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Feb

7

2012

LightSquared Requesting the FCC Require Stricter GPS Device Standards

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by Josh O'Donnell
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LightSquared, the company which has spent billions of dollars developing a whole-sale only wireless broadband network, filed a document with the FCC regarding stricter standards of GPS devices. LightSquared believes that signals that are used as part of GPS bands are the culprit of interference on the spectrum that they’ve chose to use for their [...]

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Feb

3

2012

Google Drops Official “Developer Support” for CDMA Galaxy Nexus, Google Releases Statement, Will Still Provide Direct Software Support

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by Jack Holt
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While most of us aren’t surprised by this move, I’m certainly not, Google has dropped official support for the CDMA (Verizon) Galaxy Nexus as a developer device. They did the same for the LTE Xoom and Nexus S 4G as well. At first folks thought was in regards to Google Wallet not being officially supported [...]

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Feb

2

2012

$99 Dollar 7-Inch ZTE Optik Is Official And Sprint Bound For February 5th

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by Axl Logan
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Since the launch of the Amazon Kindle Fire, it would seem as though everyone is trying to get a low cost, good quality and economically friendly tablet to the masses.  Sprint and ZTE feel the same and aim to launch their new dollar friendly device starting Feb 5th.  We know what you’re thinking though, a [...]

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Feb

1

2012

Sprint Gives LightSquared 6 Weeks To Make Right With The FCC And Begin Delivering 4G LTE For 2015

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by Axl Logan
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Sprint and LightSquared were all set on their venture to begin delivering 4G LTE to Sprint’s customer base however, there’s one small stepping stone.  And by small, I mean huge as heck.  The FCC has presented quite the challenge in a number of areas for LightSquared primarily in regards to an alleged GPS interference issue. [...]

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Jan

31

2012

Download: Sprint Nexus S 4G Gets Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich IMM26 ROM

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by Axl Logan
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There’s great news for those loyal fans who stuck with their Sprint CDMA Nexus S 4G handsets instead of running over to Big Red and snatching a Galaxy Nexus.  The incredibly talented folks over at XDA managed to get the Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.4 ROM up and running for the second iteration in the Google [...]

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Jan

30

2012

New TI OMAP 4470 Chip Seen in New Galaxy Nexus? Also Benchmarked?

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by Jack Holt
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Back when it was first leaked that Sprint would be sporting a Galaxy Nexus of their own it was suggested that their version of the phone would be running a 1.5GHz processor. Considering the original runs a 1.2 GHz OMAP processor everyone was a little surprised. It caught some to question the fact that Google [...]

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Jan

29

2012

Google Brings Sprint Galaxy Nexus Sign-Up Page Out of the Freezer

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by Jack Holt
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A few weeks ago, at CES, Sprint made the announcement that they would bringing the Samsung Galaxy Nexus in the 32GB variety to their newly minted LTE network. If you are one of those folks on Sprint that are looking forward to this device and you’re impatiently waiting it appears that the release is coming soon. [...]

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Jan

28

2012

Will We Finally See the Release of the Samsung Epic 2?

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by Jack Holt
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The sequel to the original Samsung Epic 4G was rumored to be seen on Sprint‘s network way back in quarter three of last year. However there hasn’t been much in terms of news regarding this device since then. Heck, the phone hasn’t even seen a release since it was first announced. Well it appears that [...]

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Jan

28

2012

[Deal] Amazon Offering Sprint Epic Touch 4G At Discounted Price: Black Version is $79.99, White Version is $99.99

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by Roy Alugbue
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Always fancied that Sprint Epic Touch 4G phone, but was concerned about the steep price of the phone? Well you will want to pay a visit to Amazon, ASAP.  The online retailer is offering the ever-popular Galaxy S II Epic Touch 4G for a lowered price. Yup, it’s offering the 1.2GHz Exynos-powered Gingerbread handset for [...]

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