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The fact that the second generation of the LG Rumor phone is going to be sold via Sprint was well known by everyone, but what we all wanted to know was if the company will give the phone the official treatment one day. And that day has come.

Released under the name of LG Rumor 2, the device will be exclusively sold by Sprint in the United States, just like the older version. The Rumor 2 is aimed at those customers who are looking for affordable phones and who want to be permanently connected to the world outside.

The features list includes the following: a full QWERTY keyboard (which slides out), a QVGA TFT display with 262k colors, stereo Bluetooth connectivity, MP3 player, 1.3 megapixel camera, Sprint Navigation, which is aimed at enabling voice and on-screen, turn-by-turn directions, Sprint Mobile Email Work which comes with Microsoft Exchange Server and IBM Lotus Notes, additional removable backplate and a microSD card slot of no more than 16GB.

Measuring 4.4 x 2.1 x 0.7 inches and weighing 4.23 ounces, the LG Rumor phone provides up to 5.5 hours of talk time.

The original LG Rumor, launched two years ago, in 2007, became the best selling CDMA cell phone ever sold by Sprint, or at least one of them. This is why the North American carrier has great expectations about the new one.

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“LG Rumor gives customers the benefits of Sprint’s Now Network on a phone that’s attractive and affordable, appealing to anyone who needs the ability to quickly send off a text or PictureMail”, said Kevin Packingham, the senior vice president of Product and Technology Development, at Sprint. “Staying connected to your family, office or even social networks has never been as easy and cost-effective as it is with the pairing of this device and Sprint’s Everything Messaging pricing plan. In today’s economic climate, it is great to know you don’t have to compromise to get a good value in wireless”.

The phone will be available in two color versions, Black Titanium and Vibrant Blue. The first one will start selling on March 15th, while the second one will hit the market on March 29th, both at www.sprint.com. LG Rumor will be found in all Sprint retail channels starting April 19th, for a price of $49.99, after a $50 mail-in rebate. For this to happen, you’ll have to sign a two-year service agreement.

(Source: Press release)

Following the pattern of other cell phones, there were many rumors about i9, the Motorola clamshell phone that was very often talked about, even if the lack of information should have stopped everyone from making all sorts of wild suppositions. Nevertheless, we’ve reached the day when the handset has been given the official treatment and its full name will be from now on Motorola Stature i9.

The cell phone is said to be the thinnest iDEZN flip phone that was ever built (15 millimeters) and comes equipped with an impressive number of advanced features, such as: a 2.2 inch TFT internal display with a resolution of 240x320 pixels, a 2.0 inch TFT external display with a resolution of 240x320 pixels, a 3.1 camera that comes with autofocus and flash, an integrated GPS, the Openware 7.2 browser, Bluetooth 2.0 Connectivity, Next Mail, external illuminated keys that feature the ModeShift technology, a music player and a microSD card slot, for expandable memory of up to 8 GB.

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The clamshell cell phone is expected to become available via Boost Mobile in no more than a couple of weeks (sometime by the end of this month) and then (a little bit later) via Sprint.

"Motorola Stature i9 is the latest example of our continuing commitment to our Nextel Direct Connect customers giving them best-in-class push-to-talk services on an incredibly attractive device," said Danny Bowman, the president of Sprint's iDEN business unit. In addition, he said that "Sprint has invested billions of dollars in the iDEN network, adding thousands of cell sites to bolster capacity and coverage. As a result, the network is performing at best-ever levels enabling customers using Stature or any of our iDEN devices to experience the speed of the fastest national push-to-talk network".

If you’re interested in the Stature i9 flip phone, then you should know that it was said to be sold for $299 by Boost Mobile (free of contract), while the other carrier, Sprint, announced a price of $199.99 with a two-year contract.

(Source: unwiredview.com)

Rumors said that Instinct is going to be the next pink Samsung mobile phone that is going to hit the market, but it was expected to become available sometime in February, just before the day that you’ve all been waiting for: the Valentine’s Day.



Proving itself to be anxious about this new release, Sprint, one of the largest American wireless telecommunications networks, has just announced “the immediate availability” of the Samsung Instinct, dressed in a pink outfit. The device is a great success for the provider, accounting approximately one-fifth of all handsets sold by Sprint, during the first two weeks that the Instinct was available.

“Instinct has been a great success for us from both a sales and innovation perspective”, said Kevin Packingham, Sprint SVP of Product Development. In addition, he said that “we are thrilled with our customer’s response to this dynamic, well-integrated and easy-to-use wireless phone. Bringing the price under $100 will make it even more accessible to customers who want the best of Sprint’s 3G network on a powerful touchscreen device”.

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You should know that as far as the features are concerned, this pink version of the Instinct won’t bring more novelties compared to the old device. Therefore, the only difference consists of the color. The features of the pink Samsung mobile phone include: Visual Voicemail that allows users to listen to their messages in the order they prefer, stereo Bluetooth 2.0, SMS voice and text messaging, HTML Web experience, a picture caller ID, a 2.0 megapixel camera with video recorder, microSD card for expandable memory of up to 8 GB.

Another great news about the pink Samsung mobile phone is the fact that it comes with an affordable price, at least for a limited period of time. More than that, the same goes for the black version of the device. Therefore, you can purchase your own Instinct handset for only $99.99, after a $100 rebate and a two year agreement. The Samsung Instinct is said to be available in Sprint stores from all over US, but if you won’t find it this way, you will find it online. That’s for sure.

(Source: unwiredview.com)

If you’re a Sprint customer and you’re anxious to put your hands on the first Android powered smartphone, here’s a little piece of advice: it would be a very good idea not to hold your breath while waiting, ‘cause you might have the most unwanted and unexpected surprise of them all. It looks like the CEO of Sprint is trying to stir up a little battle of words with Google and their Android, as apparently Sprint’s CEO, Dan Hesse, made a rather scathing comment to the National Press Club in Washington. Rumors say that Hesse doesn’t feel that Google Android is “good enough to put to Sprint brand on”, at least in its present form anyway.

We weren’t at the meeting, so we don’t precisely know the context for Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse’s speech, but according to Reuters, this guy, whom you may remember from those classy black-and-white commercials on the TV, has recently revealed its position.

Sprint may be having a lot of problems marketing its own brand in the last few years, but according to Hesse, Google’s Android mobile operating system isn’t perfect either. Nevertheless, he said that a phone powered by Android will be sold by Sprint “at some time in the future”, as Sprint is part of the alliance of about 30 companies that said they would support Google’s development of a mobile phone operating system.

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This is undoubtedly surprising, because other than Apple’s iPhone, which is exclusively sold by the much larger rival of Sprint, AT&T, for at least a few more years, Google’s Android project is probably the most important in the mobile industry and the only one people are actually excited about. Not to mention the success AT&T scored with the iPhone for some time, while other carriers such as Sprint suffer in the smartphone market. Sprint has to find and provide a real competitor to the iPhone. Ok, there are many other phones with touchscreen capability, like the Samsung Instinct, for example, but let’s face it, nothing compares to the almighty iPhone. To overcome this losing-customers situation, Sprint has to do something, anything, to attract people on its side.



Sprint has hoped to get an Android phone in its arsenal by the end of the year to compete with the iPhone at Christmas, as the Wall Street Journal reported in June, but because of these delays, it seems that the company won’t be launching the device after all. Not this holiday season, anyways.

(Source Reuters)

If you’re acquainted with everything that happens on the market as far as the realm of mobile phones is concerned, then I’m sure you already know about the fact that Sprint announced the availability of the HTC Touch Pro together with Touch Diamond a month ago, but we got to the day when we finally know the official launch date. This is no more, no less than the continuing of HTC’s long tradition of working together with Sprint to bring cutting edge products like the Touch Diamond and Touch Pro to market.

Therefore, HTC Corporation, a global leader in mobile phone innovation and design, launched three days ago the HTC Touch Pro for Sprint. Bringing a beautiful new angle to business productivity, the HTC Touch Pro uses styling and functionality similar to the recently launched HTC Diamond and introduces a variety of business-enhancements that make getting work done on-the-go quick and easy.

The Touch Pro is equipped with a 2.8-inch VGA touchscreen, a 3.2 megapixel camera with camcorder function, autofocus, flash and video calling, an internal memory of 512 MB flash, 288 MB RAM, microSD support (SD 2.0 compatible) that can expand memory up to 16 GB, a slide-out five-row QWERTY keyboard and Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS.

On the other hand, Touch Pro measures 4.17 x 2.05 x 0.70 inches and weighs 5.3 ounces. It supports CDMA 2000 1X/EVDO Rev.A/1xRTT and IS-95A/B voice or data and dual band 800/1900 MHz. The handset also features Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, Wi-Fi and GPS/aGPS function.

“People have already shown a tremendous initial response to the HTC Touch Diamond for Sprint, and we are pleased to also offer the HTC Touch Pro as another choice to customers”, said Jason Mackenzie, vice president for HTC America. “The HTC Touch Pro is the perfect device for those who demand the ease of use of TouchFLO 3D and the styling of the HTC Touch Diamond, but also crave a more powerful mobile business experience”.

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The HTC Touch Pro helps people create the perfect equilibrium between their professional and personal lives in ways that matter most to them. Based on the strong feature set found on the HTC Touch Diamond, the HTC Touch Pro adds a five-row, slide-out QWERTY keyboard for easy data entry, expandable storage capabilities with a microSD card slot (1 GB card included) and a business card scanner application to automatically capture and convert business card information to the contact list using the built-in 3.2 MP camera/camcorder. Not to mention the Windows Mobile 6.1, the OS that allows users to have access to security and device management capabilities demanded by many business customers. “The HTC Touch Pro marks the addition of yet another robust Windows Mobile device for our portofolio and demonstrates our commitment to delivering the best wireless technology today”, said Kevin Packingam, Sprint senior vice president of Product and Technology Development. “Combined with worry-free pricing and exclusive Sprint content, the HTC Touch Pro delivers an unparalleled user experience – all on Sprint’s Now Network”.



Using HTC’s intuitive TouchFLO 3D interface, Sprint customers will be able to directly arrange their favorite contacts, photos, weather and music. On the other hand, the HTC Touch Pro for Sprint provides a mobile Internet experience that uses the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network. Beyond the lightning-fast connectivity, customers can also interact with their device in new ways, meaning they can zoom and pan Web sites and automatically view optimized content that has been specially created to fit the display. Using gravity-sensor technology, turning the device sideways automatically rotates the Web page view from a portrait to landscape view.

Customers purchasing devices at Sprint retail locations can get the most out of their phone by having it personalized just for them before they leave the store. With Ready Now, Sprint retail associates work with new or existing customers to explain, set up and demonstrate the features and applications of their new phone. This program is a first in the industry, as no other wireless company offers a similar customer experience.

The HTC Touch Pro is prices at $299.99 with a two-year subscriber agreement, after a $100 mail-in-rebate and a $25-or-higher data add-on or Everything plan with data. Customers will be able to purchase the device in select national retailers beginning the week of October 26 and in all Sprint sales channels, including online at www.sprint.com, 1-800-Sprint1 and Sprint Stores, on November 2.

(Source Sprint)