Sprint and Clearwire’s collaboration on a nationwide WiMAX network in the US has yet to bear any worthy fruit. Sprint had us all thinking that they’d be bringing WiMAX service to Chicago by the end of 2008. The company has been touting their new dual-mode WiMAX/CDMA modem for use on either side of the No.…
BlackBerry Bold From Sprint Coming in First Quarter of 2009
All of you fans of the yellow and black (or is it gold and black?) will be pleased to know some new BlackBerry Bold info on Sprint. One of Engadget Mobile’s trusted sources has let them now that Sprint will be replacing the BlackBerry 8830 with a CDMA version of the BlackBerry Bold. All of…
Best Buy unveils Pink Samsung Instinct webpage!
If you’re like us, you love the Sprint Samsung Instinct’s haptic feedback touchscreen and full-HTML web browser, but that Black color scheme fails to inspire. For those of us with a need for a splash of color in our handsets, Best Buy is gearing up to offer Sprint customers a Pink Samsung Instinct. Best Buy…
’09 BlackBerry Lineup Leaked, Hints at Storm Slider, Touchscreen Bold
Sorry Americans, were you jealous after hearing about Canada getting the Wi-Fi BlackBerry Storm from Rogers? Not to fret, this leaked ’09 lineup gives us a rough idea of what BlackBerrys to expect from American and Canadian carriers, including lots of love for the EV-DO portion of the wireless world. BlackBerry 9030 ‘Niagra’ – Due…
Sprint now offers Pandora service for free!
Pandora is now available for free to all Sprint subscribers with compatible handsets and a data plan. Until now, Pandora users on Sprint paid $2.99/month to access Pandora’s personalized Internet radio service on their mobile phones. As a reminder, Sprint was the first carrier to launch a mobile version of Pandora in May of 2007…
Sprint Shows Off CDMA/WiMAX Dual-Mode Modem
Sprint and Clearwire have been cleared to go forth with their plans to build-out a national WiMAX wireless network, and it’s only a matter of time before WiMAX modems start to flood the market. The first such device is a dual-mode CDMA/WiMAX modem. Sprint, a 51 percent majority owner in Clearwire, has announced their new…
Sprint Introduces the BlackBerry Curve 8350i Smartphone
Sprint had announced the coming soon-ness of the BlackBerry Curve 8350i a few months back. After some waiting and delay, Sprint has finally begun selling the device online. The device is rumored to be appearing in-store by some time in January 2009. The BlackBerry 8350i supports the PTT (push-to-talk) network with the Nextel Direct Connect…
Sprint to Make Drastic Cuts to Survive
There’s no doubt that Sprint has been in a bad way, financially, for too long. With almost every recent quarterly report stained in red-ink, Sprint is in dire need of more revenue or lower costs, or both. Sprint Nextel’s CFO Bob Brust spoke at the UBS annual media and communications conference today, making references to…
Sprint Instinct can now sing along Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes
One of Sprint’s flagship phones, Samsung Instinct, is now more enterprise friendly than ever. The CDMA carrier has made the all-touchscreen phone capable to sing along popular corporate email and calendar solutions – Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes. The new syncing ability is available at no additional charge to all Samsung Instinct owners. All they…
Clearwire and Sprint close WiMAX deal, launches Clear WiMAX service in Portland
Sprint Nextel has been working to go live with its WiMAX service in the US, and it looks like WiMAX is about to become a reality for some areas of the US. Sprint and Clearwire have finalized their deal to combine WiMAX network assets and roll out a nationwide 4G WiMAX wireless network, just in…