seattlepi.nwsource.com - 12/11/2008
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Sprint Nextel Corp. is ready to offer a phone based on Google Inc.'s Android operating system within a year.
modmygphone.com - 12/19/2008
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modmygphone.com —
No spy shots this time, but there is
enough info to get you excited because this one's
heading Stateside. Samsung is currently busy readying its Gphone for Q2 next year to be released via Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile. There are 30 Linux and Java ...
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Samsung's Android phone - Android Forums | G-Phone Forums
engadget.com - 12/19/2008
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engadget.com —
Without a doubt, 2009 is destined to be
the year of The Android . Samsung just announced
its ticket to the party with a Q2 launch of a Samsung Android phone on both Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile in the US. Apparently, the touch-screen device will be ...
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Samsung's Android phone hitting Sprint and T-Mobile by June
gizmodo.com - 12/17/2008
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gizmodo.com —
After a grueling eight-city coast-to-coast test of the
3G networks run by AT&T;, Sprint and Verizon, we've
come up with some clear-cut test results. Think you know who has the best network? Think again. The Test Almost every smartphone and most ...
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The Definitive Coast-to-Coast 3G Data Test [Review]
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Sprint Android will help to lure customers
CrunchGear —
... Sprint Nextel Corp. wants to regain the 3 million customers it has lost this year (probably due to the iPhone) with the help of a new Android phone. It is ready to release a phone based on Google’s operating system within a year, and is hoping that a high-profile handset might help get back those lost customers. It might be too little, too late, but we’ll soon find out. ...
Sprint Says It Will Offer Android 'When the Time Is Right'
Phone Scoop - Latest News —
... ready yet, but that is not stopping the company from watching Android's development carefully. Sprint's vice president of products and devices, Kevin Packingham, recently said that, "We believe in the vision for Android, so we want to see it get bigger and get healthy. We can, when the timing's right, pull the trigger." Packingham also said that Sprint will work with chip vendors and device makers to bring an Android phone to market, and will have such a device ready within a year. more info at Bloomberg / Seattle Tech Report ...
Sprint keeping a watchful eye on G1, will offer Android when it's good and ready
Engadget —
... Okay, so maybe Android isn't ready for prime time -- we're not here to judge, at least not at the moment -- but Sprint's still fully committed to launching a Google-powered set down the road, as evidenced by Miner's cameo at its developer conference ...
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Where’s the bottom for Sprint Nextel (S) ?
Simon Flannery, telecom analyst at Morgan Stanley , thinks the answer is $1: that’s his price target on the stock. Flannery resumed coverage of the company this morning with an Underweight ...