http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/04/rogers-adds-uma-with-blackberry-8120-wifi-berry/ BlackBerry News and Reviews You Can Use Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:32:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/04/rogers-adds-uma-with-blackberry-8120-wifi-berry/#comment-7957 Bla1ze Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:30:46 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/04/rogers-adds-uma-with-blackberry-8120-wifi-berry/#comment-7957 PS: The $250 price is based on upgrade pricing/rebates etc..for new customers it's still based on $150 PS: The $250 price is based on upgrade pricing/rebates etc..for new customers it’s still based on $150

]]> http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/04/rogers-adds-uma-with-blackberry-8120-wifi-berry/#comment-7956 Bla1ze Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:22:22 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2008/06/04/rogers-adds-uma-with-blackberry-8120-wifi-berry/#comment-7956 RIM has no stance here, It's the carriers stopping the usage of UMA on the devices, your example of AT&T was perfect, it's a money grab for AT&T to NOT offer you UMA on their services they make more off of you that way, this is clearly shown in Rogers pricing as well, it shows their trying to gain some of the soon to be lost income from two sources 1) The plans, higher then normal priced UMA plans 2) Device pricing..$250 for the 8120, when Rogers sells the 8110 for $150...is wifi really that much more to place on a device...nope, they just want to make up that lost revenue. RIM has no stance here, It’s the carriers stopping the usage of UMA on the devices, your example of AT&T was perfect, it’s a money grab for AT&T to NOT offer you UMA on their services they make more off of you that way, this is clearly shown in Rogers pricing as well, it shows their trying to gain some of the soon to be lost income from two sources 1) The plans, higher then normal priced UMA plans 2) Device pricing..$250 for the 8120, when Rogers sells the 8110 for $150…is wifi really that much more to place on a device…nope, they just want to make up that lost revenue.

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