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Will Customer Outrage Ruin Verizon's Smartphone Campaign?

BY Chris DannenThu Nov 12, 2009 at 3:46 PM

Verizon Wireless is on a roll: its Droid phones are making headlines, advertisements are getting under AT&T's skin, 4G is almost ready to roll and everyone seems convinced the carrier will eventually get the iPhone. But could ...READ»

FCC | 6 comments

Four Ways to Fast-Track 4G, Says FCC

BY Chris DannenWed Oct 7, 2009 at 2:17 PM

Today FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski took to the stage at CTIA and outlined his agency's plan to handle the welter of wireless transmissions coming in the next decade. The goal: 4G, as fast as possible. According to Mashable, the ...READ»

PALM | 2 comments

Verizon May Cancel Plans for Palm Pre

BY Chris DannenFri Sep 25, 2009 at 11:11 AM

Verizon has reportedly lost interest in carrying the Palm Pre smartphone, according to the Street. The Pre is currently offered only on the Sprint network, which has been losing customers of late (though its prepaid division, Boost, ...READ»

INFO GRAPHICS | 3 comments

Infographic of the Day: Which Cellphone Provider Is Best for You?

BY Cliff KuangTue Sep 15, 2009 at 9:50 AM

Flowing Data lines up the four major carriers--and the results reveal a bit about each one's business.READ»

HTC | 3 comments

Five Things You Didn't Know About HTC's Hero

BY Chris DannenThu Sep 3, 2009 at 7:14 PM

Sprint has announced they'll be selling HTC's next (and best) Android phone, the Hero, starting October 11th for $180 (after a hefty rebate). We profiled the Hero when its prototype was touted around town in July and loved it, but a ...READ»

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Is Sprint's Biodegradable Phone Really Green?

BY Ariel SchwartzThu Aug 6, 2009 at 11:03 AM

Bits and pieces of sustainable cell phone manufacturing are slowly coming together. First came the solar-powered phones, and now Sprint and Samsung are unveiling a biodegradable handset that is 80% recyclable and comes with a 40% ...READ»

IPHONE | 37 comments

Seven (More) Reasons to Ditch Your iPhone

BY Chris DannenSun Aug 2, 2009 at 5:32 PM

It's been a nasty week for iPhone users. Apple has buckled to pressure from AT&T and denied Google's Voice application from the App Store: a nifty service that helps you consolidate phones and manage your voicemail online.READ»

VERIZON | Comment

Palm Pre Hacked to Run on Verizon

BY Chris DannenFri Jul 10, 2009 at 12:41 PM

Can't wait until winter, when the Palm Pre will ship for Verizon customers? Have some time to kill? Well, you too may be able to hack your Pre into working on Verizon's CDMA network, should you possess the immense patience and ...READ»

WIRELESS | 5 comments

Boost Mobile's Streetfight for Prepaid Dominance

BY Chris DannenThu May 7, 2009 at 11:24 AM

In January, Boost Mobile began offering a flat-fee $50 wireless plan for unlimited minutes, texting, Internet, and push-to-talk. Consumers flocked: the little division of Sprint added almost 700,000 subscribers in Q1, after a net ...READ»

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Palm Pre's Rumored $200 Price Won't Cut It Against the iPhone

BY Kit EatonMon May 4, 2009 at 7:26 AM

Uh-oh. There's a another rumor about Palm's upcoming "iPhone killer" cellphone, and it's not nice. According to "sources" the Pre's price will be $200 with contract for new customers, placing it at the same price ...READ»

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T-Mobile Joins the Smart-Grid Wireless Network Brigade

BY Ariel SchwartzThu Apr 23, 2009 at 1:47 PM

Cellphone carriers like Verizon and AT&T have already staked claims in the digital smart-grid industry with their wireless networks. Now T-Mobile is playing catch-up by partnering with smart meter maker Echelon and developing ...READ»

BOOST | 2 comments

Thanks, Recession! Cell Plans to Get Cheaper

BY Chris DannenTue Apr 21, 2009 at 2:36 AM

Perhaps the only shot that Mobile carriers will have at growth in 2009 will be to cheapen their plans. It never used to be this way, according to the AP; it was once the carrier with the slickest phones and the most capacious ...READ»

MOBILE BROADBAND | 3 comments

Woe Am I, Without Mobile Broadband

BY Chris DannenSun Apr 19, 2009 at 10:49 AM

As I write this, my computer's Wi-Fi antenna mopes among the pay-per-hour networks inside La Guardia Airport, wondering why it costs $8 to access the Internet for the short period before my flight. While it wanders, I fume. It ...READ»

E-BOOKS | 2 comments

Rupert Murdoch, Wireless Provider Interest Confirms the Rise of the E-Book

BY Kit EatonFri Apr 3, 2009 at 9:30 AM

It's clear that e-books are the future of printed works, even if right now Amazon's Kindle is the only device that demonstrates the power of the new medium. But with news that Rupert Murdoch wants in on the scene, and with Verizon ...READ»

VERIZON | 2 comments

Who Needs a Femtocell?

BY Chris DannenTue Mar 17, 2009 at 3:16 PM

During the last presidential election, two major mobile phone carriers parked portable antennas at John McCain's Arizona ranch, as it was out of range of the nearest tower. If you live in a dead spot, you can get a smaller ...READ»

GADGETS | 4 comments

Palm and Sprint Hold Pointless Event for Pre: No New Details Surface

BY Kevin OhannessianThu Mar 12, 2009 at 2:03 PM

Other than patting its own back for its technological prowess and capabilities related to launching Palm's Pre, a press event from Sprint today, demoing the device, served little purpose. Well, at least not the purpose we hoped it would.READ»

AMD | Comment

Tech Jobocalypse Spreads as More Big Names Shed Jobs

BY Kit EatonTue Jan 27, 2009 at 6:11 AM

Microsoft's 5,000 laid-off employees are being joined by thousands more, this time from Texas Instruments, Sprint Nextel, Philips, Intel and tech giant IBM. The fact that Big Blue itself is shedding jobs is an indicator of just how ...READ»

2009 | 1 comment

The Six Tech Marvels We Had Better See In 2009

BY Chris DannenWed Dec 31, 2008 at 5:05 PM

As 2008 comes to a close, here are the six tech marvels that are ready to explode into ubiquity. And after a year of almost-breakthroughs -- fast-but-spotty 3G; cheap-but-slow netbooks -- we deserve them. After all, this is the future, isn't it?READ»

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Sprint's Golden Hour Cometh

BY Chris DannenThu Dec 18, 2008 at 2:03 PM

AT&T [ATT] and Verizon [VZ] are today's behemoths in the mobile service provider marketplace. But with its fast network, forward-thinking technology, and value-oriented plans, the next decade of cell users could all belong to the ...READ»

700MHZ | 2 comments

Tech Watch: Cheap Nationwide WiFi

BY Chris DannenThu Nov 6, 2008 at 1:00 PM

Lots of news stories have been trampled by Election Day coverage, but none more nerdily exciting than Tuesday's FCC decision to open up “white space” – or space in the 700MHz range of the wireless spectrum – for unlicensed wireless use. Imagine a new Bluetooth frequency that could rove hundreds of miles, instead of just a few feet.READ»

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Toshiba’s Refreshed “Satellite” Packs WiMAX

BY Chris DannenThu Oct 9, 2008 at 1:30 AM

Now that Sprint [S] has announced its big WiMAX launch in Baltimore, bunches of companies are scurrying to announce products that will incorporate the wireless broadband technology. As of this week, the XOHM network in Baltimore ...READ»

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Sprint Launches WiMax in Baltimore

BY Chris DannenMon Sep 29, 2008 at 9:58 PM

It's been a long time coming, but Sprint Nextel [S] finally flipped the switch on its long-delayed WiMax hotspot in Baltimore today, as well as revealing its first WiMax devices, made by ZyXEL [TPE:2391] and Samsung [SEO:005930]. ...READ»

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Are You Outsourcing Your Best Asset?

BY DJ FrancisWed Jul 2, 2008 at 7:47 AM

Are you outsourcing the most valuable aspect of your business? Or worse yet, not paying attention to it at all? Technology has been replacing humans at work for many years. And recently the remaining humans in American and ...READ»

CONSUMER PRODUCTS | Comment

Sprint's "Instinct" Phone Selling Out, Buoying Stock

BY Chris DannenMon Jun 30, 2008 at 4:24 PM

After months of lagging behind AT&T [NYSE:ATT] and Verizon Wireless [NYSE:VZ], Sprint Nextel [NYSE:S] is finally showing signs of life. That according to a Wall Street Journal article, which is reporting that the company's new ...READ»

CONSUMER PRODUCTS | Comment

iPhone Price Matched by Sprint's Samsung Instinct

BY Chris DannenWed Jun 11, 2008 at 10:13 PM

When rumors of the Samsung [SEO: 005930] Instinct began to surface, it was pretty widely accepted that the device would run consumers $299, when purchased from Sprint [NYSE: S] and tied to that provider's "Everything" ...READ»