomever you > fancy, provided they support BlackBerry. > . > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com > > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Kerry > > Garrison > > Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 1:06 PM > > To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' > > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Blackberry SIM card > > > > To get a sim card you need service from T-Mobile. Any cell > phone, land > > line, sat phone, etc will work with Asterisk depending on what you > > mean "work with *". You can set up an phone number as a custom > > extension. If you mean you want to setup the blackberry as > a sip phone > > that communicates with your Asterisk server, I don't really > know how > > you use it within the Blackberry but if you have the Blackberry > > Enterprise Service you can send out a setting to the Blackberry to > > configure a SIP server. To make this all happen you will need: > > > > Blackberry (you already have that) > > SIM Card (requires T-Mobile service account) Windows > > 2000/2003 Server (maybe you have one, maybe not) Blackberry > Enterprise > > Server (about $1,500 for a 5 user license) > > > > This is based on my LIMITED experience servicing a client > that has a > > few Blackberrys, I have never touched the SIP settings on theirs, I > > have only seen them in the BES setup. > > If there is something different that I don't know about, > please let me > > know. > > > > Kerry Garrison > > Publisher - http://GeekGazette.com - http://VOIPSpeak.net > > (949) 502-7819 x200 - kerryg@techdatapros.com > > http://www.techdatapros.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com > > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf > Of Robert > > Rawlinson > > Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 9:50 AM > > To: Asterisk > > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Blackberry SIM card > > > > I acquired a Blackberry 7100T over Christmas. I had heard > it will work > > with > > * and that is what I want to do with it. But I think it needs a SIM > > card to make it work. If this is true how do I go about > getting a SIM > > card for it and how to set it up? Thanks for any help you can offer. > > Bob Rawlinson > > > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
My thanks to all the great people that have submitted replys. I have the information I need now. Bob Rawlinson Robert Rawlinson wrote:> I acquired a Blackberry 7100T over Christmas. I had heard it will work > with * and that is what I want to do with it. But I think it needs a > SIM card to make it work. If this is true how do I go about getting a > SIM card for it and how to set it up? Thanks for any help you can offer. > Bob Rawlinson > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >