Holiday gift guide 2011
Fear not, we've got your back! Welcome to the latest edition of our Holiday gift guide...
DROID RAZR vs iPhone 4S
We are here to help with a comparison between the latest and greatest from Motorola and Apple, so read on for our findings...
4-way camera comparison
With another summer behind us, we take a look at four top-notch camera centric smartphones: the iPhone 4S, Droid Bionic, Galaxy S II and Amaze 4G...
iPhone 4S vs Bionic vs Galaxy S II
We’ve all waited long enough this year to finally see them, so which one will ultimately outgun the rest in finding itself home in your hands?...
Featured Sprint stories
Sprint News, Reviews and Phones
Asphalt 6 Adrenaline HD and Modern Combat 2 Black Pegasus HD now free, but only on BlackBerry PlayBook 3
If you own a BlackBerry PlayBook, you can now download two hot games absolutely free. Asphalt 6 Adrenaline...
iPhone security flaw bypasses pass codes, gives access to contacts list 15
The following is by no means a cause for alarm, but a security flaw in iOS has just been discovered....
LightSquared fails to make payment on $56 million loan, lays off 45% of its employees 8
It looks like we are now witnessing the beginning of the end of the LightSquared story as the third party...
Apple adds second carrier in China to carry the Apple iPhone starting March 9th 1
Tuesday morning local time, China Telecom confirmed that it will launch the Apple iPhone 4S with pre-orders...
Deal alert: 32 GB HTC EVO View 4G slate for $249.99 new 2
The 7" slate is now on sale at Newegg for $249.99, and that's for the 32GB version. A pretty good deal...
Price cuts give BlackBerry PlayBook 15% of Canadian market 16 Feb 2012, 03:26 3
Solutions Research Group survey of 1,000 Canadians found that the marketshare of the much maligned BlackBerry...
32GB GSM Galaxy Nexus nixed by Samsung, white and silver 16GB versions arriving on Verizon 15 Feb 2012, 03:48 13
It's not the first time Samsung will be doing it, but the purported GSM version of the Samsung Galaxy...
LightSquared blocked by the FCC due to unavoidable GPS interference 15 Feb 2012, 02:54 23
The FCC is now set to revoke the conditional approval that it gave to LightSquared last year as there...
Keyboard case and docking station for BlackBerry PlayBook pictured in backroom at DevCon Europe 2012 14 Feb 2012, 06:22 1
BlackBerry Czech was able to get pictures taken in a backroom at DevCon Europe 2012 showing a keyboard...
Sprint starts trial program called "Upgrade Now" for current customers 13 Feb 2012, 18:56 51
At certain of its locations, Sprint is offering a program that allows customers in the midst of a two...
Go behind the scenes of Boost Mobile's new commercial, "Bill From Hell" 10 Feb 2012, 03:03 2
Pre-paid carrier Boost Mobile recently launched a television commercial called "Bill From Hell" all about...
New thriller "7500" to feature cameos by the BlackBerry PlayBook and BlackBerry Torch 9860 10 Feb 2012, 00:03 2
Ok, perhaps star is too strong a word, but RIM was able to score nice product placement roles for the...
Siri, how come you are the star of the two new Apple iPhone 4S ads? 09 Feb 2012, 19:57 24
Siri is the star of two new ads for the Apple iPhone 4S with one ad showing how the voice-activated personal...
LightSquared asks FCC for tighter GPS standards 08 Feb 2012, 12:51 5
LightSquared is asking the FCC to come up with a change in the rules which would require stricter reliability...
iPhone effect not strong enough for Sprint in Q4 2011: loss deepens, subscriber growth fails expectations 08 Feb 2012, 06:44 19
After Sprint reported a controversial third quarter in anticipation of the iPhone, in the last quarter...
Samsung used low cost chip for Samsung GALAXY Nexus 07 Feb 2012, 21:07 75
A breakdown of the Samsung GALAXY Nexus reveals that the Korean manufacturer used a cheaper LTE baseband...
9:42 AM is Apple's favorite time of the day, and here is why it will stay that way 06 Feb 2012, 04:46 20
Ever wondered why every iPhone or iPad displayed in an Apple ad or press shot always has its time set...
Android 4.0.4 leaks for the Verizon Galaxy Nexus, runs noticeably faster 06 Feb 2012, 03:31 23
Those of you who own a Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the Verizon LTE variant, are free to try this leaked Android...
Siri turns against its creator in this short, horror-themed flick 06 Feb 2012, 02:54 4
If you happen to find an iPhone 4S lying on the floor, with no clues as to who its previous owner was,...
ZTE Optik is now available with Sprint 05 Feb 2012
The ZTE Optik is a 7'' Android tablet coming with a 1.2GHz dual-core CPU, 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal...
Siri will do a lot of things, but won't get you in shape 04 Feb 2012, 15:33 5
Siri might be able to make your appointments, give you the weather in Orlando, remind you to buy presents...
Motorola seeks 2.25% of Apple iPhone sales for use of patents 04 Feb 2012, 13:33 33
Court documents, recently released, show that Motorola is seeking a payment from Apple of 2.25% of its...
Google clarifies why CDMA Galaxy Nexus isn't supported as developer device 03 Feb 2012, 17:03 19
Earlier today, news came out that the Verizon Galaxy Nexus was no longer listed on the Android Developer...
Ting cellular service is now live nationwide, no ball and chain required 03 Feb 2012, 03:57 6
Well, the day has finally arrived. Riding on Sprint's airwaves, Ting is already operational across the...
RIM giving away BlackBerry PlayBook to Android Developers 02 Feb 2012, 21:11 8
RIM is bribing Android developers by offering them a free BlackBerry PlayBook if they submit their repackaged...
Software update for the HTC EVO Shift 4G presumably removes Carrier IQ 02 Feb 2012, 12:34 2
Although Sprint doesn’t outright say they’re removing Carrier IQ in the changelog, the “security update”...
Sprint's first sub-$100 tablet is official, the ZTE Optik is slated for release on February 5th 02 Feb 2012, 11:59 3
Today, the Now network officially announced its very first sub-$100 on-contract tablet in the ZTE Optik,...
BlackBerry PlayBook gets a Sega Genesis emulator, Sonic the Hedgehog approves 02 Feb 2012, 09:28 2
A Sega Genesis emulator for the BlackBerry PlayBook has just been released. It can be sideloaded onto...
Siri has problems with Scottish accent on this fake commercial based on real story 02 Feb 2012, 01:19 5
What starts off like a legitimate Apple iPhone commercial for Siri quickly deteriorates into a funny...
China Telecom to get iPhone 4S in February 01 Feb 2012, 07:02
China Telecom is getting the iPhone 4S in February, marking an important milestone in Appe’s expansion...
Kyocera DuraPlus 01 Feb 2012
Kyocera DuraPlus is another rugged push-to-talk capable device for Sprint using their Sprint Direct Connect...
Sprint gives LightSquared 6 more weeks to score FCC approval 31 Jan 2012, 20:26 7
Sprint is giving wholesale network supplier LightSquared 6 more weeks to get FCC approval to launch its...
Lottery prevents scalpers from selling the Apple iPhone 4S in Hong Kong 30 Jan 2012, 18:12 1
Scalpers in mainland China and Hong Kong have been buying the Apple iPhone 4S online or at a store, and...
Siri does vocals on The Flaming Lips' new track 30 Jan 2012, 17:42 3
Siri can do a lot of things and answer a lot of questions, but now it can add vocals to the list of accomplishments....
Radio Shack shares slide on Q4 profit warning, Sprint gets the blame 30 Jan 2012, 17:18 17
Blaming disappointing results from Sprint's post-paid wireless business, Radio Shack said it will report...
Sprint's Samsung Galaxy Nexus gets its own landing and registration page 30 Jan 2012, 15:03 4
Although we’re not hearing about an actual release date just yet, it’s seemingly close considering that...
Apple finally abreast with iPhone 4S demand 30 Jan 2012, 09:09 8
If you’ve tried getting an iPhone 4S over the Holidays, you might have noticed that the waiting times...
Cellebrite Machine shows Samsung Epic 4G 2 coming 28 Jan 2012, 20:05 14
The Samsung SPH0D705 appeared on a Cellebrite machine which usually lists a model that is about to soon...
Amazon offering Samsung Epic 4G Touch for just $79.99 with new line 28 Jan 2012, 11:25 6
Considered by many to be the best of the Stateside variants of the Samsung Galaxy S II, Sprint's Samsung...
Apple fanatic NYPD cop gets back stolen Apple iPhone in record time 28 Jan 2012, 00:24 21
A cashier at a clothing store in the Big Apple had her Apple iPhone jacked, but lucky for her, she called...
GPS interference tests "unfair" claims LightSquared 27 Jan 2012, 01:00 4
With the government holding up LightSquared's wholesale mobile network from getting turned on, the company...
$100 will nab you Verizon's sweet Samsung Galaxy Nexus through Amazon 26 Jan 2012, 13:37 19
With the usual routine, Amazon has chopped the price of the 4G LTE equipped Samsung Galaxy Nexus by another...
9 out of 10 iPhone buyers choosing the 4S 26 Jan 2012, 09:55 131
Apple reported not only good, it delivered a historic quarter propelled by sales of its iPhone. The company...
ZTE Optik 26 Jan 2012
The ZTE Optik is a 7'' Android tablet coming with a 1.2GHz dual-core CPU, 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal...
Sprint to out 7" ZTE Optik slate on February 5 - mere $100 gets you dual-core and 16GB of memory 26 Jan 2012, 02:44 6
In the established tradition to offer good value for the money, ZTE has loaded the Optik with a 1.2GHz...
Apple iPhone sales surpass human reproduction in the fourth quarter 25 Jan 2012, 13:24 63
Apple has been busy lately with the number of Apple iPhone units sold by the tech titan surpassing the...
Samsung Epic 4G Touch is seeing the EL29 update right now, hopefully removes Carrier IQ 25 Jan 2012, 12:31 1
Today, Sprint has started to roll out the EL29 software update for Sprint’s version of the Samsung Galaxy...
AT&T complains that Sprint stopped servicing some areas to piggyback on roaming agreements 25 Jan 2012, 05:09 15
The FCC recently abolished its so-called Home Market Rule, which prevented carriers from establishing...
Research Firm says Apple doubled its U.S. smartphone market share in Q4, topped Android 25 Jan 2012, 04:46 37
Kantar Worldpanel ComTech said thanks to Apple's impressively strong fourth calendar quarter, its share...
Win one of four Samsung GALAXY Nexus units from Verizon 24 Jan 2012, 00:20 4
Follow Verizon Wireless on Twitter and then tweet certain pictures or messages (for example, your funniest...
New year sale on the BlackBerry PlayBook has been cut short by a week - set to expire on January 28 23 Jan 2012, 23:53 4
Initially, the sale was expected to go on until February 4th, but after taking a look at the same sale...
New Samsung ad again goes after Apple iPhone users 23 Jan 2012, 14:52 51
'This keeps happening" says an Apple iPhone user in the latest Samsung ad in the series that pits the...
Breaking down Apple iPhone 4S buyers with statistics 23 Jan 2012, 12:49 45
A survey done of Apple iPhone buyers by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners shows that 36% of iPhone...
LightSquared LTE and GPS results under question 22 Jan 2012, 18:25 5
The government seems intent on killing the LightSquared LTE network, but the tests which are being cited...
Sprint service outage in New Mexico 22 Jan 2012, 15:44 9
Sprint customers in New Mexico are reporting service interruptions since 5 p.m. Saturday. Customer support...
Motorola PHOTON 4G owners, Motorola wants you 22 Jan 2012, 11:08 14
Motorola is looking for 1,000 Motorola PHOTON 4G owners to help the company test a software update for...
Absinthe untethered A5 jailbreak tool for Apple iPhone 4S and iPad 2 made easy on both Windows and Mac 22 Jan 2012, 04:18 10
Now that the Dev Team got around Apple's built-in A5 chip defenses, it released a software for untethered...
80's Takeover artist Carl Icahn sniffing around LightSquared 21 Jan 2012, 00:18 3
Former 80's Takeover artist Carl Icahn has been snapping up some of LightSquared's debt at bargain basement...
OTA updates are coming to the HTC EVO 4G, EVO Design 4G, and Samsung Epic 4G - adios Carrier IQ? 19 Jan 2012, 15:30 5
Recently, the HTC EVO 3D received one for itself that removed Carrier IQ from the device, and based on...
BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 to launch February 17th? 19 Jan 2012, 14:21 5
A source described as being "very solid" by Berry Review has tipped the site that RIM will release the...
Sprint adds additional 3G coverage in Indy for the Super Bowl 19 Jan 2012, 11:53 10
With the Super Bowl just over two weeks away, Sprint has brought a few coverage upgrades to Indianapolis,...
Supply catching up to iPhone 4S demand: wait just 3-5 days 18 Jan 2012, 12:00 7
As the holiday season recedes into memory, the supply of Apple's iPhone 4S is catching up with a reduced...
Seidio's 3800mAh battery turns the Galaxy Nexus into Quasimodo 18 Jan 2012, 08:21 31
The juicer is with the astonishing 3800mAh capacity, ready to power your device for more than a day of...
Second-hand iPhone market going strong, Apple and carriers don't mind 18 Jan 2012, 05:18 10
A recent study finds that the second-hand iPhone market is flourishing, and that brings benefits to both...
Sprint confirms the removal of Carrier IQ software from phones starting in January 17 Jan 2012, 12:09 7
Sprint has confirmed that they will be removing Carrier IQ from their phones with OTA updates, starting...
Life saved by an Apple iPhone and Words with Friends 16 Jan 2012, 22:30 16
The chat feature on the popular smartphone game "Words with Friends" seems to have saved a the life of...
LG Marquee and Samsung Transform Ultra are priced at free for a limited time through Sprint 16 Jan 2012, 14:25 4
For a limited time, we find the two Android powered smartphones priced at that hard to beat level of...
Sprint leading mobile payment charge…slowly 16 Jan 2012, 12:19
At CES Spring became the leader of the slow charge to bring NFC-enabled smartphones to a wider consumer...
Owners report that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is plagued by random reboots 16 Jan 2012, 11:06 70
Already, we’ve reported about the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and its maddening volume control issue back in...
Latest HTC EVO 3D update removes Carrier IQ 16 Jan 2012, 10:21 9
If you have purchased Sprint’s HTC EVO 3D, along with an Android smartphone with 3D capabilities, you’ve...
Untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4S demoed on video 16 Jan 2012, 03:59 5
The untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 should be out in a matter of days, and while we wait,...
Report says Nokia Lumia 900 coming to T-Mobile in Q3 with 12MP camera 15 Jan 2012, 16:49 25
Take this with a grain of salt, but a rumor is circulating that AT&T has just a 45 day exclusivity period...
Apple iPhone 4S without a camera being offered in Singapore 15 Jan 2012, 13:47 27
What do you call an Apple iPhone 4S without the 8MP camera? No, not the iPhone 4, you call it suitable...
New York Philharmonic performance interrupted by ringing Apple iPhone 14 Jan 2012, 15:51 40
What can be worse than talking on your cell phone during a movie? How about having your Apple iPhone...
iPhone 5 may run on all 3G and 4G networks (except WiMAX of course) 13 Jan 2012, 23:07 40
Remember that Qualcomm chip that we told you about back in November? The one that had far better energy...
Nearly all Sprint LTE phones will have NFC 13 Jan 2012, 18:37 2
NFC adoption has been painfully slow in the United States. Despite promises of amazing things like Google...
Motorola's XOOM "project" turns out to be the Android ICS update indeed, rolling now to select owners 13 Jan 2012, 05:53 13
Only those with Google Experience Wi-Fi or 4G LTE XOOMs, which are members of the official Motorola...
Apple halts sales of the Apple iPhone 4S in China after fights break out 13 Jan 2012, 02:18 26
Eggs were thrown, people became rowdy and fists flew after Apple delayed the opening of a store in Beijing;...
Project for the Motorola XOOM has begun, will last through the weekend 12 Jan 2012, 20:51 7
Motorola has been preparing owners of the Wi-Fi only and 4G LTE versions of the Motorola XOOM to expect...
Untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 coming in a matter of days 12 Jan 2012, 17:15 11
iOS hacker pod2g announced on his personal blog that an untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4S and iPad...
