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Verizon Palm Pre plans scrapped?

By Chris Davies on Friday, Sep 25th 2009 1 Comment

Since the Palm Pre was revealed to be – in its first incarnation – a CDMA handset, Verizon subscribers have wondered when (or even if) it might arrive on their network of choice. Despite leaks back in August suggesting that the handset was lining up to appear as soon as Sprint’s exclusivity agreement expired, the latest talk is that Verizon have decided not to support the Pre. While Palm and the carrier themselves have refused to comment, sources close to the negotiations suggest that Verizon’s focus on RIM and Motorola’s upcoming Android handset for the network have left them with little room for the Pre and webOS.

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Samsung Instinct HD hitting Sprint September 27th

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Sep 24th 2009 No Comments

Samsung and Sprint have finally come clean and officially announced the Instinct HD, which will hit stores in the US from September 27th. The Instinct HD brings with it a 3.2-inch 320 x 480 touchscreen, EVDO Rev.A, WiFi b/g, GPS, a 5-megapixel camera recording 720p (1280 x 720 30fps) video and, perhaps most interesting, a TV-out connection supporting HD resolutions with an optional HDMI adapter.

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Sprint adds support for Android devs to Sprint Developer Website

By Shane McGlaun on Tuesday, Sep 22nd 2009 No Comments

Android is fast becoming one of the most popular operating systems in the smartphone world. While Apple only offers its smartphone OS on one device, Android is being offered by multiple manufacturers from HTC to Palm and Motorola.

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BlackBerry Tour 9630 returns high as 50% claims analyst [UPDATED]

By Chris Davies on Friday, Sep 18th 2009 No Comments

According to research done by analyst David Eller at TownHall Investment Research, return rates of BlackBerry Tour 9630 handsets to Sprint and Verizon might be as high as 50-percent. The most frequent complaint is believed to be problems with the QWERTY smartphone’s trackball, but somewhat bizarrely Eller also claims that people are “complaining about the sensitivity of the touch screen”. We’d suggest that’s probably because the Tour doesn’t actually have a touchscreen.

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Sprint next in Deutsche Bank takeover sights?

By Chris Davies on Monday, Sep 14th 2009 No Comments

t mobile usa sprint logo There must be something in the water over at Deutsche Bank headquarters, because hardly has the ink dried on their T-Mobile/Orange UK deal but they’re apparently eyeing up US carrier Sprint. According to UK paper The Telegraph, a bid for Sprint could be made “within the next few weeks,” turning the carrier into the second-largest in the US after AT&T.

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Sprint adopt Qualcomm Brew; entry-level HTC incoming?

By Chris Davies on Friday, Sep 11th 2009 No Comments

Sprint have obviously decided that it helps to have fingers in as many developer pies as possible, with the announcement that they will now be launching Qualcomm’s Brew mobile platform. No specific devices are mentioned by the carrier, only that they will run both native Brew apps together with “high-performance mobile Java” software.

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Sprint add Any Mobile, Anytime unlimited cell calls to $70 package

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Sep 10th 2009 No Comments

Sprint have unveiled their latest calling plan, and it throws in unlimited mobile to mobile voice calls. The “Any Mobile, Anytime” change impacts the carrier’s Everything Data Plan, which costs $69.99 per month and now includes unlimited mobile calls to any network, SMS, MMS and data, together with 450 anytime minutes.

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Palm Pre price slashed to $150

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Sep 9th 2009 No Comments

In case you didn’t spot it among all the live shots of the Palm Pixi and our hands-on video, Sprint have dropped the price of the Palm Pre from $199.99 to $149.99, presuming you’re willing to sign up to a two-year contract. The first sticker cut the webOS smartphone has seen since its launch several months ago, the reduction suggests that Sprint are aiming for a roughly $99.99 tag for the Pixi when it launches later in the year.

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SlashGear Week in Review – Week 36 2009

By Shane McGlaun on Sunday, Sep 6th 2009 1 Comment

Did’t I just finish writing a week in review? That time again already? Ok, so here we go! Asus’ Eee netbook roadmap leaked this week showing us some of the new machines Asus has up its sleeves and tipping us off on the netbooks already on the market that will be going extinct soon. SanDisk got all official and stuff with a new low-end MP3 player called the Sansa Clip+. The thing gains a microSD card slot to accommodate that big bag of fail known as slotMusic.

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HTC Touch Pro 2 Landing On Verizon With Huge $199.99 Impact

By Evan Selleck on Friday, Sep 4th 2009 8 Comments

No, that doesn't mean that the price is huge. Actually, in comparison it seems pretty low. And considering the amount of people anxiously waiting for the Touch Pro 2 to land, it looks like Verizon has a huge one-up on the competition. And if you're in the range of getting a new contract, or are waiting to get a contract for this phone to launch, then Verizon might have found a way to wiggle into your hearts.