My Sprint contract is coming to an end. Coincidentally they have released a phone that looks really great. The Samsung a900 is a nice phone with Bluetooth, EV-DO, a good screen, etc. That is exactly what I have been waiting for from Sprint. Unfortunately the phone will not work with Apple’s iSync. The reason this phone will not work is not because of Apple; it is because Sprint (and Samsung) refuse to support the standards that their customers want. Namely SyncML.
What Sprint refuses to recognize is that power-users and early adopters will be leaving their service in droves if they don’t get their act together. While we may not be the majority of their customers we are a very influential minority. When I leave my wife leaves. Other family members may be soon to follow (due in part to free mobile to mobile calling).
I have contacted Sprint about this issue in the past and was told that when they make it available I will know about it via a large press campaign. If there is not a marketing campaign announcing that availability of a good looking phone with EV-DO, Bluetooth, and SymcML before February, then I will be ending my time with Sprint and most likely moving to Verizon and the Motorola RAZR.
The Samsung a900 looks alot like the RAZR, has many of the same features as the RAZR, and even has some nice things the RAZR does not have. Unfortunately, due to the lack of SyncML, the a900 does not perform the same as the RAZR. It is that performance that I am looking for, and it is that performance that Sprint refuses to provide.
Get your shit together Sprint. The clock is ticking.
