Sprint Zone App for 4G Phones
Sprint has launched the Sprint Zone app for the HTC EVO 4G, Samsung Intercept and BlackBerry Bold. The new Sprint Zone mobile app allows customers to use their handset to pay bills, monitor mobile usage and get deals on new products.
The app is preloaded on the home screen of 4G devices like the Epic 4G and Motorola i1.
Other mobile phone carriers like Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile have similar apps available.
Samsung Epic 4G Cleared For Sprint 4G
Formal approval has been given by the FCC to Sprint for the Samsung Epic 4G.
Along with a 4 inch AMOLED display, Android 2.1, Wi-Fi b/g/n connectivity, front camera for video calls and a juicy 5 megapixel camera the Epic 4G also features stereo Bluetooth audio and an accelerometer with 6 axis support for playing mobile games with motion control.
Sprint will release the Samsung Epic 4G on its network next month.
Sprint 4G in Salt Lake City & St. Louis
Sprint has added to its list of cities and markets with 4G phone coverage by launching their 4G network in Salt Lake City and St. Louis.
Sprint is also due to launch 4G in a number of other markets in the near future.
The list of upcoming 4G rollouts include Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston.
Sprint – Second 4G Phone Will Be Samsung Epic 4G
After the runaway success of the HTC EVO 4G, Sprint is getting ready to launch its second 4G phone.
The Samsung Epic 4G will be the first 4G phone with a full landscape sliding QWERTY keyboard. It’ll be a touchscreen phone running Android 2.1. You’ll also be able to use use the Samsung Epic 4G phone as a WiFi hotspot for up to 5 additional devices. Other goodies include a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash.
Pricing and release date info is still to be announced by Sprint & Samsung.
Sprint 4G Launch in Richmond, Salt Lake City and St. Louis
Sprint has expanded its growing 4G phone network with launches in Richmond, Salt Lake City and St. Louis.
The new 4G coverage areas mean the Sprint network is now available in 36 markets across the US including Atlanta, Honolulu, Maui, Chicago, Baltimore, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Charlotte, Philadelphia, Dallas / Fort Worth, Houston and Salt Lake City.
The Sprint 4G phone network is also expected to launch later this year in Boston, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Washington D.C.
Sprint Updates HTC EVO 4G To Improve Battery Life
Sprint is getting ready to push a software maintenance update for its best selling HTC EVO 4G phone.
The maintenance update looks likely to happen on June 28.
The update will bring improvements to the phone’s WiFi performance, improve Exchange Active Sync / Exchange Server 2010 Calendar Sync and fix a Social Networking Sync issue with the HTC EVO 4G Facebook application which will improve battery life.
Sprint Offers Free 4G USB Modem
Sprint and Sierra Wireless have partnered for one of the oddest looking 4G modems so far, the Sprint 3G / 4G USB 250U mobile broadband modem.
Part of the reason for it’s unconventional look is it’s ability to rotate around by 180 degrees so that it’ll work with both horizontal and vertical USB ports. The Sprint USB 250U is a dual network modem so it’ll use the Sprint 3G phone network as a fill in in areas where there is no 4G network coverage.
The good news is that the device is effectively free after the $50 rebate and Sprint’s “instant savings” offer of $49.99.
4G New York, LA and San Francisco
Looks like the promised expansion of the Sprint and Clearwire 4G phone networks to New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco is starting to get underway.
A number of mobile phone users with a Sprint EVO 4G are reporting notifications on their handsets that a “4G network is available”.
It’s still early days – and we’ve yet to hear of anyone able to actually make use of the new LA, San Francisco or New York 4G network – but the technology boys and girls at Sprint & Clearwire are obviously working on it.
