1) Business Connect uses HTTPS to connect the BC servers outside of your corp's network. No VPN such as PPTP or IPSEC is required. You just need to be able to surf the Internet to connect.
2) Sprint currently supports a service called Shortmail which some will refer to as SMS. You can use Shortmail to SMS your friends and they can SMS you back too. With that said, Shortmail is a piece of crap. When you compose an SMS message you have to go online to a web page to compose the message and send it. The same is also true of checking SMS messages though you will get a message on your phone indicating that you've received a shortmail message. You then click on the URL in the send message and you can read the SMS message that is in your Shortmail box. Sprint is currently testing MO-SMS(the one where you compose the message on the phone and send it) and it should be rolled out by the end of the year. Like all things with Sprint, that date could be a bit earlier or a bit later. Sprint does support MMS, nor are there any plans to support at MMS at this time.
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