Samsung A620 - Analog service only... (downloading data)

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In alt.cellular.sprintpcs Sigma <[email protected]> wrote:
> Where I live, there is only an analog service available. I am wondering if
> there is some sort of digital transmitter that i could purchase to hook up
> to my computer with which to transmit ringtones, data, etc. to my phone.
> Please help me out. Is there some other way i could get ringtones and such?
>
> Thanks
> Sigma
>

It might be easier to just drive to an a digital area and download what
you need ...

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"Sigma" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Where I live, there is only an analog service available. I am wondering if
> there is some sort of digital transmitter that i could purchase to hook up
> to my computer with which to transmit ringtones, data, etc. to my phone.
> Please help me out. Is there some other way i could get ringtones and
such?
>
> Thanks
> Sigma

Ok, I'll bite. If you only have analog service where you live, why are you
staying with SPCS?

Bob

In alt.cellular.sprintpcs Sigma <[email protected]> wrote:
> First, I cannot drive to a digital area. I live in Nome, AK. I am not with
> SPCS either. I have my MSL and therefore I can use another carrier.
> Unfortunately Nome only offers analog (AMPS) and the A620 looked like a good
> choice. Too bad BitPim doesn't yet support it (YET!). I like the use of cell
> phones and I wish there was better service here, but for now i guess i have
> to use what i have...
>

You should probably look on EBay for an old 2 watt bagphone! You will
get far more bang for you bug up there in Nome.

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I got the A620 because it had a camera as well as AMPS (the only service
here in Nome). I don't know if a bagphone would do me much good as far as
reception or anything like that because the local tower only has a range of
several miles (basically line-of-sight, if you can't see nome, you won't be
getting good reception).

Sigma


"Thomas T. Veldhouse" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In alt.cellular.sprintpcs Sigma <[email protected]> wrote:
>> First, I cannot drive to a digital area. I live in Nome, AK. I am not
>> with
>> SPCS either. I have my MSL and therefore I can use another carrier.
>> Unfortunately Nome only offers analog (AMPS) and the A620 looked like a
>> good
>> choice. Too bad BitPim doesn't yet support it (YET!). I like the use of
>> cell
>> phones and I wish there was better service here, but for now i guess i
>> have
>> to use what i have...
>>
>
> You should probably look on EBay for an old 2 watt bagphone! You will
> get far more bang for you bug up there in Nome.
>
> --
> Thomas T. Veldhouse
> Key Fingerprint: 2DB9 813F F510 82C2 E1AE 34D0 D69D 1EDC D5EC AED1
> Spammers please contact me at [email protected].
>

On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 12:48:45 -0900, "Sigma" <[email protected]> wrote:

>I got the A620 because it had a camera as well as AMPS (the only service
>here in Nome). I don't know if a bagphone would do me much good as far as
>reception or anything like that because the local tower only has a range of
>several miles (basically line-of-sight, if you can't see nome, you won't be
>getting good reception).

I don't know much about the A620, but, can you buy an external antenna
adapter for it? If so, there are several vendors out there who sell
bidirectional cell-phone signal amplifiers (essentially turning your
phone into a bag phone). You'll also need an external antenna. I
myself have an amplifier, and it does help in rural fringe areas.
Mine works on both CDMA and AMPS, and is FCC approved.

Joseph Huber
[email protected]

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In alt.cellular.sprintpcs Sigma <[email protected]> wrote:
> I got the A620 because it had a camera as well as AMPS (the only service
> here in Nome). I don't know if a bagphone would do me much good as far as
> reception or anything like that because the local tower only has a range of
> several miles (basically line-of-sight, if you can't see nome, you won't be
> getting good reception).
>
> Sigma
>

A bag phone will have a more powerful transmitter [usually about 10 times
that of your A620] and a much bigger antenna indicating that it should
have more sensitive reception. In the end, I am sure you will do better
with one if you must use AMPS only in an area such as yours.

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