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On The Cheap: Take Advantage Of WiMax’s Death And End Your Sprint Contract

Mordechai Osdoby — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:25:49 +0000

WiMax was supposed to be the future of wireless data. Instead, it tanked and the world has moved on to LTE. Sprint Wireless was the only U.S. provider to invest in the tech, and it’s due for shelving eventually. Sprint has changed contract terms reflecting this. The existing WiMax user choices are to transition to […]

Virgin And Boost Dole Out Ice Cream Sandwich

Mordechai Osdoby — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:45:12 +0000

It feels like it was only last week that the Techcitement writing staff was complaining amongst themselves about the slow adoption of Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Despite the fact that 4.1 (Jelly Bean) is already out, you can count the ICS devices out there on your hands. Boost Mobile and Virgin, one of the […]

Review: HTC EVO 4G LTE For Sprint Is Full Of Sound And Fury

Mordechai Osdoby — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:30:45 +0000

Sprint first introduced its EVO line in 2010 with the classic EVO 4G. This 4.3″, WiMax-connected behemoth did a great job as the company’s flagship phone, spinning off the EVO Design, Shift, and 3D, all fine phones in their own way. None, however, seemed to get as much attention as that first model. We at […]

Virgin Mobile Goes 4G, And Another EVO Is Born

Mordechai Osdoby — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:00:55 +0000

With Sprint transitioning to a4G network based on LTE instead of WiMax, I was wondering what the company would do with the old fiber — other than support existing handsets, that is. It looks like Spring will use that infrastructure to prop up their no-contract networks. While competing network MetroPCS does offer a (pricey and […]

Sprint Announces Second LTE Device, Minus Release Date

Mordechai Osdoby — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:30:03 +0000

Some of us are still waiting for Sprint’s “any day now” Galaxy Nexus. The current Google reference phone is more than a neat bit of hardware — it represents Sprint’s first shift from a high-speed WiMax network to one based on LTE. While Wimax continues to work for those who picked up earlier 4G Sprint […]

Lack Of 4G Support May Have Slowed Windows Phone Adoption

M. Gilden — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:44:48 +0000

Remember when Windows Phone 7 was first announced and AT&T was one of the first carriers on board? We all know their iPhone exclusivity was going to end soon, but I found it almost comical how much AT&T wanted to advertise Microsoft’s rival OS so soon. Not that I blame them, Windows Phone is so surprisingly well […]