Palm Treo 800w
MMS & Predictive Text?
I'm not yet a Sprint customer but really am considering a switch. I looked at the Instinct and thought it to be a good phone. However, I'm a previous 700w owner and wouldn't mind turning in my VZW Pearl for the 800w.
The Phonescoop info page shows that the 800w doesn't have MMS or predictive text. Can someone who owns this phone can confirm or amend this info?
The Phonescoop info page shows that the 800w doesn't have MMS or predictive text. Can someone who owns this phone can confirm or amend this info?
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No Sprint phones have MMS. Sprint uses a very similar (but technically proprietary) system they call Picture Mail.
The Treo has a QWERTY keyboard. Predictive text is a must on a 12- or 20-key keypad, but on a QWERTY it's mostly a moot point.
Some phones with QWERTY keyboards do have word completion, but I think most people find it faster to just type out most words than take time to see if it predicted the right word and accept the suggestion. You have to be quite slow on a QWERTY keyboard for word completion to save you any time at all.
The Treo has a QWERTY keyboard. Predictive text is a must on a 12- or 20-key keypad, but on a QWERTY it's mostly a moot point.
Some phones with QWERTY keyboards do have word completion, but I think most people find it faster to just type out most words than take time to see if it predicted the right word and accept the suggestion. You have to be quite slow on a QWERTY keyboard for word completion to save you any time at all.
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So, as an example, if I take a pic and send it through Picture Mail to a friend on VZW and he does the same to me will it show up and be viewable in my Sprint and his VZW phones without having to click links, or whatever?
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Picture Mail at one point did not work with any other carrier but Sprint however they have integrated servers which transpose if you will Picture Mail to MMS. This is the case on non-PDA phones on Sprint with the exception of Palm OS Treo's and Centros which do have Picture Mail. Windows Mobile PDA's and BlackBerry DO NOT have Picture Mail or any form of MMS however there are backdoors on how to get them to work. It does require the the person on Sprint to have an e-mail account setup on their WM PDA or BlackBerry. You then would send the picture as an attachment in an e-mail however you address it to a specific e-mail address (carrier specific) so that it would get to other person as an MMS. For example to send to Sprint you would send it t...
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To answer a part of your question I forgot is this. If the other person has a phone that is MMS capable then they will get the message as an MMS, no links to click. However when they send you a picture it will come in as an SMS with a web link to view the picture. Minor inconvenience IMHO although I do wish Sprint would roll the ball on getting MMS on WM PDA and BlackBerry's as it would make things much easier for everyone.
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so does this phone have the ability to send pictures to other phones via picture mail? ... and not email and or bluetooth
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Someone has written some awesome software
It enables almost reg picturemail for sprint.
You download it, you enter your phone number and picturemail password and it works almost like normal.
Its called smms do a search for it.
Works awesome.
It enables almost reg picturemail for sprint.
You download it, you enter your phone number and picturemail password and it works almost like normal.
Its called smms do a search for it.
Works awesome.
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