MSN on Vision: Workaround

If you are unable to get to MSN via your Vision menus, manually point your phone at http://mobile.msn.com and you will be able to access Hotmail, MSN Messenger, etc. Works like a charm. Bookmark it for easy access next time.

Steve

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Whatever happened to them charging for MSN mobile? Wasn't it supposed to
start last November?

"Steve Crow" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> If you are unable to get to MSN via your Vision menus, manually point your
phone at http://mobile.msn.com and you will be able to access Hotmail, MSN
Messenger, etc. Works like a charm. Bookmark it for easy access next time.
>
> Steve

Steve Crow <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> If you are unable to get to MSN via your Vision menus, manually point your phone at http://mobile.msn.com and you will be able to access Hotmail, MSN Messenger, etc. Works like a charm. Bookmark it for easy access next time.
>
> Steve

That might be the case for some phones but not all. My A500 (and many
others) don't work no matter how you try to get there.

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Paul Kim wrote:

> Whatever happened to them charging for MSN mobile? Wasn't it supposed to
> start last November?
>
> "Steve Crow" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > If you are unable to get to MSN via your Vision menus, manually point your
> phone at http://mobile.msn.com and you will be able to access Hotmail, MSN
> Messenger, etc. Works like a charm. Bookmark it for easy access next time.
> >
> > Steve
>
>
>

I must have missed that.

Steve

On 14 Jan 2004, Larry Thomas wrote:

> Steve Crow <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> > If you are unable to get to MSN via your Vision menus, manually point your phone at http://mobile.msn.com and you will be able to access Hotmail, MSN Messenger, etc. Works like a charm. Bookmark it for easy access next time.
> >
> > Steve
>
> That might be the case for some phones but not all. My A500 (and many
> others) don't work no matter how you try to get there.
>

Yeah, I posted the same thing on HowardForums.com last night and someone
mentioned their A500 wouldn't pull it up either. I have been thinking back
to about a year ago when I had an A500, and as I recall everything worked
except Hotmail. I have since learned of gross incompatibilities between
MSN and the Samsung handsets. I'll have to try it out on the A620 we have
for a demo line at the store and see what happens.

Steve

Steven V Crow <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<Pine.LNX.4.44.0401141905210.25642-100000@scrow>...
> On 14 Jan 2004, Larry Thomas wrote:
>
> > Steve Crow <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> > > If you are unable to get to MSN via your Vision menus, manually point your phone at http://mobile.msn.com and you will be able to access Hotmail, MSN Messenger, etc. Works like a charm. Bookmark it for easy access next time.
> > >
> > > Steve
> >
> > That might be the case for some phones but not all. My A500 (and many
> > others) don't work no matter how you try to get there.
> >
>
> Yeah, I posted the same thing on HowardForums.com last night and someone
> mentioned their A500 wouldn't pull it up either. I have been thinking back
> to about a year ago when I had an A500, and as I recall everything worked
> except Hotmail. I have since learned of gross incompatibilities between
> MSN and the Samsung handsets. I'll have to try it out on the A620 we have
> for a demo line at the store and see what happens.
>
> Steve


I just wish that Samsung, MSN, or Sprint will get their act together
and fix this once and for all. It's totally unacceptable for MSN to
still not be working on Samsungs after a year and a half. All they
probably need to do is release a software update or something.

not premium, just always broken. Steve is the only one who can use it,
apparently.

In article <[email protected]>, Jose wrote:

> Is MSN a premium service of some sort for Sprint Pcs?
>
> I got asked so many questions about if I agreed with accepting the
> terms of this new premium service I though I had to pay for it.
>
> Can someone clarify this ,,,,,,,,,, Is MSN Mobile a premium service
> you have to pay for in your Sprint PCS Vsion or to Microsoft?
>
> Or is just legalese?
>
>
>
> On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 18:00:16 +0000 (UTC), Steve Crow
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >If you are unable to get to MSN via your Vision menus, manually point your
> >phone at http://mobile.msn.com and you will be able to access Hotmail, MSN
> >Messenger, etc. Works like a charm. Bookmark it for easy access next time.
> >
> >Steve
>

I tried the workaround...
Can get to the site...
Get to the login
Enter credentials...
End up with the same basic message... different format.....

Something is wrong with the link between the two.... I just wish we would
get one of these answers:
A) It is a known technical problem on(MSN/SprintPCS) side with a target
date of completion of ________ .
B) It is a relationship issue between MSN and SprintPCS. Please be
patient
C) The MSN service is no longer part of Vision, and MSN services cannot
be reached from Vision

It has to be A, B, or C

I just don't like being treated like a mushroom...
(Being kept in the dark and fed plenty of S**T)


"girl in green" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:160120041819141605%[email protected]...
> not premium, just always broken. Steve is the only one who can use it,
> apparently.
>
> In article <[email protected]>, Jose wrote:
>
> > Is MSN a premium service of some sort for Sprint Pcs?
> >
> > I got asked so many questions about if I agreed with accepting the
> > terms of this new premium service I though I had to pay for it.
> >
> > Can someone clarify this ,,,,,,,,,, Is MSN Mobile a premium service
> > you have to pay for in your Sprint PCS Vsion or to Microsoft?
> >
> > Or is just legalese?
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 18:00:16 +0000 (UTC), Steve Crow
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >If you are unable to get to MSN via your Vision menus, manually point
your
> > >phone at http://mobile.msn.com and you will be able to access Hotmail,
MSN
> > >Messenger, etc. Works like a charm. Bookmark it for easy access next
time.
> > >
> > >Steve
> >

Yup, and I can still use it just fine.

For what it's worth, I'm using a VM4500. While I've had plenty
of opportunities to try my store's VGA1000 demo line on MSN using
the workaround, my *memory* hasn't allowed me to.

I'll have a chat with my contacts at PCS and see what light they
might be able to shed on the situation. It'll probably be late
Monday before I get in touch with them, but I'll try to ReadyLink
one of 'em tomorrow.

Steve

== Quote from Larry Thomas ([email protected])'s article
> Steve
> I just wish that Samsung, MSN, or Sprint will get their act together
> and fix this once and for all. It's totally unacceptable for MSN to
> still not be working on Samsungs after a year and a half. All they
> probably need to do is release a software update or something.

Okay, I'll go there... Remember that Windows has been around since
the early 1980's and still doesn't work...

Steve

In article <[email protected]>, Steve Crow
<[email protected]> wrote:

> == Quote from Larry Thomas ([email protected])'s article
> > Steve
> > I just wish that Samsung, MSN, or Sprint will get their act together
> > and fix this once and for all. It's totally unacceptable for MSN to
> > still not be working on Samsungs after a year and a half. All they
> > probably need to do is release a software update or something.
>
> Okay, I'll go there... Remember that Windows has been around since
> the early 1980's and still doesn't work...
>
> Steve
Steve, are you able to use hotmail and messenger from msn mobile? Not
me.

found the answer elsewhere. For other treo hotmail users, go to
http://mobile.msn.com/hm/folder.aspx

and for you Manichean freeper cultists, my survey among 100
acquaintances to buy cell service in the first place put Verizon at #1
and Sprint at #2. Got Sprint and spent a month getting the phone to
work, including 3 weeks completely without service and over a dozen
hours with helpless reps.


In article <170120040754387187%[email protected]>, girl in green
<[email protected]> wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>, Steve Crow
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > == Quote from Larry Thomas ([email protected])'s article
> > > Steve
> > > I just wish that Samsung, MSN, or Sprint will get their act together
> > > and fix this once and for all. It's totally unacceptable for MSN to
> > > still not be working on Samsungs after a year and a half. All they
> > > probably need to do is release a software update or something.
> >
> > Okay, I'll go there... Remember that Windows has been around since
> > the early 1980's and still doesn't work...
> >
> > Steve
> Steve, are you able to use hotmail and messenger from msn mobile? Not
> me.

On Sat, 17 Jan 2004, girl in green wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>, Steve Crow
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > == Quote from Larry Thomas ([email protected])'s article
> > > Steve
> > > I just wish that Samsung, MSN, or Sprint will get their act together
> > > and fix this once and for all. It's totally unacceptable for MSN to
> > > still not be working on Samsungs after a year and a half. All they
> > > probably need to do is release a software update or something.
> >
> > Okay, I'll go there... Remember that Windows has been around since
> > the early 1980's and still doesn't work...
> >
> > Steve
> Steve, are you able to use hotmail and messenger from msn mobile? Not
> me.
>

Yes, both work fine for me.

> Okay, I'll go there... Remember that Windows has been around since
> the early 1980's and still doesn't work...

Works well enough for 90% of all desktops to use it. ;-)

--
John Richards

Is MSN a premium service of some sort for Sprint Pcs?

I got asked so many questions about if I agreed with accepting the
terms of this new premium service I though I had to pay for it.

Can someone clarify this ,,,,,,,,,, Is MSN Mobile a premium service
you have to pay for in your Sprint PCS Vsion or to Microsoft?

Or is just legalese?



On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 18:00:16 +0000 (UTC), Steve Crow
<[email protected]> wrote:

>If you are unable to get to MSN via your Vision menus, manually point your phone at http://mobile.msn.com and you will be able to access Hotmail, MSN Messenger, etc. Works like a charm. Bookmark it for easy access next time.
>
>Steve