With the recent launch of the LG LX370, Samsung Exclaim and HTC Snap, Sprint subscribers will now have 3 more handset options to choose from. Business users might want to look away as these three phones seem to be marketed towards the younger crowd.

LG’s LX370 features GPS, a web browser, 3G speeds, Sprint TV, MP3 support and everything else you’d expect out of a normal handset. Samsung’s Exclaim on the other hand will feature a full QWERTY keyboard along with 3G, Sprint TV and GPS capabilities. Finally, the HTC Snap will feature a Blackberry form-factor with full QWERTY keyboard along with a web browser, digital camera, GPS, Sprint TV and of course email support.

You’ll be able to pick up the LX370 for $99.99, the Samsung Exclaim for $79.99 and HTC Snap for $149.99 all after mail-in rebates and 2-year contracts, of course.

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Ok now this is not cool Sprint! People are saying you’re going to upgrade data plans. And that’s not a good upgrade. They aren’t going to improve actual plans or data speeds. They are going to upgrade the costs. That means more money out of the subscribers pockets whether they are new or old. We’ve seen the signs when Sprint started to limit the data plans. And it’s not cool!

Their current Vision and Power Vision plans which are priced starting at $15/month will be canceled while the Everything plans starting at $69/month will be replacing them. Sprint will tell you how these plans include voice minutes, Sprint TV, GPS, the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, but I don’t need all that. I want to be able to choose a simpler data plan for my email reading and web browsing. More than that, Sero subscribers will be affected too. Will their $30/month be replaced with $69/month plans?

I’ll have to cancel my Sprint data plan. Oh but wait, I am not a Sprint customer. Go ahead then Sprint, make it official. Increase the data plans costs as much as you want.

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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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