Archive for December, 2004

Sprint has recently begun renovating their Developer web site, developer.sprintpcs.com
Newly staffed forums (still in-development), a Gallery (which oddly looks similar to the phones section), and even the ability to get some serious development done on MIDP 2 phones (such as finding out how to license GPS, and enable developer root).
For some reason, we didn’t make [...]

Verizon has begun to release the Audiovox XV6600. Currently, we can only confirm the XV6600WOC (without camera) has actually been released, and neither are fully for sale online yet.
The XV6600WOC is identical to the PPC-6601, the first commercially available EV-DO handset in the United States.

It’s official. Sprint will merge with Nextel. At the point-of-merger, the company will be called Sprint Nextel. This will reflect the combined company’s goal to continue using both brands while the two networks are combined under Sprint’s CDMA platform.
Sprint Nextel Official Merger Web Site
And yes, staying up until 4 AM just to [...]

Yesterday, Verizon made an official bid for Sprint in secret. Today, it isn’t a secret, so we can report on it. From the limited information available, Verizon, facing a double threat of a Nextel/Sprint merger and a New Cingular, received approval from Vodaphone (who owns a 45% share of Verizon Wireless) to attempt [...]

Today Cingular fully released the Siemens SX66, the United States’ second HTC XDA III device, following Sprint’s release of the PPC-6600 series. It is the first XDA III in the U.S. to feature WiFi.
Price with a new two-year agreement is $549.99…

Motorola has issued a new official firmware, TRIPLETS_G_0B_09.55R for the Triplets (V400/V600) family.
In addition, firmware version R364_G_0B.D1.1BR has been issued for the V180 and V220.

Nokia has issued a new firmware for the 6620. While its version, v3.14.1 appears to be extremely similar to the last version, v2.14.1, we have confirmed with a Nokia service center that it indeed is a new version, and not a typo.

Cingular has fully launched the Z500a as of today. This is Sony Ericsson’s first Class 10 EDGE phone, and will be sold exclusively through Cingular.
Price ranges from $249.99 for the full retail price, to free after rebate with a new two-year agreement.

This will most likely be rolled up in the impending maintenance release that Audiovox has reported to us is coming soon (which will also fix the incoming beep issue many are reporting). Luckily, people with a lot of money, and free time on their hands over at pdaphonehome.com have come up with a fix [...]

New PRLs have been issued for America’s Choice and other plans, call *228 from your phone to update.
Also, owners of the Audiovox XV6600 and LG VX8000 (EV-DO phones) should dial *22899 to get a special PRL update that addresses acknowledgment of an EV-DO signal being pushed to the phone.