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Sprint confirmed it will formally oppose AT&T’s purchase of T-Mobile, but the #3 wireless carrier faces an uphill battle. Sprint is smaller than AT&T and spends less money on lobbying than its larger competitor. In 2010, Sprint spent a mere $2.5 million on lobbying, while its former Ma Bell rival spent $15.3 million. Due to…
During CTIA 2011 in Orlando, Florida last week, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse really showed his colors by taking solid jabs at each of the other carriers during a CEO round table moderated by Jim Cramer. And during Sprint’s unveiling of the EVO 3D, Hesse quipped that the other carriers have “faux-G” rather than actual 4G.…
Sprint is teaming up with Location Labs to tackle distracted driving. The carrier will offer the Sprint Drive First service to help its users manage their mobile devices and focus on driving while they’re behind the wheel. The new service will be launched in the third quarter with a price tag of $2 per month…
Sprint will offer the Omnilink Asset Locator tracking service through its Business Direct sales channel to provide companies with out-of-the-box security tool for tracking assets at risk of theft. The carrier and its partner Omnilink suggest the following assets for tracking: bank bags, ATMs, computers and data storage devices, vehicles, consumer electronics and designer apparel,…
A rumor fresh out of BGR suggests Sprint will be suspending its mail-in rebate program starting March 27th. The mail-in rebates will be replaced by instant savings in a move that may extend to all corporate-owned retail stores and other channels. This suspension may only be temporary and the rebate program could be re-activated in…
Today Sprint announced the next generation of the EVO line, and the HTC EVO 3D is all sorts of sexy. Nothing could really steal the show from Sprint today, right? Well, the 3D-centric handset just landed on HTC’s site – sporting a GSM radio. While it’s believable that HTC will have a GSM version of…
We just caught a glimpse of a new feature recently announced by Sprint and Google: Google Voice integration with Sprint! Bet you didn’t see that one coming. We’re already pretty familiar with how Google Voice works, and we did catch all the details about how it will integrate with all Sprint devices in the future.…
Sprint announced their version of the HTC Flyer at CTIA 2011 today, called the View 4G. Although Sprint wouldn’t let us touch the preproduction hardware, they gave us a lengthy demo showing the many uses of the pen accessory, and a tour of the hardware. The HTC View 4G has a 1.5 GHz processor, 1…
Well, it’s not much of a surprise but Sprint made the HTC EVO 3D official at CTIA 2011 and we got some hands-on time with the smartphone that provides glasses-free 3D and WiMax support. If you’re familiar with the EVO, the EVO 3D won’t come as much of a shock, as it sports a similar…
Sprint took to the stage at CTIA and announced the EVO 3D, the next generation in its line of popular EVO handsets for Sprint. The EVO 3D takes the traditional styling of the EVO 4G and adds dual 3D-capable cameras on the back. The EVO 3D includes the following specs: 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-core…