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Sprint Branded 3G/4G MiFi 4082 Image Appears Online

, Dec 30th 2010 Discuss [0]

It's not official, other than the fact that the device cleared the FCC a couple of weeks ago, but it looks like the very first press image of the 3G/4G MiFi from Novatel has managed to find its way onto the Internet. It's not an official release by any means, and the image comes from the SprintUser forums, from member r0fl. And if you look hard enough, you can indeed see that r0fl marked this little MiFi with his moniker, but that doesn't mean that this isn't the real deal. Read The Full Story

Sprint Palm Pixi gains mysterious front-facing camera

, Dec 28th 2010 Discuss [6]

Photoshop goof or pre-CES 2011 leak blunder; either way, Sprint has some explaining to do about its Palm Pixi listing. According to the photo the carrier has used on the Pixi landing page, the webOS smartphone has a front-facing camera; that's not something we've seen on the handset before. Read The Full Story

Sprint WiMAX 4G turns on in San Francisco

, Dec 28th 2010 Discuss [0]

Sprint has turned on its 4G WiMAX service in the San Francisco Bay Area, bringing high-speed wireless connectivity to four new markets there. San Francisco, San Jose, Palo Alto and Oakland join the existing 67 markets Sprint and Clearwire serves, just as promised back in late November. Read The Full Story

HTC EVO Shift 4G leaks ahead of 2011 Sprint launch

, Dec 22nd 2010 Discuss [2]

From one HTC "leak" to another; this time it's a mercifully full-fascia shot of the HTC EVO 4G Shift expected to frolic on Sprint's WiMAX network sometime in the near future. As we can see from PhoneArena's photo smaller-screen version of the original HTC EVO 4G, making up for that with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, it's also the first time we've seen the phone without its protective cover . Read The Full Story

Best Buy offers iPad buyers a free mobile hotspot (with an agreement, naturally)

, Dec 20th 2010 Discuss [0]

Best Buy is offering iPad buyers a "free" mobile hotspot to get online with the WiFi-only version of the Apple tablet. The deal, spotted by 9to5Mac, includes Verizon's FiveSpot, AT&T's MiFi 2372 or Sprint's 4G OverDrive, though each does require a new, two-year agreement. Read The Full Story

Verizon and Sprint Windows Phone 7 launches in January 2011?

, Dec 15th 2010 Discuss [0]

CDMA carriers Verizon and Sprint have been left out in the cold when it comes to Windows Phone 7 so far, but all that's apparently set to change in January 2011. While so far both networks have only confirmed that WP7 devices are headed their way sometime in the new year, a Neowin source has tipped a January release for each. Read The Full Story

Novatel MiFi 4082 WiMAX mobile hotspot clears FCC

, Dec 15th 2010 Discuss [0]

Novatel Wireless has been promising WiMAX-capable MiFi mobile hotspots since February this year, but it's taken until now for the 4G device to show up in any form. Fresh through the FCC is the Novatel MiFi 4082, complete with CDMA/EVDO and WiMAX connectivity that can be shared out over a WiFi connection. Read The Full Story

Sprint 4G tablet plans confirmed: PlayBook, HTC EVO Shift 4G or something else?

, Dec 10th 2010 Discuss [0]

Sprint has confirmed that a 4G tablet is incoming, with Paget Alves, Sprint's President of Business Markets, telling Forbes that the WiMAX slate is expected to arrive sometime in 2011. Alves declined to confirm the manufacturer responsible for the device, nor indeed the OS that it might run; the carrier currently offers a single (non-4G) model, the Samsung Galaxy Tab, but the exec said there are plans to sell slates based on other platforms than Android. Read The Full Story

Sprint 4G WiMAX roaming with Jamaica and Taiwan agreed

, Dec 8th 2010 Discuss [0]

Sprint has inked 4G roaming agreements with Jamaican carrier Digicel and Taiwanese carrier Global Mobile, meaning select Sprint devices will be able to take advantage of the high-speed WiMAX networks if travelling abroad. Only certain devices - those that use the Sprint SmartView Connection Manager - will support the roaming, which basically means USB modems but not, it seems, 4G-enabled smartphones like the HTC EVO 4G. Read The Full Story

Sprint Network Vision will combine 3G/4G base-stations, boost voice/data/PTT

, Dec 6th 2010 Discuss [0]

Sprint has announced Network Vision, the carrier's ambitious plans to combine the multiple spectrum bands it uses into single, multimode base stations, and in the process driving 4G expansion, increasing call quality and overall coverage, and reducing roll-out cost. Meanwhile Network Vision will also support next-gen PTT with broadband capabilities, plus the integration of multimode chipsets into smartphones, tablets and other broadband devices, including machine-to-machine (M2M) capabilities. Read The Full Story

Verizon may pay Apple to lock out T-Mobile/Sprint iPhone tips analyst

, Dec 6th 2010 Discuss [4]

Verizon is reportedly considering softening its negotiations with Apple, or even paying the company, to ensure rival carriers T-Mobile and Sprint don't follow it with an iPhone version of their own. That's according to Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu, who claims to have heard that, so eager is Verizon to offer a CDMA iPhone, the carrier has scaled back from hardline negotiating tactics and "could be more willing to give in to Apple's terms." Read The Full Story

AT&T worst US carrier claims Consumer Reports

, Dec 6th 2010 Discuss [13]

Consumer Reports has ranked AT&T as worst carrier in the US, with value, voice and data performance, and customer service all scoring "worse" ratings. Only AT&T's texting performance managed to scrape above the lowest possible score, leaving AT&T well behind US Cellular, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile. Read The Full Story
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