User: erinthetechgeek
These are the most recent forum messages posted by erinthetechgeek:
Re: Text Messaging with the i880
Delete the first blank line or add a letter.
Why this works: just like when you hit reply to an email and it adds a blank line at the top for you to write in, forwarded text messages from nextel phones add a blank line at the top of the message for you to write in. Other carriers see the blank line, register it as a blank message, and chop the rest of it off.
Re: Sprint Phone for International Use
Or you might consider temporarily going with a Nextel phone for international use, such as the i930, it's pretty simple now to flipflop between the networks.
Re: Best place to buy phone for international travel?
why buy? rent one from cellhire.
Re: Verizon, Nextel or Sprint
The Nextel Blackberries are still the only Blackberries with Direct Connect, so if DC is your thing then I wouldn't recommend switching. However, there is now a DC like service on the Sprint network which is a VOIP technology called qchat which is interoperable with Nextel DC. So far no Blackberry has that, but who knows, they might come out with one.
Re: Doubtful
Even if they do manage to create a direct talk mode for CDMA -- which would be a MAJOR technological advance, just like the fast PTT QCHAT that runs over the internet on the Rev A network is a major advance-- direct talk users on CDMA frequencies would still not be able to scan for channels in use by emergency personnel during a disaster when the national network is down, which is one of the main attractions of Nextel ...
Re: Well hooray for Kansas and Colorado
The Sanyo demonstration guy who visited our call center last week said they're not rolling out til June.
Re: call screening????
"does that mean i can put my phone in such a state that will only allow certain contacts to reach me?"
That is a feature of regular Nextel phones that operate on the iDEN network. The Pro 700 is a pure CDMA phone even though it is branded as having Nextel Direct Connect; they are now using the Nextel name for all push to talk features regardless of network. Any regular Nextel phone except a Blackberry has the feature ...