08-02-2003, 12:49 AM
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Join Date: 01-27-2003
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Originally posted by afwen
OK, here is where I have to disagree. When users on carriers with real SMS send SMS's, they don't send them to e-mail addresses, they send them to phone numbers. My TMobile friend sends an SMS to myphonenumber, no @domain.com. Sprint's SMS gateway unfortunately turns this into a shortmail not a 1-way text message.
And therein lies the problem.
-Alvin
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Okay, let's see if I can make this clearer... If you friend sends a SMS from his Tmo phone (just the number without a domain), Sprint treats it like shortmail and you have to log onto vision to retrieve the message. If you friend sends a SMS to yournumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com, then the message arrives like a Text message and your mobile does not have to log onto vision to retrieve the message. Trust me, that's how it works...
Furthermore as I explained the (lengthy) post above, i500SMS (once released) would automatically download your shortmail via vision and present is as a text message in a popup window! That's the whole beauty of it. It allows you to receive your shortmail just like a text message. This works b/c with unlimited vision, it doesn't matter if you're logged on 24/7. And as I and lyoung pointed out before, you can still receive calls while connected to vision, but not while on active connections. (I've had diff experiences on my treo).
That's the whole shebang!! I hope you understand.  If not well...  |
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