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Sprint launching the Evo 4G LTE on May 18 in several markets
Sprint sent out a flurry of press releases on Monday announcing the May 18th launch of the Evo 4G LTE in select markets across the US. Stores listed in the press releases include those in Texas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Washington state, Colorado, Washington, D.C., New York, California and Miami, Florida. When it launches, the Evo 4G LTE will cost $199 and will debut when stores open at 8AM local time. The Evo 4G LTE is a high-end Android smartphone with a 1.5-ghz dual-core processor, a 4.7-inch HD display, 8-megapixel rear camera, … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
4G Americas says 4G means a minimum of HSPA+ 21 Mbps
When Sprint decided to label WiMAX technology as “4G”, it wasn’t that long until the other operators followed suite and slapped the 4G moniker on their respective networks. Sascha Segan from PC Mag recently had a chance to speak to Chris Pearson, the President of 4G Americas, and he asked him just what the hell 4G actually means according to the organization who is responsible for defining the standards that make our mobile devices work in the first place. Pearson’s response: “At 4G Americas, our typical line is HSPA+ 21 … Read more
Stefan Constantinescu
LightSquared may file for bankruptcy as early as next week
LightSquared, once the darling of Sprint, is now a case study in how not to launch a wireless broadband network. After a series of missteps that led to the FCC rejecting its application for wireless service, the company is now on the verge of declaring bankruptcy. According to a Wall Street Journal report, negotiations with the company’s creditors is not going well. Light Squared has until 5 PM Monday to work out a deal, but sources told the WSJ that the two sides are still far apart. If negotiations fail … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
RadioShack knocks $50 off the price of the iPhone 4S
In a me-too move, RadioShack has announced that they too will be offering a $50 discount on the iPhone. Yesterday, RadioShack started selling the iPhone 4 (8GB) for $49, and the iPhone 4S for $149 (16GB), $249 (32GB), and $349 (64GB). The move comes after multiple smaller, regional retailers started selling Apple’s iPhones at these lower rates, and after Target announced they would be cutting $50 off the iPhone prices as well. The $50 price reduction ends June 30th, so you’ll want to act soon if you want to save a cool … Read more
Anthony Domanico
Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE hands-on
The HTC Evo 4G LTE will be coming to Sprint later this month and the handset promises to be quite a powerful device. We got our hands on a review unit at CTIA 2012, so let’s take a quick look before our official review. Think of the Evo 4G LTE as the Sprint version of the One X internally but its design is all its own. I actually expected to not like it because the backing seems to be made of three different materials: a glossy top, metalic red band … Read more
Marin Perez
Sprint Sierra Wireless Tri-Fi hotspot has 3G, WiMax LTE
Fresh off its chat about its 4G LTE plans, Sprint has released a Sierra Wireless Tri-Fi hotspot that can handle CDMA 3G, WiMax 4G and 4G LTE. It looks like it’s a triple threat. Sprint said it will be able to intelligently shift between the three technologies for a seamless customer experience and other than the novelty of having WiMax and LTE, it’s like your average hotspot. It can create a personal Internet cloud for up to 8 WiFi devices, has a screen for battery life and signal strength, supports … Read more
Marin Perez
Sprint: Even with 4G LTE, CDMA isn’t going anywhere
During a “Network Vision” event at CTIA 2012, Sprint reiterated its plans to roll out 4G LTE but the company is insistant that its CDMA 3G technology won’t be going away any time soon. Sprint’s SVP Bob Azzi said the network rollout is meant to improve the company’s 3G network, as well as deploy 4G LTE in the 1900 MHz and 800 Mhz bands (the last one is pending FCC approval). T-Mobile will also be rolling out its 4G LTE and it took some not-so-subtle shots at Sprint while at … Read more
Marin Perez
HTC EVO 4G LTE lands at Sprint on May 18 for $199.99
It’s official. The next in the EVO line of devices, the HTC EVO 4G LTE, will be hitting Sprint stores on May 18th for $199.99, in line with previous rumors. Of course, unless you’re in one of the handful of cities that will be getting LTE service this quarter, you’ll be relegated to Sprint’s worst-in-class 3G network, though you will have a device that’s future-proof. Sprint’s LTE network is expected to kick into heavy rollout mode in early 2013, so your wait may be longer than you’d like to bear. … Read more
Anthony Domanico
LG LS970 with quad-core CPU, 4.7-inch screen and LTE heading to Sprint?
It looks like Sprint will be seriously beefing up its portfolio of LTE devices later this year. The rumor is that the LG LS970 (internal name “LG G”) will be joining the Now Network at some point in the fourth quarter of this year. What makes this an interesting news is that this is the first time we’re hearing about a smartphone that packs both a quad-core processor and LTE radio — if you look at the HTC One X for example, its LTE version rocks Qualcomm’s dual-core Snapdragon S4 … Read more
Dusan Belic
PCWorld details 3G/4G test results for US mobile networks
PCWorld went on a bit of an adventure recently to put AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon’s 3G and 4G networks to the test. They traveled to 13 cities across the United States — Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. – and tested data speeds in a total of 127 different locations. The tests between the carriers are broken down into four categories: 3G download speed, 3G upload speed, 4G download speed, and 4G upload speed. The … Read more
George Tinari
Sprint joins Team Tizen for reasons no one understands
Before we get to today’s news, you need some backstory: Nokia started work on a Linux based mobile operating system called Maemo back in 2005. It got better over time, just have a look at the Nokia N9 to get an idea of what we’re talking about. Now Maemo wasn’t the only Linux mobile OS on the market trying to become successful, there was Intel’s Moblin platform, which the chip company was attempting to get laptop makers to use. Nokia teamed up with Intel, merged Moblin and Maemo, and called … Read more