blackberry useage? - Page 2

freakgirl · 16-07-2010, 16:31

One more question, does the twitter for blackberry app count towards my internet useage or my email useage?

Graham M · 16-07-2010, 17:59

Are they 2 separate things?

weesteev · 22-07-2010, 14:59

The Blackberry uses the BES (Blackberry Enterprise Server) to push data to your phone. The blackberry will not "search" for email as the network sends it directly as soon as an email has been picked up by your POP or IMAP email server. Thsi has no bearing on your data limit as its not part of the broadcast data network (your 3G basically).

You shouldnt incur charges for any data access for email usage unless its being run through a third party app like Gmail which wont use the BES. You would need to be receiving a HELL of a lot of emails to breach your daily AUP limit on BB email, by default all graphics are turned off and attachments tend to be filtered beyond 10Mb so that help. In many years of (heavy) Blackberry email usage on many networks, I have yet to see a single charge for email usage.

Also, your twittier app will count towards your data usage as it transmits over the GSM network.

Hope this helps

freakgirl · 22-07-2010, 17:13

That's about the twitter app cause i have been using that but my useage balance hasn't gone down atall according to my account the only time it went down when I was browsing some websites. Does blackberry messenger count towards the data useage?

weesteev · 22-07-2010, 17:50

No, BBM also passes through the BES so shouldn't contribute towards your data cap, but even if it did it would be minuscule.

Do you have any apps on your BB (weather, news, eBay etc etc) as these can all use data even while you arent in them! There is a weather app that changes its icon based on your desired weather location as a perfect example.

freakgirl · 22-07-2010, 18:05

No just ubertwitter but as I said it dosen't seem to be taking up any of my useage. You say bbm uses bes do you mean bis, because bes only works if i'm connected to a wifi.

So has much data does ubertwitter take up, I don't keep it running just log into it when I want to send a tweet so say I logged into it 12 times a day and maybe send about 3 twitpics how much data would that take up

weesteev · 23-07-2010, 08:31

Doesnt Ubertwitter refresh when the app is closed? The official Twitter app seems to pull data for 72 hours after you open the app even if you dont access it again in that time frame. Makes sense as your updates are live when you access the app, but I dont use ubertwitter so not to sure about that one.

freakgirl · 23-07-2010, 14:15

It might do either way it dosen't seem to be taking up much data so it's all good, a friend of mine has a 500mb month deal and she's on ubertwitter all the time and far as i know hasn't had any problems