Archive for May, 2004

Update: Newer details have emerged about how AT&T will stand out from standard Sprint service, besides different phone offerings. AT&T plans to offer phones with built-in WiFi VoIP capacity. These handsets will automatically switch their services to an available WiFi network to place calls airtime-free when available, and fallback to Sprint’s network when [...]

BitPim has been updated to version .7-test10. This is a major update that adds full filesystem access to most Sanyo phones. This includes initial camera and download uploading and downloading.
If fully working, this will be the first phone to allow sharing of J2ME programs without relying on transferring files over-the-air.

AT&T has released revised versions of two of their phones, the Nokia 3595 and 6200. The only differences are that they come in different colors and have built-in instant messaging options with AOL Instant Messenger.

As a small token of the appreciation that this site has to everyone that has contributed to it, we will change your rank in the forum to a new title, SPI Supporter.
All you have to do is email us with the email you used to send the donation, and your username on this site.
This rank [...]

Update: Samsung has gotten smarter and intentionally blocked out most of the pages of their manual from the FCC submission, so we can’t confirm the current state of the phone’s more advanced features.
Developing… The FCC has approved a Sprint-branded Samsung SPH-A700 video conferencing-enabled handset. Details are still sketchy, but it appears that our doubts [...]

PalmOne has released Update 1.20 for the Treo 600. This improves several features, integrates the email client into firmware, and improves call quality. It also re-brands the phone to PalmOne from Handspring. Also, unlike past updates, this update has been released for both PC and Macintosh at the same time.
Firmware Tracker Updated…

Sprint has placed the Sanyo RL-4920 on their main product page, though the product page for the RL-4920 is empty currently, and the status is out-of-stock. It confirms the $219.99 price we previously reported, though it looks like this was placed online by mistake.

Added the unsupported EUU4 ROM Update for the Toshiba 2032SP.

What went wrong, what is being recalled, and why we haven’t reported on this until now.

Audiovox has unveiled their first GSM PDA/Phone, the PPC4100. This PDA/Phone is extremely small for the features it carries. It is a Pocket PC 2003 Phone Edition device running a 400 MHz XScale processor and 64 MB of both RAM and ROM. As the pictures below show, it is currently an AT&T-exclusive [...]