| With advances in communications technology evolving | | | | Blackberry broker to send users the necessary |
| in leaps and bounds, smart phones are so prevalent in | | | | packaging, including a prepaid shipping label. After |
| today's business world that it sometimes seems as | | | | receipt of the packaging, users will simply have to box |
| though one needs a Blackberry to be taken seriously. | | | | up their smart phone and hand it to the mailman. |
| However, the latest Blackberry smart phones are | | | | However, before the phone is shipped off, users |
| anything but cheap, and discounts on new phones | | | | should make sure to "wipe" their Blackberry. This is a |
| seem to be offered exclusively to customers who | | | | technical term for deleting any personal information off |
| have arrived at the end of their cellular phone service | | | | of a Blackberry, such as an address book, photos, or |
| contracts. This state of affairs has left those happy | | | | any text messages stored in the phone. To wipe a |
| with their cellular service but who wish to upgrade their | | | | Blackberry, users need to select the "Options" icon |
| cellular phone out of luck, forced to pay exorbitant | | | | from the main menu. After arriving at the options |
| prices to upgrade Blackberry telephones. | | | | menu, users will need to select either "Security |
| Thankfully, Blackberry users have recently found a | | | | Options" or "Security" (depending on the software |
| nascent yet booming market for their used smart | | | | used by a handset). Upon reaching the following menu, |
| phones, allowing many to get cash for a Blackberry | | | | users can select "Wipe Handheld" and then "Continue." |
| before upgrading to a new one, lessening the pain of | | | | This the last opportunity to avoid erasing all data on |
| an upgrade. In order to capitalize on this development | | | | the Blackberry, so users need to be sure that they |
| and get cash for the Blackberry destined for an old | | | | want everything erased before proceeding here. If |
| desk drawer where it will do nothing more than collect | | | | they are sure, they will need to type "blackberry" into |
| dusk, users need only follow a few easy steps, which | | | | the phone, then press the "Enter" key, and the phone |
| will culminate in a check that will help pay for a new | | | | will be wiped. |
| phone upgrade. | | | | After wiping and shipping their used Blackberry, users |
| First, users will need to obtain a quote for their used | | | | will receive a tracking number for their package, |
| Blackberry. This is as simple as hopping online and filling | | | | allowing them to track the progress of their Blackberry |
| out a short questionnaire about their smart phone, | | | | en route to its new home. Shortly after it arrives at the |
| which will include questions about the type, model, and | | | | reseller's facility, it will be inspected, and a check will be |
| general condition of the phone. Once users have | | | | sent, allowing users to get cash for Blackberry smart |
| completed the questionnaire, they will see a quote that | | | | phones in just a few days. With a check in hand, users |
| informs them how much they will be paid for their | | | | will have recouped some of the money that they |
| Blackberry. | | | | spent on a cell phone upgrade, effectively recycled |
| Once users have agreed to the quote, the next step | | | | their old phone, and eliminated the need to throw a |
| on the road to get cash for a Blackberry is to | | | | potentially toxic device away. |
| complete a shipping form. This will allow a used | | | | |