I finally got a chance to see first-hand how cool Bluetooth is. My cohorts here each have Bluetooth enabled cell phones and I borrowed a connection to steal some bandwidth in a meeting today. I also used it to send a few files over, PowerBook to PowerBook. It appears that the Sony Ericsson T608 is the only existing Sprint phone w/ Bluetooth – I wonder if I should just find one and add a phone to my current plan. 🙂
I’d very much like to have a Bluetooth cell phone to use as a modem, and it appears that Sprint may not cripple Bluetooth in the Treo 650 afterall. However, I know my rate plan still says I can’t use the unlimited data to my phone as a modem, so I’m not sure what will come down. I saw that T-Mobile’s rate plans seem pretty reasonable… I wonder if T-Mobile gets better reception at my house.
Actually, Sprint has a new phone, beside the Treo. that supports Bluetooth. I believe it is called the LG-325. From the looks of it, this phone is pretty small.
I have hat the T608 since last Christmas. The T608 has the best reception of any phone I’ve owned. But, the firmware is kind of flaky. I’m probably going to eBay my T608 soon, and opt for a ‘combined’ PDA/phone device…..
Interesting option. I think I really need to keep a Treo-like device so I can handle e-mail and order processing from the device, but even if Bluetooth isn’t crippled in the Sprint Treo 650 it is still $600.
If T-Mobile has comperable service coverage, I could save $150 by switching to them and getting the same device capabilities. That new Blackberry might be an option too.
Bummer:
I would reccomend not getting a Sony Ericson phone for the Sprint CDMA network as it got very poor reviews, and had many bugs. Sony Ericson pulled out of the CDMA networks entirely and now exclusively makes GSM phones.
If you are interested in bluetooth and all of it’s wonders, I would reccomend switching to either T-Mobile or Cingular. Look for the T630, T637, K700, or the new S700 which should be for Cingular only.
The Treo 650 is a very good choice, but it has yet to be seen how it’s bluetooth will perform in the real world and on which networks. Personally I am a bigger fan of the GSM networks than I am of the CDMA.
I switched over to T-Mobile and I am very happy. I purchased the Blackberry 7100t. It is a great phone. The BT stuff is great. I have no problems with the service and I love all the options. The BT has a problem, it is for the hand free options and no data service. This is a bummer. There is a hack out there to enable it but I am waiting to try it. I just don’t want to break the phone. The T608 is a cool phone but it crashes all the time. (a friend has it).
I was considering the 7100, but didn’t realize that it was crippled. What is the URL to the hack?
Alex, I work for T-Mobile and would be happy to provide you with a detailed map of the coverage in your area. Ping me by e-mail and we can chat about it. Cheers.
I came across you thread regarding the ahck for the 7100t BT. Would you mind sharing it? I am trying to get my BT to pair with my car BT receiver and T-Mobile and blocked that BT function for “secrurity” reasons.
The t608 phone is the most full featured non palm pilot cdma cell phone available. Contrary to the lg 325, it is able to sync with a computer, receive and send data files to a computer as well as update its apointment calander and addres book contacts via bluetooth. The t608 is very customizable, however it takes some getting used to. The first revision of this phone did have some bugs, and also had some battery problems the last revision was ok. Basically this phone or you love it or you hate it. You can get it via sprints business line or off of ebay.
It is packed full of hidden features, including voice dial, the ability to become a caera phone with an add on, memo recorder, built in calculator and of course bluetooth. The 325 phone is crippled, it only works for wireless headsets and for DUN.. otherwise the bluletooth is useless.
Vantur
Oh yea I almost forgot the T608 also has speaker phone cababilities. You also can transfer an animated gif from your computer strait into the phone and use it as a screen saver… same can be done with midi files…
the T608 has the best bluetooth implementation of anny sprint cdma phone (barring the treo)
Vantur
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