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The HTC Touch Pro is fast becoming one of the most prolific Windows Mobile touchscreen smartphone to hit the global smartphone market in recent memory. The 2.8-inch VGA touchscreen display, 3G (EVDO Rev. A) connection, GPS, WiFi, 3.2 megapixel camera (autofocus with flash), and, of course, the slide...
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The Wall Street Journal this morning had a short article pointing out the somewhat obvious reasons why location-based services on cell phones are still not mainstream . It also helpfully pointed out that carriers were working on it. To recap, LBS services need three main things: a way to get location...
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The biggest name in BlackBerry gaming, Bplay, just struck a big deal with all three major U.S. carriers to allow for direct billing when buying their games. That means instead of having to deal with fiddling for credit cards when all you want to do is try that cool Nintaii game, you can now just [.....
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Clearwire stockholders have waved goodbye to the old Clearwire and hello to a new Clearwire by approving a combination with Sprint Nextel's WiMAX business and a $3.2 billion investment from cable operators Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks along with Google and Intel. Following...
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Sprint Nextel's Xohm unit may establish a management company to develop WiMAX services for Indian operators, and to take advantage of the Indian government's favorable view of the 4G technology. Xohm is set to merge with Clearwire Corp. to form the "new" Clearwire, which has a $3.2...
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Treo-heads, don’t get too excited about this one as I’d prefer to file it under ‘rumor’ at this point… However that being said there’s a pretty darn good chance that it’ll happen Rumor has it that a CDMA version of the Palm Treo Pro is on its way to big yellow...
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Sprint Nextel , as it looks to cut costs, is said to be considering a possible outsourcing move that could shift positions to other companies in the mobile and network infrastructure space and lead to numerous job cuts, according to a report. The process, known as "re- badging ," involves cutting...
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So what’s a 2D barcode? These are barcodes that you see in printed ads or on billboards in heavy populated pedestrian areas. They have the ability to provide a potential customer the ability to easily access more information about a service or product. A 2D barcode can contain data, web links,...
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When companies sail rough waters, it’s usually non-essential employees that are first to be forced to walk the plank. Sprint, still reeling from a dismal Q3 2008 that had it losing $326 million and 1.3 million subscribers, has reportedly extended its “voluntary separation package” program...
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Filed under: Handsets , RIM , Sprint We've had a hard time nailing down a date for RIM's latest (last?) iDEN-powered BlackBerry, the 8350i , outside a general belief that we'd see it before the year was out. For push-to-talkers sick and tired of staring at the truly prehistoric 7100i in Sprint's...
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Filed under: BlackBerry, RIM, Handsets, Sprint, nextel, iden, curve, ptt, push to talk, PushToTalk, 8350i
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Filed under: Sprint , Studies , Misc We've been hearing about a possible SK Telecom-Sprint tie-up since July of 2007 , but if either firm ever hoped to actually tie the proverbial knot -- well, let's just say that ship has sailed. Given the weakening economy and the general tendency to resist...
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Filed under: Misc, Sprint, merger, acquisition, business, Earthlink, Studies, SK Telecom, SkTelecom, industry, layoff, layoffs, firing, fired, firings, Merge
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Filed under: Handsets , RIM , Sprint FCC labs must just love testing iDEN devices, since you're basically guaranteeing yourself several days of super-annoying "beep beeps" emanating from phones placed in proximity to bizarre, gelatinous objects designed to simulate human flesh. Of course...