Palm Centro under Sprint .. You Tube? Web based mpegs?

Any comments on this phone?

Can it watch You Tube seamlessly like the iphone through Sprint?
What about mpeg videos from the net seamlessly?

Is the Sprint TV package worth it? any chance it gets msnbc?

yahoo messenger? realtime yahoo mail? gmail?

Thanks for any help or information!

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jc wrote:
> Any comments on this phone?
>
> Can it watch You Tube seamlessly like the iphone through Sprint?

It works the same as my Treo 700P did. You Tube looks just fine.
g

On Feb 14, 9:42 pm, g <[email protected]> wrote:
> jc wrote:
> > Any comments on this phone?
>
> > Can it watch You Tube seamlessly like the iphone through Sprint?
>
> It works the same as my Treo 700P did. You Tube looks just fine.
> g

you go straight to the youtube site? you don't have to download the
video to view it like on the iphone?

what about other sites with short mpeg links?

Thanks.

jc wrote:
> On Feb 14, 9:42 pm, g <[email protected]> wrote:
>> jc wrote:
>>> Any comments on this phone?
>>> Can it watch You Tube seamlessly like the iphone through Sprint?
>> It works the same as my Treo 700P did. You Tube looks just fine.
>> g
>
> you go straight to the youtube site? you don't have to download the
> video to view it like on the iphone?

Exactly. It streams to your Treo just as on a PC. Your Centro ought to
have the required application already installed.

> what about other sites with short mpeg links?

Good question. It appears to try to handle some mp4, wmv, and mpeg
links -- but I haven't had any luck with them.

jc wrote:

> you go straight to the youtube site? you don't have to download the
> video to view it like on the iphone?

Yep, I just point it at the site.

> what about other sites with short mpeg links?

I put Kinoma player on it and just about everything goes just fine. The
"WiFi" realtime web cams sometimes are a bit much for it but most of the
time they work pretty well too. Traffic cams and such generally are fine
and the traffic flow looks smooth for the most part (barring grid lock
(:>) )

g

nice. I just ordered the centro through sprint. Will try it out and
see/

I heard I will be able to tether as modem under the $15 plan with some
software.

Also wondering, will i be able to email using multiple yahoo and gmail
accounts? Will the device let me manage those email accounts in a
logical way? Will emails come in fast? push?

Yahoo messenger? Universal messenger?

Any way to secure or hide specific aps? Hot key custom aps? These two
items bothered me about my blackberry 8700.

I'm switching to sprint from tmo for the faster network, sprint tv and
a device that can actually play video. The Curve claims it can, but
not very naturally. Oh, 6pm night option also a major plus. I've never
used a Palm before so will see how that goes.

also, I was wondering if when tethered as a modem for a laptop is
connection good enough to see tv on the laptop? play internet mpeg
videos on the laptop?

thanks.

On Feb 16, 6:14 pm, jc <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I heard I will be able to tether as modem under the $15 plan with some
> software.
>

Not true. Its $49.99/month:

http://support.sprint.com/doc/sp10397.xml?docid=8785

Don't be like the nimrods in these videos:

http://tinyurl.com/2nbcwb

A lot of the responsibility is on the vendor providing the electronic
service to make sure they adequately secure it and provide the legal
disclaimer while entering a pay per use service.

If you happen to figure out that taking a cardboard box, a paper clip
and some used bubble gum that you can get Satellite reception and
watch CNN is that theft?

BTW, according to Sprint Sales, the Centro is not modem enabled so you
should not select the modem option.. That's what they told me online.
Of course that's likely not true.

"jc" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1294397c-2e2b-48f9-a1ad-37b3d4044e0f@n58g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> I heard I will be able to tether as modem under the $15 plan with some
> software.

*Technically*, yes, you can do this... but in case you're not aware of it, you
*will* be in violation of your contract with Sprint while doing so, which
leaves you open to being charged the "casual" rate for data (it's pretty
high -- some dollars per megabyte) or your contract being cancelled.

Many people do make occasional usage of tethering and with limited usage
Sprint doesn't seem to do anything about it; just be sure you know what the
risks are. Sprint definitely *will* do something if you, e.g., try to use
your phone to replace a regular ISP and start downloading many hundreds of
megabytes per month.

*Technically*, yes, you can do this... but in case you're not aware of
it, you
> *will* be in violation of your contract with Sprint while doing so, which
> leaves you open to being charged the "casual" rate for data (it's pretty
> high -- some dollars per megabyte) or your contract being cancelled.

I am not sure what exchange they are using in the country you are in,
but the charge for casual
data usage is $00.03 per kilobyte. That translates into 3 cents per
kilobyte USD, not some dollars. However,
as the centro is a power vision device, it can use kilobytes at a
fairly high rate. It is capped though for the
customer's own protection at $75 max for a month currently, so even
without a data plan that would be
the most you would pay regardless of the amount of kilobytes, or
megabytes used.

It is correct however that the best way to go is to just pay the
$39.99 or $49.99 a month for the Phone as Modem
attachment in place of the $15 unlimited non tethered plan. This way
if you are using it as a modem for your
PC you are not viotating any terms of service agreement.

> fairly high rate. *It is capped though for the
> customer's own protection at $75 max for a month currently, so even


Nice. That's very fair of them.

"dafydd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> *Technically*, yes, you can do this... but in case you're not aware of
> it, you
>> *will* be in violation of your contract with Sprint while doing so, which
>> leaves you open to being charged the "casual" rate for data (it's pretty
>> high -- some dollars per megabyte) or your contract being cancelled.
> I am not sure what exchange they are using in the country you are in,
> but the charge for casual
> data usage is $00.03 per kilobyte. That translates into 3 cents per
> kilobyte USD, not some dollars.

$0.03 per kilobyte is $30/megabyte, which is what was stated ("some dollars
per megabyte").

On Feb 18, 2:45*pm, "Joel Koltner" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> "dafydd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > *Technically*, yes, you can do this... but in case you're not aware of
> > it, you
> >> *will* be in violation of your contract with Sprint while doing so, which
> >> leaves you open to being charged the "casual" rate for data (it's pretty
> >> high -- some dollars per megabyte) or your contract being cancelled.
> > I am not sure what exchange they are using in the country you are in,
> > but the charge for casual
> > data usage is $00.03 per kilobyte. *That translates into 3 cents per
> > kilobyte USD, not some dollars.
>
> $0.03 per kilobyte is $30/megabyte, which is what was stated ("some dollars
> per megabyte").

I apologize, I completely misread megabytes as kilobytes in the
previous post
I should drink at least one cup of coffee before reading my newsgroups.
[and possibly have my glasses checked.]
:-)

On Feb 19, 11:54*am, "Joel Koltner" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> "dafydd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:35491d54-0c64-4e3b-9de4-2cde5a4f6c6d@o10g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> "I apologize, I completely misread megabytes as kilobytes in the
> previous post"
>
> No problem at all, I was actually a little surprised at just how high it is...
> on EVDO, you can download a megabyte in something well under a minute, right?
> $30/minute... yikes!

It does go at a fairly quick clip. If you have a decent signal on
EVDO you should avg between 400 - 700 kilobits per second.