Sprint has gone ahead and killed its exclusive Nexus smartphone, the Nexus S 4G. According to The Verge, Sprint has confirmed the news and the device has vanished from the company’s website, never to be seen again. This means that consumers who want to get a hold of Sprint’s WiMax-powered Nexus must now do so [...]
There’s a new carrier in town and it’s using Sprint’s network to offer inexpensive phone plans with no contracts. Voyager Mobile was ready to launch today offering plans starting at $19 a month, but the carrier had to push back the launch. The delay is due to a “malicious network attack to its primary website.” The carrier [...]
Sprint has a new mobile hotspot that will take advantage of its 3G network and both of its 4G networks. The new Sprint Tri-Fi is a mobile hotspot that uses Sprint’s 3G, 4G WiMAX, and upcoming 4G LTE. The mobile hotspot will go on sale on May 18, the same day as the HTC EVO [...]
On May 31, Boost Mobile will carry its first 4G WiMAX smartphone, the HTC EVO Design 4G. Boost Mobile will sell the EVO Design 4G for $299.99 with no annual contract. Buyers will get unlimited talk, text, and web through Boost Mobile’s 3G and 4G WiMAX network for $55 a month. The HTC EVO Design [...]
With WiMax 4G coming to Virgin Mobile later on this month, the carrier has announced its first 4G WiMax smartphone, the HTC EVO V 4G which will be arriving later on this month on May 31st. The HTC EVO V 4G closely resembles last year’s HTC EVO 3D, a device that landed on Sprint’s now [...]
Clearwire, which is majority-owned by Sprint, has announced plans to enter the fast 4G LTE market in 31 markets, but unlike most of its U.S.-based rivals, Clearwire will be using the TDD-LTE specification for its mobile broadband technology, which is the same standard that China and Canada will be using. According to the company, the [...]
Following news that some recent 4G WiMax smartphones on Sprint’s network that were released within the last year–like the HTC EVO 3D and HTC EVO Design 4G–would be making their way to Sprint-owned prepaid carriers Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile USA sometime this year, the Now Network has confirmed that it will also be blessing [...]
Now that Sprint is fully committed to deploying a 4G LTE network as part of its Network Vision strategy and will no longer be releasing any new WiMax smartphones, the Now Network is generously bestowing some of its popular devices onto its prepaid brands such as Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile USA. With the latter [...]
Though Sprint is now boldly making the transition from WiMax to LTE for its flagship 4G Now Network, the nation’s third largest carrier is still not done with WiMax just yet. According to a new report, we are hearing that Sprint will be extending 4G to its pre-paid mobile brands through Boost Mobile and Virgin [...]
Despite the growing importance placed on 4G LTE and tablets in the consumer tech space, Sprint isn’t quite done with its 4G WiMax technology and the concept of netbooks for those who are looking to do some lightweight, connected computing while mobile. The Now Network had said that it is giving up on releasing new [...]
The HTC EVO 3D, announced approximately a year ago for Sprint’s 4G WiMax network, will soon be getting a new home on Sprint-owned prepaid carrier Virgin Mobile. The phone is headed to Virgin Mobile with the new branding of EVO V 4G as soon as this summer if rumors hold true. The device is said [...]
On April 4th, HTC and Sprint will be announcing a new collaboration between the two companies. These are of course, the same two companies that launched the iconic HTC EVO 4G back in June of 2011 as well as its follow-up, the HTC EVO 3D, in June of 2011. Needless to say, anticipation is high [...]
Sprint, the third largest mobile provider in the United States, has announced that it will not be releasing any 4G WiMax smartphones in the future and will instead put all of its focus into releasing 4G LTE devices. The announcement comes just ahead of an April 4th news conference with HTC where the carrier will [...]
It looks like the Motorola Photon 4G, which is one of the most recent 4G WiMax devices to launch on Sprint’s Now Network and debuted on the carrier’s network last summer, will be marked as an EOL, or end of life, device. According to a leak obtained by Sprint Feed, Sprint may be laying the [...]
According to a new research finding by NPD, 33 percent of all smartphones sold in the U.S. during the fourth quarter of 2011 had 4G connectivity. 4G connectivity is broadly defined to include devices with either WiMax, HSPA+ or LTE connectivity, the latter of which offers the fastest real-world data performance currently. This number compares [...]
Sprint is getting the ball rolling as it preps a number of its Android smartphones to be upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. After news that the Now Network was working to ready the delectable frozen desert for the Epic 4G Touch, a Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone with 4G WiMax support and a [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Sprint is beginning to roll out its Android Honeycomb update for the carrier’s debut tablet, the HTC Flyer, which is the first tablet that Sprint had supported on its Network with embedded 3G CDMA and 4G WiMax radios. The 7-inch tablet is a variant of the HTC Flyer and comes with an active digitizer for [...]
It looks like Sprint will be joining its Galaxy S II carrier rivals AT&T and T-Mobile in offering Samsung’s flagship smartphone in white. Sprint’s variant, known as the Epic 4G Touch Galaxy S II, comes with a 4.5-inch Super AMOLED Plus display, a dual-core Exynos processor, and zippy performance. It’s still unclear when Sprint will [...]
Those looking for a 7-inch slate, which offers a great compromise between portability and usability on a display that’s larger than that of your smartphone, are in for a treat. In addition to the latest sub-$300 offerings with dual-core processing and custom UIs from Barnes & Noble and Amazon, HTC’s unibody piece with built-in wireless [...]
Now that Sprint, the nation’s third largest carrier, has announced a timeline and blueprint for its LTE rollout as it migrates from rival 4G WiMax technology to the faster LTE protocol, it is speculated that when that does happen, Sprint may have to stop offering its unlimited data plans. Sprint is the lone carrier out [...]
Joining the MiFi from Novatel and Overdrive franchise from Sierra Wireless, Sprint is launching its own branded mobile hotspot router on its 3G/4G WiMax network in the form of the Sprint Express. The device was leaked before and was thought, at the time, to be a smartphone, but it is a compact mobile hotspot router [...]
The HTC EVO Design 4G goes back to basic black with a stunning design, great user experience through Android 2.3 Gingerbread and the latest HTC Sense 3.0. Priced at a modest $99 on a two-year contract, the EVO Design will not only compete for pocket space of those looking for mid-range smartphone, but also for [...]
In a recent InStat survey of 1,208 respondents, 75% of those polled say that 4G is an important feature when considering their next smartphone, but those same respondents also do not truly understand what 4G really is. The idea of 4G has been blundered by the marketing departments of various U.S. carriers that the definition [...]
Sprint, the nation’s third largest carrier, will be making its transition from its 4G WiMax technology to the broadly used LTE network for 4G mobile broadband in 2013. LTE has been adopted by Sprint’s larger rivals, Verizon Wireless and AT&T, but Sprint’s employment of LTE Advanced, rather than LTE, should help the Now Network achieve [...]
At the CTIA trade show in San Diego, California, Sprint had a Lapdock 100 on display that’s compatible with the Webtop-enabled Motorola Photon 4G Android smartphone. The Lapdock, when connected to the Photon 4G’s micro USB and HDMI ports, brings out the Webtop environment, allowing users to experience their smartphones on a larger, laptop-like display, [...]
Ever since the the Wall Street Journal broke the news about Sprint possibly finally getting a piece of the iPhone action, evidence backing up the report has started leaking to the surface almost on a daily basis. We’ve seen a number of policy changes that Sprint has presumably undertaken in order to take on the [...]
According to a report from CNET, Sprint is gearing up to launch its own 4G LTE network and it will apparently be getting the network up at some point during the early part of next year. The carrier has apparently begun setting up LTE equipment for use with testing and if all goes according to [...]
Just yesterday we learned from a tipster that Verizon’s version of the Nexus Prime, the Droid Prime/Galaxy Nexus, might launch on November 3rd. Well, today, that tipster has revealed some new information that seems to point to a Samsung Nexus Prime release on AT&T’s GSM network and additionally, a launch on Sprint’s 4G WiMax network. [...]
If rumors hold true, Sprint will launch the iPhone 5 this fall along with AT&T and Verizon. This would be the first time Sprint may sell the iPhone, so it appears the company is making sure that their iPhone will perform well on the sales floor. Beatweek reports that contractors are installing Sprint repeaters in [...]
San Francisco, California residents were treated to a surprising ‘art’ flash mob curated by the Now Network where Sprint’s HTC EVO 3D was the star! Highlighting bubbles, family, and the park, the flash mob video takes a twist on some of the more popular recent flash mob videos that we’ve seen recently on YouTube. The [...]
Tonight is the big night and it has started off with an absolute bang. All three major U.S. carriers that were expected to announce the Samsung Galaxy S II did announce the Samsung Galaxy S II and Sprint will be taking the cake as the first provider to launch the device. The Galaxy S II [...]
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Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE Review: A Worthy Successor to the Original (Video)
When Sprint had debuted the original WiMax-capable HTC EVO 4G nearly two years ago, it was an instant hit on the Now network. Not only was the HTC EVO 4G the first 4G smartphone in the world taking advantage of Sprint’s then speedy WiMax network, but it brought some new features and pizzazz to the [...]
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