Gear Live Review: Sprint Samsung MM-A920 Review - Smartphones, Features, Portable Audio / Video, Product Reviews
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I looked at the 920 last month when I was shopping for a new (smaller) phone. I was tired of lugging my treo 650 around and didn’t use most of the features so wanted something that had the features I did actually use while fitting nicely in my pocket if I wanted. I ended up getting the A900 which has many of the same features as the 920 but slimmer much like the razor.
There are two main negatives though. First, the standard battery is pretty weak and you pretty much have to charge it nightly if you use it on any kind of regular basis. Gone are the days that I could go 4 days before even considering a recharge lol.
The second issue with the A900 is that there is limited internal memory and no expansion media option like the 920 has. There are easy solutions to this though, at least for my use.
Anyone with a EV-DO enabled phone with unlimited data plans should definitely check out orb (orb.com). It’s basically an online gateway to your pc’s files that can be used for your phone. For example, I can enable specific directories of media on my pc that I want to be able to access on my phone and then any time I am in an EV-DO coverage area, I can easily connect and listen to any MP3, watch any video/movie or view any photo on my phone (though limited to the file types my phone supports). So if I have 100GB of MP3s on my pc at home, I have access to all those through my phone and the lack of internal or expandable memory for my phone is much less of an issue for me. If you have a TV tuner card on your pc then you have even more cool features (such as streaming live TV 😉).
The other thing I try to always tell all my “sprint friends” is to be sure to check into the SERO promotion. SERO stands for Sprint Employee Referral Offfer but they supposedly don’t make it to hard for anyone to sign up at.
With my SERO plan I get:
500 anytime minutes
UNLIMITED Sprint Power Vision (EV-DO) with unlimited data (though not meant for phone-as-a-modem)
Unlimited free nights and weekends (starting at 6pm)
National long distance included
Voice mail
Caller ID
Call waiting
Three-Way calling
500 free text messages/month
I get all this for right about $30 a month! which way cheaper than what I was paying before and for a LOT more features.
They also have other selections if you need more minutes but still the same good deals.
You can find a very detailed outline along with personal tips here: http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=0&t=243068
posted by: Scilynt · 5/29/06