I've read posts here about turning off the GPS (Locate) function to extend
battery life. Probably silly question but does Bluetooth use a lot of
battery capacity?
And ... what does the "visibility" function do? I'm guessing that once I

I am currently a SprintPCS subscriber and long out of contract.  My
phone is a 5 year old single-band TP-1100, and have never had
experience with roaming in the US.  (it does roam in Canada :-)
I'm considering now whether to stay with Sprint or to move to Verizon.

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.cellular.sprintpcs/browse_frm/thread/ca7edba1
57b59e69/9edad7e412b7e697?lnk=st&q=&rnum=1&hl=en#9edad7e412b7e697
I have pasted the link to this closed topic from a month ago because I
curious to hear if anyone has had the same success.  I have

Looking at getting a PC Card to use in the Baltimore, MD area. Anyone
have experiences there?
Sprint is offering a plan through a corporate discount... which ends up
going through the bluefish.net site. The plan is unlimited data for

I'm paying about 85 dollars a month for 3 phones and 500 shared
minutes.  I have a 25% discount.
I was thinking of dropping one line and adding internet access.  about
how much extra would this be and do you have to buy the vision service

I have Sprint service on a family plan. Our phones are Samsung A580's
I purchased sprint because it has coverage in NW Arizona where some
family land is owned.  When I go there I can get 3 or 4 bars but cannot
get out.  This phone has an internal antenna.  I would like to purchase a

I got a new Samsung 900 phone last month and ordered a 200 minute plan
plus a Data Plan. The rep on the phone said no problem, and have I
satisfied your expectations today. When I received the phone, I had the
200 minutes of talk time, but the data plan was missing. So I called ...

Okay, maybe a couple....
My trusty Samsung 8500 is finally dying.....
I was in the Sprint store ready to pull the trigger on the 350, but
the store had no data cable, and I won't manually enter hundreds of

Katana users:  Please confirm that DUN with cable works
with this phone.
I know it is only 1XRTT but I'm not interested with EVDO
yet, and I believe EVDO DUN is expensive.

I am looking for some basic information regarding EVDO. New to the
technology... I understand Sprint and Verizon are two of the bigger
competitors.
I currently have a Cingular cell (old AT&T) and a Sprint cell phone.

NEW YORK - Lucent Technologies said Monday that its revenue for the
quarter that ended in June will be about $300 million less than Wall
Street expected, with earnings per share also lagging estimates, as the
maker of telecommunications gear was hurt by weak sales in the U.S. and

What type of technology do they use? Are they CDMA?

I have been a Sprint customer for a long time, and I still have my
original phone, the Samsung 8500.
I like the phone, obviously it has proven to be pretty durable, since
it has lasted about 4-5 years.

I will be visiting the cities of Seward, Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan and
Vancouver, BC.
Which Alaska cities will I find sprint coverage?

i just saw the New FUSIC in Radio shack last week & i LUV it! Looks
Awesum.Features r great to.(Not the price,but thats ok).Does anyone here
have this phone &/or any info they could share? OpinionS Comments.Thanx.