phonescoop.com - 1/20/2009
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Sprint sent a letter to President-elect Barack Obama and his incoming administration requesting that $2 billion be set aside specifically for a wireless network serving the nation's first responders. According to Reuters, "Sprint's plan calls for 100 satellite-based light ... (follow link to read)
engadgetmobile.com - 1/20/2009
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engadgetmobile.com —
Yo, Sprint, Palm, guys... seriously, give it up.
We all know this thing's coming, so can we...
at least get an announcement or something? We've seen the CDMA-flavored Treo Pro in Sprint livery in the wild already, and now we're seeing the box, which ...
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Sprint's Treo Pro in the wild, now with more box
brighthand.com - 1/19/2009
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brighthand.com —
BY: Ed Hardy , Brighthand.com Editor PUBLISHED: 1/19/2009
Samsung has confirmed that it is working on a...
smartphone running Google's Android OS which will be debut this year from two U.S. wireless carriers. Android Details on this model are not yet ...
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Samsung Prepping an Android Smartphone for Sprint
tech.yahoo.com - 1/16/2009
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp ( S
.N), the third biggest U.S. wireless company, wants the...
government to fund a $2 billion emergency network to make first responders better able to communicate during disasters. The company, a major ...
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Sprint pitches $2 billion emergency network to Obama ...
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Sprint Wants Its Government Handout, Too
Techdirt —
... (via Phone Scoop) for first responders. Sprint's plan calls for satellite-equipped trucks (that sound like mobile base stations on wheels) and up to 100,000 handsets and other gear to be stockpiled around the country so that it could be delivered anywhere in the US within four hours. Sprint wants the plan included in the economic stimulus plan working its way through Congress -- and it's just coincidence, of course, that Sprint would be a huge beneficiary of such legislation, and $2 billion would give its ...
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phonescoop.com 1/26/2009 — Today Sprint announced that it is taking drastic cost-cutting measures in an effort to save money. Part of the cost cutting comes in the form of staff reductions. Sprint will layoff 8,000 employees by March 31, with about 10% ... (follow link to read)
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Sprint now offers Pandora service for free!
intomobile.com 12/22/2008 —
Pandora is now available for free to all Sprint subscribers with compatible handsets and a data plan.
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Samsung confirms first Android device imminent —
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Samsung Electronics is the latest manufacturer to hop aboard the Android bandwagon, promising it will introduce its first device based on the Google mobile OS sometime this year. According to Samsung, it will sell the touchscreen device via T-Mobile ...
Sprint To The Inauguration —
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On the eve of Barak Obama's inauguration, John Croce, a program manager with Sprint's Emergency Response Team (ERT) not only took my call, but put off lunch for a few minutes and whistled off an e-mail to his client, then told me all Sprint was doing ...
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