Sprint Multimedia Phone

[outoftheashes]

I have been with sprint for like 3 years with the same phone and am ready to upgrade. Has anyone tried their multimedia phones that could recommend or steer me away from one. I want one that I can use the sprint tv and music functions on.

 

[Dr. Jones]

Go with AT&T...... They launch video share at the end of the month.

Not to mention the loads of media applications within the 3G Cingular Video, and Mobi TV world.

Awesome stuff man. And you get twice the network.

 

[CardFan67]

I have heard nothing but bad about AT&T's mutlimedia Services... Mix that with their middle of the road ranking and if I did not have them I certainly would not switch to them... (even for an iPhone)

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Moving swiftly to address the issue identified by early reviewers as the iPhone's weakest link, the CEOs of Apple (AAPL) and AT&T (T) launched a two-man media offensive on the eve of its launch.
In a series of interviews with the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today, Steve Jobs and Randall Stephenson used nearly identical talking points as they defended their decision to rely on AT&T's sluggish EDGE network rather than the faster 3G network that AT&T sells corporate customers. "It's good enough," Jobs told the Journal. "But you wish it was a little faster."

Jobs described the iPhone's network strategy as a "sandwich": it connects to fast Wi-Fi networks where they are available and switches back to the slower EDGE network when they're not -- which is the case for most of the U.S.

"We think we made a pretty good doggone decision," said Jobs.
So what exactly are these acronyms -- EDGE, 3G and Wi-Fi -- and how do they compare? A primer:

2G: Second generation (2G) cell phone and data standards differ primarily from first generation (1G) in that they are digital, not analog. They come in two main flavors: GSM, used by roughly 2 billion people in the world, and CDMA, used by fewer than 300 million.

3G: There are a dozen variations of s0-called third generation (3G) standards, which have been widely deployed in the Far East and to a lesser extent in Europe. But coverage in the U.S. is spotty. Jobs said he looked at 3G chipsets, but decided they were too bulky and drained batteries too quickly or use in the first generation iPhone. He hinted broadly that that might change in future versions.

EDGE: An acronym for Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution, this is what experts call a bolt-on enhancement of GSM. It takes a second generation (2G) network and makes it roughly 2.75G. EDGE can carry data speeds up to 236.8 kbit/second for 4 timeslots. AT&T's EDGE network was delivering roughly 40 kbit/s before it was upgraded in advance of iPhone's launch. Today several sites are reporting download speeds of better than 200 kbits/s over the same network. (link)

 

[Dr. Jones]

You just posted a network ranking from 2003. It still has AWS & Cingular listed as separate entities. That is a worthless piece of evidence.

Then you compare Customer service rankings from before the Nextel/Sprint Merger that happened well over a year ago?

Then you compare my argument with AT&T's UMTS service to an overhyped EDGE device? The iPhone cant even send a multimedia message. Or even do group text messaging.

One of the major reasons SBC bought AWS in 2002 was the rich content in mMode. Then after Cingular perfected it in Media Net they launched Cingular Video.

Your specific question related to a multimedia phone. If I were to choose. I would select the AT&T Lineup. Specifically.... The Nokia N75. That phone is SICK!

More Customers, More Network, Internationally compatible, Rich Mobile Media content, Billions spent in upgrades yearly, And unlike Verizon, they actually give a damn about the future.

Sticking with Sprint is even dumber. Verizon or AT&T will offer more service, more reliability (because neither is perfect), and a much more quality data experience. Of these two.... AT&T is more geared to the future. Now it's UMTS. With HSDPA in the near future.


And a common mistake most people make is listening to their friends. Most people will never mention something that is working properly. But those same people will be EAGER to tell you how much something isn't working if they are asked. It's human nature.


Trust me.... Go to AT&T.... And get the Nokia N75. If it doesn't work out.... You have a 30 day return policy. Take it back and go back to Sprint.

 

[CardFan67]

Then you compare my argument with AT&T's UMTS service to an overhyped EDGE device? The iPhone cant even send a multimedia message. Or even do group text messaging.

I am only going by what I read and hear... There was an interview on the radio last weekend regarding why the iPhone is performing so slowly. The reason they gave is AT&T's multimedia network, and that was by an AT&T representative. They said if it had been on any other network it would respond and work much faster, but that AT&T are working on meshing the two to meet the agreement of the five year iPhone terms.

Personally I use Sprint/Nextel but that is just because my work pays for it all. I would not have even made a comment on the topic if it wasn't for that hour long radio show with the representatives from MAC and AT&T that I had just heard... (both of which admit that their multimedia network falls short of the competition).