Sprint PCS Info - Power Vision

Sprint PCS Info is a compilation of news, analysis and information. Likewise, we formed the Vision 2.0 standard around four main features; MIDP 2.0, GPS, 3D, and EV-DO.

Power Vision has MIDP 2.0, GPS, 3D, and EV-DO. We��re glad everything worked out.

While we think the pricing of Power Vision should be the same as Vision, we��re glad Sprint is pushing forward and finishing what we suggested they start.

The key to Power Vision is that it creates a new paradigm, similar to Vision before it. All EV-DO phones will have to have MIDP 2, and 3D support. Phone manufacturers wishing to cram an EV-DO chipset into their budget re-hashes of the Sanyo 4920 will have to face challenges selling the devices in the current marketplace (in other words, Sprint isn��t likely to pick them up anytime soon).

Rather than making EV-DO too much of a premium feature, this shift is likely to force manufacturers to find new ways to cut costs and deliver EV-DO handsets for less, much less. The Motorola E815 is the first ��budget�� EV-DO device (breaking the $99-with-2-year-contract barrier), Power Vision ensures that trend will continue.

So why is Power Vision (PV-class until marketing comes out with something better) different from Vision 2.0? Simple, seamless transition. Multimedia-class phones served to bring all the standards of Power Vision into the Sprint lineup, waiting for EV-DO to solidify them as a standard baseline set of features. Good job Sprint.