does Sprint PCS support SMS; if not can I get it SMS via email

Use this "SMS Sender" tool through your mobile browser.
http://www.microcio.com/mobile/sms/

"2pac" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi
> I had assumed that Sprint PCS will support SMS - but it does not seem
> to do so. The closest it comes to offering it is Short Mail - which
> requires a wireless internet ready phone. Is this understanding
> correct?
> I am trying to communicate on SMS to folks outside US. Am wondering if
> they can send me SMS and I can at least be alerted on mobile OR an
> email can be sent to my account.
> Any suggestion on this will be very useful
> Thanks

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Preaching to the choir, my friend. This has long been a point where I have=
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O/Siris
I work for SprintPCS
I *don't* speak for them.

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> Use this "SMS Sender" tool through your mobile browser.
> http://www.microcio.com/mobile/sms/
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I work for SprintPCS
I *don't* speak for them.

You shouldn't even need a firmware upgrade, most phone naively support SMS.
All they need to do is enable the menu and put in a SMSC number. I'm not
sure how limited the PSTs are in the store, I'm sure they are dumbed down
for the so called "techs" in the back.
"Steven J Sobol" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >> Will existing phones be flash-able to SMS capability? Wifey wants a
Hitachi
> >> P300...
> >
> > They way they've described it, I would think it could be backwards
compatible
> > via an application much like MiniSendNote. But I see nothing in our
system
> > on plans to render previous models inherently compatible with the new
SMS.
>
> Oh, Rob, Rob, Rob, why do you do this to me?
>
> All you'd be likely to need is a firmware upgrade.
>
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> 22674 Motnocab Road * Apple Valley, CA 92307-1950
> Steve Sobol, Proprietor
> 888.480.4NET (4638) * 248.724.4NET * [email protected]

Well, I do know the menu is there but disabled in the Sanyo 4900, Samsung
N400, and every Kyocera I've played with. I have access to more advanced
software than the stores PST station. Hopefully, getting it should be as
simple as getting a software upgrade. Sprint tends to packages changes into
a software "update" even though it's just setting changes.
"Steven J Sobol" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> bill <[email protected]> wrote:
> > You shouldn't even need a firmware upgrade, most phone naively support
SMS.
>
> The functionality generally isn't there in Sprint phones. A lot of them
> have SMS taken out. Every Nokia since the 5100 series is SMS-capable, for
> example, but the 3585 didn't have SMS.
>
> I might be off-base here, and it might be as simple as a programming
change
> like the one you describe, but I'm pretty sure I'm right...
>
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