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- 09-13-2003, 09:45 PM #1Daniel A. FlynnGuest
Does anyone here know whether Sprint is serious about ever selling a
Bluetooth phone? I know they had announced they would be selling the
Sony Ericsson T608, but I've yet to find it anywhere, and SE announced
they would exiting the North American CDMA market....
Has anyone seen a Sprint Bluetooth phone or heard any real information
on when one is coming?
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- 09-16-2003, 04:10 PM #2firewiredGuest
Re: Sprint Bluetooth Phones
Daniel A. Flynn wrote:
> *Does anyone here know whether Sprint is serious about ever selling
> a
> Bluetooth phone? I know they had announced they would be selling
> the
> Sony Ericsson T608, but I've yet to find it anywhere, and SE
> announced
> they would exiting the North American CDMA market....
>
> Has anyone seen a Sprint Bluetooth phone or heard any real
> information
> on when one is coming? *
Doesn't seem to make a lot of business sense does it?
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- 09-16-2003, 04:34 PM #3John R. CopelandGuest
Re: Sprint Bluetooth Phones
What would be the attraction of a (hypothetical) Bluetooth phone?
---JRC---
"firewired" <[email protected]> wrote in message =
news:[email protected]...
>=20
> Daniel A. Flynn wrote:
> > *Does anyone here know whether Sprint is serious about ever selling
> > a
> > Bluetooth phone? I know they had announced they would be selling
> > the
> > Sony Ericsson T608, but I've yet to find it anywhere, and SE
> > announced
> > they would exiting the North American CDMA market....
> >=20
> > Has anyone seen a Sprint Bluetooth phone or heard any real
> > information
> > on when one is coming? *=20
>=20
> Doesn't seem to make a lot of business sense does it?
>
- 09-16-2003, 05:01 PM #4PHil_RealGuest
Re: Sprint Bluetooth Phones
In article <[email protected]>,
"John R. Copeland" <[email protected]> wrote:
> What would be the attraction of a (hypothetical) Bluetooth phone?
One could leave it on their belt or in their purse, and it could be
automatically sensed and connected to a handsfree system in your car.
It could synchronize similarly with a blue tooth enabled computer
with little or no effort by the user. Current model Macintosh computers
http://www.apple.com/bluetooth/
are available with Bluetooth capability and provide free software
(iSynch)
http://www.apple.com/isync/
for synchronizing cell phones' to do list and address books. It was
designed with Sony/Ericson SprintPCS phones in mind. Apple has just
introduced a wireless Bluetooth keyboard and mouse.
http://www.apple.com/keyboard/
SprintPCS is to be commended for this effort in being technologically
advanced, although there seems to be no direct link on their website to
bluetooth information.
http://www.bluetooth.com/news/news.asp?A=2&PID=701
- 09-16-2003, 05:13 PM #5letsgoflyers81Guest
Re: Sprint Bluetooth Phones
John R. Copeland wrote:
> *What would be the attraction of a (hypothetical) Bluetooth phone?
> ---JRC---
> *
It allows for a wireless connection computers for internet surfing and
syncing, PDA's wireless headsets, etc.
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- 09-16-2003, 05:23 PM #6John R. CopelandGuest
Re: Sprint Bluetooth Phones
Thanks.
---JRC---
"letsgoflyers81" <[email protected]> wrote in message =
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>=20
> John R. Copeland wrote:
> > *What would be the attraction of a (hypothetical) Bluetooth phone?
> > ---JRC---
> > *=20
>=20
> It allows for a wireless connection computers for internet surfing and
> syncing, PDA's wireless headsets, etc.
>
- 09-16-2003, 05:31 PM #7Guest
Re: Sprint Bluetooth Phones
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 22:34:20 GMT, "John R. Copeland"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>What would be the attraction of a (hypothetical) Bluetooth phone?
>---JRC---
Web browsing from a PDA w/a larger screen than a Samsung SPH-i330 or Treo
300 without having to run a cable from the phone to the PDA.
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- 09-17-2003, 04:47 AM #8Chuck PalmGuest
Re: Sprint Bluetooth Phones
But that would go against Sprints Terms of Service ???
Seems like they insist on a PDA/Phone Combo to be ligit ??
letsgoflyers81 wrote:
>John R. Copeland wrote:
>
>
>>*What would be the attraction of a (hypothetical) Bluetooth phone?
>>---JRC---
>>*
>>
>>
>
>It allows for a wireless connection computers for internet surfing and
>syncing, PDA's wireless headsets, etc.
>
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>
>
>
- 09-17-2003, 06:36 AM #9PHil_RealGuest
Re: Sprint Bluetooth Phones
In article <[email protected]>,
Chuck Palm <[email protected]> wrote:
> But that would go against Sprints Terms of Service ???
> Seems like they insist on a PDA/Phone Combo to be ligit ??
>
>
>
> letsgoflyers81 wrote:
>
> >John R. Copeland wrote:
> >
> >
> >>*What would be the attraction of a (hypothetical) Bluetooth phone?
> >>---JRC---
> >>*
> >>
> >>
> >
> >It allows for a wireless connection computers for internet surfing and
> >syncing, PDA's wireless headsets, etc.
> >
A bluetooth connection would be too slow to use a phone as a modem.
It is less than 10% of the speed of 802.11b (WiFi)
- 09-17-2003, 07:18 AM #10SprintPCS TechGuest
Re: Sprint Bluetooth Phones
PHil_Real <[email protected]> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> > >It allows for a wireless connection computers for internet surfing and
> > >syncing, PDA's wireless headsets, etc.
> > >
>
> A bluetooth connection would be too slow to use a phone as a modem.
> It is less than 10% of the speed of 802.11b (WiFi)
Not if you're using the bluetooth as a replacement for infrared, and you
don't have to buy cables either.
Also, a luxury line car (I forgot which one) is coming out with a
bluetooth adapter for a hands free kit (like how the Telematics handsets
used to be set up).
[posted via phonescoop.com]
- 09-17-2003, 07:29 AM #11Val TsyplenkovGuest
Re: Sprint Bluetooth Phones
And this is how it's done, in case someone is interested. My write-up on
a BT handsfree system I've put in my car:
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=785592
(with pictures, explanations, impressions etc).
When closing my Sprint account about a year ago, I specifically cited
lack of Bluetooth-enabled phones as my reason to do so to the retention
CSA. I am going to have my wife pull her business account from SPCS to
ATTWS next month for the same reason, now that they don't want to sell
her a T608.
Val.
PHil_Real <[email protected]> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "John R. Copeland" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > What would be the attraction of a (hypothetical) Bluetooth phone?
>
> One could leave it on their belt or in their purse, and it could be
> automatically sensed and connected to a handsfree system in your car.
>
> It could synchronize similarly with a blue tooth enabled computer
> with little or no effort by the user. Current model Macintosh computers
>
> http://www.apple.com/bluetooth/
>
> are available with Bluetooth capability and provide free software
> (iSynch)
> http://www.apple.com/isync/
>
>
> for synchronizing cell phones' to do list and address books. It was
> designed with Sony/Ericson SprintPCS phones in mind. Apple has just
> introduced a wireless Bluetooth keyboard and mouse.
>
> http://www.apple.com/keyboard/
>
>
> SprintPCS is to be commended for this effort in being technologically
> advanced, although there seems to be no direct link on their website to
> bluetooth information.
>
> http://www.bluetooth.com/news/news.asp?A=2&PID=701
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- 09-17-2003, 07:30 AM #12Val TsyplenkovGuest
Re: Sprint Bluetooth Phones
That would be BMW, and this option is already available in US.
Val.
[email protected] (SprintPCS Tech) wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
>
>
> PHil_Real <[email protected]> wrote in article
> <[email protected]>:
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > > >It allows for a wireless connection computers for internet surfing and
> > > >syncing, PDA's wireless headsets, etc.
> > > >
> >
> > A bluetooth connection would be too slow to use a phone as a modem.
> > It is less than 10% of the speed of 802.11b (WiFi)
>
>
> Not if you're using the bluetooth as a replacement for infrared, and you
> don't have to buy cables either.
>
> Also, a luxury line car (I forgot which one) is coming out with a
> bluetooth adapter for a hands free kit (like how the Telematics handsets
> used to be set up).
>
> [posted via phonescoop.com]
[posted via phonescoop.com]
- 09-17-2003, 09:40 AM #13PHil_RealGuest
Re: Sprint Bluetooth Phones
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (SprintPCS Tech) wrote:
>
>
> PHil_Real <[email protected]> wrote in article
> <[email protected]>:
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > > >It allows for a wireless connection computers for internet surfing and
> > > >syncing, PDA's wireless headsets, etc.
> > > >
> >
> > A bluetooth connection would be too slow to use a phone as a modem.
> > It is less than 10% of the speed of 802.11b (WiFi)
>
>
> Not if you're using the bluetooth as a replacement for infrared, and you
> don't have to buy cables either.
BLUETOOTH IS TOO SLOW TO USE FOR INTENET CONNECTIONS. No one uses
InfraRed for internet connections. Its too slow for that also.
- 09-17-2003, 11:20 AM #14DItalianSalamiGuest
Re: Sprint Bluetooth Phones
Val Tsyplenkov wrote:
> That would be BMW, and this option is already available in US.
>
> Val.
>
Which btw BMW and other manufacturers have been using blue tooth in
their vehicles in europe for a while now.
Blue tooth is a great technology and it is something I wished sprint
had. I mean wouldn't it be cool to have a wireless headset for your
phone or be able to sync your computer and phone with a simple bluetooth
adapter instead of a specialized usb/serial cable that works for one
model of phone only?
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- 09-17-2003, 01:29 PM #15hatoncatGuest
Re: Sprint Bluetooth Phones
Val Tsyplenkov wrote:
> *I am going to have my wife pull her business account from SPCS to
> ATTWS next month for the same reason, now that they don't want to
> sell
> her a T608.
>
> Val.
>
> PHil_Real <[email protected]> wrote in article
> <[email protected]>:
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > "John R. Copeland" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > What would be the attraction of a (hypothetical) Bluetooth
> phone?
> >
> > One could leave it on their belt or in their purse, and it could
> be
> > automatically sensed and connected to a handsfree system in your
> car.
> >
> > It could synchronize similarly with a blue tooth enabled computer
> > with little or no effort by the user. Current model Macintosh
> computers
> >
> > http://www.apple.com/bluetooth/
> >
> > are available with Bluetooth capability and provide free software
> > (iSynch)
> > http://www.apple.com/isync/
> >
> >
> > for synchronizing cell phones' to do list and address books. It
> was
> > designed with Sony/Ericson SprintPCS phones in mind. Apple has
> just
> > introduced a wireless Bluetooth keyboard and mouse.
> >
> > http://www.apple.com/keyboard/
> >
> >
> > SprintPCS is to be commended for this effort in being
> technologically
> > advanced, although there seems to be no direct link on their
> website to
> > bluetooth information.
> >
> > http://www.bluetooth.com/news/news.asp?A=2&PID=701
>
> [posted via phonescoop.com] *
Sprint is pushing ahead with the T608, and it will be for sale sometime
this year.
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