How I love my smartphone! I know I know I promised to post the funny story of going from the momentous POS (and that’s not Point-of-Sale) Samsung Moment to the HTC Evo but I’ve been a bit busy lately. So much going on out there in the world since my last post. The rise of [...]
Oh You Crazy Smartphones
August 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Android, Business, iPhone, mobile phones, smartphones, start-ups, Technology
Tags: Android·Apple iPhone·iPhone·LocaJot·mobile app·spartphone·Sprint·Sprint Nextel
Sprint, WiMAX, and LTE
June 29th, 2011 · No Comments · Business, Deals, Wireless
Sprint raced out of the 4G gate a while back with it’s WiMAX offering as it partnered with Clearwire. A good move if you’re looking at the joy of having a few “firsts” such as the first 4G phone that Sprint was so proud to talk about. I now have an HTC Evo (that is [...]
Tags: 4G·AT&T·LightSquared·LTE·NetTalk·Sprint·Sprint Nextel·Verizon·WiMax
Why Sprint, Why? (Rate Increases? Really?)
January 27th, 2011 · No Comments · Android, Business, Business Practices, iPhone, market share, mobile phones, Rant, Rant, Revenue Models, Samsung, smartphones, Wireless
Sprint shall soon be adding $10/month to users of 3G smart phones. They already did that for the 4G phones and I didn’t care that much as I don’t have a 4G phone. In fact it’s one of the reasons I didn’t go out and snag a Samsung Epic. The phone looks cool as hell [...]
Tags: Android·Apple·Apple iPhone·AT&T·Dan Hesse·LBS·location based services·rate increase·Sprint·Sprint Nextel·Sprint rate hike·Verizon
It’s Official! Palm Pre To Be Released June 6
May 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Gadgets, mobile phones, smartphones, Technology, Wireless
It’s official! No more rumors or speculation as to when the Palm Pre will be released. Sprint will begin selling the Palm Pre on June 6th. It’s about time! The details of such glorious event are as follows When: June 6, 2009 Where: Sprint stores, Sprint.com, Best Buy, Radio Shack, some Wal-Mart stores Cost: $199.99 [...]
Tags: Apple·Apple iPhone·BlackBerry·iPhone·Palm·Palm Pre·plan upgrades·Pre·Pre release date·Research in Motion·RIM·SERO·Simply Everything·Sprint·Sprint Nextel·WWDC
The Mobile Provider Holy Wars
May 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, mobile phones, Rant, Rant, Technology, Wireless
Ford vs Chevy. Mac vs PC. Coke vs Pepsi. All classic examples of product battles that have somehow turn into holy wars by the people that feel very passionate about their product. I’ll admit I’ve been in some of these battles as I’ve extolled the virtues of one platform over another. However, just recently I [...]
Tags: AT&T·BlackBerry·cell phones·mobile carriers·Palm Pre·Sprint·Sprint Nextel·Verizon
Palm Pre To Be Launched By May 17?
April 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Gadgets, mobile phones, smartphones, Technology, Wireless
The rumor mill concerning the Palm Pre is going nuts right now. A few days ago there were two differing rumor opinions as to which “early” date the Pre would be launched. The first was Tax Day (April 15) and the other was May 17. As Tax Day rapidly approaches this seems a bit far-fetched. [...]
Tags: Palm·Palm Pre·Palm Pre SDK·Pre·Sprint·Sprint Nextel
What’s Not To Love About Sprint?
April 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Deals, Gadgets, Hardware, mobile phones, smartphones, Technology, Wireless
Recently a friend posted a link to a video of one of the new Sprint commercials to our little newsgroup. This of course put me on a quick little rant of all things groovy about Sprint. This then led to someone commenting “…you went there. We won’t be able to get him to shut up [...]
Tags: 3G·4G·Amazon·Amazon Kindle·AT&T·Clearwire·Ford Sprint deal·iPhone·Kindle·Palm·Palm Pre·Sprint·Sprint Nextel·Verizon·WiMax
Barnes & Noble and Sprint to Develop eBook Offering
April 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Deals, Gadgets, Technology, Wireless
You know I couldn’t let an interesting story (just a rumor for now) concerning Sprint pass me by. Rumor has it that Barnes & Noble is working with Sprint Nextel and an unnamed device maker to offer eBook services similar to the Amazon Kindle. Hm…interesting. Barnes & Noble tried this a few years back working [...]
Tags: Amazon·Amazon Kindle·Barnes & Noble·business deal·Clearwire·Comcast·eBook·Intel·Kindle·Sprint·Sprint Nextel·Time Warner·WiMax
Cox Communications To Launch Their Own Cellular Network
April 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Deals, mobile phones, Technology, Wireless
Things are about to get a bit busier in the cellular battlefield. Cox Communications is going to be launching their own cellular network soon. To those in the wireless industry it’s been known that Cox planned on doing so. Cox (which is the third largest cable company in the U.S.) originally planned to work with [...]
Tags: 4G·4G network·cellular·Clearwire·Comcast·Cox Communications·LTE·mobile·Sprint·Sprint Nextel·Time Warner·Time Warner Cable·WiMax·Wireless
Will Sprint and Palm Help or Hurt Each Other?
April 6th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Business, Business Practices, market share, mobile phones, smartphones, Technology
I’m sure by now you’ve all seen my fascination with Sprint Nextel and Palm. I think Sprint has a great network (nice and speedy…nice!) and Palm is an interesting case as they’ve gone from market innovator to laggard and now possibly leader (or at least competitor) again with the Pre. Examined separately, each company has [...]
Tags: Apple iPhone·AT&T·BlackBerry·cellular carriers·iPhone·Palm·Palm Centro·Palm Pre·Smartphone·Sprint·Sprint Nextel·Sprint Palm deals·Verizon
