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For months and months, Apple and the iPad had a virtual stranglehold on the tablet computing space. Armed with undeniably sleek industrial design, the proven iOS mobile operating system, a huge display and a battery the size of a small planet, the Apple iPad ushered the world into casual computing on tablet devices designed for…
The HTC EVO Shift 4G was recently spotted at the FCC and now we have a purported shot of the handset that exposes its landscape keyboard. The image was posted up by a Sprint employee on the SprintUsers forum and is assumed to be the real deal. The EVO Shift 4G has the standard 4-row…
It looks like we’ll be in a for a bunch of 4G tablets in 2011, as T-Mobile quickly chimed in to say that it, too, will have tablets next year which will be able to utilize its HSPA+ network for high-speed mobile data. In a message sent to us, a T-Mobile spokesperson said: “T-Mobile is…
Good news for those of you in the coverage are of Sprint/Clearwire’s WiMAX network. Sprint will be launching a WiMAX (they would call it 4G) enabled tablet at some point next year. The news comes from the carrier’s president of business markets, Paget Alves, who missed to mention which company will make the device. Samsung…
Sprint is gradually making its WiMax network available in more areas this year, and it looks like Denver, Colorado is next on the list. After successful and recent launches in New York City and Los Angeles, the folks of Denver have quite a bit to look forward to. Of course, we all know that these…
The Sanyo Taho by Kyocera for Sprint (say that ten times fast) is the first rugged phone that is totally submersible in water. It can survive being under one meter of water for up to 30 minutes without sustaining any permanent damage – perfect for those times when you drop your phone into three feet…
It looks like the trend is toward tiered data plans, as AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless have implemented multiple ways to purchase data beyond just the unlimited data plan. Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said the company doesn’t have plans for tiered services but he left the door open for it in the future. Speaking at…
We had previously heard that the HTC Knight (Speedy) would launch Jan. 6 and the arrival of some accessories are further proof that this Android superphone with WiMax should be hitting Sprint in just a few weeks. HTCPedia has just landed a few cases and some decent-looking pictures of what it claims to be the…
Life is rough for Sprint Epic 4G users who are patiently waiting to get onto Android 2.2 Froyo after seeing their Android counterparts – HTC EVO owners – enjoying the latest from Google since late summer. And like the HTC EVO 4G owners before them, it’s very tempting to update to the latest version of…
Sprint said it will begin phasing out its iDEN network in 2013 and it will move the more than 10.6 million subscribers over to its CDMA network and still retain the much-vaunted push-to-talk feature. Don’t worry, you’ll still be able to ask chicken heads “Where you at?” According to the USA Today: The phase-out is…