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We collect the following personal identification:
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The phone number you enter when you use the Send to Phone function. We send the number to Sprint's iDEN Content Uploder so that a game or application can be pushed to your phone. We have do not save or store the number and do not share it with anyone except Sprint Nextel Corporation.
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As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. The information in the log files include your IP (internet protocol) address, your ISP (internet service provider, such as AOL or Shaw Cable), the browser you used to visit our site (such as Internet Explorer or Firefox), the time you visited our site and which pages you visited throughout our site. This information is used only for statistical purposes to improve the performance and usability of the site.
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Try get jar some of those work
I just found a few more things on getjar: Dynamo Kid 1 & 2 (full versions), Soul Power (mentioned in earlier post) and Blackjack (version loaded on 09/20/07). There was also a Social Networking IM client called Papaya that enables you to use AIM, Yahoo IM, MSN IM, Google Talk, and ICQ all at once, but you have to sign up, create an account and give your cell number for them to send an activation code and I know some ppl may not feel comfortable doing that.
i got my 465 clutch when it came out & tried & TRIED to get Opera mini on cuz Openwave was horrible. i have been trying (to no avail) to save up $ to switch phone's & company. THANKS 2 U my $ can go 4 something else.
THANK U SO MUCH U R MY HERO OF THE 2010
If I were to buy a sanyo incogneto, is there a way to send apps to that ? Posibly without fishing out 7 bucks for a cable?
The Incognito is essentially a Sprint CDMA phone. Direct downloading using the browser works with some sites. For the ones were it doesn't use Rumkin: http://rumkin.com/tools/sprint/ You can also send ringtones and wallpapers to your Boost CDMA phones using Rumkin.
Here is a good one for somebody to think about. It seems that the i465, well the Motorola interface has no "Disable Automatic Update" for the time setting. My problem is that I live in Arizona right on the Colorado River and at my house the closet tower is about a mile away in California so my phone shows the time from the California tower which at this time of year is 1 hour earlier than the time in Arizona. When I go to work - a short distance away in Laughlin NV, which is the same time as California. I pick up a tower in Arizona. On every cell phone I have had this time of year, as Arizona doesn't observe daylight savings time, I would disable the "Automatic Update" so that no matter where I went here in the area I would have the correct time I use. Anybody have a suggestion or app that will correct this problem other than moving lol
I love Mahjong! Thank you Dennis.
I plan on buying a clutch, what instant messenger app works best on the i465 clutch
Nefansa works best but it's Yahoo IM only. MQIM and Nimbuzz (especially the Lite version) are best Multi protocol messengers. Visit http://boostapps.com/tag/im/ to see and download all the available messengers.
The Incognito is new and I don't think anyone here has experience with it.
Downloading should work if you click the JAD link for apps here on BoostApps. Don't use "Send to Phone" that's only for iDEN phones and the Incognito is CDMA.
ok..i need help downloaing things for the nex incognitio....im haveing a hell of a time trying..
do you know how to add podcasts to the i856?
I don't know how I finally found your web site, but I did and I send you xoxxo. Thank u so much, I could't do ANYTHING with this phone (i856), this is the 1st thing I've been allowed to send and I've had the phone for 2 months. If u need any help just ask
OOPS, I meant that I have the new i856w.
I have the new I856w and I have installed the following apps and they are working fine:
Gmail
Freecell
Bolt Browser
GeoTip
Odysseus
MicroCalc Spreadsheet
Mobile GMaps
English/Spanish Dictionary
MiniNP
I can't tell you whether to buy the used Nextel Curve or not. If you do you need to be into phone hacking and be willing to spend a few hours to get it to work. There will always be limitations (no mail or IM).
If you spend close to $60/month on Boost anyway the new Boost Curve is a better deal because it's supported and everything should "just work".
Thanks og-cpu big dee....your the man! So if i had a deal to get a used curve 4 half don't do it?
Dell, Yes a Boost SIM will work in Nextel phones, including BlackBerrys. On BBs, out of the box only voice and PTT will work.
With some hacking it's possible to get text messaging, web, Gmail, Opera Mini, Google maps and a number of third party apps to work. On the Curve you can watch streaming videos, but only on a WiFi connection.
If you are interested start here: http://jezghani.blogspot.com/2009/07/boostberry-how-to-everything-you-need.html More information at http://wiki.howardforums.com/index.php/Boost:BoostBerry and http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1530734
Also Boost just launched Boost Unlimited CDMA BlackBerry service with all BlackBerry features enabled including BB Mail and IM for $60/month See: http://plans.boostmobile.com/blackberry.aspx
Some of the apps and games on BoostApps.com do work on BlackBerrys but many do not. That's not really a problem as it's pretty easy to put games and apps on BlackBerries by direct download using the browser or with a cable
hi everyone, a friend told me that you can use a boost sim in a "Nextel" Blackberry curve, download an app and watch videos and do things that i cant do on my i9...any truth? is it worth the switch? will i still be able to use this site? thanks alot for any clarity.
i will try to test more games but i tried snaptu it worked but very slow on my i465 i think u need a i9 for it
BAMA BOY, Thanks for testing those games and apps, I'll check them out and post at least some of them.
I tried Snaptu awhile ago and it was unusable because the keys didn't work. Maybe they fixed it, I try it again.
The Notepad is already on BoostApps http://boostapps.com/apps/mini-notepad/
this also works http://www.getjar.com/mobile/18108/snaptu-for-motorola-i465-clutch/
then this note pad also works on my i465 http://www.getjar.com/mobile/14776/mini-notepad-for-motorola-i465-clutch/
i also tried a bible reader app it seems to work http://www.getjar.com/mobile/29005/bible-from-youversion-for-motorola-i465-clutch/
i tested a tony hawk game and seems to work http://www.getjar.com/mobile/28218/tony-hawks-proving-ground-for-motorola-i465-clutch/
HI I just downloaded the Opera mini 5 on my i856w and to me it works great im actually posting this comment from the opera min 5 now. its real fast to me lol
Dave, You are right. I forgot that Boost phones won't let edit any bookmark longer then about 250 characters.
The work around is to add the bookmarklet to Opera Link and let Link synchronize it to your phone.
If you have a PC the easiest way to do that is to that is to install Opera 10.10 on the PC and set up Opera Link on the PC and Opera Mini 4.2. Then paste the edited bookmark into a Speed Dial on the PC and it will synchronize to Opera Mini. Thats what I did on my i776 and both PDF bookmarklets do work
If you don't have a PC you can create an account at http://link.opera.com on a public PC at a library, school, Apple Store, etc and paste the bookmarklet into a Speed Dial at link.opera.com
Link.opera.com is very slow and times out a lot so I don't recommend that you use it if you have a PC that you can install Opera on.
Thanks for your reply Dennis. I tried following the directions at o.yeswap.com, but my i465 (clutch) will not let me edit the bookmark's address. I can edit the title, but that is it. Any suggestions? Thanks.
It's possible to view PDFs in Opera Mini using a bookmarklet. See http://o.yeswap.com Look in the "Tools" section.
I have the clutch. I downloaded Opera Mini and love it. I am wondering if there is an app or plugin with a pdf reader for that browser. Thanks.
Just want to know if you dennis know of any sites like this one if you do plz share. ps: Great site
I've installed Opera Mini 5 on an i9 and an i856. It kind of works but isn't really usable.
Try it yourself by visiting: http://boostapps.com/mini.htm
I just wanted to ask have you or anyone else gotten opera 5 mini beta 2 to work, Ive tried on the i870, i856, i456, i776 and no luck.
Is there a game you can add to the boostapps that is similiar to the unblock me game on the i phone.
I hear you Michael. I would like to post more "serious" apps. But it's not easy to find ones that are legal. It doesn't help that Motorola blocks 3rd party apps from accessing the media player, browser and SD card and internal memory, breaking many potentially useful apps
If you want to help find and test apps, follow the instructions here: http://boostapps.com/tutorials/how-to-load/ to put apps on your phone. If you find any that work and aren't pirated copies of non-free commercial software let me know and I'll post them.
i have used your site alot and i thank you dearly but i would like some serious apps or some direction for the the more delicate uses of the DEbut i856, i also have the i776, and would be more then willing to test any app even if destruction is imminant ! but i would seriously like to find file sys apps that would allow a more extensive use of these phones.
Please try to keep comments on topic. If you have a comment about a specific app make it on the download page for that app, not on the "About" or "Welcome" pages.
Darrin, I've answered your question about Life in Pocket here: http://boostapps.com/apps/lifeinpocket-turn-by-turn-navigation/
i downloaded the lifeinpocket gps, but every time that it says scanning the sat. it never goes any
futher than that. it also will not let me give me directions on my i290. Please help!!!
Ok thanks for the info about spyware, i'm new to mobile and the web. Computers i've been around
Just could never afford a nice phone. Thanks for the site, like Dennis said, this site is great. I couldn't find any games for my phone, now I have tons to kill time with at work! heh
A stand alone google talk (IM) platform would be awsome.
Great site for sure.
This site is great!!!!!!! It is sooooo easy to use and the downloads work every time unless your phone is not compatible with the download, then there is nothing you can do from the site except blame the company that made your phone. I recommend this site to all my friends that have iden phones. Thank You so much for this site!!!!!
I doubt that it's spyware. All mobile phones "check-in" with the tower every 10 minutes or so. It helps the network find your phone quickly when you get a call. Ad supported games connect to web to download ads and some games store high scores in the "cloud".
Hi, I had a question. I recently dl'd a couple games on my i856. I noticed my phone beeping, just once, a few times in 5 mins. When I looked at it the icon for the internent said it was transferring (the world with the arrow). Anyone here know why? Like have I managed to get some spyware? I scanned it with anti-malware and it did'nt find anything. Thanks in advance for any help.