Posts in the ‘Carriers’ Category

Sprint acquiring iPCS

Sprint/Nextel announced this morning that they will be acquiring their affiliate iPCS for $831 million, including the assumption of $405 million of debt. This is really good news for those that live in an iPCS market because there has been lots of tension between Sprint/Nextel and iPCS over the years, especially after the merger with …

Verizon Wirelss & Palm Pre?

On Verizon Wireless’ official Twitter page, we have confirmation that they will be getting the Palm Pre “early next year”. No other information was given other than that, but its big for those WebOS lovers out there. Source: BGR

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Wal-Mart…A cell phone provider?

Wal-Mart announced yesterday that it will be joining the cell phone business by providing two plans with limited phones.  It was developed in cooperation with TracFone Wireless and has been running a pilot program since last summer in about 234 stores, but will now be nationwide. They will offer 1,000 minutes, 1,000 texts, and 30mb …

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Sprint Announces New Service In Metro Stations

Today Sprint announced service availability in the 20 busiest underground metro stations in the Washington, D.C. Metro System. The move promises to improve the workday commute for hundreds of thousands of passengers who depend on Metro to travel between their homes and workplaces each day. It also will make touring the historic sites of the …

Rumor or Fact? Leo/HD2 is Sprint Adonis?

Only time will tell.  PPCGeeks user boredmug has reported that a Sprint Rep (of unknown status or position)  said the HTC Leo/HD2 will be called the Sprint Adonis and will be released around Christmas time. This doesn’t appear to have been reported anywhere else since all links point back to PPCGeeks, but if the rumor …

The Perfect Phone! Updated!

A couple of months ago, I wrote to you about my ideal phone. Back then, we thought it was called the HTC Leo. With that 1 GHz snapdragon, I was rushing to get it. Nowadays, we know it is called the HTC HD2. And I think I know what mobile carrier it’s coming to…. T-Mobile! …

Sprint’s first Android phone, HTC Hero, now on sale

The HTC Hero offers up a stylish looking handset that sports a multitude of nice software, including apps for Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail and YouTube. The capacitive multi-touch screen device also provides home screen widgets, threaded messaging, an MP3 player, voice activated dialing and (of course) Sprint TV. The hardware supports 3G speeds (where …

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Review of the Motorola MOTOROKR T505 Bluetooth In-Car Speakerphone w/ Digital FM Transmitter

Motorola MotoRokr T505 Review October 9, 2009 by tsowen, PPCGeeks Motorola’s T505 is easy to use while your eyes are on the road. All too often we have all witnessed that driver who has been talking on their cell phone and driving at the same time. It is something that has become a habit especially …

Customer Service Showdown: Who Wins?

The good people at Laptop Magazine recently undertook the daunting task of testing and rating the customer service of the Big Four carriers in the United States. So they set out on a trip across New York City, the phone lines, and the interwebs in an effort to gauge the parts of the carriers’ customer …

Breaking News – Unlimited Calls

A ‘Geeker has given BigDiesel07 confirmation that Sprint is launching a new service tomorrow. This service, avaiable for anybody who has the Unlimited Data Plan, will get unlimited calls to ANY mobile number, not just Sprint phone numbers.  It is called ‘Any Mobile, Any Time’. It will only be available on the new everything data …

The $100 Dollar Offer.

Just hours after posting a great offer on their website, Sprint has pulled it. The offer? Switch to Sprint and receive $100 of service free – If you buy the Palm Pre. Why? James Fisher, a Sprint spokesman, said in a statement: “After further internal review today, the offer of a port-in service credit of …

The Chinless Hero

Update 9/3/09 6:00pm CST: Sprint chinless Hero Video Here Update 9/3/09 10:00am CST: Sprint has published a Press Release Here Update 9/3/09 8:30am CST:  Sprint has officially announced the Hero will be released on October 11th for $179 with a $100 mail-in rebate and a two-year Simply Everything plan (sorry SERO users).  Source: CNET We …

Sprint HTC Touch Pro 2 Press Release

  Every since I saw the Telus TP 2, I have been anticipating the Sprint version. It seems we now have a rock solid launch date and price. Sprint has recently posted up their News Release with all the goodies that we have been waiting to hear. First off, you can pre-order it September 8th through the …

Sprint Touch Pro 2 Specs released

I belong to the Sprint Application Developers, they just posted the specs for the HTC Touch Pro 2: https://developer.sprint.com/device/loadDevice.do?id=a1862449-e58a-4f93-995b-d0b12b7ad3b8