WiWavelength

Info is still sparse, but it appears that iPad mini does include LTE support, just not Sprint LTE support, only the same VZW and AT&T LTE configurations that iPad 3 supported. AJ

iPad mini (not iPad Air, as rumor had it) is taking some shots at the Nexus 7. However, as expected, iPad Mini uses a 1024x768 resolution panel on a 7.9" 4:3 aspect ratio screen. Not very impressive. AJ

AnandTech is live blogging the Apple event today. If you bought an iPad 3, my apologies (sucker! I kid, I kid...), your iPad 3 has already been usurped by iPad 4 with A6X processor and Sprint LTE support. http://www.anandtech...event-live-blog AJ

No, you are way off. Nothing in this announcement nor deployment affects WiMAX coverage. Feel free to ask questions, but please refrain from making woefully inaccurate assertions. AJ

Hmm, seacow or manatee? Regardless, welcome... AJ

No takers? I guess not. Besides, Robert might prefer that Sprint acquire a nice O'Keeffe. It would look great in Dan's office. Plus, the Japanese love high dollar art. AJ

Acquisitions? Okay, I think that Sprint should acquire this Warhol. It is up for auction at Sotheby's with an estimate of $2.5 million. http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/collection-mis-art-moderne-et-contemporain/lot.23.lotnum.html AJ

If you are referring to signal bar display, most/all current Sprint handsets display CDMA1X and/or EV-DO signal strength, not LTE signal strength. LTE is either connected or not, as evidenced by the 4G indicator. AJ

I think that Legere is putting forth just a lot of jersey popping bluster. Hey, John, how does your spectrum portfolio look in St. Louis, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, etc.? Let me tell you. Not good. Your LTE capacity is going to be highly inconsistent from market to market. Way too much in some, lacking in others. Sprint's network has 38,000 cell sites to your 33,000. Do the math, then try again. Let me translate: "younger and edgier" means credit challenged young people on prepaid who have little brand loyalty and provide low ARPU. Yep, John, you win that one. AJ

I believe the latter will be the end result. The shortcomings of the EVO LTE likely cannot be fixed. So, it will remain Sprint's best handset in many ways but a mediocre RF performer. AJ

Not "forgotten" -- maybe just not possible. Other licensees hold SMR 800 MHz spectrum in Puerto Rico. Sprint simply may not have the spectrum to deploy LTE 800. AJ

Have you used the EVO LTE in a market with nearly final LTE site density? Have you even used the EVO LTE at all? Opinions are fine, but they are practically worthless when based largely/exclusively on hearsay. And that, my friends, is a problem. AJ

Yeah, that is called preaching to the choir. Neal Gompa, one of T-Mobile's biggest followers, will eat this up. Expect a forthcoming ExtremeTech article on Legere's comments, especially the claim that "Sprint’s network capabilities are so clearly inferior to ours." AJ

Come on, guys, not this again. Lose the hyperbole. I have an EVO LTE in one of the most mature markets in the country, and it operates on LTE fairly well now. It may not be the equal of the Galaxy S3, etc., but it is acceptable. So, please stop talking out of your ass. You do not have the direct experience and/or data that others do. AJ

And that is not going to change. While the Airave likely knows the PN offsets of the neighboring sectors in the macro network, the Airave typically operates on an unused carrier channel assignment. So, the Airave has to initiate an inter frequency hard handoff to the macro network, and those are always hit or miss. AJ

The Sprint site at the southeast corner of the I-35/I-435 interchange has had active LTE for months. Signal from that site is usable until at least the I-435/US-69 interchange. AJ

Not the Airave itself, per se, but each handset has to register back with its home MSC. For example, if my Sprint handset were on that Airave (or any Airave), then it would register with my home MSC in the Kansas City area, and calls would then be forwarded to the Airave. And this is not exactly an Airave specific process. If your friends now live near Charlotte but maintain at least one Detroit area phone number, then all incoming calls on that number -- whether on the Airave or the macro network -- are technically forwarded from that Detroit area MSC. With the elimination of separate long distance charges, many people keep their original cellphone numbers even as they move around the country. As a result, a "local" call to someone a mile away might yo yo across the country and back. I do not approve of this waste, but it probably does little harm. AJ

Could it be that Jim Bob Duggar is also a wireless phone enthusiast? His fecundity could allow him an upgrade for every forthcoming high end handset on all four major carriers. AJ

How's the temperature up there in Minnesota, Scott. A bit "nipply" out? AJ

"But I can't swim, Clark." AJ

If an 800 MHz site is deployed in a forest, does it make a sound? AJ

"who many markets?" But who was phone? AJ

Just get Robert to file the paperwork for S4GRU as a tax exempt 501©(3) educational institution... AJ

Maybe it is you. Seattle is home to so many techies who are so worried about LTE that the carriers are worried about satisfying Seattle. But if you would stop worrying so much about LTE then the carriers might stop being as worried. So much worry... AJ

Clearwire has no native 3G service. AJ