After a few days after hitting store shelves, Samsung Instinct has become the fastest-selling EVDO handset in Sprint history. Instinct was first available exclusively to current Sprint customers on June 19 breaking records for the initial launch of any Sprint product. Instinct became available to all customers on June 20; sales continued to be brisk with Instinct breaking Sprint's record for the first week of sales for any device.
The record pace of Instinct sales has led to temporary shortages of the device at some locations across the United States. Sprint and Samsung are diligently working around the clock to increase inventory in all sales channels. Samsung has increased efforts to deliver new supplies of Instinct on a daily basis and manufacturing plants are operating at full capacity to keep up with the demand.
Instinct was recently named Best in Show in the third annual Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Award competition in April at CTIA Wireless 2008. Instinct was also honored as Most Innovative Product at CTIA Wireless 2008 by the editors of LAPTOP, a leading mobile technology magazine. CNET also recognized Instinct as the Best Cell Phone in its annual Cream of the Crop CTIA 2008 awards.
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Palm, Inc. today announced that Palm Centro smartphone is now available unlocked for U.S. customers. Palm Centro is sold by Sprint, AT&T and Verizon Wireless in the U.S. Palm also announced that Google Maps for mobile with My Location on Centro is available for Centro starting tomorrow, giving customers faster access to local maps and driving directions.
The unlocked Palm Centro retains the smartphone's compact, modern design and is dressed in a new white color with grey accents. Centro offers customers more choices to stay in touch with friends, family and co-workers by using voice, text messaging, email or the web. Also available in 25 countries worldwide, Centro is Palm's smallest and lightest smartphone to date.
Google Maps for mobile with My Location makes it easier and faster for Centro customers to get mapping and direction information by approximating the user's current location on the map. This saves time and keystrokes for people trying to find where they are, what's around them, and how to get there. |  |
Customers of Sprint can soon get mobile access to their corporate email accounts on select non-PDA Sprint phones such as the new Instinct by Samsung. Easy access to Microsoft Exchange Server and IBM Lotus Notes accounts will be available through Sprint Mobile Email Work, as an extension of Sprint Mobile Email's existing access to personal email accounts from popular Web-based providers such as AOL, Gmail, Windows Live and Yahoo! Mail. Sprint Mobile Email Work will allow users of the Instinct and other non-PDA phones, such as flip phones with more consumer-oriented features, to access both their corporate and personal email in one easy-to-use application, included at no additional charge in several Sprint pricing plans.
Sprint worked with SEVEN to create Sprint Mobile Email Work, which allows customers to access Microsoft Exchange Server 2000, 2003 or 2007 accounts, or IBM Lotus Domino accounts. The service features an easy, one-time setup process: | |
Sprint has announced pricing for the Samsung Instinct, a new wireless touch-screen handset from Samsung. When the device launches on June 20, it will cost just $129.99 with a two-year contract after a $100 mail-in rebate. In order for customers to experience the full capabilities of the device, Instinct must be activated on a pricing plan offering unlimited data. Customers can choose from Everything plans for individuals starting at just $69.99 per month for 450 voice minutes or Talk/Message/Data Share plans for families starting at $129.99 per month for 1500 voice minutes to share between two lines. Instinct complements Sprint's signature Simply Everything Plan offering both unlimited nationwide voice and data services for just $99.99 per month. The Simply Everything Plan offers premium services, including GPS navigation, email, web surfing, Sprint Music Premier and Sprint TV Premier, while letting customers easily budget for phone expenses. Instinct was recently named "Best in Show" in the third annual Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Award competition in April at CTIA Wireless 2008. | 
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Sprint has announced simplified wireless pricing plans. Building on the popularity of Sprint's $99 Simply Everything plan, new share plans for families will include unlimited messaging and data for one low price, so there's no calculator needed to figure out wireless costs for the whole family's favorite services.
The new simplified pricing makes choosing the right plan to fit each customer's needs and budget as easy as 1 - 2 - 3:
1. Choose an individual plan for a single line or a share plan for multiple lines. 2. Choose voice only, voice with unlimited messaging, or voice with unlimited messaging and unlimited data. 3. Choose the number of minutes. | |
Rowe International, a manufacturer of commercial and home jukeboxes, and Sprint will soon allow you to enjoy hearing the latest songs on jukeboxes at your favorite bar or restaurant via the use of Sprint Mobile Broadband. Rowe International manufactures digital jukeboxes, which now are powered by a Sprint Mobile Broadband connection card in conjunction with a wireless router, both of which are built into the jukebox. Rowe's network of distributors can offer Sprint Mobile Broadband service packaged with the jukebox to offer an easy solution at an affordable price to meet the music needs of bars, restaurants and entertainment venues nationwide. The Sprint Powered jukeboxes will allow users to easily download music whenever they want Rowe's catalog of hundreds of thousands of songs so the latest and greatest tunes are playing for their customers . The Sprint Mobile Broadband Network (inclusive of data roaming) reaches more than 248 million people, 15,771 cities and 1,505 airports, with upgrades to EV-DO Revision A technology on most of the network. | 
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| Sprint announced today the coming availability of four new Nextel Direct Connect phones, powered by Qualcomm's QChat technology, to customers in 40+ markets across the country. The LX400 by LG, Z400 by Samsung, and PRO-200 and PRO-700 by Sanyo will be available June 15 for purchase by all new and existing customers in Sprint retail stores in the designated markets. These new phones incorporate Nextel Direct Connect services, the speed of Sprint Mobile Broadband and Sprint's largest voice calling area, giving customers a wider selection of phones to meet their productivity needs with connection in less than one second to millions of existing Nextel Direct Connect subscribers nationwide. | |
| Boost Mobile today announced that it has launched exclusive retail stores, providing a branded shopping experience where consumers can connect with the unique Boost brand and culture. In addition to offering the company's complete product line-up, the new retail locations also offer products from Boost Mobile's "Boosted" division, including distinctly styled, multi-device stereo headphones and lifestyle accessories. Located in Huntington Park, Calif., Hialeah, Fla. and in Houston, Tex., the new retail stores are enabling Boost Mobile to interact with customers, identify trends in the marketplace, and respond with new wireless products and services designed to meet consumers' evolving lifestyle needs. Each store is approximately 1,500 square feet, and features furniture and interiors constructed of recycled materials. | |
Sprint and Samsung Electronics Corporation Ltd. announced today that a new broadband wireless network offering the speed and mobility of WiMAX has met Sprint's rigorous commercial acceptance criteria including overall performance, handoff performance and handoff delay. This key technical milestone has been passed after extensive evaluation both in the XOHM lab environment and with the commercial service network being built in the Baltimore and Washington D.C. area. Sprint plans on launching commercial WiMAX service in those cities later this year.
Samsung has been working with Sprint in the United States to test and build Sprint's XOHM mobile broadband Internet service compliant to the mobile WiMAX standard. Since finalizing a supply agreement in 2007, the two companies have steadily made progress on the extensive project with previous key milestones including first data session in the lab (June 2007), first data session on the live network (October 2007) and successful interoperability testing with multiple other device vendors (April 2008). | 
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| Sprint and Google today announced a partnership aimed at more deeply integrating Google applications and services into Sprint customers' mobile experience. As part of the deal, Google will become Sprint's preferred mobile search provider and Sprint users will have easier access to Google Maps for mobile, YouTube and more. Sprint and Google are committed to providing users with the most dynamic mobile experience possible. Both companies have actively advocated the importance of an open mobile ecosystem and understand that users should have more choice when it comes to selecting and accessing content on a mobile phone. | |
| Sprint Nextel Corp. today reported that for the quarter, total wireless subscribers declined by 1.09 million due to losses of 1.07 million post-paid subscribers and 543,000 traditional prepaid users, partially offset by gains of 343,000 Boost Unlimited and 183,000 wholesale and affiliate subscribers. The company reported its first quarter 2008 consolidated net operating revenues for the quarter were $9.3 billion, an 8% decline compared to $10.1 billion reported in the first quarter of 2007 and a 5% decline compared to $9.8 billion in the fourth quarter. The company reported a net loss of $505 million. | |
Boost Mobile, owned by Sprint Nextel, today introduced the new $1/Day Chat Plan for Boost Mobile Pay As You Go subscribers and announced a more affordable price option for its 600 minute Premium Plan, formerly known as Boost Premium Prepaid. Pay As You Go subscribers now have three payment plan options, including Basic Pay As You Go, the Chat Plan and the Premium Plan.
The new Chat Plan offers unlimited nights, unlimited mobile-to-mobile and a low daytime rate of $.10 a minute. Customers can continue to take advantage of unlimited nationwide Boost® Walkie-Talkie for an additional $1 a day on the days they use or receive the walkie-talkie service.
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Clearwire Corporation and Sprint Nextel Corporation today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine their next-generation wireless broadband businesses to form a new wireless communications company.
The new company, which will be named Clearwire, will be focused on expediting the deployment of the first nationwide mobile WiMAX network to provide a true mobile broadband experience for consumers, small businesses, medium and large enterprises, public safety organizations and educational institutions. The new Clearwire expects to dramatically enhance the speed and manner in which customers access all that the Internet has to offer at home, in the office and on the road. | |
More bad news for Sprint Nextel. Today Qwest Communications International Inc. announced it will stop reselling Sprint Nextel Corp.'s wireless service and move its subscribers to Verizon Wireless' network.
As a result, Sprint will lose 824,000 subscribers that Qwest contributed to Sprint's 53.8 million subscribers (reported end of last year). Sprint has been suffering defections from its subscriber base and has been losing money. Qwest signed a five-year contract with Verizon Wireless that will start this summer. Current Qwest wireless customers will receive a free, comparable Verizon Wireless handset, towards the last three months of this year. It's also been reported that Sprint was considering spinning off Nextel. Earlier we reported that Deutsche Telekom AG, the parent of T-Mobile USA, is considering a bid for Sprint. | 
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| Last Friday a federal appeals court ordered Sprint Nextel Corp to meet a June 26 deadline to vacate airwaves it uses that are close to public safety agency networks. If Sprint doesn’t comply, it will be costly and disruptive to its wireless service. The Federal Communications Commission had ordered Sprint Nextel to leave certain channels on the 800 megahertz band by the deadline in order which was upheld by the federal appeals courts. Sprint has requested waivers to the deadline and offered instead to leave the 800 megahertz channels within 60 days after each public-safety organization says it is ready to retune its system. | |
| Germany’s Deutsche Telekom is looking into a possible bid for US mobile provider Sprint Nextel who has been losing money. Sprint, the number three US mobile provider, if purchased by Deutsche Telekom, would be allied to Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile USA affiliate and would become a major rival for AT&T who is the US number one wireless provider. Sprint may be a good deal because of the weak dollar against the euro. Sprint’s 2007 losses were 30 billion dollars in exceptional costs relating to its acquisition of Nextel. As a result, Sprint suspended indefinitely dividend payments the end of February. | |
Sprint is discontinuing its Sprint Voice Command on July 1, 2008. Sprint has apologized to customers per the following:
"We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Besides automatically removing the monthly Voice Command fee from your bill, we'll help you prepare for the change with these steps:
Download your Voice Command address book. Download and print your address book soon. You won't be able to access it after July 1, 2008. Also, tell others on your account about the change so they can download and save their address book.
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Sprint's Pivot is dead. After investing $100 million in the venture, Comcast, Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable are quietly pulling the plug on the joint cell-phone venture with Sprint Nextel Corp.
The three U.S. largest cable Comcast Corp said they have stopped marketing the Pivot service and plan in the coming weeks to give their Pivot customers the option to switch to Sprint's traditional mobile phone plans. | |
Sprint has launched the Katana LX by Sanyo. This slim handset has an elegant mirrored finish with a translucent OLED LCD glowing through to subtly show time or caller ID. Katana LX by SANYO is family-friendly and affordable offering access to the essential features users need most on their wireless phone. Key features include Web and email access, VGA camera, speakerphone, integrated Bluetooth technology, and large, colorful internal LCD screen. Katana LX by SANYO is available in three fashionable color options: Pacific Blue, Elegant Pink, and Liquid Graphite. SPECIFICATIONS - Dimensions: 3.7” x 1.9” x 0.7” Weight: 3.4 ounces
- Internal Display: 2.0” 65K color TFT LCD (128x160); External Display: OLED Glow-through
- Standard rechargeable Lithium Ion (LiIon) battery provides up to 4.8 hours continuous talk time
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Sprint and Samsung Mobile's newly unveiled Instinct was awarded "Best in Show" in the third annual Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Award competition during last week's CTIA Wirelss 2008 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The E-Tech awards honor the best products and innovations in a number of categories representing the wireless ecosystem, including mobile consumer electronics, consumer mobile applications, enterprise solutions, network infrastructure, and 4G.
Instinct was named "First Place" in the Mobile CE - Phones/Smartphone category by a panel of 31 judges who evaluated each entry on innovation, functionality, wow factor, importance of technology and ease of use and implementation. "Best in Show" was then chosen by CTIA WIRELESS 2008 attendees via text messaging during the conference. Nearly 300 submissions were received for this year's E-Tech Awards.
Instinct was also honored as "Most Innovative Product at CTIA Wireless 2008" in the Best of CTIA Wireless 2008 competition judged by the Editors of LAPTOP, a leading mobile technology magazine.
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