Sprint and T-Mobile may be discussing the possibility of a merger wherein Deutsche Telekom-owned T-Mobile USA would be sold to Sprint “in exchange for a major stake in the combined entity, said people with knowledge of the matter,” reports Bloomberg.
The negotiations have apparently “been on and off, and a deal may not be reached,” …
Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 platform is preparing to expand to another carrier. Starting March 20th, Sprint customers will be able to purchase the HTC Arrive for $200 after a $100 mail-in rebate and two-year contract.
Here in the U.S., Windows Phone 7 devices are currently available on AT&T and T-Mobile. Verizon plans to add the …
Editor’s Note: Skype contacted Techland after the publication of this story saying the facts stated by the PC Mag article were untrue. Story has been updated from the original version in light of their response.
Is Skype trying to make deals the big four cell phone service providers to become the number one go to company for mobile …
Snap judgment: Sprint’s new Echo Android phone looks cool, but there are a lot of intangibles at play that’ll ultimately determine its success.
The big story here is the Echo’s dual 3.5-inch touchscreens and patent-pending “pivot hinge” that holds everything together.
Slide the right-hand screen down over the left screen and the …
We first heard rumblings of this “Peel” case back in July, and Sprint has now made it official. Quite simply, it’s a protective case for a 2nd or 3rd generation iPod Touch that connects to Sprint’s 3G network and converts the data into a Wi-Fi signal to be used by the iPod Touch itself.
It’ll be available November 14th for $80 and …
T-Mobile: Wednesday, November 10th
Price: $399.99 with a two-year contract
Data plans: $25/month for 200MB, $40/month for 5GB
Verizon: Thursday, November 11th
Price: $599.99 with no contract
Data plans: $20/month for 1GB, $35/month for 3GB, $50/month for 5GB
Sprint: Sunday, November 14th
Price: $399.99 with a two-year …
Retail giant Best Buy is getting in on the 7-inch Android tablet action that Samsung’s Galaxy Tab is promising this holiday season.
The iPads and Tablets section of Best Buy’s website links to the Verizon and Sprint versions of the 3G-enabled Galaxy Tab, which are both priced at $650. That’s a bit curious, as Verizon will be …
Sprint has announced that it’ll be selling the BlackBerry Style starting October 31st. The phone will cost $99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate.
The handset combines a flip phone form factor with a full QWERTY keyboard and will run Research in Motion’s new BlackBerry 6 operating system.
The form factor and …
Sprint’s pay-as-you-go brand, Boost Mobile, is now offering unlimited minutes, text messaging, and web data for $35 per month with no contract.
There’s a catch, though, albeit a small one.
The service starts at $50 per month and decreases by five dollars every six months provided you pay your bill on time. Oh, and it’s called
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I don’t need to know what happened to your phone. All I know is that you went into the bathroom with it and now it’s all wet. And you’re crying. Maybe it’s the thought of having to shell out hundreds of dollars to replace that off-contract BlackBerry. Maybe it’s knowing you just stuck your hand in the toilet.
Maybe it’s both.
The good
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Samsung’s 7-inch Galaxy Tab Android tablet will cost $399 with a two-year data contract through Sprint, according to the Boy Genius Report. That’s according to one of BGR’s unnamed “Sprint sources,” so take the information with a grain of salt—the site’s nailed plenty of rumors in the past, though.
Apparently the full, …
Sprint is hoping to make installing apps on new Android phones a more streamlined experience with Sprint ID. The basic premise is pretty simple: the company has created several "packs" of similar applications—Entertainment, Socially Connected, Health and Fitness, Business Productivity, Sports, etc.—which users can download in one
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