Archive for the 'Sprint / Nextel' Category
Friday, June 13th, 2008
Joe just let me know that Sprint has released an updated OS 4.3 for the 8130. This version is 4.3.0.127 compared to the older 4.3.0.71. According to to Joe this latest version was made available on 6/11/08.
Joe points out that the major difference is that this new version fixes two problems he was experiencing:
The dreaded [...]
3 Comments » | Posted in News, Sprint / Nextel
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Well that is not entirely true since it will be in effect for tethering with your BlackBerry. After BoyGenius reported about the 5Gb data cap for Sprint. Cnet got a response from them that the cap will not be exactly the same as Verizon and AT&T’s cap.
The new cap will only apply to tethering and [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in News, Sprint / Nextel
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Have you ever tried to buy a phone at the retail prices? I have. I purchased an 8700 once from AT&T for $450. Then the 8800 came around with an even higher retail price. On top of that Sprint just upped the retail price once again. Their upcoming device the 8330 will retail for $749.99!!!
The [...]
5 Comments » | Posted in 8300 Curve, Rant, Sprint / Nextel
Monday, April 7th, 2008
Sprint has been pining for quite awhile how the iDen networks are not dead and how they have been investing millions of dollars into them. Joshua Carp of BoyGenius picked up this little piece of news from GearLog.com and BBCool and BlackBerrySync seem to confirm as much.
According to all, Dan Hesse the CEO of Sprint mentioned [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in News, Sprint / Nextel, Wifi
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Following Verizon’s announcement of the 8330 Sprint has offered their own ante. They have announced that the 8330 will be available from Sprint sometime this month. Nice and vague.
You can register to hear about the release when it happens at this link http://www.sprint.com/curve. Sadly there is no word about Rev A…
From the release:
The BlackBerry Curve [...]
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
Right on the heels of announcing their “simply everything” plan that is not really everything Sprint has shocked us with their Q4 results for 2007. I usually do not mention this kinda thing since financials bore me but as Joshua Karp of BoyGenius explains this is some pretty serious dough that Sprint has lost.
Over the course [...]
4 Comments » | Posted in News, Sprint / Nextel
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Simon at BBCool got the details on a new Sprint “Simply Everything” unlimited plan. To top all of the competition Sprint has upped the ante with all of the below for $99.99/month. The details are at this link.
Unlimited voice
Unlimited data
Unlimited sms
Unlimited e-mail
Unlimited Web-surfing
Unlimited Sprint TV
Unlimited Sprint Music
Unlimited GPS Navigation
Unlimited Direct Connect and Group Connect
As Simon points out the unlimited data [...]
5 Comments » | Posted in News, Sprint / Nextel
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
With Sprint, ATT,Verizon set to offer $99 unlimited calling plans things seem to be looking on the up and up. Personally I don’t spend more than 300 minutes on the phone a month but I know others that spend 100 times as much. I guess T-mobile will have to follow suit with their own $99 [...]
6 Comments » | Posted in AT&T / Cingular, News, Sprint / Nextel, Verizon
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Have you ever been stuck on the highway in the middle of nowhere and needed to process a credit card? I thought so. Pipeline data has released a perfect solution for such an situation by teaming up with Sprint to offer wireless Bluetooth payment processing. Even though I know how high the demand is for such a product [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in Accessories, News, Sprint / Nextel, Utilities
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
Cradlepoint has released a new version of their wireless EVDO router that now sports a battery for wireless freedom. They have improved upon the router we mentioned previously by adding a battery!
The new Cradlepoint PHS300 takes everything in the CTR350 and adds a built-in lithium-ion rechargeable battery to allow a kind of wireless freedom [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in 8800/8830, News, Sprint / Nextel, Wifi