If you bought an MPx200 to use with TMO's TZones WAP access, you might be disappointed. Originally (up until about 2-3 months ago), the port for TZones was unblocked for all browsers, including the pocket IE browser in the MPx200/220. Since that time, TMO has blocked the port for pIE browsers, thus your MPx200 probably will not work with TZones.
The implementation of the changes, blocking the WAP access port to pIE browsers, occured in most areas by December. In the Tidewater VA area, they blocked the port, back in early December, then unblocked it January, while they are working through issues with their Blackberry service. It seems that rather than running the Blackberry service through their internet connection (internet2.voicestream.com), they instead ran it through their WAP connection (wap.voicestream.com). As an end result, they had to unblock the internet access thru the WAP connection for all browsers to allow their Blackberries to work. On the down side, TZones is till blocked for all but WAP browsers.
I can understand TMO's desire to stop the massive access by windows devices thru their WAP portal, however their fix does not differentiate between smartphones/PDAs/laptops. PDAs and laptops eat a significant amount of bandwidth, since it is easy to navigate on the web. But, smartphones, although web enabled, have limited utility for browsing. Most of us with smartphones were using the wap access to push data to our phones, rather than pull ......if I lived in an area with another viable service, I would have left TMO in protest.
Bottom line.....unless TMO is going to change their minds.......you may temporarily have access through their WAP service, but I would not count on it for long.
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