If you’re a Sprint customer you’ve undoubtedly noticed the recent network issues. Reports of abysmal data speeds have been flooding Sprint sites since before the iPhone 4S was launched. Now we’re hearing from SprintFeed that a Northeast 4G outage has been going on since November 17th. Mark Hearn from SprintFeed reached out to Sprint for some… Read more
Thanks to the Sprint forums, owners of the Samsung Epic 4G have some reason to rejoice today. While other phones on the market have already received their update to Android 2.3, the Epic 4G has yet to get it. But that wait is finally over. It has been revealed that the update to Android 2.3 is now being pushed out to handsets starting today. The update… Read more
Sprint has announced the first Tegra-powered device on their network, the Motorola Photon 4G: a powerhouse of a phone that will appeal to hardcore gamers. The dual-core Tegra 2 processor and GeForce GPU ensure an excellent gaming experience, which can be displayed on the 4.3-inch qHD display at 960×540 pixels, or sent to your HDTV via the HDMI-out. The… Read more
Those of you looking to get your hands on a Nexus S 4G won’t have to wait long, as Sprint has just announced that the untouched Android experience device will be available for purchase May 8th. The Nexus S 4G — simply a Nexus S with WiMAX radios on board — is a Sprint Android user’s dreams come true. Coming with Android 2.3 right at launch, the… Read more
Sprint’s WiMAX successor to the HTC EVO–the HTC EVO Shift 4G–is set to drop on the 9th for $149.99. But Wirefly has the gadget up for pre-order right now with a nice discount: the tag reads just $199.99, with contract required of course. This may be a great deal on HTC’s QWERTY-packin’ Sense phone, but I know I won’t be pre-ordering any… Read more
It’s since been taken down, but WalMart recently published a product page for Sprint’s upcoming WiMAX QWERTY slider, the EVO Shift 4G. Cellphone Signal was able to grab some snaps of the page as well as product shots before the premature page was pulled. The successor to the EVO 4G has a noticeably smaller display at 3.7″, 8MP cam with dual LED flash and… Read more
We’ve seen snaps of Sprint’s upcoming WiMAX gadget, the EVO Shift, which is a slightly less powerful, hardware keyboard equipped spin-off of it’s larger predecessor, the EVO 4G. But Phone Arena’s source provides out first opportunity to spy the device without a case. I’m not sure that makes much of a difference to any of you, but there you go. Along with… Read more
Fantastic news for folks running CyanogenMod on their EVO 4Gs: WiMax is now working under Cyanogen 6.1.1, according to this xda-developers thread, and the Twitter feeds of the hackers responsible, toastcfh and shinzul. One of them is getting amazing DL speeds, as seen in the image below. This has been at the top of the request list for EVO users for… Read more
Begin update: It’s as we may have feared, but hoped it wouldn’t be. Samsung has said via Twitter that their Tweet, which was essentially the same thing as the press release, pertains only to devices in the UK. As I said earlier though, it’s still a good sign for Galaxy S devices in the US. End update. Before you go and get too excited on… Read more
What could be one of the most significant, if not monstrous, Androids to date will be launching this Summer on Sprint’s 4G network. The device, which looks more than a little bit like HTC’s HD2, is the first to utilize the carrier’s WiMAX to keep you in touch. To be more specific, calls will be made via CDMA and data will transfer via EV-DO / WiMAX. We’re… Read more
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