Search results matching tag 'Sprint'

RE: Sprint Launching Sub-$20 Android Phone: ZTE Fury

mhenriday — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 12:17:31 GMT

CDeeter, according to this PCWorld article (http://www.pcworld.com/article/251583/zte_announces_the_affordable_zte_fury.html), the phone will be «shipping with a lightly modified version of Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)»....

Henri

RE: Study: You're Overpaying for Cell Phone Service, Sucka!

digitaldd — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:09:56 GMT

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@digitaldd - Is the reception really that good with Virgin? I had heard the same mixed things about Virgin as I had about Boost and I actually found a better priced deal with Tracfone and they operate with aircards - so its a one time buy and no monthly plan at all. The reception can be sketchy in more rural areas of Northern Florida, but here in Miami the TF reception is very good, especially good for prepaid. In terms of prices, Tracfone is exceptionally low with their phone and aircard prices, but you have to be willing to live without a lot of cell phone frills and there is no unlimited use plan offered so this strictly for those who want savings or don't talk. Having a prepaid phone and low minutes isn't worth it if you are going to burn through your minutes in a week.

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The deal with Tracfone is they piggy back on a lot of different providers networks. In the US they use Verizon & US Cellular for CDMA models and T-Mobile & AT&T from their GSM models. Virgin is just rebranded Sprint service so if you live in an area with good Sprint coverage service should be good. Incidentally Boost also resells Sprint's service.

RE: 160,000 Android Devices Being Sold Per Day

mhenriday — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:25:49 GMT

I'm sure the HTC EVO will please a lot of users, but one thing seems certain - Sprint will not be providing real 4G transmission speeds for quite some time to come. The ITU mandates target peak data rates of up to approximately 100 Mbit/s for high mobility such as mobile access and up to approximately 1 Gbit/s for low mobility such as nomadic/local wireless access (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G). but Sprint's WiMAX won't provide a tenth of these speeds. Sure, «4G» sounds more impressive than «3.5G», but HH shouldn't lend itself to these kinds of advertising tricks....

Henri

Any thoughts on Sprint's loyalty program Sprint Premier?

Zeiny07 — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:18:09 GMT

"Sprint Premier – Sprint celebrated the one-year anniversary of Sprint Premier, its exclusive rewards program in 2010. Sprint Premier provides annual upgrades, anniversary rewards, accessory discounts, “Just Because” perks like trips and tickets to events, and many other benefits to members. Customers with Sprint Everything Data plans are automatically enrolled in Sprint Premier."

I came across this explanation in another post and I was wondering if anyone had any feedback on the benefits or service of the program? I didn't even know about it until coming across the information in another program description. Thanks!!!!

Re: Sprint To Get Nexus One

digitaldd — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:34:38 GMT

Won't this announcement cannibalize any potential sales Sprint may have for its current Android based smart phones? The Nexus One has way better hardware specs than any other Android smart phone Sprint has in its line-up so there's no reason to buy any of the others unless of course you want to buy the phone from Sprint. or perhaps your have a SERO plan and its on the list of phones that they won't activate for SERO users [due to the extremely low prices of the SERO monthly bill].

Sprint Introduces Motorola Clutch i465

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:47:28 GMT

The Motorola Clutch i465 will be available sometime this summer from Sprint for $39.99 with a new two-year service agreement, $20 instant rebate, and $50 mail-in rebate (excluding taxes). This new phone is a rugged model with a candy bar form factor. It’s also the first device to combine Nextel Direct Connect with text messaging and a full QWERTY keyboard.

“Motorola Clutch was designed to give serious texters and talkers multiple ways to get the word out,” said Rick Gadd, vice president, Motorola Mobile Devices. “With a full QWERTY keyboard featuring shortcut keys, IM-style texting and push-to-talk technology which works like a verbal IM, Sprint customers are able to keep in constant contact, no matter how they prefer to communicate.”

The Clutch i465 features push to talk, Group Messaging, GPS, Bluetooth, a 1.8-inch screen with a 128 x 160 resolution, and a VGA photo camera. Group Messaging lets you create groups of up to 20 people to send messages to simultaneously. The Clutch i465 also meets Military Specification 810F for low pressure, high and low temperatures, dust, shock, vibration, and solar radiation. The phone is Java-enabled and supports third-party applications.

Sprint and Nextel offer a variety of plans to suit both business and personal users’ needs. To be notified when the Motorola Clutch i465 will be available, register on Sprint’s website.