BlackBerry email

[JE]

I have an o2 blackberry contract and am getting a new blackberry but don't want to use the o2 email address I was given. Ie I want to use a different email. Is the phone number only unique to o2, or is the email also? Or can I use an entirely different email and it still be on my same contract?

[Bambino · Accepted solution]

@JE  Your email address is what you use to log in to O2. I believe you can change that in your My O2 if you want to, or customer service can do it for you, and you can also use any other email client and address for other email.

[MI5]

@JE  

O2 no longer support the old Blackberry BIS and the latest Blackberry devices run android. 
Your old BIS account will continue to work for email only but you can assign any email account you wish and it will still work. 

[pgn]

Equally, O2 dispensed with their e-mail service some years back as well, @JE - an e-mail address of "user@o2.whatever" is no use if you can't use it to send or receive e-mail.

[Bambino]

Good point @pgn.

[JE]

Thank you for the helpful replies, this is exactly what I needed to know. Much appreciated.