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To: JGoren who wrote (31206)	5/27/1999 9:33:00 PM
From: Valueman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

First Thin Phone testimonial: "Picked up the QCP-1960 from US West PCS in Minneapolis today for $99. It's thin (at least conmpared to most cdma phones), I can say that much. I noticed its missing a couple things some might find useful - vibrating ringer and a headset jack (built-in), but it's tough to complain about that for $99. It does have awesome sound quality and a good "feel" in terms of the button layout and volume toggle on the side. I have also noticed it seems to maintain signal in areas that were previously problematic for the qcp-2700, and with very little if any voice distortion. Time will tell how much better the msm3000 is at grabbing and holding signal (I have heard it is noticably better). It does fit comforably in my pocket, but it's not tiny (which is not a problem for me). It's charging right now - It will take a few days to report on battery life." more newsgroup chatter: "I bumped into a Sprint "internal specialist" today, and got a whole earful on a whole lotta subjects. Of course one of the first questions I had was when do you start selling the Nokia 6185? She said she used the phone for two weeks and found out it had problems. She also estimated 3 weeks until Nokia delivers enough fixed phones for them to sell. That confirms what others have said in this newsgroup. Then she came up with a new tip to me: she said the next cool phone will be a dual-band Samsung fold-up phone that was very similar to the Motorola StarTac, but the Samsung has a clear top so that you can see the screen (and who is calling) before you open the unit and thus answering the phone. Then I asked about the Nokia 5170 and she says it will come out at the same time as the 6185 (might they both have the same problem?). She added that may be end of the single band phones for awhile, they will add more dual-band offerings after that, including a dual-band Touchpoint. Then she grabbed the new national coverage map and showed a "less agressive" roll out, with some areas that were in brown (future service), no longer shown (oops, the entire state of South Carolina!). But she did point out a lot of new spots about to be turned up by Sprint affiliates. Then she shared that US West PCS uses Sprint PCS as it's preferred roaming carrier in most of the country! No wonder US West has such reasonable roaming fees (.30/min.)