Tag archive: Oliver Valente

Sprint and LG Electronics have announced that Sprint will begin offering LG's Muziq phone beginning July 15. The Muziq follows up on last year's Fusic, and, like the Fusic, the Muziq phone sports an FM transmitter so users can broadcast music from their phones to any FM stereo within about 10 feet, making for cable-free in-car or even in-home use. But the Muziq also enables users to play music in the background while playing… Read More

U.S. mobile operator Sprint has announced it plans to beginning offering a red version of Samsung's dual-sided Upstage music phone beginning June 18. "Within its first few weeks of availability, UpStage became Sprint's best-selling music phone and our leading Power Vision device," said Oliver Valente, Sprint's senior VP for product management and development, in a statement. "Our customers appreciate that… Read More

Sanyo and Sprint today announced a new flip phone targeted towards users of the cellular provider's wireless broadband network. The Sprint Power Vision MM-7500 is priced at $379.99 and should be available now. The MM-7500 comes pre-loaded with two Themes, a new feature Sprint will be touting in 2006. These Themes allow customers to select custom skins for the phone's standby screen, main menu and favorites. In some cases,… Read More

Related to today's Sprint Music Store announcement, the cellular phone provider also brought news of the new Sprint Power Vision Phone MM-9000 by Sanyo. This multimedia cell phone is available now for $379.99 or $229.99 after rebate. The MM-9000 offers a multimedia focused feature set, including a built-in MP3/AAC/AAC+ player, a 1.3 megapixel camera, a removable miniSD memory card and streaming media capability. The phone comes… Read More

The call, achieving a peak data rate of 3.09 Mbps, was made between a test set based on a commercially available Nokia 2285 handset upgraded with a Nokia 1xEV-DV chipset and a Racal Instruments, Wireless Solutions Group, 1xEV-DV basestation emulator. This chipset is the world's first to support complete 1xEV-DV Release C functionality. Approved in mid-2002 by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and the International… Read More