Does the Sprint web service allow you to browse the Internet on the phone screen? If so, this is different from the Airtouch Wireless Web which only allows your phone to act like a modem for another device (laptop, desktop or a Palm Pilot).
My understanding of the Wireless Web Service offered by Sprint PCS is yes, through the Phone.com browser. The Sprint data service is structured as either i) a monthly plan of xxx minutes of combined voice and data usage plus a fixed number of "updates" provided by your data home page--by default, Yahoo or ii) a data plan add-on giving you xx minutes of data plus xx updates, added to your normal monthly service plan, but of course, you can use your "voice minutes" interchangeably with data. Although I won't get to use the wireless web for another 36 hours or so, supposedly you can browse on the phone LCD in the limited data services options that Sprint has set up with Yahoo, a map provider, weather etc. Of course the limitations on types of service offerings and the inherent limitations of the handset's LCD, combined with the sharply curtailed web formats, will dampen the experience, until service providers and handset data display, such as color (which DoCoMo announced today) and speed, catch up.
I wish the thread could compile a selection of engineer's, Clark's, Walt's and Bux's posts--it would be a dynamite guide to and abbreviated history of wireless--a real treat. Thanks to all.
Steve |
