Bought a blackberry bold as a xmas present,

now the person thats gonna use it (gf); 95% of the time will use it as a phone, and therefore needs minimal data - facebook/hotmail.

To use this phone, does she need to be on a plan or can she be prepaid?
Does she also need to pay extra for a blackberry service?

Anything else I should know about?

You can use it as a normal phone if you want - just plug in the sim & go.

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MY09 Evo X - 1.6bar@3500rpm - got lag?
Barbagallo - 56.03 (S); 1:08.09 (L)
Collie - 50.77
Possibly the most under-driven Evo X in the world??

will need data/gprs settings for the data usage, most providers have them on their website.

Optus have some good plans, data and calls all included, think mine is about $90 a month. I have a mate who owns a few optus shops if you need someone to connect it for you.

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EVO IX- sold
M3

i think she'd prefer a pre paid card with included data or a plan with everything for under $50 a month

vodafone do a data/voice cap for $49 thats on a plan however, they do prepaid caps as well I believe $29 for $130 voice and data included.

3 do a wicked data plan at the moment, but I dunno if a Blackberry works on their weird ass frequency