Archive for March, 2005

Sprint has issued firmware update version YA28 for the Samsung VM-A680. It is not known what improvements have been made. While the VM-A680 supports Firmware Over-The-Air (FOTA), you will have to continue to go to a Sprint Store to get your phone updated, as Sprint does not have a method of requesting the update for [...]

After numberous refusals to respond to requests, status, or any information at all… Cingular has returned the Ogo after briefly discontinuing it. Ogo.com has also returned. The device is still not for sale online, and its status as a continuing product is still in question.
The Cingular page now directs to a phone number for TeleSales, [...]

Added a number for balance checking from the phone.

Added a number for the Lifeline test program’s customer service.

Update 3: The SCP-200 is now available from Sprint’s web site.
Update 2: While not yet for sale online, Sprint has posted the SCP-200 Product Page to their web site.
Update: Some stores have received limited stock of the SCP-200, and should be cleared to sell them as of its release.
Sprint once again has released a phone [...]

Sprint has released the LG VI-125, it is now for sale online from Sprint’s web site.

From announcing, to displaying, to covering its release, Sprint PCS Info was there… and first to be there. LG VI-125 Product Page

Yet another BitPim update. Version 0.7.29 improves support for the Samsung A620/VGA1000, SCH-A650, and SCH-A670. It also adds support for the LG VX8000, and begins implementation of SMS and Task/ToDo phone support.

By popular request, we have integrated Free PSPs into the SPI Supporter system.

Cingular has discontinued the IXI Mobile Ogo CT-10. Released by AT&T Wireless, the device offered unlimited text messaging, and could even be used as a wireless modem with some modifications. Some rumors indicate a third-party (potentially in the form of an MVNO) will pick up the device, but all sales of the Ogo have ceased [...]

PalmOne has released a firmware updater for the Sprint PCS version of the Treo 650. Version 1.08 adds the following improvements:
� Overall voice quality improvements, including fix for voice “choppiness” some Sprint PCS customers experienced
� Internal setting modification to allow correct access to Sprint Affiliate roaming partner networks (previously released as Sprint PCS Treo 650 [...]