Review: Sanyo M1 (Sprint)
Sanyo’s M1 has just entered the mass-promotion phase of release. PhoneNews.com has just finished a month of battle-testing the device, and we’ll let you know if Sanyo’s latest offering finally steps back up with the competition. Read more to find out.
Review: LG LX-350 (Sprint)
LG’s replacement for the PM-325 brings MIDP 2.0 and flip-phone design to the device. But, does a shift in market cause the 350 to go from popular to stale? Read more for a complete review… Buy a LX-350 at Amazon (PCS Intel Wireless Store) Discuss In Our Forums
Sprint Enforces New Tethering Plan on Power Vision Phones
Sprint has turned on what is known as Modem NAI, a new tethering monitoring system in almost all Power Vision devices that will ensure that Power Vision phones have the required Phone-As-Modem plan to be able to connect to the internet. This includes the Sanyo MM-9000, Samsung MM-A900, MM-A920, and MM-A940. The only exception to […]
Verizon Starts Phone-As-Modem EV-DO Offerings
Verizon made waves with offering the first minutes-only 3G access with their NationalAccess network (using 1xRTT). Now, Verizon will offer EV-DO pricing that matches their aircard plans. Verizon has turned on similar tracking technology that is used in Sprint phones, and will deny EV-DO tethering to users that do not have the $60/unlimited plan on […]
Sprint Increases Phone-As-Modem Confusion (Updated)
Update: Sprint Business today launched their first TV ads promoting PAM as a part of their Mobile Broadband initiative. Sprint’s history of tethering has been extremely checkered. Sprint went from touting tethering with the launch of Vision, to rolling out Unlimited Vision and barring tethering. Then, when it became clear Sprint was not enforcing tethering […]
Sprint Posts Phone-as-Modem Connection Manager
Sprint has posted a new version of their Vision connection manager supporting their new phone-as-modem $25 plan. This connection manager also includes all the necessary USB drivers for Sprint phones to use them as a modem. In addition, the new connection manager also includes Bytemobile compression software, working on top of the Vision proxy to […]