Archive for the ‘CDMA2000’ Category

Sprint Announces Wireless Infrastructure Sale to TowerCo.

In a press release this morning, Sprint has announced the sale of 3,300 CDMA, WiMax, and iDEN cellsites to TowerCo. for $670 million in cash with a secondary long-term leasing arrangement whereby TowerCo will provide the infrastructure necessary for Sprint to operate its wireless service operations while also handling maintenance and other logistical functions unrelated [...]

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Palm Launches Software Update for Sprint Centro

In a post on The Official Palm Blog, the developer and manufacturer of the massively popular Centro smart device has announced a firmware update to the Sprint version which adds the following functionality:

Improved Gmail IMAP compatibility and an updated setup wizard with the new Gmail settings
Updated compatibility for Google Mobile Maps My Location feature to [...]

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Sanyo Katana Eclipse Passes Through FCC Testing

The FCC has released the first official renderings of the previously revealed Sanyo Katana Eclipse.

The midrange clamshell is expected to launch late next month and features external media player controls, GPS access, microSDHC expansion slot, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, and its famed speakerphone along with a 2.0 megapixel camera with video recorder, and EVDO [...]

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Verizon Launches Motorola Adventure V750

Verizon has announced the launch of the first of their highly anticipated EVDO Rev. A Push To Talk capable handsets today through telesales and online.
The Motorola Adventure V750 is one of the first handsets from the carrier to support its new EVDO Rev. A based Push to Talk service, as well as one of the [...]

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HTC Launches Windows Mobile 6.1 Update for Sprint Touch and Mogul

After a false start last Friday, HTC has officially posted the long awaited official updates for the HTC Touch and Mogul which enable GPS access, EVDO Rev. A, and upgrade the operating system to Windows Mobile 6.1 with the Mogul adding Sprint TV support and the Touch adding the Opera Mobile web browser along with [...]

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Samsung Releases Windows Mobile 6.1 Update for Verizon i760

Samsung has released the previously announced Wndows Mobile 6.1 upgrade for its i760 smart device.
The update reflects the newest additions to the Windows Mobile operating system, such as threaded text messaging, bugfixes, and other unspecified changes. This release also marks the first in a series of Windows Mobile upgrades for current Verizon Wireless smart [...]

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New BlackBerry Models Revealed

New images have surfaced detailing two upcoming BlackBerry smart devices.
One is a direct response to the iPhone in the Thunder while the other is a variant of the upcoming BlackBerry Bold 3G device without the bespoke high speed data access.

Image courtesy of CrackBerry.com

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Verizon Announces First Open Development Certified Device, Remote System

In a press release posted on the Open Development page from Verizon Wireless, Schaumburg, Illinois based SupplyNet, a manufacturer and developer of inventory logistics systems primarily used in wholesale and retail applications, has announced that its wireless inventory telemetry system known as Prophet and the sibling hosted system known as TankLink have been certified for [...]

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Sprint Launches Palm Treo 800w

Sprint has launched the long awaited successor to the venerable 700wx Windows Mobile based Treo.
The device is the first to launch on Sprint with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, the first Windows Mobile device to feature native support for the 320×320 resolution found on Treo devices, and the first Windows Mobile device to support Sprint Navigation [...]

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Nokia 3608 and 8208 CDMA Images Surface… in China

The first images of two new Nokia CDMA phones have surfaced thanks to a now dead public Nokia webserver.

The Nokia 8208 features styling identical to the N96, right down to the sliding music controls and also features EVDO Rev. A data access, 2.2 inch QVGA display, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, GPS support [...]

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