Re: current phone support

FWIW, I've been comparing phones using
http://www.mobiledia.com/phones/samsung/sph-a640.html.  You can alter the
manufacturer and model to find most phones.

I'm looking for something as reliable as the VGA1000 has been.  What I would
like in upgrades are Bluetooth ( so I can use a wireless headset), an
external display, a fairly large internal display, more memory, a better
camera, and minimally the same range of reception.  I imagine I would lose
the Analog Roam mode of operation if I choose a Dual Band Digital phone, but
I rarely see that now and it's not very useable anyway, so maybe I can live
without it.

I have a family contract with Sprint and as I look at their site I can't
figure out if I can get a Nextel phone and keep my current contract.  Does
anyone know if that works?  Nextel phones appear to have a user accessible
GPS that sounds like a neat feature.

Also, if  phone has Bluetooth, can that interface be used by bitpim instead
of a cable interface?  What sort of features does Bluetooth provide beyond
the wireless headset?


On 8/31/06, Stephen Wood <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 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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