Comments on: T-Mobile’s Trackball Replacement Program Delayed

By: kershon

kershon — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:40:58 +0000

I ordered a trackball from Crackberry for my old 8320 I use for my second line. It cost me $9.99 with free shipping and I didn’t have to drive 30 miles round trip to the store. I would have spent more on gas than what I paid for it.

By: analog spirit

analog spirit — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:27:10 +0000

Maybe this is their way of just subtly trying to push BB users towards buying one of the newer trackpad phones (9700 & 8520)… Or if you have an old 8320 or 8120, you could just save yourself the trip to T-Mo and use a toothpick to (gently) pry the ring off, lift the ball out, and clean it yourself (like I do). T-Mo’s actually been doing this since right after the old Curves and Pearls first came out; they replaced my 8320′s trackball for free too, about a year and a half ago, and they showed me how to do it myself. I don’t know how you remove the 8900′s trackball, tho (it looks a lot harder). I say, let T-Mo handle that one.

By: JoeBob

JoeBob — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:08:06 +0000

Heh heh – “spudger”

By: john

john — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:30:34 +0000

Everyone has a favorite four letter f-word…currently mine is free.