Leaving Sprint for a company with Bluetooth

In article <1g3si6l.tsjlhne42mrkN%[email protected]>, Dave=
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[email protected] says...
> Somebody said it in another thread, but it is so true. Sprint has
> ignored Bluetooth, but jumped head over heels into camera phones. Why?
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> Bluetooth is LOVED by business users and travellers.
> Cameras are LOVED by kids.
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Sales figures don't hold that conclusion to be true. We did not sell 10,00=
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per week (at one point) of the Sanyo 8100 to just kids. I've only spent a =
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minutes, but can find no sales figures even close to that for any BT phone =
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the USA.

I agree that we should be more aggressive about this, but it's not *nearly*=
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simple as you make it sound.

BTW, the SD slot on the Treo 600 is I/O enabled, so a BT card in SD format=
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could be used with it, assuming such a card exists.

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O/Siris
I work for SprintPCS
I *don't* speak for them.

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"xTenn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Dave K." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:1g3t6ns.1ke9m021m8y3rkN%[email protected]...
> > gus <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Have no idea what Bluetooth is...
> >
> > Since you say you use Sprint for business travel, then you would LOVE
> > Bluetooth. Think of it as a short-range, component-to-component version
> > of WiFi.
> >
> > Here's my favorite use of Bluetooth. Say I have my laptop and I'm in a
> > place with no 802.11 coverage (i.e. most of the country!)
> >
> > I dial my ISP on my Bluetooth cellphone which is networked wirelessly to
> > my Bluetooth-enabled laptop. Boom- I'm online wirelessly in the middle
> > of noplace. No cords- no hassles.
> >
> > Unless Sprint is planning on abandoning all business users, they need to
> > get with Bluetooth NOW.
> >
> > Dave
>
> Wouldn't it be better to just have laptops with built-in Wide Area
> Networking, leaving the phone for voice calls? Too many devices required
at
> one time increase the chances of one of them having problems, being
> discharged, etc.
>
> Don't get me wrong, Bluetooth is okay, but not exactly embraced by most
> users. I actually expect to see some mutant form of 802.11 networking to
> cut a big chunk out of Bluetooth's intended market, especially true when
> printers ship 802.11 enabled.
>

(Yes, I am responding to my own post. I didn't finish the thought, but will
attempt to do so this time.)

Just for the record, my laptop and some other devices are blue tooth, and
use is quite sweet. I even like and use Infrared ports if they are
available, beats packing a cable every time (just make sure they point the
right direction). But I still don't see the numbers taking to Bluetooth at
this time, yet 802.11 is steadily marching into homes, with possible soon to
be expanded device use.

xTenn <[email protected]> wrote:

> Wouldn't it be better to just have laptops with built-in Wide Area
> Networking, leaving the phone for voice calls?

Heck yes! And flying cars would be great too! The difference is that
Bluetooth is available now.

Dave


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