Here’s some good news for die-hard Nextel iDEN network-fans. Sprint CEO Dan Hesse announced at CTIA that Sprint will be bringing the addictive smartphone goodness of the BlackBerry to Nextel customers still loyal to the iDEN network-based service. The new BlackBerry will apparently rock WiFi to help speed up the data-side of things when within…
Sprint announces Sanyo Pro-200 and the Sanyo Pro-700, Nextel Direct Connect devices
Sprint announced two new Nextel Direct Connect devices – the Sanyo Pro-200 and the Sanyo Pro-700. Powered by Qualcomm’s QCHat technology, these arguably nice looking clamshells feature Direct Connect, Group Connect, call alerts, single number option, DC permissions, Sprint Mobile Sync, EV-DO Rev. A support, mobile mail and Bluetooth. Both devices will hit select Sprint…
Sprint’s Sierra Wireless Compass 597 is tiny and sleek – USB EVDO Rev. A modem with style
If there’s one thing that gets attention in the tech-world, it’s Apple products. So, it makes sense that Sierra Wireless wanted to leverage the MacBook Air’s “hotness” to publicize their newly announced Sierra Wireless Compass 597 EVDO Rev. A USB modem. The MacBook Air initially got my attention. Then I noticed the yellow-lit USB dongle…
Hands-on with the Samsung Instinct – Sprint’s answer to the iPhone
Everyone wants needs an iPhone competitor. In a market flooded with notions that sleek and slim smartphones with a rock-solid and intuitive interfaces are the way to go, no carrier can afford to ignore the touchscreen craze that’s sweeping the mobile space. And, Sprint has just announced their own attempt to woo the touchscreen crowd…
Sprint’s Roadmap shows Palm Treo 800w coming in July
Guess we expected this. I don’t quite understand why it takes so much time for Palm to release the device with specs that match many of the HTC models. Anyway, the Palm Treo 800w is spotted in the leaked Sprint Roadmap and it should hit the CDMA/WiMAX carrier in July. The new device will replace…
Video: Sprint CEO stars in new television ad
Sprint’s CEO Dan Hesse stars in a new ad for the “Simply Everything” pricing plan, basically $99/month to do whatever you want with your mobile phone. [Via: mocoNews]
Sprint keeps riding the data-wave with CDMA/EVDO variant of HTC Shift
Sprint is really looking to expand its data-side services, and it makes sense, given their struggles in the traditional voice-call market. Sprint is apparently going to pickup the CDMA/EVDO version of the HTC Shift. We knew that the HTC Shift was a-comin’ in GSM/CDMA flavors (thanks, FCC) , and it seems that Sprint will have…
Sprint BlackBerry Curve 8330 due out on April 16 – Telus too
Update: Sprint’s version of the BlackBerry Curve 8330 will reportedly rock a full 80MB of onboard storage, lightening the load on the microSD card slightly. The BlackBerry Curve 8330 on Sprint should also change things up a bit with the introduction of black keys. And, it looks like Telus is set to get the BlackBerry…
Sprint brings MySpace Mobile to all its data subscribers
Following the recent launch of MySpace’s mobile offering, Sprint decided to offer the popular social networking site to its data subscribers for free. Note the “data” part, as you must have an appropriate plan — the $15 unlimited mobile web will do just as well as $99 Simply Everything. MySpace Mobile allows you to manage…
Sprint planning to switch to IP-based network in push to become data-centric provider
Sprint’s only hope to retain, or at least partially regain, their formerly successful days as a Top 3 US wireless carrier is to concentrate on becoming the premier wireless broadband provider. That means Sprint will have to focus on the data side of their operations – as I mentioned a while back. So, in a…