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It’s been a bumpy ride for Sprint so far in 2012, as the Kansas-based cell phone provider not only had to endure its LightSquared LTE deal go down the tubes, but have its own board vote against a MetroPCS acquisition. Sprint’s CEO Dan Hesse has been on the hot seat lately had he found himself defending…
Well, look what just popped into our inbox: a fresh invitation to an event with HTC and Sprint to check out its latest “collaboration” on April 4. This comes a day after some rumors suggested we could be in for a Sprint-enabled One series phone, possibly with LTE. We got a close look at the…
Sprint wants to take advantage of the app craze that is still looming, with everyone and their mama launching their mobile apps. To that end, the Now Network partnered with Magmito to allow its small business customers to build customized mobile applications, and “market their businesses and communicate with key stakeholders.” The easy-to-use web-based service…
Sprint’s first LTE phones may come in the form of the Galaxy Nexus and LG Viper but that doesn’t mean that it’s done putting more great hardware on the front lines for the summer smartphone battle. The most recent rumor pegs the HTC One X to launch on June 10th and will be given the…
Two years ago a scrappy newcomer called LightSquared announced plans to revolutionize the American wireless industry. Their plan was simple: Build a nationwide 4G LTE network that other companies would then lease so they could sell access to consumers. Think of it this way, back in the 1990s there were hundres of internet service providers…
Sprint’s Galaxy Nexus aka Samsung SPH-L700 got the FCC clearance and is now one step closer to launch. The unit FCC folks had a chance to try out sings along CDMA on 850 and 1900 MHz bands as well as LTE on 1900MHz. Moreover, it has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth radios, as well as NFC support…
Amazon is kicking off March Madness with two big promotions on mobile phones for Sprint and Verizon. The Sprint sale starts today March 12 and applies to all Sprint 4G phones including the Samsung Galaxy S II Epic Touch 4G and the HTC EVO Design 4G. All phones are available for a penny and require a new two-year contract.…
While the new features found in the iOS 5.1 update were fairly minimal, one that snuck under the radar was an increase to the maximum download file size over 3G/4G networks. The new version of iOS allows downloads of up to 50 MBs to be conducted over cellular networks, a fairly sizable increase from the previous 20MB…
When the new iPad was officially unveiled to come to Verizon and AT&T’s LTE networks in the U.S., many were left wondering what this meant for Sprint, which is building out its own LTE network starting this year. As Sprint has a fairly expensive agreement with Apple to sell the company’s iPhones over the next…
There are two flavors of 4G LTE: FDD (frequency division duplex) and TDD (time division duplex). Without getting too technical, let’s just say that the former makes a lot more sense for operators who are already running a GSM network, whereas the latter isn’t expected to gain any widespread adoption outside China. Now Sprint entered…