When did SMS go Active?

I just replied to a T-Mobile SMS on my Treo 600 --- and look no surfing to
the web!!!

I guess this is how the other half has been living!

It feels better on other side of the railroad tracks.

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In article <[email protected]>,
"ADN" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I just replied to a T-Mobile SMS on my Treo 600 --- and look no surfing to
> the web!!!
>
> I guess this is how the other half has been living!
>
> It feels better on other side of the railroad tracks.


If you go by the Sprint PCS website, SMS doesn't exist yet; although we
have many reports here of it now working on the phones that support it.

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In article <[email protected]>,
Isaiah Beard <[email protected]> wrote:

> Robert M. wrote:
>
> >>It doesn't? Why, then, is $10 unlimited SMS being offered at:
> >>
> >>http://tinyurl.com/254ju
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Well its good there is a back door for it on the SprintPCS web site.
>
> What do you mean, a back door? There's no back door there... you just
> go to the front page, type in your zip code to see what plans are
> offered, and in the plan detail page, it's right there. That's hardly a
> back door.

Its 4 levels down, and before you get there you can get to:

http://www.sprintpcs.com/common/popu...Messaging.html

Which if you read, you'd never know SMS exists.

In article <[email protected]>,=20
[email protected] says...
> If you go by the Sprint PCS website, SMS doesn't exist yet; although we=
=20
> have many reports here of it now working on the phones that support it.
>=20

It doesn't? Why, then, is $10 unlimited SMS being offered at:

http://tinyurl.com/254ju


Care to respond, Phillie?

--=20
R=D8=DF
O/Siris
I work for Sprint PCS
I *don't* speak for them

In article <[email protected]>,
O/Siris <0siris@sprîntpcs.com> wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] says...
> > If you go by the Sprint PCS website, SMS doesn't exist yet; although we
> > have many reports here of it now working on the phones that support it.
> >
>
> It doesn't? Why, then, is $10 unlimited SMS being offered at:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/254ju



Well its good there is a back door for it on the SprintPCS web site.
There is still zero text explaining it or promoting it. Unless you have
a url for same.

You wouldn't know SMS exists by looking for it at

http://www1.sprintpcs.com/explore/sh...opic=messaging
Pictures


where you'd expect to see a new service promoted.

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> I just replied to a T-Mobile SMS on my Treo 600 --- and look no surfing to
> the web!!!
>
> I guess this is how the other half has been living!
>
> It feels better on other side of the railroad tracks.
>
>
>
I don't know when, but it does work. That and I found that I can now
reply to shortmails sent to me from a regular email address. A few
months ago I didn't even have a reply option.

In article <[email protected]>,
Stromm Sarnac <[email protected]> wrote:

> I don't know when, but it does work. That and I found that I can now
> reply to shortmails sent to me from a regular email address. A few
> months ago I didn't even have a reply option.

We were told that those who have SMS capability will soon lose Short
Mail capability, so be prepared.

==============

From: O/Siris ([email protected])
Subject: Re: SMS Pricing View
alt.cellular.sprintpcs
Date: 2004-02-12 14:26:01 PST



Ah, another wrinkle. SMS-Capable phones will have Shortmail removed as
an option a few weeks after SMS is officially fully rolled out.

The key here is the Vision Package, and that $10 package qualifies. So
long as it does not change, you've got unlimited SMS grandfathered in.

How Shortmail works (and is billed) is not changing.
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R?
O/Siris
I work for SprintPCS
I *don't* speak for them.

If one looks at the Sprint PCS website's decsription of Messaging:

http://www.sprintpcs.com/common/popu...Messaging.html

You'd never know SMS exists.

Robert M. wrote:

>>It doesn't? Why, then, is $10 unlimited SMS being offered at:
>>
>>http://tinyurl.com/254ju
>
>
>
>
> Well its good there is a back door for it on the SprintPCS web site.

What do you mean, a back door? There's no back door there... you just
go to the front page, type in your zip code to see what plans are
offered, and in the plan detail page, it's right there. That's hardly a
back door.


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In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Stromm Sarnac <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I don't know when, but it does work. That and I found that I can now
> > reply to shortmails sent to me from a regular email address. A few
> > months ago I didn't even have a reply option.
>
> We were told that those who have SMS capability will soon lose Short
> Mail capability, so be prepared.
>
> ==============
>
> From: O/Siris ([email protected])
> Subject: Re: SMS Pricing View
> alt.cellular.sprintpcs
> Date: 2004-02-12 14:26:01 PST
>
>
>
> Ah, another wrinkle. SMS-Capable phones will have Shortmail removed as
> an option a few weeks after SMS is officially fully rolled out.
>
> The key here is the Vision Package, and that $10 package qualifies. So
> long as it does not change, you've got unlimited SMS grandfathered in.
>
> How Shortmail works (and is billed) is not changing.
>
Ah, but my Sanyo 8100 isn't SMS capable.

Where can you go to find out which phones are SMS enabled. We have an
i500 and T608 in our house. Tried to find on my own at phonescoop,
but no luck, could that mean we are out of luck too?

Thanks


David

In article <[email protected]>,=20
[email protected] says...
> Where can you go to find out which phones are SMS enabled. We have an
> i500 and T608 in our house. Tried to find on my own at phonescoop,
> but no luck, could that mean we are out of luck too?
>=20
> Thanks
>=20
>=20
> David

There are currently six models that do SMS, and the i500 and T608 are=20
not on that list:

Treo 600
Samsung VI660
Sanyo VM4500
Toshiba VM4050
Nokia 3588i
LG1200 (although you must take it into a store for a software upgrade=20
to do it)
VI600 (due out soon, from what I understand)

Rumors are flying about other phones. Including the PPC5050 (which=20
we were just told today has been completely cancelled). The ones=20
above, however, are the only ones actually doing it.

--=20
R=D8=DF
O/Siris
I work for Sprint PCS
I *don't* speak for them

In article <[email protected]>,
O/Siris <[email protected]> wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] says...
> > Where can you go to find out which phones are SMS enabled. We have an
> > i500 and T608 in our house. Tried to find on my own at phonescoop,
> > but no luck, could that mean we are out of luck too?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> > David
>
> There are currently six models that do SMS, and the i500 and T608 are
> not on that list:
>
> Treo 600
> Samsung VI660
> Sanyo VM4500
> Toshiba VM4050
> Nokia 3588i
> LG1200 (although you must take it into a store for a software upgrade
> to do it)
> VI600 (due out soon, from what I understand)
>
> Rumors are flying about other phones. Including the PPC5050 (which
> we were just told today has been completely cancelled). The ones
> above, however, are the only ones actually doing it.



But when was SMS officially launched as a service or has it??

It's not listed at:

https://manage1.sprintpcs.com/Manage...action=doMyPla
nSpecialOffers


or at

http://www.sprintpcs.com/common/popu...Messaging.html

Robert M. wrote:

e is a back door for it on the SprintPCS web site.
>>
>>What do you mean, a back door? There's no back door there... you just
>>go to the front page, type in your zip code to see what plans are
>>offered, and in the plan detail page, it's right there. That's hardly a
>>back door.
>
>
> Its 4 levels down, and before you get there you can get to:
>
> http://www.sprintpcs.com/common/popu...Messaging.html

Phillipe, just because something doesn't show up on THAT one page
doesn't mean Sprint is trying to hide it. To be honest, I've never even
BEEN to the link you specified until you pointed it out.

On the other hand, when someone goes to the Sprintpcs.com website,
what's the first thing they're greeted with? Enter your zip code and
find out what plans are in your area. Do it, and guess what? SMS is
listed as an optional feature!

Your beef on this one just defies explanation. Sprint PCS' primary
service offering is voice, and that's what they heavily promote. SMS is
an add-on, so naturally it would be in the add-on section of the plan
details page.

Would you rather that Sprint put up an annoying flash animation on their
front page touting "Sprint SMS" service, offering you the different SMS
plans, and then at the bottom put in tiny print "oh yeah, and we offer
voice services too?"

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In article <[email protected]>,
Isaiah Beard <[email protected]> wrote:

> guess what? SMS is
> listed as an optional feature!

And the URL for that is??

And the URL from Sprint PCS for a press release announcing the start of
SMS is where?