The story of the BlackBerry Pearl 2 release slowly starts reminding me on the iPhone launch, except that RIM can’t generate as much as buzz as Apple can. First, we thought the next Pearl — also known as BlackBerry 8130 — is coming to AT&T and Vodafone this September. Later, Sprint’s 2007 and 2008 product…
Press shot of the Palm Centro leaked
Less than 5 minutes fresh in my RSS reader, Gizmodo has the scoop on the Palm Centro, a device that is meant for the youth market. Having recently been in college and still frequently attending parties at universities I can attest to the increase in BlackBerry Pearl ownership. Is the Centro a few years late?…
Sprint: Yes we raised our SMS text message rates, No you can’t cancel your contract without an ETF
Money doesn’t grow on trees. But if you’re a wireless carrier, it might grow on SMS text messages. At least it seems that way for Sprint. The third largest wireless carrier has announced that it will be bumping up the price of each SMS text message sent without a text messaging plan. It looks like…
Sprint goes live with Motorola RAZR V9m
Wow, this sure is a big day for Motorola. First we get the Motorola Q9m on Verizon Wireless, and now we get the MOTORAZR2 V9m (the Motorola RAZR2 V9m) on Sprint’s network (as expected). The phone is available through Sprint’s online store, and will lighten your pockets of $249.99 (with two-year contract, of course), in…
GoTV Latin Music channel launches on AT&T, planned for Sprint
GoTV has just signed on to provide mobile video content for AT&T, adding to the carrier’s mobile content offerings. The latin music channel, ES Música will serve up made-for-mobile video content in snippets that offer video countdowns, tour documentaries, and artist profiles – as well as a variety of latin music. Reuters reports that “A…
Sprint’s 2007 and 2008 product roadmap leaked – details on Sprint Touch, Palm Treo 800w, and the Palm Centro/Gryphon
Here we go with the leaked product roadmaps again. It’s great when the carrier actually leaks this kind of information, because it tends to be fairly accurate (assuming this is all legit, of course). Phone News‘ sources are saying that the upcoming product roadmap for the rest of 2007 and part of 2008 will cement…
Sprint reserves $5 billion for WiMAX network – we mean XOHM
Sprint’s push for total WiMAX coverage in the US is getting another boost. The compay has announced that they will earmark $5 billion for the development of the WiMAX (XOHM?), network through 2010. It looks like Sprint’s partner Clearwire will also be lending a hand in footing the bill. With Sprint expecting to see positive…
Sprint get’s touched by HTC – Sprint Touch
With AT&T and their iPhone putting the squeeze on other carriers’ subscriber base, it makes sense for them to scramble for the next-best iPhone alternative. As of now, the coolest touchscreen competitor in The States is the HTC Touch (and it’s CDMA brother, the HTC Vogue). And, it looks like Sprint wants in on the…
Sprint’s Palm Treo 800 Gandolf will be launched as the Palm Centro
Rumors should be taken with a grain of salt. We speculated that the new Palm Gandolf could hit the US as the Palm Treo 800. But, it seems that Palm is going to do away with the “Treo” moniker all together. Andrew over at Treonauts got the chance to sit down with the new handset…
Video: Hands-on Sanyo Katana II, DLX
PhoneScoop‘s Eric M. Zeman had a chance to get his hands on two Sanyo Katana clamshells – DLX and Katana II. Both devices are available through Sprint, and are retailing for $129.99 and $49.99 respectively with a two-year subscriber agreement and a $50 mail-in rebate. As you can tell, the DLX is a better device,…