Sprint Snags the Sanyo SCP-2700

Sprint and Kyocera Sanyo have joined forces in making the Sanyo SCP-2700 stylish phone to all Sprint customers. Available starting at $49.99, the canby-bar style Sanyo SCP-2700 boasts of a full QWERTY keyboard with threaded messaging (similar to the iPhone), a 1.3 megapixel camera, some useful Sprint data services. The Sanyo SCP-2700 will be available starting May 11 at all Sprint retail stores. Read more

Motorola Stature i9 iDEN Photo to Arrive on Sprint and Boost

What would you get if three major players in the mobile phone industry team up together? Well, a thin flip phone called the Motorola Stature i9. And those three players happen to be Motorola, Sprint and Boost Mobile. Motorola is releasing the Stature i9 phone first to Boost Mobile, followed by Sprint Mobile shortly thereafter. So, what do you get from the Motorola Stature i9? Tons of features as follows: Read more

Palm Makes a Comeback, Intros the Palm Pre

For quite some time now, Palm, Inc. has been pretty quiet and one can’t help but wonder when it is going to join the well and alive smartphone market. After all, it use to be one of the major players in the industry. Well, that question is answered, and the answer was - CES 2009. Palm, Inc. has announced it’s latest PDA phone - the Palm Pre backed by Palm’s new webOS platform. this new mobile platform was designed to flawlessly synchronize your phone, your PC, and you files on the web.  But let’s leave Palm’s webOS aside and discuss what the Palm Pre has to offer us. Read more

Sprint Intros the BlackBerry Curve 8350i to Mobile Customers

Sprint has just launched the BlackBerry Curve 8350i smarthphone, RIM’s most advanced push-to-talk BlakcBerry smartphone to date. Utilizing the iDEN technology through the Nextel National Network, BlackBerry Curve 8350i users would have access to Nextel Direct Connect’s push-to-talk service with sub-second call set up. Combining push-to-talk capabilities and other advanced features, this phone would most likely appeal to both individual consumers and business customers which can also address the needs of other industries. The BlackBerry Curve 8350i is geared for customers who need instant convenient push-to-talk services in communicating with friends and family, fellow employees, customers and suppliers. Read more

Sprint Launches the Sanyo Katana Eclipse X Phone

Sprint Wireless in cooperation with KYOCERA Sanyo has officially launched the new Katana Eclipse X mobile phone. This new mobile phone is actually a redesigned version of the previously announced Katana Eclipse in August. But this time, Sprint and Sanyo has added a new one-click feature which provides users with access to the phone features in just one click. One Click also allows users to personalize their home screen and also brings the Now Network right to their fingertips by selectnig and organizing features and content including text messaging, Google search, Sprint Navigation, email, web site, music and call log. In addition, One Click also gives users access to Google on their home screen. The new Sanyo Katana Eclipse X mobile phone also features unique light effects with fast data speeds and allows users to assign lighting effects to identify specific callers. One Click’s customizable carousel-style menu which is located on the home screen gives instant information related to various features of the Katana Eclipse X. The Katana Eclipse X’s One Click features also makes it easy for users to access Sprint TV with live and on-demand programming, Sprint Music StoreSM with OTA downloads of full-length songs, Sprint Radio with 150 channels and its built-in MP3 player with microSD card slot. In addition, the Katana Eclipse X also feature Sprint Navigation which provides GPS-enabled audio and visual turn-by-turn driving directions. Other features of the Katana Eclipse X include; built-in speakerphone, stereo Bluetooth, external music navigation, a 1.3MP camera with 12x zoom and video camcorder, speakerphone, wireless backup. The Katana Eclipse X is now available at Sprint retail channels for $99.99 with a 2-year service agreement, after $50 mail-in rebate.

Sprint Releases the Palm Treo 800W

Hot on the heels of the iPhone 3G launched, Sprint has just made available the latest Palm Treo handset in its inventory - the Palm Treo 800W. This new smartphone runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS and is geared fro the more professional business users.The Palm Treo 800W runs on Sprint’s Mobile Broadband Network with support for EV-DO Rev. A data speeds. Thus ensuring business professionals faster and more reliable connectivity to the internet even while on the move.Aside from this fast data connection, the Palm Treo 800W also features WiFi and GPS capabilities. The Palm Treo also gives users up-to-date email, contacts, calendar and productivity application access through its direct connection to Microsoft Exchange. It’s like having your laptop in the palm of your hand. Other features of the Palm Treo800w include; a full QERTY keyboard with five-way navigation and one-touch buttons to most used applications,320×320 pixel transflective color TFT touchscreen, supports 16-bit color (65K colors, Qualcomm MSM6800A chipset supporting EvDO Rev A and mobile receive diversit,  802.11b/g, 802.1x (EAP-PEAP, EAP-TLS and EAP-TTLS) Wi-Fi, Built-in GPS (standalone and assisted); Sprint Navigation; GPS-powered local search, maps, and navigation from the Today screen, 256MB user memory (approximately 170MB available user memory), 128MB program memor, 2.0 megapixels (1280×1024) with 2x digital zoom and video capture, and microSD/microSDHC cards (up to 8GB supported. The Palm Treo is available now for $249.99 after discounts and mail-in rebates with a two year service contract.

From the Rumor Mill: Palm Treo 800W

It looks like the launch of the new iPhone 3G has created quiet a stir not only among mobile phone users but with mobile phone manufacturers as well. Thus, we see various new mobile phone rumors and leaked photos here and there. One of these mobile phone is the Palm Treo 800W. Rumors has started circulating about this new PDA phone as early as last week. And now we gathered some more juicy specs and details about the Palm Treo 800W which we heard will be coming over to Verizon Wireless. So what are these specs and details? First, the Palm Treo 800W will be loaded with a 333mhz unspecified TI processor which is not really something to be proud of since its doesn’t really offer that much faster speed than the processors of other Palm Treo PDA phones. Next, we also learned that the Palm Treo 800W will be running on Windows Mobile 6.1 which is something to be happy about. And now for the usual round of specs and features that we expect to the Palm Treo 800w to have - CDMA 800, EVDO and 1XRTT, personal speakerphone, microUSB, external antenna port, microphone mute option, 3-way calling, HAC compatibility, microSD/SDHC expansion slot, rechargeable li-ion battery, 2.0 megapixel camera with native resolution of 1600×1200 and automatic light balance, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, IR, 320×320 pixel touch sensitive LCD screen, built-in QWERTY keyboard plus a 5-way navigator, backlight for low lighting conditions. The Palm Treo 800 is being rumored to come out sometime in July under Sprint before it will debut under Verizon Wireless network in the third quarter. It will retail for around $250 with a two-year contract. Via

LG LX400 Hero coming to Sprint

LG and Sprint has announced a new line up in LG’s series of mobile handsets for Sprint network – the LG LX400 aka LG Hero, a basic clamshell phone. The LG Hero doesn’t seem to promise too much advanced features except for one key feature which is the QChat support which is capable of Nextel-like Push-to-Talk over Sprint’s EV-DO Rev. The LG Hero would also allows users Sprint subscribers to maintain separate numbers if they prefer. While on a Nextel Direct Connect call, subscribers can receive notification if they missed a PTT cal, Call Alert or Group Call. Other features of the LG LX 400 released through Sprint include; ability to block/unblock incoming one-to-one PTT calls and Call Alerts, send repeating alert to let any other Nextel Direct Connect, communication or coordinate activities with up to 20 other Nextel Direct Connect Subscribers at once, 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, Sprint PCS Picture mail for sharing high resolution pictures instantly, Sprint Navigation Visual and audible turn-by-turn GPS-enabled driving directions, one touch access to Mobile email including Yahoo, AOL/AIM and Windows Live, SMS text and Voice messaging, instant messaging, mobile sync Easy-to-use online tool that lets you manage all of your contact information online, and a speakerphone. For the technical details, the LG LX400 weighs 3.17 ounces, 1.77” LCD display with 128×160 pixel resolution, mp3 file format support, 300 minutes battery talk time and other standard mobile phone fare. [via]

Sprint announces new Samsung Instinct

Samsung is releasing a new touch screen handset that could probably give the iPhone a good competition. Samsung and Sprint has announced the new Samsung Instinct touch-screen mobile phone which is up for release by Sprint network. The sleek looking Samsung Instict which sports a shiny black finish definitely looks like the iPhone. It’s got a large 3.1 touch screen equipped with haptics, a localized tactile feedback mechanism. This haptics allow the Samsung Instinct’s virtual QWERTY keypad and other operations to become a sensory experience. The Samsung Instinct also features a voice to action button that provides many functions powered by voice commands. These functions include call, text, picture messaging, traffic, movie, sports, news and search. The Samsung Instinct will run on Sprint’s EV-DO network. Other features of the Samsung Instinct include; 2mp camera that can capture images up to 1600×1200 pixels, video recording and streaming, multiple music format support, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, full internet browsing, 600 phonebook entries, GPS, 2gb microSD memory card, Live TV support and many more. Measuring only 2.17×4.57×0.49 inches and weighing 4.4 ounces, the Samsung Instinct is certainly a pleasure to carry around. Add to the fact that it was designed in such a way that you won’t mind flashing it around while you are on the move. You’d even be proud flash it around when you are in the company of your friends. The Samsung Sprint is set for release by Sprint network. No information yet on its pricing. But here’s the clincher though, Sprint would require users to activate Sprint’s Everything pricing to get the full service from the Samsung Instinct. Activation cost is set at $69.99 per month.

Sprint Touch - iPhone Wannabe

Behold Sprint’s/HTC’s copycat iPhone running on the Windows Mobile 6 interface. HTCdoes so with hardware tweaks and its own software, written to integrate with Windows Mobile yet provide a very different, more simplified experience. The result includes screens such as this one: a home screen that’s easy to read and navigate compared to a typical Windows Mobile home screen. Other screens include a weather shortcut and a customizable quick-launcher.

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