Disqus
A recent report has said that Sprint has some “excessive capacity” it’s looking to offload, and hardware manufacturers may be a potential target. The Kindle e-reader is a good example of the kind of non-phone gadget with cellular capacity, but there’s plenty more: Garmin, Kodak and SanDisk were just some of the names dropped in the report. The nice thing about these kind of deals is that Sprint doesn’t have to deal with that pesky customer service aspect that they’ve been having trouble with (to be fair, they have been getting better), not to mention providing them with a new revenue stream that they so desparately need. The question now remains, who will bite? CTIA Wireless is coming up and should give Sprint a chance to see what’s available and who’s interested.
[via Reuters]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
