MobileBurn.com - 10/27/2008
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Sprint's CEO recently said that the Android smartphone platform just isn't good enough yet to carry the Sprint brand.
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blogs.reuters.com - 10/25/2008
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Sprint may be having a lot of problems
marketing its own brand in the last few years,...
but according to Chief Executive Dan Hesse, Google’s Android mobile operating system isn’t perfect either. He told the National Press Club in Washington that he ...
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engadgetmobile.com - 10/20/2008
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engadgetmobile.com —
Those crazy new Samsungs and LGs (well, LG
singular) reppin' Sprint's fall lineup have dropped into stores...
dressed and ready for retail, and text fanatics are definitely the ones making out like bandits here. Starting out on the low end, the Samsung ...
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LG Lotus, Samsung Rant and Highnote now available from ...
boygeniusreport.com - 11/2/2008
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boygeniusreport.com —
Woo! Sprint customers in need of a sexy
new smartphone will be happy to learn that the...
Touch Pro’s limited availability is now a thing of the past. HTC’s beast of a QWERTY slider is officially ripe for the picking and can be snagged from the Sprint ...
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Sprint Touch Pro now available on web
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Android Not Good Enough for Sprint
Phone Scoop - Latest News —
Android Not Good Enough for Sprint posted Today, 8:29 PM by Eric M. Zeman Sprint CEO Dan Hesse, speaking to journalists, said that the Android operating system is not good enough for the Sprint brand. Hesse said that Sprint is planning to roll out a handset based on Android at some point in the future, but based on his remarks, it won't be as early as expected or hoped for. He didn't provide any firm details about when Android will be ready, nor what changes to the platform will make it ready. more info at Mobile Burn ...
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Sprint Says It Will Keep Nextel —
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