Is there anywhere I could see Vision?

I've criticized Vision here for being superfluous and of limited
value, but I have to admit that the last time I looked at it was right
after launch, and it was so slow and cranky as to be completely unbearable
(and I was trying it at a SPCS store!)

I'd like to see screen shots of it today, to see exactly how useful
it might be. For example, if my wife and I were out on the street and I
remembered reading about a certain restaurant in a news group, I wonder how
much of an ordeal it would be to go to Google/Groups/Search and locate the
thread where the address and telephone number were posted.

My previous experience suggests that this would take a strenuous
ten minutes and cost a bundle.

Is there a site where I can actually look at examples of Vision's
current functionality?

Note to Rob (O/Siris) or anyone else with SPCS's ear: There SHOULD
be! You might have an easier time selling it.

DGI

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On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:52:28 -0400, David G. Imber
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
> I've criticized Vision here for being superfluous and of limited
>value, but I have to admit that the last time I looked at it was right
>after launch, and it was so slow and cranky as to be completely unbearable
>(and I was trying it at a SPCS store!)
>
> I'd like to see screen shots of it today, to see exactly how useful
>it might be. For example, if my wife and I were out on the street and I
>remembered reading about a certain restaurant in a news group, I wonder how
>much of an ordeal it would be to go to Google/Groups/Search and locate the
>thread where the address and telephone number were posted.

Time to revisit a SprintPCS store. 10:30 AM on a Tuesday when it
might be empty?
>
> My previous experience suggests that this would take a strenuous
>ten minutes and cost a bundle.


Obviously the largest screen on the phone would be most conducive to
web surfing, and prolly the best tradeoff is something like a Treo
300.

If you get a "Vision Pack" its just $15/month for all the Internet
surfing you can do (and your battery allows).



> Is there a site where I can actually look at examples of Vision's
>current functionality?
>
> Note to Rob (O/Siris) or anyone else with SPCS's ear: There SHOULD
>be! You might have an easier time selling it.
>
> DGI

"David G. Imber" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I've criticized Vision here for being superfluous and of limited
> value, but I have to admit that the last time I looked at it was
right
> after launch, and it was so slow and cranky as to be completely
unbearable
> (and I was trying it at a SPCS store!)
>
> I'd like to see screen shots of it today, to see exactly how useful
> it might be. For example, if my wife and I were out on the street
and I
> remembered reading about a certain restaurant in a news group, I
wonder how
> much of an ordeal it would be to go to Google/Groups/Search and
locate the
> thread where the address and telephone number were posted.
>
> My previous experience suggests that this would take a strenuous
> ten minutes and cost a bundle.
>
> Is there a site where I can actually look at examples of Vision's
> current functionality?
>
> Note to Rob (O/Siris) or anyone else with SPCS's ear: There SHOULD
> be! You might have an easier time selling it.
>
> DGI

Since SPCS initiated Vision, they added more functions to the main
screen. I just went into to find a restaurant in Charlotte, NC,
through the Restaurant Search engine and it took all of three minutes
to go through all the following qualifiers, North America -
Charlotte - Restaurants by name - and then finding the restaurant,
with all the details, and a review as well ...

Pretty darn quick if you ask me ...

Bob

On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 21:47:46 GMT, "Bob Smith"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Since SPCS initiated Vision, they added more functions to the main
>screen. I just went into to find a restaurant in Charlotte, NC,
>through the Restaurant Search engine and it took all of three minutes
>to go through all the following qualifiers, North America -
>Charlotte - Restaurants by name - and then finding the restaurant,
>with all the details, and a review as well ...
>
>Pretty darn quick if you ask me ...


Maybe, but if one doesn't have Vision, then one is paying per "K"
downloaded, and Sprint hasn't thought it necessary to allow
customers to track their data usage online like they can their voice
minute usage.

"Renaldo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 21:47:46 GMT, "Bob Smith"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Since SPCS initiated Vision, they added more functions to the main
> >screen. I just went into to find a restaurant in Charlotte, NC,
> >through the Restaurant Search engine and it took all of three
minutes
> >to go through all the following qualifiers, North America -
> >Charlotte - Restaurants by name - and then finding the restaurant,
> >with all the details, and a review as well ...
> >
> >Pretty darn quick if you ask me ...
>
>
> Maybe, but if one doesn't have Vision, then one is paying per "K"
> downloaded, and Sprint hasn't thought it necessary to allow
> customers to track their data usage online like they can their voice
> minute usage.

That's true, but on a search like the one I did, it was strictly text,
and minimal to say the least ...

Bob

The web page says you can try it free for I believe 2 months--but as
someone posted last week, this may be deceptive, as you (yourself) have
to cancel it after two months or they will bill you after the 3rd month.



"Bob Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
>
> "Renaldo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 21:47:46 GMT, "Bob Smith"
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >Since SPCS initiated Vision, they added more functions to the main
> > >screen. I just went into to find a restaurant in Charlotte, NC,
> > >through the Restaurant Search engine and it took all of three
> minutes
> > >to go through all the following qualifiers, North America -
> > >Charlotte - Restaurants by name - and then finding the restaurant,
> > >with all the details, and a review as well ...
> > >
> > >Pretty darn quick if you ask me ...
> >
> >
> > Maybe, but if one doesn't have Vision, then one is paying per "K"
> > downloaded, and Sprint hasn't thought it necessary to allow
> > customers to track their data usage online like they can their voice
> > minute usage.
>
> That's true, but on a search like the one I did, it was strictly text,
> and minimal to say the least ...
>
> Bob
>
>

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p lane wrote:
>
> The web page says you can try it free for I believe 2 months--but as
> someone posted last week, this may be deceptive, as you (yourself) have
> to cancel it after two months or they will bill you after the 3rd month.

Nothing deceptive about it... Lots of companies use this marketing
scheme.

Larry

In article <[email protected]>, David G.=20
[email protected] says...
> =09Note to Rob (O/Siris) or anyone else with SPCS's ear: There SHOULD
> be! You might have an easier time selling it.
>=20

I agree. Vision's homepage is http://vision.sprintpcs.com. We used to be =
able=20
to access it on a PC to see the menus, etc. Now it appears to be blocked. =
I=20
can't for the life of me figure out why. Although the cynical side of me=
=20
thinks it's because this lets PC's avoid the popups.

--=20
-+-
R=D8=DF
O/Siris
I work for SprintPCS
I *don't* speak for them.

You can see the vision web pages through a computer by going to
http://vision.sprintpcs.com. This isn't a true representation of the
speed or size of it of course, and all of it doesn't work (because you
aren't logged into your account.) However, it gives you an "idea" of the
functions of it.

David G. Imber <[email protected]> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> I've criticized Vision here for being superfluous and of limited
> value, but I have to admit that the last time I looked at it was right
> after launch, and it was so slow and cranky as to be completely unbearable
> (and I was trying it at a SPCS store!)
>
> I'd like to see screen shots of it today, to see exactly how useful
> it might be. For example, if my wife and I were out on the street and I
> remembered reading about a certain restaurant in a news group, I wonder how
> much of an ordeal it would be to go to Google/Groups/Search and locate the
> thread where the address and telephone number were posted.
>
> My previous experience suggests that this would take a strenuous
> ten minutes and cost a bundle.
>
> Is there a site where I can actually look at examples of Vision's
> current functionality?
>
> Note to Rob (O/Siris) or anyone else with SPCS's ear: There SHOULD
> be! You might have an easier time selling it.
>
> DGI
>
>
>

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I have vision, and hadn't checked out the new stuff, till I read your
posts; it's imprved. Thanks

Renaldo <[email protected]> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 21:47:46 GMT, "Bob Smith"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Since SPCS initiated Vision, they added more functions to the main
> >screen. I just went into to find a restaurant in Charlotte, NC,
> >through the Restaurant Search engine and it took all of three minutes
> >to go through all the following qualifiers, North America -
> >Charlotte - Restaurants by name - and then finding the restaurant,
> >with all the details, and a review as well ...
> >
> >Pretty darn quick if you ask me ...
>
>
> Maybe, but if one doesn't have Vision, then one is paying per "K"
> downloaded, and Sprint hasn't thought it necessary to allow
> customers to track their data usage online like they can their voice
> minute usage.
>

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On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 13:22:09 -0000, [email protected] (3G Geek) wrote:

>You can see the vision web pages through a computer by going to
>http://vision.sprintpcs.com. This isn't a true representation of the
>speed or size of it of course, and all of it doesn't work (because you
>aren't logged into your account.) However, it gives you an "idea" of the
>functions of it.

Thanks. That's reallly what I was looking for, but when I just went
to check it, the server was down.

DGI

In article <[email protected]>, David G.=20
[email protected] says...
> =09Thanks. That's reallly what I was looking for, but when I just went
> to check it, the server was down.
>=20

I suspect it's not down, David. I think we started blocking it. I don't k=
now=20
why.

--=20
-+-
R=D8=DF
O/Siris
I work for SprintPCS
I *don't* speak for them.

On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:52:28 -0400, David G. Imber
<[email protected]> said:
>
> My previous experience suggests that this would take a strenuous
>ten minutes and cost a bundle.

I have never had a problem simply killing time and browsing around
with Vision, but I usually get frustrated when I'm looking for
specific things. Its not really the Vision service that caused the
frustration but the limited keypad and screen and/or crappy site I was
looking for information on. One example comes to mind. I was looking
for a phone number for a local SamsClub. I found many SamsClub's and
even though the particular site I was using took my city and state
input, it still showed phone numbers for stores on the other side of
the state and only 2 per page so I had to keep hitting next, wait,
next, wait, next, wait, next, wait, etc.. Finally I called DA for
$1.25 and got the number in a few seconds. Sites I am familiar with I
have a much better results on. Bottom line though, for me, its worth
the cost.

I think I was trying to be sarcastic

Lawrence Glasser <[email protected]> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> p lane wrote:
> >
> > The web page says you can try it free for I believe 2 months--but as
> > someone posted last week, this may be deceptive, as you (yourself) have
> > to cancel it after two months or they will bill you after the 3rd month.
>
> Nothing deceptive about it... Lots of companies use this marketing
> scheme.
>
> Larry

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