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Samsung and Boost Mobile held an event to announce the Galaxy Prevail, an entry-level Android handset to land on the prepay wireless service backed by Sprint. The Prevail will join the older Motorola i1 in Boost’s Android handset lineup and is an excellent choice for those looking for a prepay smartphone. As rumored, specs for…
Clearwire is in legal hot water for reportedly offering service to customers outside its coverage areas. A lawsuit was filed in in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington on March 31st that accuses the company of deliberately extending coverage limits to entice customers to sign up for the WiMAX service and…
You may have saw the research which found that the Verizon 4G LTE network was faster than the Sprint 4G WiMax network (at least in New York). Well, Sprint is firing back and saying this is hooey. The report found that the Verizon 4G LTE network averaged 9.1 Mbps down, 5.28 Mbps up with a…
Sprint is already working on an NFC payment system for 2011 and this will enable users to use their phones to “tap to pay.” The news comes via Bloomberg and it shows that the Sprint NFC payment system should be released before its rivals roll out competing solutions. Who’s trying to compete? Well, just about…
New research from analysts over BTIG confirms what many in the industry already know: Verizon’s 4G LTE network is crazy fast and Sprint’s WiMAX network is slow and lacks coverage. The testing methodology involved over 1,000 speed tests done in New York City using an HTC Thunderbolt (pictured above) and HTC EVO 4G. Both devices…
Starting tomorrow, April 3rd, Sprint will offer the Samsung Galaxy Tab for $199.99, which is $100 less than the original price of $299.99. Similarly the off-contract price will be slashed too, from $499.99 to $429.99. The idea seems to clear out the stock now when the HTC View 4G has been announced. Moreover, the carrier…
Some Sprint training promotions show the WiMAX-enabled Samsung Nexus S is going to be released on April 18. The Samsung Nexus S 4G isn’t really that different from the original: it’s got the same 4-inch Super AMOLED display, 5 megapixel camera (plus secondary front-facing camera), 1 GHz processor, 512 MB of RAM, Wi-Fi b/g/n with…
When you’re looking for fast, reliable broadband speed on the go, the MiFi 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot from Sprint is the way to go. The new mobile hotspot from Sprint allows you connect up to five Wi-Fi devices at once onto the carrier’s 3G or 4G WiMax network where available. Unlike the Overdrive 3G/4G mobile hotspot…
SouthernLINC Wireless has inked a nationwide iDEN push-to-talk and data roaming deal with Sprint Nextel, despite Sprint’s plan to start shutting down the network in 2013. According to SouthernLINC’s CEO Bob Dawson, the service will go live in April along with new simplified rate plans. Dawson said that Sprint’s decision to shut down its iDEN…
Well, pardners, if you’re up for a “dual,” Sprint has now put up its preorder page for the Kyocera Echo, so you’ll be able to plunk down $199 to ensure you get the dual-screen Android handset when it launches April 17. The Kyocera Echo page also has a cute little Flash game in which you…