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Updated: Official Sprint WM6.5 Update For TP2 Coming March 19th
Although most of you are probably running a cooked Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM from our forums, some of you will be happy to hear that a Sprint brochure shows that the Touch Pro 2 will be upgradeable to Windows Mobile 6.5 in March. Our user platin465 was kind enough to post an image of the…
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Rumor: HTC Desire To At&t, HTC Hero2 To Sprint?
Earlier this month, we reported on some new HTC devices hitting the market this year, which included the HTC Desire and HTC Legend. BGR is reporting, from a source close to HTC, that the HTC Desire is headed to At&t while Sprint is getting the Hero2.
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Sprint Expands Buyback Program
Today Sprint announced that its expanding its Buyback program to include cell phones from all carriers, not just Sprint. Previously, you could only trade in your old Sprint phones for a credit, but now you can turn in almost any phone from any carrier. You can get a point of sale credit anywhere from $5…
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Sprint to Offer First WiMax 4G Device by Summer 2010; Could it be the Supersonic?
Together with their 4G partner Clearwire, Sprint has been hard at work since 2008 slowly rolling out the first 4G wireless network in the United States. But the question has always remained: what good is a 4G network if there are no 4G devices available to use with it? According to an article on Forbes, Sprint has now…
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Nexus One Coming To Sprint Too?
Considered yourself warned and take this information with a grain of salt. While the At&t rumor has a little more evidence to back it up (FCC filings showing their 3G bands), a new rumor is circling the web saying that the Nexus One will be coming to Sprint sometime in the future. This rumor all…
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Sprint releases maintenance update for Samsung Moment
Back on Friday Sprint released a maintenance update for customers using the Samsung Moment. The update is not the Android 2.1 update that everyone is waiting for, nor even an update to Android at all, but rather a culmination of patches and fixes. Unfortuantely there is no OTA update yet, though they promise “the ability to download…
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Sprint Releases Official 2016 SMS Fix for 3 Devices
Sprint has released an official fix for the 2016 SMS Timestamp bug that has been plaguing a multitude of devices since the new year. The following devices have fixes waiting to be downloaded as of now (clicking on device name will send you to download page)- HTC Touch Pro HTC Touch Pro2 HTC Touch Diamond…
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Sprint To Add WiMax Coverage with… Walmart?
According to AndroidGuys, a tipster has reported that Sprint may just be looking to Walmart for help in providing WiMax coverage throughout the U.S. According to the source, Walmart would be adding WiMax towers on top of all of their stores, thereby catapulting Sprint to near nationwide 4G coverage in one fell swoop. Because of the…
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Sprint Getting Another Android Device – LG LS680?
In addition to Sprint’s big announcement coming January 6th before CES, it appears as though they could have another announcement, another Android device! There are no specs on this device yet, other than the screenshot to the right (you can click on it to view the larger image). Could it be another 3G/4G hybrid phone…
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Sprint To Debut WiMAX Phone Jan. 6th?
Eric Zeman from Information Week has put together some interesting leads which makes him believe LG will be debuting a Windows Mobile device to run on Sprint and Clearwire’s 4G WiMAX network. Sprint has scheduled a press conference on January 6th, the day before the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). LG and Microsoft play a large…
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Sprint Hero & Moment To Go Straight To Android 2.1
Sprint has confirmed that the HTC Hero and Samsung Moment will be skipping Android 2.0 and will be jumping straight to Android 2.1. Users will still have to wait until the first half of 2010 for the update though. Click on the image to the left to view a screenshot of the Twitter post. Source:…
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Sprint Turning Things Around?
Barron’s Weekly Newspaper has published a report stating that Sprint is finally turning things around after its disastrous merger with Nextel. This helped their stock value this week. Customers have been reporting the change for a while now, but they’ve still been losing customers and reporting losses. I think we have quite a few satisfied…
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[Updated] Sprint Revealed GPS Data 8 Million Times To Govt.
UPDATE– Sprint has issued a statement to explain that the high numbers (8 million) represent the number of “pings”, not the amount of users accessed. There can be thousands of pings per a single investigation. In a single investigation, once law enforcement has a court order, it can check someone’s location every 3 minutes for…
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Sprint is not “America’s most dependable 3G network”?
America’s most dependable 3G network. For a while now that has been what Sprint has used to describe their wireless network. However, Verizon Wireless has now called turkey (Ed.- It is Thanksgiving here in the U.S. so this cliche is allowable.) on this claim.
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Sprint Nextel Completes Acquisition of Virgin Mobile USA
Sprint Nextel today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Virgin Mobile. The transaction strengthens Sprint’s pre-paid customer base by bringing them together with Boost Mobile. Earlier today, Virgin Mobile stockholders approved the transaction. “With continued growth in the U.S. prepaid segment, Sprint is further positioning itself as a leader,” said Dan Hesse, Sprint…
