Re: current phone support, LX350 comments.

On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 13:41 -0500, The Doctor wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> I'm a happy bitpim user.  I'm currently using a Sprint VGA1000 phone
> and am rapidly approaching the date upon which I become entitled to
> get a new phone on the cheap from SPrint.  I somewhat concerned by the
> fact that the phone support list on bitpim.org appears to be horribly
> out of date.  I also know from experience  with other phpnes of family
> members that newer Samsung clam phones like the A740 and A940 seem to
> work reasonably well using the VGA1000 setting.  I have a few
> questions.
>  
> 1) is there any more up to date grid of supported phones and features
> somewhere that I can look at?

This question has been answered else where. 

>  
> 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.  Can anyone interpret that?  I do not want to
> be on a highway in the middle of nowhere and have no reception.  So
> far the VGA1000 has been pretty good about that.

Normally, if you want analog capability you need to have at least a
smidgen of an external antenna. My LX350 has that smidgen and has the
ability to access both digital and analog service.

>  
> 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 LX350 is NOT supported by bitpim except in the fact that you can use
bitpim to read from its files system. You can not write to the phone's
file system using bitpim. This read capability allows me to pull
pictures I have take on the phone off onto my computer. That makes the
camera feature of the phone usable. 


>  
> 4) Some of these phones mention a USB cable that comes with.  I assume
> this cable is what bitpim would need.

This was a marketing/advertising blunder. That cable they are talking
about is provided when you get their system for printing out pictures.
It does not come with the phone. USB cables are available, I got mine
from one of the many dealers on EBay. Since no software completely
supports the LX350 it is not usually listed but the cable for the LG
VI125 is the same one as for the LX350. 

I think it was asked if Bluetooth can be used by Bitpim. I will tell you
that on the LX350 it CAN NOT be used. The LX350's bluetooth works fine
for headset usage and you can transfer address book entries by it but
that is all. There is a rumor that you might be able to use bluetooth on
the LX350 for wireless modem operation but I have not confirmed this. I
know that you CAN NOT transfer pictures, or ringers via bluetooth on the
LX350. 

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

Someone earlier said that Sprint uses the J2ME file system but on my
LX350 it says brew in part of the file systems's structure. I do not
know if this definitely means the LX350 uses brew or not as this phone
is not supported by bitpim at this time. As I said earlier bitpim does
allow read access to the LX350's file system. This is because bitpim
supports most CDMA phones for file system access., the LX350 is CDMA.

>  
> 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.
>  
> Thank you.
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