Just yesterday we were reporting on rumors that Sprint was planning to give their data-centric aspirations another big push by dropping the price on their “Phone-As-Modem” (PAM) data plans. The Sprint PAM plan allows customers with qualified data plans to use their 3G-capable mobile phones as wireless modems. The PAM plan add-on essentially allows Sprint…
Sprint planning to reduce wireless modem data rates?
When a struggling company does something right, you have to reward them for it. Otherwise, what was the point of criticizing their previously unacceptable business practices? Sprint, in this case, has been rumored to be making another change in their push to redefine themselves as the premier wireless data provider in the US. Rather than…
Sanyo Katana Eclipse gets glamorous for Sprint
Regardless of the touchscreen revolution that’s sweeping across the globe, there is most definitely a healthy bunch of wireless users that aren’t looking for too much more than basic cellphone calling features in their stylish clamshell of candybar handset. To that end, Sprint is gearing up to offer their users the entry- to mid-range Sanyo…
Sprint and Clearwire defend merger against AT&T’s objections
With Sprint struggling to turnaround their business and working hard to bring their high-speed WiMAX-based XOHM wireless data network online, some big-dogs in the wireless industry are opposing the Sprint and Clearwire merger deal currently under consideration by the Feds. AT&T has voiced their opposition to the merger, claiming that both companies were misrepresenting their…
Sprint posts $344 million in losses while slowing customer defections
Sprint’s road to recovery will be a long and drawn out process, mostly dependent on CEO Dan Hesse’s ability to get the wireless carrier’s high-speed, WIMAX-based XOHM data network up and running in a timely manner. Sprint desperately needs to redefine itself as something more than just the No. 3 wireless voice carrier, and an…
HTC Touch Diamond and Touch Pro details for Sprint and Verizon
Rumors, being what they are, can always change mid-news-cycle. In this case, the rumors surrounding the HTC Touch Diamond‘s arrival on Sprint and Verizon later this month (August 2008) has been updated to reflect new information from PhoneArena that points to the svelte touchscreen offering from HTC hitting Sprint and Verizon in early September and…
HTC Touch Diamond coming to Sprint later in the month?
We do know HTC has a CDMA version of its HTC Touch Diamond smartphone ready (it’s been approved by the FCC, after all), and we know it will push it through both Verizon and Sprint. Now, we have a new tidbit of information suggesting Sprint may pick the stylish smartphone later in the month, and…
Samsung Instinct gets a firmware update
A new firmware version is available for Samsung Instinct. Apparently, the update will affect both the base code as well as tweak several of the apps. First of all, users will notice increased audio volume when using Bluetooth headsets/car kits, as well as improved stability of the phone’s signal and battery indicators. As for the…
Sprint to launch Airave femtocell in August
Following on speculation that Sprint would go live with its signal-boosting Airave femtocell solution on July 15, it appears that Sprint has finally pinned down a firm nationwide launch date for its Airave. Sprint customers with unacceptable signal strength in their homes can go about fixing their weak-signal issues in one of two ways. They…
Court orders Sprint to pay $73 million over ETF lawsuit
The ubiquitous early termination fee. It’s a fact of life in the US wireless world. In return for significant handset subsidies, carriers levy ETFs against customers that terminate their contract early in order to guarantee that costs can be recouped. But, just because ETFs help keep handset prices down in the US, doesn’t mean people…