Hello Fellow Nigerians, I just received a blackberry sent to me from the US, its a sprint Blackberry Curve 8530. I seem to be confused about it as there is no space to insert a sim card, I thought there wouldn't 'cos its customized for sprint. My question is, is there a way it can be unlocked and maybe 5 use another sim that will work with it here in Nigeria?
Please Nairalanders I need ur help on this as I am in a dying need to get this smart phone rocking, an idea or a clue will also be appreciated.
Thanks in anticipation.

if there's no sim card slot then its a CDMA version wich can only work wit networks like starcomms, multilinks etc; unfortunately they dont offer blackberry services

lynxnoon:

if there's no sim card slot then its a CDMA version wich can only work wit networks like starcomms, multilinks etc; unfortunately they dont offer blackberry services

thanks a bunch lynxnoon. does it mean its useless in Nigeria?
I read some article online on the possibility of converting cdma into gsm network, how true is that?
once again thanks

Your sprint BB is a CDMA phone and it is impossible to convert cos the technology and the way it processes telecom signal is fundamentally different from a GSM phone. So what you have now is a Sprint branded piece of brick.

fischer014:

thanks a bunch lynxnoon. does it mean its useless in Nigeria?
I read some article online on the possibility of converting cdma into gsm network, how true is that?
once again thanks

your best bet will be to send the phone back n request for a gsm model
cos like d top poster said ,. . . .the technology is different unless the fone has both gsm n cdma, but it obviouslly doesnt since there's no sim card slot.
take care n all d best

thanks for your info lynxnoon, but I have a question at hand, can the blackberry browse using the wi-fi? It must have some use as I can't send it back, please let me know if it does browse with w-fi and how. thanks in anticipation

well am not a BB user but like other fones if it can work in offline mode den wen u search n connect to a wifi around, it shd be able to browse. . . . i.e if wifi network has internet access.
cheers