I have a Blackberry but only pay $5 a month to T-Mobile for basic internet. I can't get outlook email (thank god!) but I can get onto any website the will support mobile use. So I can check how big a thunderstorm is on weather.com, check in on TE, check my hotmail and reply, etc. FWIW, Google offers a free text for phone service. Just text what you are looking for the GOOGLE. Works awesome and since I have unlimited texts I love it!