Sprint Nextel has just announced that the company is undergoing a major change. Reports indicate that Sprint Nextel plans to lay off 4,000 employees as well as shut down 4,000 third party retail outlets and 125 company-owned retail stores. Sprint Nextel has been performing poorly since Sprint has acquired Nextel back in 2005. This recent decision stemmed out from several customer service problems and difficulties of attracting new subscribers. Apparently, the release of Sprint Nextel’s new Xohm WiMax services has also been pushed back to a latter date despite earlier assurances that everything will be as planned. Too bad. Hope this won’t turn into another Nokia in Germany incident.

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Mobile companies fight to hold supremacy on the mobile market, and with this, Sprint introduces its newest Nextel Direct Connect handsets. They have the durability and design to make work and life easier, even in the toughest environments. This comprises handsets by Motorola, namely the i570, i335 and the i880.

The Motorola i570 is a clamshell phone with internal color display, external display, and an advanced user interface that offers one-touch shortcuts to phone features, an icon-driven menu and five-way navigation.

Next comes the Motorola i335 which sports a sleek, slim form factor unique to the Nextel Direct Connect family of devices. This candy bar device is Bluetooth compatible and certified to Military Standard 810 F for dust, shock and vibration.

Lastly, the Motorola i880. The i880 is now available in an attractive red color along with the previously available grey. The i880 features a 2 MP camera along with an MP3 player, Bluetooth, MicroSD card slot, video recording capability, dual-ported front stereo speakers.

The i570 is available for as lows as $99.99 while the i335 can be had for only $49.99. Lastly, the i880 is available for as low as $299.99.

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ZyXEL, the official modem supplier of Sprint has teamed up with chip manufacturer, Sequans for Sprint’s Xohm Network. The model called MAX-206m2 is a 4G WiMax modem. It will enable high-speed internet access from your Sprint mobile phone. It will be available for commercial release on Q2 ‘08. Xohm is Sprint’s next generation WiMax network in the USA.

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In the Blog world you always hear rumors about future phones on the way all the time, but I never new there was actually a phone on the market called “Rumor” LoL, well there is and its called the LG Rumor Phone, but maybe it won’t be around for much longer as it is being reported that the carrier Sprint have halted shipments of the phone because of faulty features in the phone like “erasing of the phones firmware”. But LG is not giving up on the phone and is reported to be fixing the problems.

PhoneScoop via Engadget.com

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The much awaited pink Palm Centro’s pic was spotted. It was posted in the Sprint Users‘ forum by a member called TheRobin. The release is said to be set sometime around January or February 2008 which dates January 6, January 13 and February 14 being touted as possible exact release dates. While Sprint hasn’t released the pink Palm Centro yet, feast your eyes upon the pic and hope that the real deal will be as…err…pink.

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Want live NFL game coverage on your cell phone? Well, it looks like you have to be a Sprint customer to enjoy that. The National Football League and Sprint announced that Sprint subscribers will have access to key moments, including red zone drives, of all games in 2007. You will get to know when a team enters a red zone, and catch updates during :15 and :45 scheduled time slots as well as other critical moments.

Live telecast of NFL Network is available to Sprint subscribers on Sprint TV, and if you decide to go in for Sprint Power Vision pack, you get unlimited access to NFL Mobile as well. Getting it is as easy as texting NFL to 7777 on your Sprint phone.

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The HTC Touch is here. Available exclusively through Sprint starting November 4, the Touch is a full touch-screen mobile phone running on Windows Mobile 6 with entertainment being its prime agenda. Featuring a big, nearly 3-inch display, the phone is based on TouchFLO technology for smooth menu navigation with a finger swipe. There’s also a 3D cube interface for quick access to entertainment, communication tools and a dial-by-picture photo caller ID screen.

The HTC Touch takes advantage of Sprint’s broadband network and lets users access the Sprint Music Store for over-the-air song downloads. You can also watch Sprint TV featuring 50 live and on-demand channels of audio and video. The phone offers a MicroSD memory card slot that supports up to 4GB capacity, and comes bundled with a 512MB card.

A basic 2 MPx camera with 5x zoom (and video capability) is thrown in. There’s also stereo Bluetooth and voice-activated dialing. The HTC Touch measures 4″ x 2.4″ x 0.6″ and weighs in at just 4 oz. Priced at US $249.99 (along with a 2 year service agreement), there’s a $100 rebate as well. There’s no “unlimited” data plan, instead standard data rates will apply for music/content downloads.

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Sprint is the first to release details on the new LG LX160. The sleek and slim LX160 by LG, exclusively from Sprint, combines a fashionable, refined look with features designed for convenience. The LX160 will replace the LX150 in Sprint’s lineup, and as the model number indicates, is a minor revision on the existing LX150.

The LX160 will provide the latest Bluetooth technology, via Sprint, including the ability to talk hands-free.
This attractive device offers a one-touch speakerphone, voice-activated dialing and a dedicated text messaging key so it is always quick and easy to stay in touch. Best of all, the attractive LX160 by LG offers these essential features at an affordable price.

The phone also sports a refined design, and longer battery life. The phone will receive software improvements to better support newer technologies such as Sprint Navigation and Sprint Mobile Email.

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Check out the new HTC PPC-6800 Mogul for Sprint. This new Pocket PC device is eqiupped with one of those slider keyboards, revealing a full-fledged QWERTY keyboard. This appears to be a replacement for the Sprint PPC-6700. The Mogul packs a lot of features including EV-DO, WiFi and a 2 megapixel camera, and as expected, is targeted at business users.

The Mogul measures 110mm x 59mm x 20mm with the keyboard hidden under the device. There are shortcut keys for the messaging and browser applications at the top, while the bottom is equipped with control keys, a start menu key and other quickies. It offers a miniUSB port for data sync, and a microSD memory card slot for memory expansion.

One of the convenient things about having a keyboard is the ability to type faster. The HTC Mogul goes one step ahead and lets you dial a contact by name from the home screen. The camera thankfully has video capability as well. While not exactly “essential” on a business phone, the HTC Mogul does support stereo Bluetooth headphones for listening to music on the move. As with any Windows Mobile 6 phone, there are tons of useful bundled applications including Word, Excel and PowerPoint, as well as the ability to handle Zip and PDF files.

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LG’s new cell phone, the LG LX260, got the seal of approval from the FCC. From what’s been doing the rounds on the interwebs, the LX260 comes in a slider form factor, offering a QWERTY keyboard. It is slated to be released through Sprint sometime in the next few months.

Obviously, the LG LX260’s got Bluetooth, a camera, and for expanding the ever shrinking on-board memory, a microSD memory slot. Not many details available apart from this.

Source: FCC
Image courtesy: Morning Paper

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Sprint and Sanyo announced that Sprint customers with an eye for fashion can now look forward to the new Sanyo Katana DLX cell phone. The Katana DLX, a Sprint Power Vision Phone, lets users to conveniently access Sprint’s exclusive multimedia content including the Sprint Music Store.

The Sprint Music Store is your one-stop location for downloading songs over-the-air for 99 cents per song. A thin form factor and luxurious finish marks the Katana DLX, available in Platinum Ice, Champagne and Pink Satin. The other phone, Katana II by Sanyo (recenlty announced) is available in Cosmic Black, Pink Fascination and Midnight Steel.

Features on the Katana DLX include power save mode, the ability to use the phone as a modem, Bluetooth and large QVGA primary display. Supporting Sprint Navigation, you can access turn-by-turn directions on the phone.

There’s a 1.3 megapixel camera on the Katana DLX, along with microSD card (up to 4GB in capacity). Priced at US $129.99 with a 2-year service agreement.

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Sprint has officially launched the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition smartphone, the one that was presented by Verizon back in April. Instead of the all in gray/silver color, the Sprint edition will have the front and back colored by black, while the sides will be gray. Obviously it also has the Sprint logo right below the keyboard.

The general feature are already well known, but the small recap at Sprint’s website notes the MicroSD slot (up to 2GB), the inclusion of GPS, bluetooth, and the default Media Player for audio, videos and images.

The price of the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition at Sprint is $199 after a $100 rebate, which makes cheaper than Verizon who is/was selling by $100 more.

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Sprint is now offering its customers the new Sanyo SCP 6650, better known as the Sanyo Katana II Slim Phone. At slightly less than 14mm thickness, it’s a tad slimmer than the original Katana phone.

Unfortunately, don’t expect a cameraphone from this one: it’s only got a basic VGA camera on-board (do people still use that?) There’s Bluetooth for going wireless on your hands-free kit, but otherwise it’s nothing to write home about.

There’s also a voice/memo recorder on board the phone - useful for keeping little reminders. Measuring 3.7" x 1.9" x 0.6", the phone weighs just 3.1 oz (87 grams).

Priced at US $99.99 (after a $150 instant saving), the phone is available in multiple colors including Pink Fascination, Cosmic Black and Midnight Steel.

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Sprint recently announced the Sanyo PCS Vision SCP-3200 Phone, it is a stylish clamshell camera phone that is offered in three vibrant colors. It features services for quick and easy Internet access, text messaging, email, a high-quality Sanyo Speakerphone and built in antenna that provides great bluetooth capabilities. It has parent control features and when the GPS is enbaled it is compatible with the optional Sprint Family Locator as well as navigation as well as Sprint Navigation for audible driving directions. Please see Features and Specs after the break:

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Sprint has launched the online music service Pandora on mobile for the first time. Customers now have the power to dicsover new music and listen to their favorite songs through a personalized DJ on their phone. Using Pandora is pretty easy, just simply enter a song or artist and Pandora will give users a personalized radio station of music that fits the same style and sound within second. Pandora uses the Music Genome Project system, which utilizes highly trained musicians to analyze songs one at a time, to categorize music tracks.

With Seamless integration to the online version, up to 100 stations cant be saved in a user’s account. Song information is displayed and can be bookmarked to remind to purchase the song later in the Spint Music Store. Users can also rate songs with a “thumbs up” or “thumbs” down to help Pandora adjust the stations programming.

Pandora is currently available on the LG FUSIC, Samsung A900, Samsung A920, Sanyo 7500, Sanyo 8400. The service will be available for free during a 30-day trial period. After that, an it will cost an additional charge of $2.99 per month with a Power Vision data plan.

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Samsung and Sprint unveiled the new Sprint Power Vision Phone M510, packed with Bluetooth and easy-to-use menus. The M510 lets you access Sprint’s exclusive multimedia content including the Sprint Music Store, where you can download music OTA.

Users can also look forward to Sprint TV on their Samsung M510 handset, with a choice of 50 channels, including more than 20 with live content. The integrated On Demand 2.0 application gives you one-button access to news, weather, sports and movie timings.

The phone doubles up as a modem over USB or Bluetooth, and supports microSD memory cards up to 2GB. Measuring 3.74″ x 2.0″ x 0.64″, the M510 is pretty light-weight at 2.9 oz. It can be yours for US $129.99 with a two-year service agreement. More features in the extended entry.

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Palm introduces the next-generation Treo 755p, coming soon in mid-may. The handset will be available from Sprint and will be offered in two fashionable colors, midnight blue and burgundy. With the new Treo phone, mobile professionals will stay connected, productive and entertained.

Building off the successful Treo 700p, the phone will offer added enhancements such as built-in Microsoft Direct Push Technology email support, Google Maps mobile, Mobile Voice Control, and Sprint TV. Users additionally provided with quick access to wireless web, email, and multimedia and business applications.

Other Treo 755p features and benefits include 128MB memory, miniSD slot supporting up to 4GB, 1.3MP camera/video recorder, full QWERTY keyboard, support for EvDO.

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Looks like the Samsung m620 from Sprint has been re-christened ! Now it shall be known as the “UpStage. Why such a name? Who knows but maybe Sprint thinks that they finally have a music phone which can upstage the competition! The Samsung m620 handset apart from full music controls will also include goodies like; a 1.3 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, built-in speakers and microSD expansion. No word on pricing or availability!

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Remember the cool NASCAR NEXTEL FanView we talked about that fans could rent out and use while at NASCAR events? Well now everyone can get their hands on one. Sprint and NASCAR are now making the device available for public purchase. This public release comes after a year of rentals and testing by both fans and teams during the 2006 NASCAR season.

NASCAR enthusiasts will appreciate the device’s race-day scanner with video/audio capabilities, real-time data, and statistics that are some of the features of the phone. There are also some great advanced features, which include priority scanning, audio replay, and quick channel selection by car number. Fans at the race can also choose to watch the live, in-house NEXTEL Vision video feed, or video feeds from up to seven different driver’s in-car cameras.

The NASCAR NEXTEL FanView can be purchased online at nextel.com/fanview, or by calling (800) 799-5921. On race day, you can pick up one of these at Racing Electronics locations and NASCAR NEXTEL FanView haulers. I would recommend buying it before you go to the track because they rip you off by charging you a higher fee. If you buy it online or over the phone you can get it for $369.95, but if you pick it up trackside they’ll get you for $415, which includes a last-minute $10 race weekend activation fee (aka as a rip-off).

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