Sprint Updates Music Store
Sprint has released an update for their Music Store phone application, available on Power Vision phones. This update is required, you cannot access the Sprint Music Store or Music Store Player until you install this update. While a full change list has not been released (and there do not appear to be any plans to […]
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 […]
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 […]
Full-Length Movies Coming to Power Vision
Sprint-Nextel is expected announce on Monday a new service that will bring movies to the small screen– the extremely small screen that lives in your mobile phone. For the last 3 years, Sprint has bought some form of mobile TV to Vision-enabled phones, first with MobiTV and then Sprint TV on Power Vision. Now they […]
Sprint Launches Sanyo MM-7500
Sprint today launched the Sanyo MM-7500, Sprint’s first mid-range EV-DO Sanyo model. The phone continues the ruggedized form of the 7000 series, adding a 1.3 megapixel camera and Power Vision, as well as support for the Sprint Music Store. The MM-7500 launches with a full retail price of $379.99. Sprint MM-7500 Product Page
Sprint Fully Launches Samsung MM-A900
Sprint tonight has fully launched the Samsung MM-A900, it is now available for sale from Sprint’s web site. The thinnest Power Vision phone to-date offers Bluetooth as well as full Music Store support. Full retail price is $367.99 including Sprint’s new $18 mandatory handset upgrade fee. Sprint MM-A900 Product Page
Sprint Launches Power Vision, Four New Phones (Updated Again)
Update 2: The Samsung MM-A940 does indeed support the Sprint Music Store, as previous reports had indicated, the error was on the part of Sprint’s Power Vision web site omitting that information as well as the lack of propper follow-up answers from Sprint media relations. Update: Sprint along with Power Vision launched their Music Store. […]
Sprint & Tethering: The Road Ahead
Here is what you need to know about EV-DO and tethering (for those of you in Rio Linda, that means to be able to use your phone as a modem). With some exceptions, Sprint considers any handset user who uses 500 MB or more of data tethering (there are some exceptions… PDA users generally are […]
Sprint Soft Launches Power Vision (Updated)
Update: Sprint has informed us that these Power Vision Packs are the business versions of their EV-DO offerings, and that pricing and offerings may change for the consumer launch of EV-DO, which they have maintained has not happened yet. The PPC-6700 is currently only intended for business customers. Sprint today began the soft launch of […]