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Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 13 January 2012
While it was widely speculated that when the iPhone 4S was released, it might be a Sprint exclusive, it was not. Now the Kansas City Buisness Journal is speculating in the article "
Sprint’s iPhone deal may get much better, analyst says" that thanks to the lackluster marketing that Verizon and AT&T have put forth on the iPhone (probably figuring that it sells itself) that Apple may enter in an exclusive deal with Sprint. Apple may also include T-Mobile, Metro PCS and Leap wireless.A twist on this is that if the iPhone 5 supports LTE, and Sprint and Apple agreed that Sprint would be exclusive when
they agreed to buy roughly $15 billion in iPhones from Apple during the next four years it could be the answer of why Sprint made the switch to LTE and why Sprint is so agressive with their network vision plan and rolling out LTE.How great would it be for Sprint if they were the lone US carrier with the LTE equipped iPhone 5? Would their network even handle that stress without clearwire and/or LS2? If this speculation is true, I would be buying shares of Sprint in droves!
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Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 18 January 2012
I would take their green movement more seriously if they offered a flagship quality phone that met the UL IRS 110 standards. I agree with you legion, the phones they have released have been underpowered and in my opinion, used their "green" status as a selling point instead of the attributes of the phone. The LG Viper doesn't meet the UL IRS 110 standards but is still greener than most other phones. It, however, is another midrange phone.
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Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 18 January 2012
First we saw Sprint release the Samsung Replenish, which had many components made of recycled materials as well as being largely recyclable. We were enticed to buy it because it was an Android smartphone that had the $10 monthly fee forgiven. It was easy to dismiss the first phone to meet
UL ISR 110 standards as a way for Sprint to reach out to earth-friendly buyers, but it may have just been the start to a sweeping change for Sprint. It is being reported by ecogeek.org that "Sprint hopes to have 70 percent of its handsets meet the certification by the end of next year." That's a lofty goal, but it has been in the works for a while with sprint already requiring packaging to be earth friendly.So, how do you feel about your next phone possibly being earth friendly? Do you love it? Hate it? Not care?
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Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 3 February 2012
If I knew how to write apps I would help. I need to read up on it I think...
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Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 3 February 2012
Yesterday I posted that
RIM was accepting Android apps
to insert in their market as long as any references to Android or Android market were removed. Apparently, they are now taking it a step further and giving a free playbook to any Android developer who ports their app over to Blackberry. I wonder if this will spur development for Blackberry?
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Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 5 February 2012
Very true, when software is being developed, it goes through various stages. First is alpha build, which is the very bare-bones framework of the software. Barely anything works in an alpha and if you are not careful or know what you are doing, you can brick your phone. Furthermore, the developers don't want people who load up an alpha build to submit bug reports.
Beta build is when the developer has worked out most of the kinks. There may still be some non-working components like GPS, 4G etc, but the OS is stable enough and has enough components that it could be a daily OS for someone. On a beta build, the developers release it for users to test and submit bug reports.
After Beta testing has completed and the developer feels that the software is stable and every piece of hardware is supported, it becomes a release candidate. Many times, the release candidate is tested shortly and released. Sometimes it can go through several stages, but if updates are easily distributed, the developer may release it right away without much testing, figuring they will release an update to fix any bugs that surface after release.
Hope that little vignette on software development helps.
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Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 4 February 2012
As of February 1st, Cyanogen Mod published CM9 for the E4GT on XDA. This is an Alpha build, which means it is highly experimental and has many components that do not function yet, but this is great news for E4GT owners itching for ice cream sandwich. Samsung has said that they will have ICS for the international version of the GSII released by the end of the first quarter. That probably means that the E4GT will be sometime after that (possibly weeks or months).
CM9 will give E4GT owners ICS sooner and some might say it will be a better version by the exclusion of touchwiz and being AOSP based. Hopefully they get everything working perfect sooner than later. It was a good thing when the cyanogen mod team had a E4GT donated for development.
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Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 18 January 2012
I agree, WP is an experience similar to iOS, and they really need to allow some customization. They can give the user some control without losing the smoothness of the OS. It seems like they have a death grip on everything to do with the OS. From hardware requirements to lack of customization. I, for one, do not like my OS to micromanage my user experience and that is the main reason why I continue to use android devices.
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Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 17 January 2012
A lot of the success of a platform depends on the marketing, which is often done by the carriers. Also, Sprint may know something we don't. The WP platform may be changing to allow more customization and compete more with Android instead of iOS, or Microsoft may be gearing up to aggressively market their platform towards the end of the year and Sprint wants some fresh handsets instead of stale ones.
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Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 17 January 2012
We know how the lack of the iPhone hurt Sprint for years with customers bolting to AT&T first, then Verizon to get their hands on the coveted device. Sprint's distaste for the windows operating system has been well documented recently with Sprint calling the HTC Arrive a flop and saying they would not release another WP until around September. AT&T on the other hand has become very close to the struggling operating system recently with several powerful windows phones joining their lineup. I could see Apple being vindictive and refusing to release any new devices to that carrier to "punish" them for not being fully invested in their product, but would Microsoft do the same? Down the road, windows phone may become a powerhouse, and Microsoft may choose to ignore Sprint and release their best devices on other carriers. They might also give up on their mobile OS and disappear.
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Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 27 January 2012
I can't see Apple or Google putting money into the same plan, not because it wouldn't be effective, but because they are arrogant. Microsoft knows that they need market share or they are dead in the water. The effectiveness depends a lot on how well this program is implemented. If AT&T cooperates and makes it work, it could sell a lot of phones. If it gets caught up in bureaucracy, it will be a waste of time and money.
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Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 26 January 2012
Microsoft plans to spend $200 million in incentives for AT&T sales associates for recommending windows phones. According to
Android Authority Microsoft and partners will pay $10 to $15 per Windows Phone sale to AT&T sales associates who recommend the platform to the customer. With $200 million behind this promotion that could mean between 13 and 20 million handsets could be sold through AT&T alone before this promotion runs out.Looks like Microsoft is starting their aggressive assault on the marketplace. Look out Android and iPhone.
It almost makes me want to go to an AT&T store to see how hard they push for the windows phone... I'm getting a mental picture of all the windows phones lined up in the front of the store and the Android and iPhones piled up in the dim corner.
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Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 31 January 2012
Apparently Motorola was also handed a loss to Apple on the "263 patent" in the northern district of Illinois. Google might want to put on their thinking caps.
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Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 30 January 2012
This has the potential to get bloody. Google would almost have to jump in. I'm sure Google, Samsung, Motorola, LG etc are all calculating the risk/reward. After this victory, Apple is going to have that much more tenacity going after Android. They tasted blood, now they will be going for the kill.
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Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 30 January 2012
Apple finally had it's day in court, winning the dispute against HTC over their 263 patent. The bad news for Android, this infringing software is at the core of the Android OS and there is no easy workaround like many of the other patent suits that have gone in Apple's favor. Could this mean the end of the line for the top selling smartphone OS?
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Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 31 January 2012
That whole company is drinking the Kool-Aid it seems. How are you going to mentor your "fresh CEO" for 5 years and expect anything to change. They made the right decision by ousting the former CEOs, but they would have been much better off getting a completely new, untainted face in there.
RIM is doomed.
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Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 31 January 2012
I read the blog entry RIM CEO talks about Android, needs a reality check by Edgar Cervantes and thought it was hilarious. I'm not sure if his words were twisted or if the RIM CEO really has his head up his hind end.
OK, Android: Rezound - Beats Audio, Evo 3D - 3D HTC Sense, Razr Maxx - Huge battery motoblur, Galaxy Nexus - Curved design ICS pure android, Galaxy S2 - Touchwiz huge brilliant screen, Galaxy Note - blurs the line between tablet and phone, Motorola Admiral - physical keyboard sprint direct connect, Casio G'zOne Commando - Durable Milspec, Droid 3 - Slider physical Keyboard, there are also flip phones, dual screen phones, recycled phones etc.
Blackberry: Physical keyboard brick, physical keyboard slider, touchscreen w/o physical keyboard. Wow, lots of variety.
I really don't think I have seen much change in RIM's lineup, ever. I don't know what he was thinking, but Android is not the OS to pick on if you want to say something is all the same. Maybe Windows Phone since there hasn't been many released. You could make an agruement that iPhone offers no variety but nobody says anything about iPhone without being killed. This doesn't make me optimistic about the future of RIM.
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Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 26 January 2012
I saw somewhere that Microsoft paid $250 million to start this partnership. While WP sales seem to be climbing, I think Nokia would be smart to keep the prices low to gain a foothold in the market, even if it cuts into their profit margin. Microsoft may have to supplement the profits to help their OS catch on.
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Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 19 January 2012
The more I read about Windows Phone and Nokia, the more I think that their partnership will be very successful.
I definitely agree, I think RIM is headed right out of the market. You barely hear anything about them anymore except to say that they are losing their market share on smartphones.
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Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 19 January 2012
Most of us know the story of Microsoft Windows vs. Apple Computers from their inception in the mid 70's until today. Microsoft decided the best way to success was licensing the software to other manufacturers but maintain control of the software code, where Apple decided to control both the hardware and the software for their computer operating system. Sound familiar? Microsoft found huge success with IBM and "IBM compatible" computers. Both Apple and Microsoft's operating systems provided a consumer friendly interface, the main difference was that Microsoft Windows was available on computers at all price points and varying levels of performance, where Apple offered quality, well-built machines at a premium price.
No matter which you prefer, it's hard to ignore that Microsoft is perched atop a mountain of cash (Apple isn't in the poor house either though.) Microsoft has an uphill battle against Apple's market saturation, but with Nokia in their corner building the flagship phones and other manufacturers building varying price points. Maybe they will even throw in some gaming phones, phones geared towards business, advanced audio phones or whatever entices another part of the market.
If the Windows Phone OS takes off, it could be thanks to their partnership with Nokia, and Nokia may soon be as synchronous with Windows OS as IBM was with Microsoft.
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Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 22 January 2012
With the removal of Carrier IQ and the manufacturers sending out some maintenance fixes with the updates, it might be that Moto is looking for people to test out that update. It would be cool for Photon owners if they get ICS though... and put pressure on the other manufacturers to roll out their own ICS updates.
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Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 16 January 2012
In its current state, WP would be targeted at potential iPhone buyers but without great hardware or an aggressive marketing campaign, I can't see WP taking much of a bite out of iPhone sales. As you said though, WP OS strikes fear in iOS carriers, especially when they have to sell millions of them in the next few years.
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Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 20 January 2012
It'll be like when I moved from a dial-up modem on archaic phone lines to a T1 line in my dorm room... I can't wait.
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Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 10 January 2012
I would personally be happy with speeds around 5-10 Mbps from mobile data today, but the future screens, processors, memory and apps will combine to make smarter, more versatile phones that are just going to get more and more data intensive. Maybe I am dating myself but I remember when the internet was predominately accessed by dial-up 56 kbps connections and was optimized for that connection, now you would tear your hair out waiting for your homepage to load at that speed. I also remember when sprint vision was text only and was just a small intranet (yes, I meant to say intranet) site set up by sprint and was still slow. It won't be long and we will outgrow the 20-30 Mbps (top speeds) that this "4G" offers and everyone will be pining for 5G because sprint's 4G is so overloaded and slow. If Sprint's EVDO rev A was performing at or near its capacity, we wouldn't all be screaming for 4G, I could certainly deal with 1.5 Mbps 3G on the phone with WiFi at home and work, but it is all a marketing scheme to add or keep customers with the "newest technology". If all the carriers were claiming "faster speeds on 'our' 3G network" nobody would care. But first 4G was the household term, then 4G LTE. All the customers line up for it and are fed a line of BS.
RAZR Maxx to be released on Sprint?
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Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 19 January 2012
While Motorola's current incarnation of the RAZR is clearly not as successful as the first RAZR, it is a powerful, beautiful, extremely thin phone. The RAZR Maxx manages to pack a 3300 mAh battery while staying under 9 mm thick. Will we see this phone, or one very much like it, released in Sprint's stable of LTE phones? It has been 6 months since the Photon was released, could Moto be bringing something big to the LTE table?