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HTC Touch Diamond

We had heard several times that HTC’s Touch Diamond was coming to Sprint, however it is certainly nice to see it in pictures.  We’ve known about it coming to Sprint since April, however the tipster is reporting that the device will launch before the Touch Pro, even though it hasn’t been spotted at [...]

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Sprint’s Airave

Sprint may finally introduce its signal boosting Airave to the rest of the country. Originally only available for customers in select areas around Denver and Indianapolis, the portable base station looks as though it may go countrywide this month.
The Airave, which uses broadband data to carry mobile calls over the Internet,  requires a broadband [...]

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We have followed rumors concerning Virgin Mobile potentially buying Helio, however today, the rumors were made official.  The company purchased Helio for $39 million in share equity, and plans to merge the Helio brand and it’s 170,000 customers into Virgin Mobile.  The deal should be completed in the 3rd quarter.
SK Telecom, a primary partner of [...]

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HTC Mogul

We reported on the unofficial release of the Windows Mobile 6.1 ROM for the HTC Mogul a few weeks back, however it has been enhanced and is quickly readying a bug-free release.  The update has not been confirmed by Sprint or HTC, according to the folks at xda-developers.  
A user that installed the update [...]

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The announcement concerning Verizon buying Alltel is quite obvious by now, but few knew that Alltel attempted to purchase Sprint three times, as well as T-Mobile and AT&T before going private.  During a recent interview with CEO Scott Ford, Talk Business host Roby Brock discussed Alltel prior to going private 
Scott Ford continued by saying that during the [...]

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Starting July 1, MVNO Virgin Mobile USA will start offering its ‘Totally Unlimited’ wireless plan, which includes nationwide calling anytime or anyplace with no hidden roaming or long-distance charges.
The new offering, which doesn’t go live until the first of July, allows customers to pay with cash, credit, or debit and does not require an annual [...]

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Samsung Instinct

We’ve finally had the chance to get our hands on Sprint’s newest gem, the Samsung Instinct. Fueled by customer demand since it’s launch on Friday, the device sports a full touchscreen interface, EVDO Rev. A, visual voicemail, and a 2.0 megapixel camera with video capabilities. The device offers Sprint TV, Sprint Navigation, [...]

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Palm Treo 800w

The device has finally gotten a definitive green light.  Sprint will launch the Treo 800w in July - on the 9th for corporate customers, with the general public getting access to the device on the 13th.  The phone will offer Windows Mobile 6.1 and will have built in WiFi and GPS functionality, as [...]

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According to Frost & Sullivan, if spectrum auctions and commercial Mobile WiMAX rollouts don’t take place by 2008, the market for WiMAX may become insignificant.  According to their studies, their research shows that emerging technologies are making it challenging for it to become a mainstream mobile access technology.  They don’t believe, however, that the entire [...]

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Internet giant Google has stated that its Android mobile handsets are being delayed, according to The Wall Street Journal. Sources are saying that the new Android handsets are being pushed back until the fourth quarter of this year. Originally, the company had planned on bringing the new Android phones to market in the [...]

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