Archive for October, 2005

Update 2: The Samsung MM-A940 does indeed support the Sprint Music Store, as previous reports had indicated, the error was on the part of Sprint’s Power Vision web site omitting that information as well as the lack of propper follow-up answers from Sprint media relations.
Update: Sprint along with Power Vision launched their Music Store. Unlike [...]

If you just happen to own a Samsung i300, i330, i500, or Treo 180/270/300, Palm has shut off your ability to surf the web. Palm has turned off the proxy servers used by Blazer web browsers versions 1 and 2, and in their place have offered a third-party browser, nWeb, as a free replacement.
While offering [...]

The developers of BitPim have released development version 0.8.00. This is aparrently a major update to the program, however, a list of changes has not been released at this time.
BitPim is a program which is beginning to allow select phones with Qualcomm-chipsets to transfer phonebooks as well as transfer content to and from the phone [...]

SBC announced today that as part of its acquisition of AT&T that it will re-brand the entire combined company as AT&T. Many have speculated that SBC would authorize Cingular to use the AT&T name once again, restoring the use of the AT&T Wireless brand. This is still unlikely though, as Cingular has invested millions to [...]

If you were a runner-up in our first giveaway, you didn’t get a charger. Long story short, the movers lost them. So, to make things even better, we’re going to give away a charger of your choice to every PCS Intel Pro member that is currently a member as of this posting.
The only caveat is, [...]

How these two events will happen and will change the wireless industry forever.

We’re following up on our previous groundbreaking coverage with an update straight from our forums.
While EV-DO launch dates are still subject to change, the soft launch for EV-DO is set for the 27th, followed by the hard launch (with high-profile marketing campaigns) will follow on November 11.
With that in mind, we can now divide the [...]

Here is what you need to know about EV-DO and tethering (for those of you in Rio Linda, that means to be able to use your phone as a modem). With some exceptions, Sprint considers any handset user who uses 500 MB or more of data tethering (there are some exceptions… PDA users generally are [...]

While we usually do not cover FCC approvals because of their lack of reliability, lack of assurance a product will even launch, and common errors due to new confidentiality requirements, the FCC today approved the Samsung Blade as the A900.
In addition, we have received reports that the A960 is also entering the FCC approval cycle, [...]

Here is is, the top ten things Sprint could do to make their company better in a single business day. Near-zero effort, endless benefit.
1) A PRL Update form online…
Put one customer service rep on the receiving end, and have him or her manually flag each line requested! Hey, now you’re out of excuses for [...]