Sprint hasn’t been having the best of times the last several…years, but that isn’t stopping the company from putting out the occasionally optimistic and charismatic commercial telling us that everything is just fine and dandy. Well, it isn’t just fine and dandy as they’re still losing customers — albeit at a much slower pace. During the last 3 months of 2009, a total of 148,000 Sprint customers decided to defect and take their business...
Android is quickly becoming “the” OS to have. While the software itself is constantly changing, the hardware too is going for a wild ride. If you don’t like the current crop of Android handsets, give it a few weeks as the market is changing that fast. For most, GSM is the way to go for Android goodness. But don’t discount CDMA too quickly as there are a few gems there as well — hello Moto Droid and Droid Eris. But many will be quick to...
With the rest of the civilized world embracing Android at increasing paces, it only makes sense for Nextel to get in on the game at some point. With a network that isn’t exactly known for it’s speed and a handset lineup that always leaves most wanting more, hearing of a legitimate Android offering on Nextel is exciting. Exciting only for those who whether by choice or by corporate decree are enslaved to the aging network. Being on Nextel could only mean that...
If you’re a contractor, dispatcher, or some other typical “business user”, chances are you use or at least have seen Nextel/Sprint Nextel push-to-talk phones out and about your neck of the woods, Whether the phones were powered by Nextel’s iDen or Sprint’s “QChat” doesn’t matter as they were essentially the same technology. Now some may have had a hard time deciphering between the two networks and technologies not wanting to...
Sprint Nextel has had a sickness for the last couple of years concerning the constant bleeding of customers. Whether it be the $99 unlimited everything plan, the earlier nights and weekends, or even the up and coming Palm Pre, nothing seems to be helping. However, there was one slight glimmer of hope in Boost Mobile when they announced that they were introducing a $50 unlimited everything which was then and is still by far the cheapest unlimited everything plan by...
