http://phoneboy.com/2007/heroes-and-sprint-product-placement-gone-wrong VoIP, Mobile Phones, Telecom, and Technology Made Simple Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:40:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://phoneboy.com/2007/heroes-and-sprint-product-placement-gone-wrong/comment-page-1#comment-26828 brendan Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:12:10 +0000 http://www.phoneboy.com/2007/heroes-and-sprint-product-placement-gone-wrong#comment-26828 i'm not gonna lie, the product placement pretty much killed me. but yeah, i agree that it's kinda crap though. i’m not gonna lie, the product placement pretty much killed me. but yeah, i agree that it’s kinda crap though.

]]> http://phoneboy.com/2007/heroes-and-sprint-product-placement-gone-wrong/comment-page-1#comment-26265 george Thu, 15 May 2008 22:33:18 +0000 http://www.phoneboy.com/2007/heroes-and-sprint-product-placement-gone-wrong#comment-26265 Just saw the episode with this shameful product placement and thought the same thing, but searching for sprint and roaming came up with this http://support.sprint.com/sprinthelp/help/help128.html Looks like they will give you a 'special' phone and sim if you ask. Just saw the episode with this shameful product placement and thought the same thing, but searching for sprint and roaming came up with this
http://support.sprint.com/sprinthelp/help/help128.html
Looks like they will give you a ’special’ phone and sim if you ask.

]]> http://phoneboy.com/2007/heroes-and-sprint-product-placement-gone-wrong/comment-page-1#comment-25693 PhoneBoy Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:38:44 +0000 http://www.phoneboy.com/2007/heroes-and-sprint-product-placement-gone-wrong#comment-25693 There's plausible and then there's unreal. CDMA phones don't work on GSM, I don't care what kind of black magic you might have. ;) There’s plausible and then there’s unreal. CDMA phones don’t work on GSM, I don’t care what kind of black magic you might have.

]]> http://phoneboy.com/2007/heroes-and-sprint-product-placement-gone-wrong/comment-page-1#comment-25691 Darren Jones Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:53:33 +0000 http://www.phoneboy.com/2007/heroes-and-sprint-product-placement-gone-wrong#comment-25691 Nope, not too geeky. It was really obvious to me that it was product placement and then I thought "isn't Sprint non-GSM", and found out that it is. Obviously not the end of the world, but stuff like that just seems poor. OK, we're talking about a program where people can fly and regenerate, but there's no need to go TOO FAR with phone stuff that's simply unreal! Nope, not too geeky. It was really obvious to me that it was product placement and then I thought “isn’t Sprint non-GSM”, and found out that it is. Obviously not the end of the world, but stuff like that just seems poor. OK, we’re talking about a program where people can fly and regenerate, but there’s no need to go TOO FAR with phone stuff that’s simply unreal!

]]> http://phoneboy.com/2007/heroes-and-sprint-product-placement-gone-wrong/comment-page-1#comment-24629 PhoneBoy Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:50:00 +0000 http://www.phoneboy.com/2007/heroes-and-sprint-product-placement-gone-wrong#comment-24629 But they don't use CDMA in Europe, which is my point. And on the whole, GSM has far bigger market share than CDMA. At least outside of North America, CDMA actually uses SIM cards (or rather U-RIM cards). But they don’t use CDMA in Europe, which is my point. And on the whole, GSM has far bigger market share than CDMA. At least outside of North America, CDMA actually uses SIM cards (or rather U-RIM cards).

]]> http://phoneboy.com/2007/heroes-and-sprint-product-placement-gone-wrong/comment-page-1#comment-24628 Aaron Huslage Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:45:42 +0000 http://www.phoneboy.com/2007/heroes-and-sprint-product-placement-gone-wrong#comment-24628 Too geeky, but CDMA is widely used outside of North America. India, China, S. Korea and Japan are very big consumers of the technology. Too geeky, but CDMA is widely used outside of North America. India, China, S. Korea and Japan are very big consumers of the technology.

]]> http://phoneboy.com/2007/heroes-and-sprint-product-placement-gone-wrong/comment-page-1#comment-26832 Plog Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.phoneboy.com/2007/heroes-and-sprint-product-placement-gone-wrong#comment-26832 <!--%kramer-pre%-->reception is spotty in downtown Kansas City. *according to an informal office survey* Might not have mattered anyway for a far nerdier reason. Most Sprint phones don't share the technology to provide service in Africa -- Sprint uses CDMA, and asThe PhoneBoy Blog points out, "just about everywhere else in the world uses GSM." Sprint spokeswoman Lisa Zimmerman-Mott says Sprint has about a half-dozen phones will work in Africa, but charges and coverage may vary. Meaning, to get Sprint wireless access in sub-Saharan Africa<!--%kramer-post%--> reception is spotty in downtown Kansas City. *according to an informal office survey* Might not have mattered anyway for a far nerdier reason. Most Sprint phones don’t share the technology to provide service in Africa — Sprint uses CDMA, and asThe PhoneBoy Blog points out, “just about everywhere else in the world uses GSM.” Sprint spokeswoman Lisa Zimmerman-Mott says Sprint has about a half-dozen phones will work in Africa, but charges and coverage may vary. Meaning, to get Sprint wireless access in sub-Saharan Africa

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