Starting November 4, your cheapest BlackBerry access will come from Sprint. The nation’s third largest wireless carrier will offer unlimited e-mail, instant messaging, web browsing, data access, and text messaging for $30 per month. You also get access to Sprint On Demand and Sprint TV.
This will apply to all BlackBerry CDMA smartphones — meaning the Pearl, too — starting on November 4. The only thing we saw that it doesn’t include (and Sprint is very up front about this) is tethering. However, for $15 per month extra you get that service. Even at $45 per month, it’s a better deal than Verizon’s best BlackBerry deal — and Verizon’s best deal doesn’t come with tethering.
If you’re thinking about switching, or even thinking about picking up your first BlackBerry, this might be the time to do it. This is the direction Sprint has been moving — more data services — so we can see them being very accommodating to BlackBerry users.
