Sprint announces the new Palm Pixi handset will be available starting on November 15th for a price of $99.99 (after a new two year agreement and a $50 dollar instant rebate and $100 dollar mail-in rebate). The Pixi runs Palm’s webOS mobile platform (also found on the Palm Pre handset) which includes features such as:

• Allows users to keep multiple activities open and move easily between them – flipping through them like a deck of cards using natural gestures
• Palm Synergy which links information from a variety of sources including Google, Facebook, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, LinkedIn, and Yahoo!
• Synergy offers Linked Contacts, Layered Calendars, and Combined Messaging
• New Facebook application

On the spec side of the equation, the Pixi includes:

• Palm webOS platform
• Dual-band CDMA2000
• EVDO Rev A
• 2.63 inch multi-touch display with 18 bit color and 320 x 400 resolution display
• Email support includes Microsoft Exchange, POP3/IMAP
• Integrated IM, SMS, and MMS
• Built-in GPS
• 2 megapixel camera with LED flash
• Ambient Light, Accelerometer, and Proximity Sensors
• Audio Formats: MP3, AAC, AAC+, AMR, QCELP, WAV
  Video Formats: MPEG-4, H.263, H.264
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR with A2DP stereo
• 8GB memory (~ 7GB is user available)
• microUSB connector
• 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack
• Palm Synergy support for Facebook, Google, Microsoft Office Outlook, LinkedIn, Yahoo! Mail, Google Talk, AOL IM, and Yahoo! Messenger
• Universal Search
• Measures 2.17 x 4.37 x 0.43 inches and weighs 3.26 oz

You’ll need to activate the handset on a pricing plan which includes unlimited data. The Palm Pixi will be available at Sprint stores, online at www.sprint.com, via telesales, at Best Buy, RadioShack, and select Wal-Mart stores.

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Sprint announces the availability of the new Motorola Debut i856 slider handset – the first handset from Sprint to offer push-to-talk services. The Debut features easy one-handed operations as well as the ability to switch from an active push-to-talk call to an interconnect voice call at the touch of a button.

Features and specs include the following:

• Vertical slider design
• 176 x 220 color display
• Supports Nextel Direct Connect
• Supports Group Connect, Direct Talk, Direct Send
• Group Messaging support
• Preloaded apps include NFL Mobile Live access, NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile
• Downloadable games, wallpapers, and ringtones
• Bluetooth enabled
• MMS support
• 1.3 megapixel camera/camcorder with 4x digital zoom
• Dual speakers with 3D audio
• Built-in MP3 player with external music controls
• Speakerphone with voice activated dialing
• GPS and Wireless Web enabled
• Measures 1.97 x 4.19 x 0.59 inches
• Weighs 3.09 oz
• Up to 3.4 hours of talk time

The Motorola Debut can be purchased for $99.99 after a $50 dollar mail-in rebate and a new two year agreement.

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The number of Android-based handset announcements just keep on coming. This time, it’s Sprint and Samsung’s turn as the two companies announced the upcoming availability of the new Samsung Moment – Samsung’s first U.S. handset integrating Android with Sprint’s EV-DO 3G network.

Here’s what you need to know about the Moment:

• As with other Android handsets, the Moment integrates several Google mobile services including Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, and YouTube
• Supports Android Market where you can download/purchase from thousands of apps
• 3.2 inch AMOLED touch-screen display
• 800MHz processor
• Slide-out QWERTY keyboard
• Customizable home screen with apps, shortcuts, and widgets
• 3.2 megapixel camera with flash and camcorder with auto-focus
• Stereo Bluetooth 2.0 wireless connectivity
• Expandable memory up to 32GB
• Sprint TV with live and on-demand programming
• NFL Mobile Live and NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile
• Easy access to social networking sites including Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter
• Built-in media player with 3.5 mm headphone jack
• Visual voice mail
• Access to personal and corporate email through ActiveSync
• Wi-Fi
• Integrated GPS navigation and accelerometer

The Samsung Moment will be available starting on November 1st for a price of $179.99 after a $50 dollar instant savings, a $100 mail-in rebate, and a new two year agreement. Pre-registration for the Samsung Moment begins today at www.sprint.com/moment

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Sprint has a new Windows Mobile smartphone coming and its called the Samsung Intrepid. Featuring Windows Mobile 6.5, the Intrepid supports Sprints’s EV-DO Rev A network, international roaming, and a new customizable Today screen which displays the features the user access the most as well as important information such as new emails, text messages, missed calls, and upcoming appointments.

Features and specs to the Intrepid include:

• 2.5 inch touch-screen display with 320 x 240 resolution
• Full QWERTY keyboard
• 3.2 megapixel camera and camcorder
• Microsoft ActiveSync and Microsoft Office Mobile (edit Word and Excel files, view PowerPoint)
• Windows Mobile email
• Stereo Bluetooth support
• microSD slot with support for up to 32GB
• Easy access to social networking sites including Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter
• IM and threaded text messaging
• Wi-Fi connectivity
• Pre-installed SIM card

The Samsung Intrepid will be available starting on October 11th for a price of $149.99 along with a new two year agreement (and after a $50 dollar instant savings, and $100 mail-in rebate)

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Hey Sprint customers – don’t feel left out in the dark with the new BlackBerry Tour. Sprint is now stating on their website that the Tour will also be available to Sprint customers starting on July 12th. No word on pricing but I would imagine pricing to be on par with Verizon Wireless pricing. UPDATE: Yup.. the pricing will be the same as Verizon Wireless – basically $200 dollars with new 2 year agreement.

Register your name to be notified when the Tour is available (which of course you now know the date).

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The new Motorola Clutch i465 handset will be coming to Sprint this summer for a price of $39.99 after a new two year agreement, a $20 dollar instant rebate, and a $50 dollar mail-in rebate. The Clutch i465 is an iDEN compatible handset with a full QWERTY keyboard that’s great for Nextel customers who are also heavy messaging users.  Specs and features of the i465 include:

• Meets military specification 810F for low pressure, high and low temperatures, dust, shock vibration, and solar radiation
• 1.79 inch 64K TFT display with 128 x 160 resolution
• Digital still and video camera
• GPS support
• Bluetooth
• Java-enabled
• 2.5 mm audio jack
• Support for Nextel Direct Connect push-to-talk technology
• IM-style texting

If you’re interested in the Motorola Clutch i465, head on over to www.sprint.com/clutch where you can register for more information about when the handset will become available.

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Sprint is now offering the new Sanyo SCP-2700 mobile phone which features a full QWERTY keyboard, threaded text messaging support, Web access, email, and a1.3 megapixel camera. Specs to the SCP-2700 include:

• 2.2 inch color LCD display
• Built-in speakerphone
• Social Zone provides access to MySpace, Photobucket etc
• GPS Navigation enabled
• Bluetooth support
• Voice activated dialing
• Service support includes Sprint Picture Mail, Sprint Family Locator, NFL Mobile Live Access, NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile
• Text and emoticon softkeys
• Wireless backup
• Measures 4.3 x 2.4 x 0.6 inches and weighs 3.4 oz
• Li-Ion battery
• 4.8 hour talk time

Curiously, the phone is available exclusively from Sprint at stores in West Michigan and Northeast Indiana. However, it appears you can order the phone on the Sprint website.  For a limited time, Sprint is offering two of these handsets for free with new-line activations and a new two year agreement on two individual plans with messaging or a family plan with messaging. Otherwise, the SCP-2700 is typically available for $29.99 after a $150 dollar instant savings and a $50 mail-in rebate (which requires a new line or eligible upgrade with a 2 year contract agreement).

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Hoping to snag a Palm Pre on opening day at Best Buy or Radio Shack? You better get in line.. AND you better be first in line (or within 2-3 positions from the front). Based on a recent report, Best Buy will receive 4250 Palm Pres for all of their 1000 store locations which boils down to approximately 4+ units per store. Now.. of course, actual store allocations will probably vary around the country but let’s face it – there won’t be a lot of Palm Pres on hand at Best Buy for the June 6th launch.

What about Radio Shack? Expect numbers to be even worse there as Radio Shack is expecting approximately one-half Best Buy’s allocation.  Why would people even consider Best Buy or Radio Shack? Both locations will honor the $100 dollar discount at the store which means you’ll pay only $199 at checkout.

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The guesswork for the Palm Pre launch date is now at an end. Sprint announced today that the Palm Pre will be available nationwide starting on June 6th in Sprint stores, Best Buy, Radio Shack, select Wal-Mart stores, and online at Sprint.com. The price? A cool $199.99 after a new two year agreement and a $100 dollar mail-in rebate. You’ll also need to be on an “Everything Data” plan or a “Business Essentials with Messaging and Data” plan.

Palm will also offer the Touchstone Charging Kit (which includes the Touchstone charging dock and Touchstone back cover for the Pre) for $69.99 starting on the 6th. The dock and the back cover will also be available separately from Palm for $49.99 and $19.99 respectively.

You can read more details about the Pre over here at Sprint.com or at www.sprint.com/palmpre.

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Sprint announces that they too are planning to roll out the new Novatel Wireless MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot device. Following in the footsteps of Verizon Wireless, Sprint will begin offering the small portable Wi-Fi 3G-enabled access point in the first week of June for $99 dollars after a $50 dollar mail-in rebate and a new two year agreement for Sprint Mobile Broadband services. Sprint will also be the first vendor to support the MiFi’s built-in GPS capabilities – allowing users to “take advantage of select location and mapping applications.”

Businesses and consumer customers will be able to elect from one of the following plans for the MiFi 2200:

• $59.99 a month for mobile broadband only
• $149.99 per month for the Simply Everything Plan + Mobile Broadband Plan (phone plus the MiFi device)

Both of the plans include up to 5GB of data per month and 5 cents per MB overage for the MiFi 2200.

Key features of the MiFi 2200 include:

• Measures 3.50”x 2.32” x 0.35” and weight: 2.05 oz.
• Brushed aluminum finish
• Provides mobile broadband Rev A Internet access wirelessly
• Supports up to five WiFi-enabled devices
• Simple to connect with Hands-Free Activation (OMA-DM). No software installation required
• Universal Wi-Fi compatibility
• Advanced security through WPA2-PSK, WEP and SPI Firewall
• MiFi GPS capabilities to take advantage of select location and mapping applications, such as getting driving or walking directions or finding the best restaurant nearby
• Battery provides four hours of user time, 40 hours standby on single charge

If you’re thinking about getting mobile broadband – this might very well be the best way to go.

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