Back in October, the long-rumored Sprint iPhone finally rolled out to customers in the United States and today, the carrier announced the fruits of its decision to carry the iconic smartphone. The company has revealed that it endured a a $1.3 billion net loss during the fourth quarter of 2011 but that it has seen [...]
Earlier this year, Sprint announced that it would be rolling out its 4G LTE network by the middle part of this year. In doing so, it also announced four launch cities including Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. Not satisfied with a mere four launch markets, the carrier today added two more markets to the [...]
Last year, Samsung sold over 10 million Galaxy S II smartphones which made it the best selling device in company history. It was no fluke as the Galaxy S II is widely considered to be one of, if not the best Android-powered smartphone ever made. Needless to say, Samsung is going to try and pick [...]
Tucows has launched a new carrier in the United States today, called Ting, which will bring cheap, no-contract data mobile data plans to Sprint’s network. What this means is that should you not want to sign a contract with another service provider here in the U.S., and you think your areas is covered by Sprint’s [...]
We knew it was coming and Sprint has made it official. The carrier has announced the ZTE Optik, a 7-inch Android 3.2 Honeycomb tablet that will be launching with a mind-bending price tag of $99.99. It’s going to be launching in the days ahead, Sprint declined to offer up a specific release date, and it [...]
Earlier this year, Apple announced that it had sold 15.4 million iPads last quarter. That’s the equivalent to selling 109 iPads a minute. Not too shabby, especially when it was about 2 million above analysts predictions. Needless to say, Apple has sold a lot of iPads and iPad 2′s and we’re pretty sure that the [...]
If you’re the proud owner of Sprint’s Nexus S 4G, you’ve probably been wondering when the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich would start rolling out for your device. Unfortunately, we don’t have the exact answer to that question but now that an official Android 4.0 ROM for the device has made it onto XDA-forums, we [...]
Prior to its release on Verizon back in December, there had been talk of a Samsung Galaxy Nexus launch on carriers other than Big Red. Both AT&T and Sprint were mentioned amongst the possible suitors here in the United States. Suffice to say, many consumers out there, especially those adverse to heading to Verizon’s 4G [...]
No, the title is not a mistake. It appears that Samsung may very well be working on a new, higher-end Galaxy Nexus that could feature an upgraded processor and GPU. The source of this speculation comes from a NenaMark benchmark that has a Galaxy Nexus sporting a PowerVR SGX 544 GPU, the same GPU found [...]
We got a chance to see the Sprint Galaxy Nexus briefly at CES when Sprint announced that it was in fact making it way to them soon. Sprint’s version is supposed to become available during the first half of 2012, but they have not finalized the pricing or specific launch dates for the Galaxy Nexus yet. There are [...]
Though the rumored Samsung Epic 2 for Sprint never came out, the phone may still be launching as recent leaks suggest. The device was most recently found on the Cellebrite device system and the Epic 2, complete with its sliding QWERTY keyboard, may make its way now potentially to Sprint’s pre-paid brands instead. As such, [...]
A leaked document reveals that Sprint is planning to launch a budget-friendly 7-inch Android tablet for just under $100 on the 3G Now Network. News of the tablet comes just on the heels of Sprint placing the HTC EVO View 4G, which at the time of launch was and is a high-end 7-inch slate, on [...]
In a cost-cutting move, Sprint, the nation’s third largest carrier, will, instead of deploying its own network and utilize its spectrum, be turning to other carriers through roaming agreements. By instituting roaming agreements, Sprint’s customers in Oklahoma and Kansas would still be able to have access to voice and mobile broadband data services in those [...]
It looks like Sprint is gearing up to retire some older smartphone and tablet models in an attempt to make room on its retail shelves for newer upcoming models with 4G LTE on-board. The models being retired and placed on Sprint’s EOL, or End-of-Life, list include the WiFi-only version of Research in Motion’s BlackBerry PlayBook, [...]
Although Sprint is now focusing on its 4G LTE smartphones and network moving forward, the carrier still has three planned software updates, one for each of its high-end smartphones released over the last two years. The first one goes to the original Epic 4G, which is the carrier’s keyboarded variant of the Samsung Galaxy S [...]
One of the biggest obstacles that some people face when buying a new smartphone, especially one 4G in nature, is the price. We know it’s hard to comprehend for some of you, but not everyone is willing to throw down hundreds of dollars for a new smartphone. Well, those not looking to break the bank [...]
Sprint will stop announcing new smartphones, tablets, mobile hotspots, and other consumer embedded solutions that utilize’s the network’s 4G WiMax connectivity and instead choose to focus on building out its 4G LTE network and releasing new devices that run on LTE. While Sprint was the first carrier to launch a 4G service through WiMax technology [...]
Sprint is in the midst of a transition from 4G WiMax technology to LTE to drive the future of its mobile broadband product line and services. While the Now Network remains the sole carrier of the four largest national carriers to offer truly unlimited, unthrottled 4G data plans, it’s still unclear if the same unlimited [...]
The phone that we gave our Best in Show Award for CES 2012, the Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone, might be headed to more carriers than just AT&T. According to a rumor from Paul Thurrott over at WinSuperSite, AT&T apparently has a 45 day exclusivity period over the device which, if true, means that other [...]
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At the end of 2011, we saw a flurry of smartphone releases including those of the HTC Rezound, the Motorola Droid RAZR and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Then, just last week in Las Vegas, CES 2012 saw the introductions of several new phones that are slated for release in the coming weeks. So needless to [...]
We’re pretty big fans of the Samsung Galaxy Note, so much so, that we awarded it with our Best Versatile Mobile Device award at CES 2012. Thing is, the version we saw was a 4G LTE device headed to AT&T’s network leaving little choice for consumers in the U.S. who want this 5.3-inch beast. Well, [...]
For those of you looking to get a solid smartphone for a solid price, especially those of you who do a lot of traveling, you’ll be delighted to know that Sprint is preparing to drop the price of the global capable Motorola Photon 4G down to a mere $100 once January 15 rolls around. For [...]
Yesterday at CES 2012 here in Las Vegas, we were able to go hands-on with one of Sprint’s first 4G LTE offerings, the LG Viper 4G LTE. However, the carrier didn’t fully reveal the phone in yesterday’s announcement leaving us, and many of you, wondering what the LG Viper 4G LTE is going to have on board. Lucky [...]
In addition to introducing the LTE editions of the Galaxy Nexus and the LG Viper for its network, Sprint also showed off a mobile hotspot for its LTE network that it is building out. The Sierra Wireless Tri-Network Hotspot will be compatible with Sprint’s 3G CDMA Network, the legacy 4G WiMax network, the 4G LTE [...]
At CES 2012, Sprint had announced the Galaxy Nexus, a 4G LTE phone, as part of its Network Vision strategy. Though Sprint had allowed us to see the Galaxy Nexus in person, the device was well-guarded and Now Network did not allow us to film or capture many images of the device as the hardware [...]
While the Galaxy Nexus will be headlining Sprint’s new LTE network lineup, the carrier did announce a second smartphone in the form of the eco-friendly LG Viper as well as a mobile hotspot. There’s not much that we can say about the device at this time as Sprint says it’s still an early production model [...]
When Verizon Wireless had launched 4G LTE devices around a year ago, those devices commanded premium price points, launching at around $250-$300. Thanks to the maturing 4G LTE technology, more carriers into the LTE space, and competition, we’re beginning to see prices for devices softening, which will hopefully lead to more adoption of LTE devices [...]
Sprint announced three new 4G LTE devices as CES kicks off. The carrier, which has in the past operated on rival 4G WiMax technology, is now beginning its transition to LTE technology as part of its Network Vision strategy to offer customers more robust and faster mobile broadband speeds, which will allow faster downloads and [...]
There were rampant reports that Sprint, despite its commercials and prior statements, would begin throttling customers on its network. Dow Jones reported that Sprint CEO Dan Hesse says that customers who are in the top 1% of data hogs will be throttled, or capped on their download and upload speeds. Hesse and Sprint’s PR team [...]
Toss this one in the rumor mill for now but it would appear, at least according to an ad that has popped up over at CNET, that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is destined for Sprint’s 4G LTE network, the same 4G LTE network that the carrier said would be headed to four initial markets starting [...]
Earlier today, AT&T announced another major roll out of its 4G LTE network but now it’s Sprint’s turn to announce some LTE news. Yes, Sprint. We know that the Now Network will be launching its next-gen 4G network later on this year and now the carrier has confirmed the first cities that will be graced [...]
If you’re in the market for a new smartphone and you’re thinking about heading to Sprint, it is the only major U.S. carrier that currently offers unlimited data to new customers after all, then you might want to look at the carrier’s version of the Samsung Galaxy S II aka the Epic 4G Touch. And [...]
The Samsung Galaxy Note has already launched elsewhere in the world, to great fanfare we might add, but the United States has thus far been left out in the cold. Yesterday, we saw an official image of the Galaxy Note show up with AT&T branding all but confirming that at least one U.S. carrier would [...]
From a leaked press shot, it appears that MetroPCS is landing the LG Connect 4G Android phone for its LTE network. There is speculation that the LG Connect 4G will also be coming to Verizon Wireless and Sprint–the latter of which may get a WiMax variant as Sprint does not yet have an LTE network [...]
U.S. wireless carrier has given its partner an extra thirty days to finalize its 4G LTE network. The original 15-year partnership was contingent on LightSquared gaining regulatory approval by the end of 2011, but as that has not happened, Sprint had extended the timeline. Though Sprint had been the first 4G carrier in the U.S., [...]
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