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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Sprint PCS / November 2003Sanyo RL 2500
Hi, To anyone that has this phone, is it good?? Lavel Great phone in every way. Great signal strength as well. > Hi, > To anyone that has this phone, is it good?? > Lavel Great phone in every way. Great signal strength as well. ================ Well, it would be better if it was free with contract. > Hi, > To anyone that has this phone, is it good?? > Lavel I tried it, it's an excellent phone. But, I decided that for $79 more I could get the same thing in a dark blue color (I hate silver) and a camera, so I went with the VM4500 instead. However, if you can do without a camera phone, then by all means, go with the RL2500. It's a great phone.  SignatureE-mail fudged to thwart spammers. Transpose the c's and a's in my e-mail address to reply. I have a RL 2000 and RL 2500 and I love them both. The 2500 has a great color screen but the 2000 is good quaily (not to say the 2500 is not) do the accessories from the 4900 plug work with the 2500? --tr > I have a RL 2000 and RL 2500 and I love them both. The 2500 has a great color > screen but the 2000 is good quaily (not to say the 2500 is not) > do the accessories from the 4900 plug work with the 2500? Yes they do. The Sanyo 4900, 5300, 8100, RL2000, RL2500, and VM4500 all use the same plug and have the same power specs. SignatureE-mail fudged to thwart spammers. Transpose the c's and a's in my e-mail address to reply. outstanding --- glad that a new phone doesn't necessarily mean another wad of accessories. Might head down to the store with my laptop and see if there's any truth to the throttled back data issue that was kicking around here within the past several weeks. Hell, might even buy one, if the screen is brighter than a 4900. (no cares about the PTT stuff, at all) Thanks Isaiah. --tr > > do the accessories from the 4900 plug work with the 2500? > > Yes they do. The Sanyo 4900, 5300, 8100, RL2000, RL2500, and VM4500 all > use the same plug and have the same power specs. > outstanding --- glad that a new phone doesn't necessarily mean another wad > of accessories. Yeah, Sanyo definitely did the accessory thing right. Every other phone manufacturer I've tried specializes everything for every phone, including the accessory port which you don't always have to change. I can understand that batteries and cases are going to be different based on each phone model's unique design, but at least let me keep my charger and data cable! It's nice to see that Sanyo got the clue on this one. :) > Might head down to the store with my laptop and see if > there's any truth to the throttled back data issue that was kicking around > here within the past several weeks. I tired it, it's not throttled. If you use the old Sanyo USB drivers on a USB 2.0 computer though, the connection speed WILL claim to be 28.8Kbps. However, a quick speed test will provce that you're going a lot faster than 28.8. Speaking of which, I can't seem to find Sanyo's USB phone drivers on their site anymore. I wonder if they got heat from Sprint for making it available? Good thing I archived a copy of the zip file... SignatureE-mail fudged to thwart spammers. Transpose the c's and a's in my e-mail address to reply. <snipped> > Speaking of which, I can't seem to find Sanyo's USB phone drivers on > their site anymore. I wonder if they got heat from Sprint for making it > available? Good thing I archived a copy of the zip file... For those that don't have the drivers, they can be located here ... http://www.futuredial.com/support/usbdrivers/Drivers_m.htm Bob Bob / Isaiah .... fwiw the FD 8100 drivers work with the 4900 / 5300, and support USB2 ports. --tr > <snipped> > > Speaking of which, I can't seem to find Sanyo's USB phone drivers on [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Bob > Bob / Isaiah .... fwiw the FD 8100 drivers work with the 4900 / 5300, and > support USB2 ports. So I've discovered. :) SignatureE-mail fudged to thwart spammers. Transpose the c's and a's in my e-mail address to reply. I apologize in advance if I missed something previously posted but...according to phonescoop the RL-2500 is not "data capable". Are you finding that the 2500 can be used with the PCS connection manager to access the internet via Vision with speeds in the 100Kb+ range like I can with my 4900? Rick > > outstanding --- glad that a new phone doesn't necessarily mean another wad > > of accessories. [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > E-mail fudged to thwart spammers. > Transpose the c's and a's in my e-mail address to reply. > I apologize in advance if I missed something previously posted > but...according to phonescoop the RL-2500 is not "data capable". Are you [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Rick I was just on phonescoop's site for the 2500 and didn't see any comments were it's not data capable. I noticed that there was Data Capable category (answered with either a Yes or a No) as some other phones listed, but that doesn't mean it's not data capable. Bob Whoa ... this is a lesson on why not to post a reply and talk on the telephone at the same time ... LOL. Corrections below bracketed by ** **. Bob > > I apologize in advance if I missed something previously posted > > but...according to phonescoop the RL-2500 is not "data capable". Are you [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > I was just on phonescoop's site for the 2500 and didn't see any comments > **whether** it's not data capable. I noticed that there was **no** Data Capable category > (answered with either a Yes or a No) as some other phones listed, but that > doesn't mean it's not data capable. > > Bob You're probably right. Since the "data capable" question was not answered with either a "yes" or a "no" but just a "-" this is not a reason to assume that this phone is not data capable. It sounds like it probably is. I like the fact that it gives you a flip form factor and yet still has a speaker phone like my 4900 which I use often when checking voicemail or other phone interactions that require entering numbers while the call is active. > Whoa ... this is a lesson on why not to post a reply and talk on the > telephone at the same time ... LOL. Corrections below bracketed by ** **. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > > > Bob > I apologize in advance if I missed something previously posted > but...according to phonescoop the RL-2500 is not "data capable". Are you > finding that the 2500 can be used with the PCS connection manager to access > the internet via Vision with speeds in the 100Kb+ range like I can with my > 4900? Yes. If the phonescoop site is claiming it's not data-cable, then it's very wrong. The phone MUST use Vision to begin with in order to use ReadyLink, and the laptop connection via data cable also works just fine. Oh, one thing I DID forget to mention: you MUST disable ReadyLink before you connect the RL2500 to a laptop, and you can then re-enable it when you're finished. ReadyLink is a data hog, and will have control of the phone's data connection until you explicitly shut it off. If you keep it on and try to do a laptop connection you'll get a "network busy" error when you try to log in. SignatureE-mail fudged to thwart spammers. Transpose the c's and a's in my e-mail address to reply. I think the 2500 has alot better screen than the 2000 Actually that is not true! I have a 2000 and 2500 and the charges are not interchangable! never tried! I already sold my 4900 with everything I had sorry! > I have a RL 2000 and RL 2500 and I love them both. The 2500 has a great color > screen but the 2000 is good quaily (not to say the 2500 is not) I must admit, the RL2000 disappointed me. I saw one working and on display at a Sprint store, and RL2000 is very clearly a 4900 that's had some plastic molding slapped onto it and the appropriate hardware and software kludges added to support ReadyLink. Other than that, the phone is still slow to respond to keypresses (I'd say maybe even slower than the 4900 was), the screen still isn't nearly as bright and easy to read as the 8100 and newer phones, and the new housing makes it even bulkier than the 4900. Vision was also unbearably slow, just like on the 4900. You'd think Sanyo would at least put some faster hardware in there to justify the hefty price tag. The only thing the RL200 has going for it is battery life. It's a big phone with a relatively big battery, and that helps. SignatureE-mail fudged to thwart spammers. Transpose the c's and a's in my e-mail address to reply. > > I have a RL 2000 and RL 2500 and I love them both. The 2500 has a great color > > screen but the 2000 is good quaily (not to say the 2500 is not) [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > The only thing the RL200 has going for it is battery life. It's a big > phone with a relatively big battery, and that helps. Laptop speed seems to be the same, but had to download drivers from futuredial.com. connect seems a little flakey, but that may just be typical. Seems like a very good phone, but found both the analog roam and digital roaming to be weak, at least compared to the analog roam of the 4900, which was pretty good. The built in vision on the phone seems at least 5x faster than the 4900. Power cords are the same as the 4900. Didn't activate the ready link, went with free p2p. Can I ask them to switch my phone directory to the vm4500 from a 4900? Are they compatable?? > > > I have a RL 2000 and RL 2500 and I love them both. The 2500 has a great color > > > screen but the 2000 is good quaily (not to say the 2500 is not) [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > seems at least 5x faster than the 4900. Power cords are the same as > the 4900. Didn't activate the ready link, went with free p2p. > Can I ask them to switch my phone directory to the vm4500 from a 4900? Are > they compatable?? If it has the same address book format, it shouldn't be a problem. Best thing to do is to go to your local SPCS store and ask the technician. He or she would probably be the one most familiar whether the phone books are compatible ... Bob I agree! The 2000 is a 4900. There is very little difference! |
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