Tag archive: Danny Bowman

Sprint has launched the first push-to-talk BlackBerry in the form of the BlackBerry Curve 8350i, sporting iDEN technology on Nextel Direct Connect. Adding push to talk capability is especially appealing to some enterprise and small business customers who rely on the feature to utiize phones as two-way radios to coordinate teams around a job site and in time-critical operations. "The BlackBerry Curve 8350i smartphone is the most… Read More

U.S. Mobile operator Sprint has unsheathed two new Katana phones from Sanyo—the Katana DLX and Katana II—offering budget-friendly phones with music, photo, and video capabilities which improve on the storage capabilities of its popular predecessor. And, of course, the new Katanas are very fashion-friendly, coming in a variety of colors to suit diverse personalities. “We have sold millions of the fashionable Katana… Read More

Mobile operator Sprint today officially launched its Mogul smartphone, offering Windows Mobile 6 Professional Edition, a sizable touchscreen, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, an integrated camera, integrated Wi-Fi, and decent battery life. The Mogul is made for Sprint by HTC and marks a rare occasion HTC has ventured into the realm of CDMA devices, though there's a bit of a catch—for now, the phone only offers EV-DO Rev 0 data… Read More

Panasonic has announced that its “business-rugged” Toughbook T5 and Toughbook W5 notebook computers will feature built-in support for Sprint Mobile Broadband as of January 2007, including Sprint's upgraded EV-DO Revision A wireless broadband services, where available. The Toughbooks will feature the Wireless PCI Express Mini Card Embedded Module from Sierra Wireless; where Sprint's Rev A EV-DO network is available,… Read More

Computer maker Dell has announced it is now offering integrated mobile broadband options from Sprint in selected Dell Latitude, Precision, and XPS notebook systems in the form of the Dell Wireless 5700-S mobile broadband EVDO mini-card. The solution fits into Dell's HyperConnect wireless offerings alongside mobile broadband options from Verizon and Cingular, enabling mobile users to connect to the Internet without doing the old… Read More

Mobile operator Sprint has launched its new Fusic (pronounced fyoo' zik), a rechristening of the LG LX550 phone to be available May 28, 2006. The appeal of the Fusic is supposed to be that it looks and feels like a music player, down to the iPod-like wheel control on the front, and with instant over-the-air access to the Sprint Music Store so users can load up the phones with their favorite tunes. Nonetheless, the Fusic has a few… Read More

Sprint today said they were looking to be the first carrier to bring Palm's new Treo 700p smartphone, which was announced yesterday, to market. Their target date is the end of this month, with a price point of $399.99 after available discounts and promotions. Sprint's take on the Treo 700p, said the wireless carrier, is that they expect to be the only provider to offer live TV capabilities- via Sprint TV - over the EvDO… Read More

Sprint and Sanyo today unveiled a new clam shell phone which is available in multiple colors and has a wide array of features. The new Sprint PCS Vision Phone SCP-3100 by Sanyo is priced at $199.99 or $49.99 after a rebate with a two-year service agreement. The SCP-3100, said Sprint, is available in blue, silver, pink and, in a U.S. first, espresso. This last color is apparently a big deal because of being its association with… Read More

Sprint today detailed plans to roll out a new consumer focused location-based service which helps families locate loved ones through GPS-enabled mobile phones. The new Sprint Family Locator service is priced at $9.99 per month, which allows subscribers to register up to four phones to locate, get unlimited location requests and send 100 text messages to each child phone. The Sprint Family Locator service, said the mobile phone carrier, is… Read More