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

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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SprintPCS doesn't support industry SMS. You have to log on through Vision
to send or retrieve an SMS message. It really sucks!

"2pac" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> 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

you can send a message to [email protected] where x is your
PCS number and you will recieve it as a sms. Also, some carriers' SMS
messages will go to your PCS. I have only tried with t-mobile, but it
worked.
"Steve" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> SprintPCS doesn't support industry SMS. You have to log on through Vision
> to send or retrieve an SMS message. It really sucks!
>
> "2pac" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > 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
>
>

Sprint has only ever sold one model phone that does SMS, the Nokia 3588i. It is
impossible to do SMS on SprintPCS currently.

SprintPCS claims to have SMS "In the Future", and you can watch a flame war
develop should you want information more precise than that. And it is Sprint
PCS employees that in a rare moment of truth tell us they are told anything
that will claim they know but can't tell.

the treo 600 will support it as well but there was a new app just released
called treo600sms that is awesome and works perfectly just like standard sms
on any carrier but better.


"CAT0NHAT" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Sprint has only ever sold one model phone that does SMS, the Nokia 3588i.
It is
> impossible to do SMS on SprintPCS currently.
>
> SprintPCS claims to have SMS "In the Future", and you can watch a flame
war
> develop should you want information more precise than that. And it is
Sprint
> PCS employees that in a rare moment of truth tell us they are told
anything
> that will claim they know but can't tell.

CAT0NHAT <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sprint has only ever sold one model phone that does SMS, the Nokia 3588i. It
> is impossible to do SMS on SprintPCS currently.

The reason there is only one phone model that does SMS is because true SMS
is supposed to be launched soon, but currently does not exist on the SPCS
network.

It's a shame, because both Sprint and Verizon would make money off me if
Sprint had already had SMS; my wife and I would probably make extensive use
of the service. Verizon has working two-way SMS and has had it for some time
now, so it's available on my phones, but not on the wife's SPCS phone.

Lack of true SMS has always been one of my biggest complaints about Sprint.
It's supposed to be coming, but I don't believe there is a firm launch date
yet.

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newguy <[email protected]> wrote:
> the treo 600 will support it as well but there was a new app just released
> called treo600sms that is awesome and works perfectly just like standard sms
> on any carrier but better.

Yeah, that might be, but it would be really cool if SPCS got off their asses
and launched true SMS already.

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In article <[email protected]>,=20
[email protected] says...
> Sprint has only ever sold one model phone that does SMS, the Nokia 3588i.=
It is
> impossible to do SMS on SprintPCS currently.
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Nope. The Treo 600 does it, too, once SMS is implemented.

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December." Not a date, obviously, but at least some real information.

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

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says...
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> called treo600sms that is awesome and works perfectly just like standard =
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> on any carrier but better.
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international messaging.

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O/Siris
I work for SprintPCS
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In article <[email protected]>, Steven J Sobolsjsobol@JustThe.=
net=20
says...
> Yeah, that might be, but it would be really cool if SPCS got off their as=
ses
> and launched true SMS already. =20
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customers were calling in to complain about the error message they get when=
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they try it.

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

O/Siris sed:

> December, Steve. We've been authorized to say that much now. A LOT of 3588i
> customers were calling in to complain about the error message they get when
> they try it.

Will existing phones be flash-able to SMS capability? Wifey wants a Hitachi
P300...

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December. Archive that.

In article <[email protected]>, Steven J Sobolsjsobol@JustThe.=
net=20
says...
> Will existing phones be flash-able to SMS capability? Wifey wants a Hitac=
hi
> P300...=20
>=20

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via an application much like MiniSendNote. But I see nothing in our system=
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plans to render previous models inherently compatible with the new SMS.

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

>> 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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"Steven J Sobol" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> >> 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.

Yes ... well, how many firmware upgrades would they have to complete,
just for sms on current phones? 10, 15?
That's a lot of firmware upgrades to create, test and fine tune ...

What would be nice if they could offer a free application download to
use. Whether they can do that is another question.

Bob