Cell phones: Data Plan for new smartphone

re:Data Plan for new smartphone

I made that switch a couple years ago from a razr to a smartphone. At that time I was able to keep my media works bundle and it worked fine on my palm treo 650. Today I have a blackjack and at&t has been blocking smartphones from operating with the medianet bundles through tracking their IME codes I believe. You'd have to purchase a smartphone data plan for web surfing which will cost you $30/month. Then you can opt to purchase which ever messaging plan you need. I would recommend you purchase the phone first and not make any changes to your plan and see if your current bundle will work on there (it more than likely won't). I called at&t when my bundle would not work on my new phone and found some one who was nice enough to use my old IME from my treo and my bundle works fine now (they're not supposed to do this of course). This is probably a temporary fix until they filter through and discover I'm using a smartphone anyway. So... long story short, you're going to have to pay $30 minimum for just internet then you have determine what your messaging needs are. And blackberry service is right around the same price.