Sprint+Verizon: BitPim 0.8.00
The developers of BitPim have released development version 0.8.00. This is aparrently a major update to the program, however, a list of changes has not been released at this time. BitPim is a program which is beginning to allow select phones with Qualcomm-chipsets to transfer phonebooks as well as transfer content to and from the […]
Sanyo 9000: Specifications & Tidbits
Sanyo 9000 Specifications The Sanyo 9000 has received preliminary hardware approval, and sources in Sprint have now confirmed that it has entered software testing and approval. This indicates it will not be available at the launch of EV-DO unless EV-DO is further delayed. This will mark the first time Sprint has launched a 3G network-wide […]
Verizon To Standardize User Interface (Updated)
Update: RCR Wireless is now reporting that Alltel is planning a similar BREW UI initiative, as is upcoming MVNO Amp’d Mobile (the one which touts its CEO as a “teen marketing expert”). Verizon will soon be deploying the latest component of their BREW strategy, BREW UI. BREW UI will allow for Verizon to deploy the […]
Cracking The Qualcomm Easter Egg: Part 2
Same rules as the last part apply, generalizations will be made, engineer�s will have their toes stepped on, you are welcomed to nit pick in the forums. It has to be good to be Qualcomm today, sitting on the top of the CDMA world watching everyone knock on their door, converting to CDMA, and having […]
Cracking The Qualcomm Easter Egg: Part 1
How We Got to Where We Are This is a history lesson, it is not meant to break new information, but to give a quick crash course in acronyms that far too many readers do not understand. If you know what AMPS, CDMA, GSM, iDEN, TDMA, UMTS, HSDPA, and EV-DO are, feel free to skip […]
EV-DV Put On-Hold By Qualcomm
While Qualcomm declined to respond to our requests for information as to EV-DV’s current status over a week ago, they decided to answer the exact same question days later. At which time, they confirmed that they are placing EV-DV on-hold to evaluate if the wireless industry needs it. The response was cryptic at best about […]
Cingular Going BREW?
As part of a detailed survey, Cingular requested information as to how to best integrate the former AT&T Wireless devCentral with the Cingular Developer Forum. However, they may have let slip some future directions in their release. Question 15a specifically asks “… what specific BREW network functionality, API’s, SDK’s, and other developer tools should the […]
Verizon: BitPim
Over on Sprint PCS Info we’ve covered in-depth the program BitPim. Basically, to wrap it up in a nutshell, BitPim is an opensource program that has reverse-engineered Qualcomm’s Brew Filesystem that all 3G phones with Qualcomm chipsets use. This allows people to install their own games, ringtones, and images to their phone, as well as […]
Sony Ericsson, Qualcomm, The T608… And Corporate Espionage!?
This story was too juicy to not run SonyEricsson�s exit from the North American CDMA market was abrupt. It caught Sprint, and everyone by surprise. But was this due to a change in plans, or something much more troubling as to the T608 itself? It took quite awhile for the community to discover that the […]