Sprint now offers BlackBerry Curve

7. patfireben (unregistered) posted on 09 May 2008, 23:36 0 0

I am glad you went to VZW to get your Curve. Sprint absolutely sucks! Good for you guys to have good Sprint coverage in Columbus but guess what.......Sprint sucks everywhere else. Verizon Wireless is by far the best network out there. I use to have Nextel back when it was actually good. But ever since Sprint bought them....they have gone nothing but downhill. Now Sprint is trying to sell Nextel. IMAGINE THAT! I find it funny that Sprint is going to be bought now. I hope T-Mobile completely wipes the name Sprint off the face of the Earth! Verizon Wireless is the best network out there hands down!

16. JoeyStyles (unregistered) posted on 11 May 2008, 12:26 0 0

Okay Damon here is the false information of sprint, they released the phone and said it was avaiable in stores and it wasn't so you have to pay extra for shipping because they did not clerify that on there web site and also there customer service rep wasn't even able to order me tne phone I got transfered 3 times to order the phone, and I requested saturday shipping and they processed the order for overnight which means I would have to wait to monday so I got tired and went to Verizon and when the sprint on comes by fedex I will refuse it

18. JoeyStyles (unregistered) posted on 11 May 2008, 12:32 0 0

I agree about the network in Columbus but me waiting for the CDMA Sprint Verison so long I go to the store on Friday when it was said it would be avaiable on friday in store and its not, and the will charge me shipping to get the phone, when I could get the Verizon one at the same price that was my breaking point

10. (unregistered) posted on 10 May 2008, 14:26 0 0

actually verizon was teh evry first network to offer television...its called mobile tv. also vzw was the first network to offer unlimited calling. face it vzw leads and sprint follows

13. (unregistered) posted on 10 May 2008, 18:16 0 0

Actually, I worked for VZW when they released their TV and I can assure you that Sprint TV had been around for over a year already and Sprint had over-the-air music downloads almost a year before VZW. Also VZW TV is called "Mobi TV" and they started with 8 channels where as currently Sprint has approximately 30 different channels for their TV service. You might want to have your facts straight before trying to shoot someone else down. And then we can talk about WIMAX, a service that Sprint plans to have rolled out by the end of the year. What does VZW have? Oh yeah, they decided to redo their entire network for a GSM based 4G system that won't be available until 2011. Meanwhile back on the "followers" side, Google, Intel, Time Warner and Cox Communications have already bought stake in WIMAX. Intel has backed WIMAX by including WIMAX chips in EVERY Intel Centrino 2 based laptop after the WIMAX release and Googleis providing all of their premier services to WIMAX users. So to say that VZW is the leader in all things is ludicrous at best. Oh and you're claim about first with unlimited calling? Why do you think Sprint waited for VZW and AT&T to tip their hands first? It's obvious that by being the "first" to announce something you are most likely to be the first to get beat. And while you talk about VZW being the leader in things, why don't you ask VZW about all the disgruntled customers they had because they screwed them with their "unlimited-in" texting plans. I can't tell you how many customers cancelled with VZW because they only allowed unlimited text to other VZW customers while EVERY OTHER CARRIER offered unlimited text to everyone. Your argument is not only arrogant and fanboyish, but stupid. I would say you own an I-phone, but obviously you are on the wrong network.

14. DeeMan (unregistered) posted on 10 May 2008, 21:16 0 0

First, to comment #6 --- when I said they were identical, I was talking abou its form factor ... NOT color. As for the GPS, you are misled again... VZ Navigator works on the Curve. As for their EV-DO network, don't even get me started. You really need to check the "roaming" a little more carefully. Sprints currently owes VZW over $350,000 for data and voice service roaming and the matter is currently in court. Verizon allows 5 GBs of transfer on their data services but they DO allow video streaming, music downloads, etc. Check your facts ... you are simply charged $0.49 per MB over 5 GB, but really, how much data transfer can do with a PDA that will eclipse 5 GBs? .. Unless you are tethering. Read the VZW terms of service before you make comments about it. It clearly allows all the data streaming you want.... even if you have to pay more. VZW has EV-DO in over 350 major markets? Sprint? Almost 200. As for comment #13 ----- Sprint TV is something I honestly wouldn't brag and they even had to shut it down for a little while do hackers who made it work on non-Sprint devices ( even Verizon devices ). Sprint's over the air Music Store is buggy at best and they even make oddball decision to not have any 3G services on some of the cooler devices ( i.e., the LG Rumor ). Let's talk about WIMAX now. Verizon actually made the decision to forego WIMAX simply because LTE will be like the Bionic Man ... Better, Faster, Stronger... and yes, I will be compatible with the CDMA format as well as ( ta daaa ) .. WIMAX !!!! Nobody trusts Sprints network decisions anymore since the whole Nextel iDen nightmare. I don't care how long it takes to implement LTE as long as it's done RIGHT. And since most of Europe is adopting the same technology, one has to wonder ........ You talk about Intel and Google being major supporters of WIMAX but who cares? Qualcomm, who's QChat technology was the hub of Sprint/Nextel push-to-talk, has to decided to implement the same technology into Verizon's BrewChat and perfect their Push to Talk capabilities... and Sprint is in a tizzy about it. The only reason Google is playing along really doesn't benefit Sprint , it benefits Google. When Verizon won the 700 mhz spectrum in the airwave auction a little while, it let Google prepare some rules for Verizon's upcoming "Open Access" platform. Oh, by the way, is Sprint doing that? Don't even talk about Unlimited Calling. Sprint was only the first to ANNOUNCE it, not RELEASE it. Verizon AND AT&T beat them to the punch .... and to make matters worse, they had the audacity to release it select markets only. Who's decision was THAT? As for Verizon screwing people on text plans, gimme a break. It's unlimited IN with "x" amount to other networks. Any idiot can see and understand that, and if you can't, you don't need a cell phone. To sum it up I want to say that I used to have Sprint long ago..when they were actually good. But here are the facts: 80% of the network is roaming...they lost over 700,000 customers in Q4 last year. In the same quarter, their worth lost $29.6 billion. They have the highest churn in the industry (even more than T-Mobile ? ). The closed over 150 locations , including resellers. With that said, it's no wonder they are releasing all these wonderful "services" and prices. The ship is sinking and sinking FAST.

21. VZWREP (unregistered) posted on 11 May 2008, 15:04 0 0

ummm we offer whats called a select plan and that gives teh customer unlimited txt to anyone on any network. also verizon was the very very first network to offer unlimited calling, followed by att THEN sprint. you can say well sprint offers this and that but why did sprint lose over 700,000 customers in Q4. and on top of that their unlimited plan is only available in select markets hahaha. what a joke. sooo if i were a sprint customer you're gonna sit here and tell me that someone from New York can have unlimited calliing and i cant, just because he happens to live in another state? wow. i can understand services like Broadband access and mobile tv...but plans seriously? anyway sprint owes verizon money for roaming on our towers, and guess what they havent payed us yet...which is was they're being taken to court. over 80% of sprints network is roaming. and i highly doubt you worked for verizon because a select plan is somethnig we've offered for a while. you know what else is funny....Verizon is ranked number 1 in customer satisfaction. check the consumer reports.

23. (unregistered) posted on 12 May 2008, 11:40 0 0

well, its good to see that the writers at least admit theyre heavily biased... it would do you well to actually read what youre responding to before spouting off. no one said the vzw curve couldnt do gps.

25. (unregistered) posted on 13 May 2008, 10:14 0 0

Actually, my only response was not which network was better than the other, it was a response to a completely biased assumption that VZW is the "first" at everything, which it is not. As far as the select plan, I never said VZW doesn't have unl txt now, I stated that for the longest time they had a "unlimited" txt plan and most normal average consumers who are buying txt for their kids do not pay attention to if it is unlimited "in", all they see is unlimited. It was due to upset customers that the select plan was created. As for your assumption that I did not work for VZW, the select plan was actually released around Feb or Mar of last year. I left VZW in April of last year. Once again my comments at the top was not a debate on who's network is better, just simply stating that VZW has not been first at everything. Oh, and about Sprint TV not being something to brag about, I was never bragging about it, just stated the fact that Sprint was the first to release TV on phones, not VZW. Personally I can't stand to watch TV on either one, I know people with Sprint and VZW and both services are not exactly astounding. The day we went to training for VCast TV the trainer couldn't get the service to work and we were in the Verizon building with Apmlifiers to increase the signal. But don't get me wrong, as I said, in my opinion neither service is worth what it costs to have it.

17. Joey Styles (unregistered) posted on 11 May 2008, 12:28 0 0

I agree but this is a phone web site, so if it aint about phones then you need to go to cnn or msnbc.com and talk about that