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Hmm, Denver and Pittsburgh... that brings to mind my post on Sprint's conspiracy against hockey towns http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/435-sprint-conspiracy-against-hockey-towns/

fire starter ( you know I had to get in on it when it went to "fire")

That would be amazing

You're killing me man...My heart is longing, aching for a GS3 Where is my Nexus 7 to distract me?!?!?! Oh wait, I have Jelly Bean, I'll play with that some more.

Clearwire was never going to make it as a nationwide wireless WiMax broadband retailer, which was their initial intention. They had to go with protection sites to keep licenses so they would still be able to carry out their revised business strategy, providing wholesale offloading to mobile providers. I don't know their full strategy, but I would assume it will go something like this: Maintain WiMax footprint and attempt to wholesale whatever possible from it to pay for maintenance. Start rolling out TD-LTE to Sprint identified sites that need to offload capacity and try to attract other mobile operators Gradually add TD-LTE to existing sites with sufficient backhaul Fill in the gaps in top markets to make their wholesale opportunity more attractive to customers Expand to the top markets that they missed in WiMax rollout (depending on success) Expand footprint outside urban areas to give opportunity for wholesalers to offer wireless broadband in rural areas At some point in there, they will be shutting down the WiMax network. I think they can eventually expand to be nationwide (except for the very low population areas), but at the 2.5Ghz frequency, they can't do it quickly. I also don't think that splitting up the spectrum for local operators to offer service at 2.5Ghz. 1 it wouldn't happen in a lot of areas or it would be attempted and be an absolute abortion. 2 it would have to be strictly retail, you can't wholesale a local operation to any company worth their salt. 3 if it was possible, the FCC would be scrutinizing these "protection sites" and be holding Clearwire accountable for those areas and the areas where they didn't even bother to deploy a protection site.

As Rawvega stated, everything mobile is going to be HTML5. Adobe didn't have a choice. Android wants to use the chrome browser instead of the default browser, which doesn't support a flash plugin and both iOS and Windows Phone do not support flash. Their days were numbered. They just finally gave up trying to get apple and MS to support their mobile platform. Now Adobe can go back to business and stop throwing money at the mobile sector.

The words "it's Saturday" gives much better results. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT0PHjgZXdw

I don't think I can take that seriously. I like the 7 inch tablet. It is portable, yet big enough to do anything you would want to do with mobile software and media. If I was to buy a larger tablet, it would have to be capable of things so I wouldn't have to keep reverting back to the laptop. That's why I am looking forward to seeing what Microsoft offers with the Surface. Even if it could act as a remote desktop for a Windows 8 computer, I would be purchasing it.

10 inch KF?

Way to work out my brain on a Friday. It was in FOF mode already (F off Friday)

See here for a comprehensive analysis of protection sites. Long story short, the FCC mandated that clearwire cover a certain percentage of population or percentage of the territory or they would lose the license to that spectrum. Clearwire deployed protection sites in densely populated areas with minimum downtilt so they would loosely meet the requirements. They don't care if the signal is usuable or not, and they didn't research demographics and deploy in "ghettos" so people wouldn't use the service. Believe it or not, Clearwire gets paid by customers using their service. Personally, I do not want Sprint to acquire Clearwire. Not for a while. Their situation with Clearwire is perfect now. Way too many negatives if Sprint acquires all that spectrum. I have no doubt that if Sprint acquires Clearwire, the FCC will start stripping them of spectrum.

And boom goes the dynamite. It was only a matter of time until HTML5 made flash irrelevant. This just speeds the development of HTML5. I'm not sure if this was a Google decision, or an Adobe decision, but it was a good thing, and keeps Google right on pace with the rest of the field.

Well, the government is looking to free up spectrum, but I think they would much rather auction it off than give it away. You're right, the fraud investigation will not help them one bit.

True, could be like the Kindle Fire, initially it was only available from Amazon, but later offered through retail stores.

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I would sure think it will be in stores...

No, Sprint does not offer their insurance on the iPhone. You can get applecare or some others off the internet. Sent from my CM9 Toro using Forum Runner

I think they are watching to see if LightSquared can pull the miracle of all miracles and get spectrum from the DoD in exchange for their nearly worthless spectrum. If that happens, LS will be the smoking blonde at the ball.

As Chad said, no way, no how, not going to happen. I don't care if they share the same building, Sprint is not going to let Clearwire out of their grasp. They need Clearwire for urban offloading. And Sprint has enough stake in the company to block any sale or merger.

It is a fact that Sprint and T-Mobile have very compatible spectrum http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-33-spectrum-analysis-part-twosprint-and-t-mobile-spare-pcs-spectrum-would-pair-nicely-for-a-lte-partnership/ and a spectrum sharing deal would give them flexibility to build out a strong LTE network in the PCS band. It is also known that Deutche Telekom wants to exit the US market and sell off T-Mobile USA. Sprint is in no shape financially, to buy T-Mobile. Deutche Telekom is surely not interested in buying Sprint. As Chad states, the FCC and DOJ are probably not going to allow it anyway. I think the quote is simply a passing thought or speculation by someone who knows little to nothing about the logistics of combining a GSM company that was committed to HSPA+, but changed their mind and is now deploying LTE, (possibly to put the company in better shape for a future sale) and a CDMA company devoted to CDMA 1xA and LTE for the forseeable future. I would say that the direction that Verizon is going with VoLTE, would put them as a possible buyer, but we can pretty much count on the government blocking that sale. T-Mobile is going to have to figure out something with Dish or Clearwire in order for them to remain competitive.

It won't be cold turkey. The "browser" browser won't be replaced by Chrome right away. Once they go Chrome only though, Flash is gone, and most likely dead.

nice, eat that Amazon...

I am not 100% certain, but I think it is only LTE phones that will use eHRPD, non-LTE phones will still connect to evdo.