David Owens, a Sprint executive, had a little virtual chat yesterday with customers via Sprint’s web site covering some details on their plans forward with Android, Blackberry and Windows phones. There is some very good news in the reports: Google Android OS updates are coming for the HTC Hero and Samsung Moment. While he didn’t [...]
Heros will get Eclair
HTC confirmed today that they do have Android 2.0 on had and they are working on integrating Sense UI into it. So, it sounds like it’s in works and let’s hope it happens sooner than later. They state that while they can create the ROM, it’s up to their partners (Sprint here in the US) [...]
Android Thoughts.
Today is the 23rd of October 2009. It’s been a very active Android month and we’re coming toward the end, but still have a few more weeks of excitement ahead of us. Notably, we’ve seen the announcement and release of several Android powered phones and devices. Sprint has officially been letting Android play on it’s [...]
Sprint 3G Network Issues with Hero? Or not?
Looks like there are reports from users of brand new Sprint powered HTC Heroes that are reporting they are running EV-DO Rev. 0 instead of Rev. A. However after reading through some of it, it may just be a reporting issue and not an actual speed issue, as some have stated that while the phone [...]
Sprint’s second Android phone is…Moment
Sprint and Samsung have joined forces for the first time to offer the Samsung Moment. It’s a slide out physical keyboard phone with an 800Mhz processor and a 3.2″ AMOLED screen. If that’s not impressive, I’m not sure what is. It has a 3.5mm earphone port and of course the usual Android software benefits. I’m [...]
Sprint’s Android Developer Site
Sprint has released it’s Android Developer tools addition to their developer website. They reference the Google sources where applicable, mostly describing how to get started with development including the NDK and SDK. There is a section about emulators, including the Sprint Virtual Developer Lab. Also included is the Sprint Developer Sandbox area. There is also [...]
4G Smartphone from Sprint
According to PC World, at the 4G Wireless conference in Chicago Sprint Business Unit VP is working with phone manufactures on an upcoming 4G phone, possibly powered by everyone’s favorite: Android. It would utilize the Clearwire WiMax network, but not until the network reached a much larger audience. Imagine, 4G goodness on a cellphone. But, [...]
