The Sprint HTC EVO 4G has yet to be officially released, but the device has already been rooted. The EVO 4G was cracked shortly following Google’s Oprah moment, when the search giant gave 5,000 of these devices out at their developers conference attendees. But, it doesn’t stop there. Now, we’re seeing that the EVO being…
Sprint HTC EVO 4G media dock and car kit coming to Best Buy end of July
A newly leaked accessories list has confirmed that soon after the Sprint HTC EVO 4G launches in early June, Best Buy will have a media dock and car kit available to make your life that much easier. The media dock will make connecting your EVO 4G to a TV as simple as sliding it into…
BlackBerry 9650 Unboxing and Impressions
The BlackBerry Bold 9650 that was launched on Sprint two weeks ago just came through my door this morning, and I’ve had the day to play around with it. It feels a bit beefier than I remember its predecessor, the Tour 9630 being, but that’s by no means a bad thing. I’m used to the…
Your iPad is banned from Yankee Stadium
You’re going to have to add Apple’s iPad to your list of things that are banned from sports stadiums but will have you going out of your way to smuggle inside. The stadium we’re talking about here is Yankees Stadium, and they’ve formally brought the ban hammer down on the iPad. In an effort to…
HTC EVO 4G unboxing and initial impressions
We just took possession of our very own Sprint HTC EVO 4G Android smartphone, and we couldn’t wait to get this hot handset out of the box and how you what it looks like in its retail packaging. As we saw previously, the HTC EVO 4G is packaged in a post-consumer cardboard box that reminds…
Sprint mulling switch from WiMax to LTE for 4G
Interestingly enough, when we were speaking to Sprint about the EVO 4G and mentioned “WiMax,” the third-largest carrier was quick to make sure we knew it was referring to it as “4G.” Now, we’re hearing rumblings that the company is evaluating switching from WiMax to Long-Term Evolution technology for its 4G network. According to Light…
Quickie: Sprint HTC Hero FINALLY Gets Android 2.1 ‘Eclair’ Update
Sprint HTC Hero users have been waiting for, oh, let’s just say a ‘long time‘ for an Android 2.1 ‘Eclair’ update. If you’ve got a Hero in hand (on Sprint), today is the day you’ve been waiting for. Sprint has finally made the Android 2.1 update available! To get started, all you need to do…
Sprint CFO admits Palm Pre failed
Sprint’s Chief Financial Officer Robert Brust let a ill-timed statement slip out to investors – specifically, that “The Pre didn’t work out as well as we hoped,” He told investors that the worst is behind them. Sorry to be blunt, but no shit. Why the man waited this long to say the Palm Pre bombed…
AT&T defends network strategy
AT&T’s data network has been a punchline over the last few years because it has been unable to keep up with the demand of iPhone users. As Sprint and Verizon march along with 4G networks, why is AT&T seemingly failing to keep pace? In a well-conducted interview with GigaOm, AT&T’s CEO of Operations, John Stankey,…
LTE vs WiMAX – The 4G Mobile Broadband Shootout
The future of the US mobile broadband market is taking shape right before our very eyes, with both the LTE and WiMAX flavors of 4G wireless data networks promising to deliver the internet to your mobile phone at speeds that might give your home broadband connection a case of “bandwidth envy.” But, with heavyweights behind…