An over-the-air software update for the Sprint Hero is now available, the biggest change being a fix to SMS and daylight savings time bugs. There’s no documented changelog, but if you notice anything different, feel free to drop a comment. If you didn’t automatically recieve the option to update to 1.56.651.2, go to Settings, About,…
Amazon offers Palm Pixi for $25
Cash-strapped webOS hopefuls and deal seekers alike, take note: Amazon is offering Sprint’s Palm Pixi for just $25. The entry-level webOS smartphone hasn’t been on market for more than a week and we’re already seeing the handset hovering dangerously close to “free with contract” territory. As it stands, Amazon will sell you the Palm Pixi…
Quickie: Palm Pixi Now Available on Sprint
In case you missed it, yesterday was Palm Pixi launch day in the US. The new webOS powered ‘mini Pre’ is available for $99.99 on a 2-year contract after $100 mail-in rebate on Sprint. Ugh, yes, another mail-in rebate! For the whole skinny head over to Sprint. You’ll need to enter your zip code… Do…
Rugged Motorola i680 clamshell hits the FCC on its way to Sprint Nextel
A new Motorola iDEN clamshell has been spotted at the FCC. It’s the Moto i680, which aside from its “rugged nature” and an iDEN radio (800/900 MHz), also comes with two screens (internal and external), camera with flash that can take both photos and videos, Bluetooth, media player, headset jack, microSD memory card slot. In…
The $30 Palm Pixi should make you seriously consider webOS
The Palm Pixi is due to hit market on Sunday, November 15th. Following on the slider-style Palm Pre, the Palm Pixi will launch as Sprint’s second webOS-powered smartphone. It’ll feature the same touchscreen and gesture-support we first saw on the Palm Pre, but trades screen size for a slate-style QWERTY keyboard and does away with…
Palm Pixi Makes Cameo Appearance at Walmart
Well what do we have here? A Palm Pixi sighting… at a Walmart? Yeppers, that’s exactly what we’ve got. PalmTwit reader Tom sent this in just awhile ago, while doing some late night shopping at a Walmart in Tennesee. The picture clearly reveals the Pixi, pressed up against the display case, just trying to get…
Walmart Dishing Out $100 Gift Cards With BlackBerry Purchase (November 14th through 21st)
Want some extra cash to blow at Walmart? What if I told you Wally World was giving away $100 gift cards with any BlackBerry purchase from November 14th through the 21st? According to the good folks at Gizmodo, that’s exactly what is going to happen. The new deal will be both valid in-store and online,…
Sprint plans to slash 2,500 jobs
When times gets tough, big corporations get to slashing jobs. Sprint Nextel knows this all too well. Following a round of job cuts that gave thousands of Sprint Nextel employees the dreaded pink slip, Sprint has announced that it plans to lighten their employee-load by another 2,000 to 2,500 by the end of the year.…
Clearwire secures $1.5 billion in funding, mostly from Sprint
Clearwire finally looks poised to go nationwide with their 4G WiMAX network. The company announced today that it has secured an additional $1.5 billion in funding from its partners to help build out the Clearwire network. Clearwire has been pushing to get their 4G WiMAX network up and running throughout the US, but it’s been…
Sprint offers Dell Inspiron Mini 10, too
Sprint is the latest operator to offer Dell’s netbook – Inspiron Mini 10. The carrier is asking $199.99 for the computer on a Mobile Broadband plan and a two-year service agreement, after a $100 mail-in rebate. Of course, the netbook comes with built-in EV-DO Rev. A modem which should provide average upload speeds of 350-500…