Re: current phone support

On 8/31/06, The Doctor <[email protected]> wrote:

> 1) is there any more up to date grid of supported phones and features
> somewhere that I can look at?
>
The grid at http://www.bitpim.org/help/phones-featuressupported.htm is
generated from the source code, so is up to date.


> 2) some of the newer phones appear to be dual digital band only.  I cannot
> seem to figure out exactly what this means on the Sprint national coverage
> map.
>

I think it just means that if you are in a place with no Sprint service, you
can only do digital roaming.  Sprint does make terrible maps!

3) If there is no other support grid, some of the phones I'm considering are
> the LG LX-350, the Samsung MM-A800, the Samsung  MM-A900, the Samsung
> MM-A920, and the Samsung SPH-A640
>

My family will be getting new Sprint phones soon.  We'll probably get at
least one Katana (Sanyo 6600) and possible an A640.  That means I'll
probably be able to add phonebook support for those phones.

5) What is the difference between J2ME platform and BREW?
>

I'm not the one to answer this, but I'll say that unless you are going to
change carriers, you needn't care because Sprint is J2ME only.  You may see
people here talking about the BREW file system on Sprint phones, but that is
really just an historical terminalogy.  When the file system support in
BitPim was developed, the phones used were BREW phones.

A practical difference is that anyone can freely develop J2ME applications
and load them onto Sprint phones (using Vision), while BREW applications
need the permission of the carrier and probably an expensive developers kit.

Any experience anyone has with these phone would be gratly appreciated.  If
> it is not allow to have these discussions pollute this forum, please reply
> directly to me.
>
>
As I'll be upgrading soon, I don't mind hearing some opionions on new Sprint
phones.  I want camera phones that are not Powervision.  Reception,
mechanical reliability, and coolness are the important factors.  I will try
to add BitPim support for the phones I get.

Stephen

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