Electronic Equipment on Field (ASA)

[bniu]

Originally Posted by Dakota

You might want to check closer if you see the coach talking into his sleeve!

i've got enough to worry about. If I can see it, i might under the proper circumstances gently remind the coach about the rule but i'm not going inside their pockets, under their sleeves to check...the first rule of all umpiring should be "don't go looking for trouble".

Younger more tech savvy umpires will probably let iphones slide more. The tournament commissioner could ask coaches with iphones to remove their sim cards and deposit the sim cards with the commish. i'm sure there's no wifi access points around ballparks, unless a coach hides a mi-fi device in an equipment bag...

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by bniu

i've got enough to worry about. If I can see it, i might under the proper circumstances gently remind the coach about the rule but i'm not going inside their pockets, under their sleeves to check...the first rule of all umpiring should be "don't go looking for trouble".

Younger more tech savvy umpires will probably let iphones slide more. The tournament commissioner could ask coaches with iphones to remove their sim cards and deposit the sim cards with the commish. i'm sure there's no wifi access points around ballparks, unless a coach hides a mi-fi device in an equipment bag...

Don't know about the rest of the world, but in the US, iPhones do not have removable SIM cards.

Some Android phones on certain carriers, however, may have removable SIM cards, but they may also still have wireless (a-la 802.11b or 802.11g).

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

Don't know about the rest of the world, but in the US, iPhones do not have removable SIM cards.

Some Android phones on certain carriers, however, may have removable SIM cards, but they may also still have wireless (a-la 802.11b or 802.11g).

SIM cards are only used with GSM carriers (in the USA, AT&T, T-Mobile). They are not used with CDMA carriers (in the USA, Verizon, Sprint).

[shagpal]

I got a world phone. it's cdma and tdma (gsm). it's a mutli-band phone that can do cdma (verzion/sprint) as well as inserting a sim card and using att or tmobile. when I got the phone, it had a verizon gsm sim card in it for world roaming travel, but I got it sim unlocked and can switch from verizon to tmobile (I'm using a tmobile prepaid sim card). I think only HTC makes those world phones at the moment.

Originally Posted by Dakota

SIM cards are only used with GSM carriers (in the USA, AT&T, T-Mobile). They are not used with CDMA carriers (in the USA, Verizon, Sprint).

[Dakota]

So-called "world phones" are marketed by CDMA companies (such as Verizon) so their customers can use their native CDMA service in the USA and GSM service internationally. Several quad band GSM / dual band CDMA phones are currently being sold by Verizon, for example, from a variety of manufacturers including Samsung, RIM, HTC, and PCD. None of this changes the fact that Verizon is a CDMA service and the SIM card is only for GSM service.

[JefferMC]

BTW, NCASA, I got my Droid last month. Very happy with it.

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by JefferMC

BTW, NCASA, I got my Droid last month. Very happy with it.

Good stuff, isn't it? I've got the PDF version of the rules on mine.

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by bniu

i've got enough to worry about. If I can see it, i might under the proper circumstances gently remind the coach about the rule but i'm not going inside their pockets, under their sleeves to check...the first rule of all umpiring should be "don't go looking for trouble"....

You might go looking for a sense of humor, too.