We had heard that the much-vaunted HTC Hero would be coming along Sprint-side on October 11th., a rumour that is gaining some traction as the EVDO version has slid through FCC filings. Our very own Ben Robinson has had a solid run at the Android device released in the UK, and walked away amply impressed.…
Washington D.C. subway to get mobile phone coverage: Terrorists ecstatic at remote detonation
America’s capital, Washingston D.C., has an underground metro that helps interns and political aids alike travel upon their daily commute to help their bosses figure out how much money should be spent on education, warfare, and an 8 ball of cocaine. Like many underground metros, which I’ll refer to as subways from now on having…
Brief: Sprint Nextel Vice President of Corporate Brand Marketing, Thomas Murphy, died on Friday
Our condolences go out to the family of Thomas Murphy, Vice President of Corporate Brand Marketing at Sprint Nextel. He died on Friday while driving. A boulder fell from a mountain and went through his windshield rendering him unconscious, and injuring his 11 year old son. His wife and two other sons, who were also…
Sprint looking to raise $500 Million
Sprint has filed documents with the SEC in hopes to raise some $500 million. The carrier plans to offer senior unsecured notes which will mature in August 2017, and use the money for such things as general business expenses, network expansion, debt services and acquisitions. This comes after they posted another bad quarter and after…
Palm Pre phones home with user location data
Palm Pre users, take note, your shiny new smartphone is spying on you… kinda. Palm is collecting all kinds of user behavior data from their US fleet of Palm Pre smartphones. How’s that, you ask? Well, there’s apparently a bit of code hidden within the Pre’s WebOS that instructs the handset to send Palm information…
Video: Hands-on with Sprint’s eco-friendly Samsung Reclaim
Sprint’s going green with the upcoming Samsung Reclaim. Like the name suggests, the Samsung Reclaim does its part to help protect the environment by making use of all kinds of recycled and eco-friendly materials. From the chemicals used to manufacture components to the ink used on the retail packaging, the Samsung Reclaim minimizes its impact…
Study: Majority of consumers find Palm Pre commercials effective
If you’re like us, you find the Palm Pre commercials at least a little creepy. Watching Tamara Hope talk about her life with the Palm Pre almost makes you want to bust out the Yoga mat, or take a nap. But, how does the general public feel about the commercials’ effectiveness? Well, according to a…
Samsung m850 Dash gets FCC approval; Spotted in the wild
Remember the Samsung m850 which we caught at invisibleSHIELD/ZAGG’s website? At that point, we thought it will be Sprint’s next killer Instinct device and it seems it’s gearing toward the launch. The phone has been cleared by the FCC, and has also been spotted “in the wild.” We don’t have much details to report at…
HTC gives Sprint HTC Touch Pro2 a proper 3.5mm headphone jack
The HTC Touch Pro2 is tops in the enterprise smarpthone market. HTC made sure that their Touch Pro2’s slide-out QWERTY keyboard and huge touchscreen display were good enough to best the Nokia N97, as confirmed by IntoMobile’s own Nokia N97 vs HTC Touch Pro2 showdown. But, in that quest for business-phone domination, HTC forgot about…
Big-ass batteries extend Palm Pre uptimes like whoa
One of the biggest problems with most of today’s higher-end smartphones is the lack of battery power. With all the hardware stuffed into devices like the Palm Pre, users are barely able to get more than a day’s worth of battery life on a single charge. Thankfully, third-party battery makers like Amzer are here to…