I recently purchased software (Snapdialer and Snapsync) which according to
their advertisements are specifically designed to work with Sprint and
Verizon. Snapsync allows one to download address lists to the phone and works
great. However I have not loaded nor tried the Snapdialer software which is
supposed to let one connect the phone to a computer and, as long as you are in
one of the service areas, be able to surf the net and send and receive e mails
via your computer.
Sounds great but a couple of Sprint dealers have said if one tries this Sprint
may well cancel your service and charge you the cancellation fee if you have
not completed your contract. I e mailed the company producing this software.,
After a couple of non answers, I received an e mail from a customer support
person who stated that he did in fact use the program and his service has not
been cancelled.
My suspicion is that composing e mails off line and then sending them might be
OK, but tying up the towers for web surfing and large file up or down loads
will cause Sprint and perhaps Verizon to frown upon such practices.
I have tried to talk with Sprint about this and get conflicting answers from
it will be OK if it is not abused to a curt "read your contract".
What gives? If in fact you can use the phones as a modem to connect a
computer to the service then one has an inexpensive way to send/receive e
mails.
If it is "illegal" to use the software then I do not want to use it. If it is
OK to use the software it would certainly solve some long distant
communications problems.
What says the group?
Stephen on Mango
I recently purchased software (Snapdialer and Snapsync) which according to
their advertisements are specifically designed to work with Sprint and
Verizon. Snapsync allows one to download address lists to the phone and works
great. However I have not loaded nor tried the Snapdialer software which is
supposed to let one connect the phone to a computer and, as long as you are in
one of the service areas, be able to surf the net and send and receive e mails
via your computer.
Sounds great but a couple of Sprint dealers have said if one tries this Sprint
may well cancel your service and charge you the cancellation fee if you have
not completed your contract. I e mailed the company producing this software.,
After a couple of non answers, I received an e mail from a customer support
person who stated that he did in fact use the program and his service has not
been cancelled.
My suspicion is that composing e mails off line and then sending them might be
OK, but tying up the towers for web surfing and large file up or down loads
will cause Sprint and perhaps Verizon to frown upon such practices.
I have tried to talk with Sprint about this and get conflicting answers from
it will be OK if it is not abused to a curt "read your contract".
What gives? If in fact you can use the phones as a modem to connect a
computer to the service then one has an inexpensive way to send/receive e
mails.
If it is "illegal" to use the software then I do not want to use it. If it is
OK to use the software it would certainly solve some long distant
communications problems.
What says the group?
Stephen on Mango
