Jul

2010

Verizon Shaping Up for LTE Rollout

by Chris Moor
tagged 4G, LTE, rollout, Verizon

Sprint should find itself with some competition in the 4G arena soon, with internal documents at Verizon show them being on track to delivering 100 million connections by the end of this year. They also detail what Verizon expects in terms of performance, with average throughput of 5-12Mbps downlink and 2-5Mbps uplink being the numbers [...]

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Jul

2010

More delays with parts hurting HTC and Sprint’s 4G plans

by Chris Moor
tagged 4G, Android, carriers, delays, droid, EVO, HTC, Sprint

Lately we have seen the effect of delayed parts from 3rd party vendors plaguing the HTC Droid Incredible. Now Sprint is feeling the squeeze and it’s hurting their plans for 4g rollout. When asked about the plans for Sprint’s 4g deployment, CEO Dan Hesse stated “we thought we would have more of a head start [...]

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Jul

2010

HTC Aria not as big or capable as Best Buy would have you think

by Dustin Karnes
tagged 4G, Aria, AT&T, Best Buy, HTC, Sprint

Looks like someone over at Best Buy made a pretty big “oops” in the latest circular. As you can see in the screenshot above, it not only looks as though the HTC Aria is bigger than the HTC Evo, but also seems that it sports 4G (that’s a 4G signal icon at the top, between [...]

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Jun

2010

Samsung Epic 4G Faces Off Against the Competition

by Chris Moor
tagged 4G, comparison, Epic, Samsung, Sprint

No surprise, but Sprint is gearing up for the launch of the aptly named Samsung Epic 4G, and they want all of their employees to know how truly apt that name is. The above comparison chart touts some of the major features of America’s second 4G phone, and it can certainly handle itself against it’s [...]

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Jun

2010

Sprint 4G now available in Missouri, Virginia and Utah

by Dustin Karnes
tagged 4G, Android, Sprint, wimax

As of today, Sprint is now offering 4G access in the following new cities: St. Louis, Missouri Richmond, Virginia Salt Lake City, Utah The official press release states that with the new launches in these cities, their 4G portfolio has now expanded out to a total of 36 markets. This is great new for both [...]

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Jun

2010

Evo 4G software update goes live

by Dustin Karnes
tagged 4G, EVO, HTC, software, Sprint, update

We have received quite a few notices this morning that the awaited software update for the HTC Evo 4G, Version 1.47.651.1, is now live and ready for the public to gobble up. For you Evo owners, all you have to do is go to Settings > System Update > HTC Update, and you should then get [...]

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Jun

2010

Samsung Galaxy S gets a keyboard and is heading to Sprint as the Epic 4G

by Dustin Karnes
tagged 4G, Epic, galaxy s, Samsung, Sprint, wimax

Well, folks, it looks like the HTC Evo’s reign as sole 4G phone was short-lived. Step aside, because there’s a new player in town… the Sprint Epic 4G. While there is yet no word on availability or pricing, we do know the following specs: 4-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen. 1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird processor Five-row horizontal [...]

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Jun

2010

SlingPlayer Mobile for Android released ahead of schedule

by Dustin Karnes
tagged 3G, 4G, Android, mobile, slingbox, slingplayer, wifi

Slingbox fans: break out your wallets and prepare to be $29.99 poorer… but many TV channels richer. The SlingPlayer Mobile Android app is now available as an early release in the Android Market! The app costs (obviously) $29.99, and streams your home television content to your Android device over not only wifi, but 3G and [...]

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Jun

2010

White HTC EVO available for reserve via Best Buy

by Dustin Karnes
tagged 4G, Android, Best Buy, EVO, HTC, Sprint

What would make the HTC EVO even more of an iPhone competitor? Why, having a black AND a white version available, of course. As you can see in the ad above, it looks like Best Buy is, as of today (June 18th), offering Sprint’s hottest new 4G phone in white, and sources say that the [...]

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Jun

2010

“You’re Fired!” says Sprint to loose-lipped employee

by Chris Moor
tagged 4G, EVO, fired, HTC, Sprint

As you know, the HTC EVO is arguably the “must have” Android phone right now, and with how much Sprint has hyped it up, you can’t really been surprised. Sprint flaunted how great sales of the EVO were on launch day, but a few days later they revised their previous statements, saying that the EVO [...]

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