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by www.mountainviewcellphones.com  5/19/2010

There are a few cool things that the HTC Evo will do with the HTC Sense overlay.  These are just nice touches.

1.  Polite Ring.  So when you pick up the phone the ring volume automatically reduces

2.  Mulitple people widgets for different contact groups in the phone

3.  View merged contacts from different sources (Google-Facebook-Exchange)

4.  View todays agenda quickly thru a widget

5.  Friend Stream integrates many social networking areas into one feed

6.  Flash Lite….Flash 10 compatibility…yeeehaaa!!!  (sorry, the Texan in me). 

7.  Email filtering tabs…not sure how this works yet

8.  Widescreen, cinematic, weather display widget

These are great new enhancements that HTC provides to improve Android above other Android implementations.

11/29/2009 by MountainViewCellphones.com

We have recently seen the rare occurrance of the Sprint HTC Hero going into digital roaming and not coming out of roaming. This is a big problem because all the standard trouble shooting with the network requires the phone to have good communication with the Sprint network. Alas, it doesn’t in roaming mode.

The solution to this problem is fortunately, easy. Bring the phone to your local Sprint Service Center or here to us in Mountain View, CA, and instruct them you need a PRL update. A PRL Update will update the preferred roaming list for the phone and get you reset in the correct area.

If this alone does not work, once the new PRL is installed, you may want to reset the phone completely with a ##RTN#. Again, you local service center can do this for you.

After one or both of these activities you should be able to have your phone back in operation.

4/18/2009 by www.mountainviewcellphones.com

Opera is a common name among people who have an interest in improving their browser experience.  Opera now ships standard on windows mobile phones and will hopefully be standard on many other phones as well.  For example, the Samsung Instinct can now adopt Opera in newer updates.

Opera is great for several reasons:

1.  A full HTML experience browser with zoom in/out capabilities for a small screen.

2.  Easy access to bookmarks and management of the booksmarks.

3.  Integration of web pages with regular phone functions like dialing a number from a web search

4.  Integration of your desktop Opera experience with your phone to sync many data points

Opera provides a better browser experience overall than standard shipped web browsers on many phones.  Opera on a Blackberry far surpasses the Blackberry browser.  The best part is that it’s free for the users to use and download.

Opera can be downloaded at mini.opera.com.  Get it and your use of the web on the phone will jump dramatically.

2/2/2009 by www.mountainviewcellphones.com

We are expanding our service and repair business to start repairing more models of Smartphones.  We are first starting with a simple Blackberry Trackball repair for $35.00 and in less than 30 minutes (parts and labor).  www.phonemechanics.com

 We look forward to helping your business or personal needs.  Either mail or drop by your phone and we will repair your trackball issues quickly and efficiently. 

 We are working on getting a more formal site up and running that will be a large jump in service and convenience for customers nationwide for repairing their phones.  We will keep the world up to date on our progress and improvements to our service. 

11/3/2008 by www.mountainviewcellphones.com

The HTC Touch Pro is a hit.  This is the best Windows OS product we have seen move so quickly.  Although at the higher price point of $299.99 per unit, it definitely provides the value for the smartphone user.

Here are some killer features of the device.

1.  Virtual Touch Flo screen (virtual keyboard) with phenomenal resolution.  640×480. 

2.  Expandable and REMOVABLE memory up to 16GB.

3.  A REAL PHYSICAL QWERTY keyboard.  A must for composition of someting more than TTYL. 

4.  WinMo 6.1. A great advancement for WinMo.

5.  3.2 MP camera and camcorder (still missing on IPHONE).

6.  Wi-Fi Capable

7.  EVDO Rev. A speeds elsewhere.

8.  The best in the business, location based verbal search with Microsoft Live Search. 

9.  The best in class GPS navigation on phones with Sprint Navigation.  No problems when you receive a call, it hides in the background, till the call is done.  No need to reboot the app.

10.  Great proven synchronization with Active Sync and Microsoft software and Exchange server. 

11.  A still compact form factor for all you get, the slide out keyboard design helps a lot.

12.  Opera Mobile Optimized for faster page loads…wonderful and beautiful with the screen resolution.

 In other words, I think it’s the current best business tool on the market.  It does still have a little windows menu drop down quirkiness but you can program the carousel to quickly get to your 9 favorite programs.        

10/27/2008  By www.mountainviewcellphones.com

Sprint has a great new line up of phones releasing into the Christmas season.  Here is everything new now and going into the near future.

1.  Samsung Rant  (EVDO Rev 0 version of the popular LG Rumor Phone).  Better and slightly bigger in all respects, yet has the same price point of $49.99.  Comes in Red and blue.

2.  LG Lotus.  A great compact flip phone with a QWERTY keyboard.  Purple and Black colos.

3.   HTC Diamond and HTC Touch Pro.  The Touch Pro is a smoking product.  Windows 6.1, virtual keyboard and real keyboard, expandable memory, 3.2 MP camera, AWESOME screen resolution.  It will sell well for those who want the top of the line unit.

4.  Sprint Air RAVE.  Discussed previously, but allows your own cell phone tower at any location with a high speed Internet connection.

5.  Samsung 220 and 320.  New basic phone line up.  The 320 is FREE phone with mail in rebate.  Buy 5 get 5 Free!!! as marketing would say

6.   Samsung Highnote.  This is THE music phone.  It’s much better than the UpStage it replaces and comes with a high quality compact speaker that can fill a room with your beats.  You can bring the party with you anywhere now.  I’m certain some amateur film student will be using this as background music to save time and money during the shoot.

7.  Sanyo Eclipse refresh with One Touch.  Illumination phone…pretty cool looking…otherwise a great multimedia phone that easy to find in your purse.

8.  New Nextel Blackberry.  Curve with a PTT button.  It will be a good device.

This is the best handset line-up Sprint has ever had.  The turnaround is actually producing some very real results now.

The recent release of Windows Mobile 6.1 on the TREO 800w at first made us hesitant.  Was this a real upgrade or just another more advance software that freezes continually?  To our surprise, Windows Mobile 6.1 is a real competitor in operating systems for smartphones now.  I don’t know what Microsoft did, but 6.1 has fixed all the major complaints about phone stability of the past.

I’m writing this because it’s our own results and the results tested by our Windows customers. 

The great news:

1.  The device doesn’t crash or freeze up like its preceeding versions (6.0 & 5.0). 

2.  It is responsive and fast with the user.  In other versions, system performance slowed as you opened more applications and did more things on the phone.  6.1 has fixed this to a great degree.

3.  Great new Windows features…I can’t believe I’m saying this but its actually good.  It has many more advantages than the IPHONE and is does more than the Blackberry in many respects.  Here is the list from the http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/6-1/default.mspx. 

• Instant messaging-like texting
• Improved Internet browsing
• Simpler e-mail and Bluetooth setup
• New Home screen interface
• New Getting Started Center
• Security enhancements
• Easier Wi-Fi connection
• More personal choice

 4.  You still get to work with many Windows applications native on the mobile device.  This is very useful, especially for Windows centric businesses.

What does this mean?  There is a shift in the tide towards windows now that this is real.  In coordination with Palm 800w comeback and new phone releases of the HTC Diamond and HTC Touch Pro, Windows & HTC & Palm are back and they combined will begin to take market share from other vendors.  There is no better ecosystem right now for mobile wireless applications as most applications developers don’t want to develop to 5 or 6 constantly changing operating systems.  They can stick with windows and make a better application now on a stable and working device, so windows and the application developer and hardware manufacturer can now win.  It’s also much easier for application developers to just extend their windows enterprise applications wirelessly now.  It’s finally here…a Windows phone that just works!!!  And net net, this is a good thing for the world.     

By: www.mountainviewcellphones.com  8/22/2008 

 By: www.mountainviewcellphones.com 5/7/2008

 Realtors are some of the heaviest wireless users.  Not only are they constantly mobile, but they need information at the point of use.  Many customers now have smartphones and can fine similar information that the realtor has for basic searches, but this means that customers expect to communicate with realtors using their smartphones.  Communication for realtors is now expected to be instant or with very narrow delays.

There are several applications for Realtors that run predominantly on Palm OS or Windows OS environments.  These allow for MLS listings and researching specific real estate information.  These applications can also help with CRM functions by allowing you to save your  contact information in an organized fashion on a database to track transactions. 

The Palm TREOs and the ecosystem around this device has built up several unique traits that help realtors more than most professions. 

1.  GE Supra has introduced the best lock box system in the industry to help with key management and security for showing homes.  This requires an infrared port on the devices that only Palm and Windows devices has.  This is a great time saver for realtors and helps with key management (a big time suck).

2.  MLS Listing applications are specific for every region.  This is a critical piece of information for seeing what has been listed and is on the market.  This helps with comps and allows realtors to show the most “recent” listings to customers before everyone else.  Speed is key for many possibilities to help realtor clients get the best deals. 

3.  Treos and other devices have been cracked to do phone as a modem downloads without the use of a phone as a modem data plan.  This can help save money and improve time savings for realtors with computers and having a wireless mobile device. 

4.  Cameras are critical to taking pictures and quickly sending them.

5.  Voice recorder is a great application to help with many day to day recordings.  This can help take notes and to personalize communications of realtors with their clients.  

6.  With Windows devices, GPS is a critical tool and built in function that will allow for turn by turn directions to different locations.

7.  Touchscreens.  Many realtors aren’t the most tech savvy buyers and don’t have time to learn all the nuances of a device.  The touchscreen has been the most user friendly form factor for learning and working quickly.  This is a great advantage of Palm and Windows devices for realtors. 

Lastly, the plans with Sprint have never been more affordable.  As most realtors are commission based, fixed costs are a definite concern.  Now with the $99.99 plan for everything, this is definitely the best deal for getting the most done with the phones.  This plan will allow for GPS navigation, texting, web, email, and TV/radio for one flat rate.  It’s a sea change in the business and this will allow Sprint to service realtors better than other carriers. 

Writter:  Don  Blog:  MountainViewCellphones.com

I’ve had a few problems with other blogs stealing our content without giving us any credit, so we are including this header in my future blogs.  

Sprint has announced the activation and release of the HTC Mogul firmware upgrade.  This will allow the Mogul to be the fastest data rate handset on the market today.  This software upgrade will make the device run at REV A speeds, about 30% faster download speeds and about 300% faster on upload speeds.  The real value of this is that it will allow the device to act as a modem at REV A speeds, something only available to broadband aircards before.  This is a great value from Sprint.

 The phone as a modem feature will cost the user $39.99 per month and includes the web access and email services.  In effect, for $25.00/month you can have high speed Internet access on your computer (provided you are not using the phone at the same time,  $15/month phone data plan + $25/month Phone as a modem).