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    Could HTC be building an iPod Touch competitor?

    in Tablets

    Posted

    Just saw an article on Phandroid http://phandroid.com/2012/03/27/htc-cooking-up-ipod-touch-challenger-complete-with-kickstand-and-slide-out-stereo-speakers/ where they were looking at a HTC patent filing. It looks pretty cool and might give the iPod Touch more competition than the Samsung Galaxy 5.0. Kickstand and slide-out speakers are definately features that will set it apart from the rest of the pack. As long as the battery life is comparable to the rest.

     

    My kids want iPod Touches. But I refuse. Sounds like a great alternative.

     

    Robert - Posted from my E4GT with ICS using Forum Runner

    Picture of Sprint's LTE footprint once NV rolled out

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    yeah I question that map just b/c the whole West(left) side of Kansas is blank there...while Sprint's coverage map clearly shows that spot blanketed with Sprint(not iDEN) coverage...are they really decommissioning towers there making it roaming area' date=' or not putting Network Vision upgrades on that section?[/quote']

     

    West Kansas coverage is from NexTec, which I believe is treated as native for Sprint customers. However, Nextec probably doesn't have spectrum to deploy its own LTE. Perhaps one day Sprint and Nextec will come to an agreement for them to deploy LTE on G Block there.

     

    So the nextel merger was a huge financial drain to Sprint as we all know. So let's at least use the infrastructure that we overpaid for in the beginning to thicken coverage and provide a better service to our existing and potential future customers' date=' right? No, we'll just shut it all down. Makes sense.

     

    Sorry for the negative post, but this decision really does bother me, especially when I read that Mr. Hesse got a 31% pay increase.

     

    Ok, back to being positive.[/quote']

     

    I agree. Its the item of Network Vision planning that I am most critical about...and a significant oversight. :imo:

     

    I also saw something today that referenced 35,000 post NV sites. My database has 38,000. I sure hope they aren't planning another 3,000 site reduction.

     

    Or' date=' when you live in Montana, are you really interested in 4G? Or just the next rodeo?

     

    Apoligise in advance for any mad Montanians. I would be too busy hunting all the time to care about 4G if I lived in Montana.[/quote']

     

    If want 4G in Montana! I must have it all! I must have it all!

     

    Robert - Posted from my E4GT with ICS using Forum Runner

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    HTC Edge/Endeavor/One X

    in HTC

    Posted

    I was approached by two unknown sources with lots of sketchy details. Sarge was also keeping me up to date from other rumors too.

     

    However, I don't report on things I hear verbally or get typed in emails. Only on official docs. So I am skeptical in all these details. Especially the ones, like AJ points out, that seem to conflict with real data we actually have from official internal sources.

     

    We have already heard conflicting rumors. So some of these trusted rumors already have to be false.

     

    Robert - Posted from my E4GT with ICS using Forum Runner

    Picture of Sprint's LTE footprint once NV rolled out

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    It is amazing to consider how many Nextel sites are near Sprint sites and not co-located. For instance, there is one here in Cuyamungue, NM where there are three boomer towers in a row, each over 300' tall. One has Tmo only. Another has Sprint, Cricket and the remnants of Alltel. The third has ATT, VZW and Nextel.

     

    That happens quite a lot where Nextel is near Sprint CDMA, but on a separate site. Very expensive.

     

    Robert - Posted from my E4GT with ICS using Forum Runner

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    Picture of Sprint's LTE footprint once NV rolled out

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

     

    yeah. like when you say no iDEN towers are getting LTE' date=' id imagine that not be the case for towers that have iDEN and Sprint on them currently, right?....otherwise the # of sites decommissioned would be larger no?[/quote']

     

    Yes. But what's your point? My point is 800 LTE is not going on iDEN sites. And if you want to add a caveat that it is going on a small handful of sites that iDEN and CDMA are co-located then I can accept that.

     

    However, when it comes to iDEN only sites in non Sprint coverage areas, and there are thousands of them, they will not be getting LTE 800 from Sprint. And that is the point of what started this sidetrack, no?

     

    Robert - Posted from my E4GT with ICS using Forum Runner

    Picture of Sprint's LTE footprint once NV rolled out

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

     

    you mean any current "IDEN ONLY" towers right?

     

    Are you referring to co-located sites? Obviously they are not removing CDMA off a co-located site. Just the Nextel iDEN would be removed then.

     

    But Sprint and Nextel are not co-located very often. Its one of the biggest reasons for NV is that completely separate network was killing them in costs.

     

    Robert - Posted from my E4GT with ICS using Forum Runner

    Network location positioning

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    That seems decently accurate to me. I'm not all that sure how the whole system works but I'd imagine there is a lot of guess work and maybe some assumptions made based on the towers you can contact. I don't think there is any question that ATT has more towers than Sprint in most areas. May I ask why you don't just use GPS for your location which for me is accurate to something like 6 meters.

     

    I can't go along with such a broad statement. In places where ATT is deployed on 850 and Sprint on 1900' date=' Sprint has more sites. But I think I understand what you are trying to say.

     

    I've noticed that when I can't obtain a GPS satellite signal my network location is tremendously off -- usually .75 to 1.5 miles. Through location tracking on Google Latitude, Google has automatically determined that my house is located in the middle of a quarry almost a mile from my actual home. My work is located about 1.5 miles northeast of where I actually work.

     

    While this is a somewhat minor issue, more and more smartphone apps are utilizing location to provide services. Weather, navigation, astronomical, and social services depend on accurate location information. Unless I have a clear view of the sky, I'm not going to have accurate location information.

     

    I have observed this issue with the four different phones I've recently owned. Is this a Phoenix network issue? Is this a Sprint network issue?

     

    Anecdotally, my brother's ATT iPhone was much more accurate than my phones with network based location.

     

    If you have GPS issues on all devices, I'm leaning toward an issue with your geographic location. Are you near a LightSquared test site? Does the issue exist when you travel with all those devices?

     

    I sometimes have problems with my E4GT locking on with some Custom ROM's I've used. But HTC products have been solid with GPS in my experiences. And I have more problems in larger cities (like when I go to ABQ) than I do in rural areas. The noise floor is much higher for your device.

     

    GPS is based on your GPS radio in your device. Not your wireless carrier.

     

    Robert - Posted from my E4GT with ICS using Forum Runner

    Picture of Sprint's LTE footprint once NV rolled out

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    1. 800 LTE is not, I repeat, is not going on any iDEN towers. It is only going on CDMA sites. The iDEN network is fully being decommissioned. And the 800 spectrum is moving over to NV sites.

     

    2. While the map references roaming, it is probably not LTE roaming in all the blue areas. However, S4GRU does have a story on Sprint LTE roaming planned.

     

    Robert - Posted from my E4GT with ICS using Forum Runner

    Samsung Galaxy Note used to create impressive stop-action video

    in Samsung

    Posted

    Although I won't say its impossible, I would say it is highly unlikely. S4GRU has seen the LTE lab schedules and performance data that includes every LTE device that Sprint will test between January 2012 and September 2012.

     

    There is no device that can be the Note in that data. So I can only reasonably deduct, the Sprint Note is not LTE (which I cannot believe at this point), or it will be released after September, or its not coming to Sprint at all.

     

    If the Note was to the point Sprint employees are being trained on it, it would have had to been tested in Sprint LTE labs and LTE FIT's already. And that did not occur.

     

    I am guessing that there are references that Sprint employees are being trained soon on an upcoming Samsung device and people are jumping to conclusions. In fact, all Sprint internal references to the GNex are "Roadrunner." People are probably are seeing Roadrunner and assuming its the Note. When the Roadrunner is all but certain to be the GNex.

     

    Robert - Posted from my E4GT with ICS using Forum Runner

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    Greetings

    in Welcome

    Posted

    Let me be the first to welcome you to S4GRU!

     

    :welcome:

     

    I certainly appreciate direct communication styles, as long as they are fact based and not inflammatory or personal. I look forward to seeing you around the site.

     

    Robert - Posted from my E4GT with ICS using Forum Runner

    HTC Edge/Endeavor/One X

    in HTC

    Posted

    This sounds interesting. Almost makes me want to come back to Sprint...

    ...Almost.

     

    Probably would wait until NV hits NYC. But I do believe that the specs seem legit' date=' at least I hope so.[/quote']

     

    I didn't know you left. No wonder I don't see you around as much anymore. Miss ya!

     

    Robert - Posted from my E4GT with ICS using Forum Runner

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