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Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 29 January 2012 Samsung was first with its site notification, then Sprint now Google. Doesn't hurt to be on all three, but this was more for those who may have missed the first two.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 28 January 2012 For those of us waiting for this, here's the link to the article and the site. http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/28/sprint-galaxy-nexus-registration-site-gets-served-up-by-google/ http://www.google.com/nexus/

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 26 January 2012 Just commenting that the EVO and Epic although old, are still good phones although they won't hold up too well compared to whats out now and will be this fall. I should have clarified that for the casual user, these phones will still have some life left to them. Sprint will have to move these and the EVO 3D. The Epic Touch still has legs, so I don't expect Sprint to begin discounting it until this summer.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 26 January 2012 It was one of the better phones and one of the most popular as Sprints new flagship phone. But it and the Epic, although still good reliable devices are getting long in tooth tech wise, and with LTE coming out, Sprint would be wise to start clearing out inventory. Still out of all the WiMAX phones that Sprint has, I would still recommend the EVO, Epic and Photon to purchase for the remainder of the year. The rest of the mid-line WiMAX phones need to be heavily discounted to get them out the door.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 23 January 2012 By this fall I expect all WiMax phones to be at or less than $50 off contract.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 23 January 2012 I think it's both. Tech wise those phones are getting long in tooth and Sprint needs to move inventory. Also if its pushing phones now, it just leads to a greater probability that it will introduce LTE phones sooner rather that later. Once LTE phones are in the wild, WiMAX phones will just be paperweights.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 16 January 2012 I guess in thinking ahead a bit, we'll have to wait and see if the chip makers start to put everyone's freq's on the chips ets so the phones can truly become interchangeable. Another thought, if the chip set problem is licked, I'm surprised the FCC hasn't made the carriers forge out an LTE roaming agreement yet.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 15 January 2012 What will really be interesting is in 3-5 years when VoLTE becomes the new standard. Unless the carriers lock the phones down, you should be able to switch phones between the carriers like AT&T and T-Mobile do now since voice will no be on CDMA or GSM.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 20 January 2012 It will be nice to see some of these high end Moto's getting on other carriers besides Verizon.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 19 January 2012 That would be neat if Sprint got this. When the Photon came out, both Motorola and Sprint stated they were renewing their relationship. I was beginning to wonder since Moto has released 7-8 phones since then (half going to Verizon) with none coming to Sprint.. This would be a good way to keep the momentum and see if Moto phones can get away from the stranglehold Verizon has on them.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 15 January 2012 It will be telling if the rumors about the iPad coming out in March has LTE. IMO, what the iPad has the iPhone will also. If it supports TD-LTE, then Spring may have a lock on getting an LTE version this fall. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57358961-37/apple-ipad-3-may-get-march-release-date-4g/?tag=epicStories Apple iPad 3 may get March release date, 4G Apple's iPad 3 will reportedly hit the market in March and work with Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks. According to Bloomberg, the iPad 3 will land in the calendar first quarter. Bloomberg cited manufacturing partners in Asia. In addition, the iPad 3 will sport a quad-core chip. The iPad 3 is expected to be one of Apple's big revenue drivers for the upcoming year. While the iPad 3 is critical, most analysts expect the iPhone 5, which is also expected to be 4G friendly, to drive sales more. Volume manufacturing is expected to ramp up in February, according to Bloomberg. If Bloomberg's report is on target, Apple is likely to see a slowdown in iPad 2 sales, which may already be taking a hit from Amazon's Kindle Fire. There has also been speculation that Apple will keep the iPad 2 around and play multiple price points. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster handicapped Apple's iPad plans in a recent research note. He said: Our model currently assumes iPad 3 will simply replace iPad 2; however, if Apple expands the iPad lineup to both higher and lower price points, the new iPads could support growth well above our current estimates. Our current CY13 revenue growth estimate for the iPad is 11%, with the bull case at 30%. In a research note, Wedbush Securities analyst Craig Irwin said that the iPad 3 is likely to be a boon for battery suppliers. The iPad 3 is likely to have much more battery material in it. Irwin said suppliers like Simplo, Dynapack, and Polymore are likely to benefit.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 15 January 2012 With China being a big market for Apple and the iPhone and with them going to TD-LTE soon (same as Clearwire) there may be some truth to the rumor. I don't remember exactly with firm, but Clearwire is assisting one of the Chinese carriers with developing its TD-LTE market. That would certainly put the scale in front of Apple to include TB-LTE in its chip sets. That makes an intriguing thought for Sprint to get some exclusivity in the next iPhone variation.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 13 January 2012 Not being a big Apple fan, but if Apple came out with a redesigned iP5 and it had all the LTE freq that Sprint was going to use (or at least the 800/1900 bands) that would be huge. Heck, I might even get interested in an iPhone.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 19 January 2012 Here's a good example of Sprints efforts. They seemingly keep improving in the background corporately but no big announcements regarding improvements and sustainability. http://www.scpr.org/blogs/environment/2012/01/17/4291/sprint-moves-one-step-closer-sustainable-cell-phon/

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 18 January 2012 Agreed. Sprint hasn't done much to push what its done corporately, and except for marketing the green phones, you don't hear any thing at all except for an award every so often. I think Sprint will go much farther if they used recycled components in all its phones, keep them looking high end and market that to the consumers and I'm sure Sprint will get a much more favorable response from consumers and green groups.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 18 January 2012 I believe we all are responsible for the environment and I applaud Sprint for reaching to be a "green" company, which all businesses should strive for since recycled materials are in abundance and the price point in using these materials are now in the realistic category. Sprint is also doing well in that regard as making it's campus more green friendly. However, Sprint's efforts in making green phones comes across as cheesy. So far, the phones have had so-so performance and geeky colors chosen are not attractive. The phones just look like a gimmick to appeal to the tree-huggers. Sprint just needs to make a statement that it will use recycled components as necessary and make its line up look professional whether its a high or low end phone. Once it achieves that goal, sales of phones will continue, and the tree-hugger groups will bury Sprint in awards which they can recycle.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 4 February 2012 Good news for ET owners. For those of you who are new or somewhat inexperienced in rooting, be careful of alpha builds. It can be real buggy and jam the phone up. My friend loaded an alpha build for ICS for the NS4G and it didn't go well. Beta builds are a lot more stable. Be careful.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 2 February 2012 I heard last night that Sammy took it off the site ( I guess they didn't want it leaked yet). Are you talking about the CM9 Alpha build or the mirror that XDA flashed from Samsung? The XDA mirror is suppose to be from the stock ROM. Just want to make sure all the bugs are worked out before I try it. if not I will wait for the OTA.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 31 January 2012 Here's what I've been waiting for! For those of you waiting for the stock ROM for the Sprint NS, I will hazard a guess it will come out in the next 2-3 weeks. http://www.androidcentral.com/ice-cream-sandwich-build-leaked-nexus-s-4g

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 18 January 2012 @pyroscott...WP does need more abilities at customization. Right now, I would cast WP as more of a clone of iOS (with exceptions) than any other OS. Until MS allows users to at least make enough changes so users can "make the phone their own" as far as colors, backgrounds and tile management, WP will continue to have that cookie cutter look which (to me) makes it hard to differentiate from one phone to another.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 18 January 2012 @BenChase7...Although I' don't know exactly what the tiff b/twn MS and Sprint was about, but it seems that Sprint is more miffed than MS (anyone know what the disagreement was about?). I'm sure MS would be more than happy to throw $ at Sprint to advertise since MS seems to be in the mood to subsidize marketing. What is intriguing to me is Nokia's play in this. I'm starting to see some success in it's branding of hardware and software which is good for the WP OS in the short term. This could be the catalyst that MS needs if there is a big push by people to get the Lumia 900, although I still think people are more entranced by the hardware than software. Elop seems to think he's found the winning combination. http://www.phonearena.com/news/Stephen-Elop-calls-the-Nokia-Lumias-first-real-Windows-Phones-all-others-hedging-their-bets_id26017

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 17 January 2012 I think Sprint still has some breathing room. If WP starts to move, it will take a couple of quarters for it to show relevance and it will be fairly easy for Sprint to jump back on the bandwagon. Remember, Sprint is hinting of a WP release this fall and right now, Nokia branded phones are the flavor of the month. How long that last is anybody's guess, but remember, Nokia didn't have success building CDMA phones, and if I remember correctly, they farmed that business out to another OEM that built the phones but stamped Nokia on them before they ultimately pulled out of the U.S. market, thus, so far no Nokia CDMA phones. Around the release of the iPhone 5, Sprint may throw 1 or 2 WP phones out there with minimal support. If WP does take off, Sprint had better train its retail reps better. Last year i was playing with the arrive while waiting for a repair and the rep there didn't know a thing about the phone.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 17 January 2012 Those are some good points, but MS first has to get some traction for WP. I see that every one is excited about Nokia being back in the market, which tells me people are more excited about the hardware that whats on it. This could be a good thing in the future, but so far I'm not seeing it.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 27 January 2012 WP is the closest thing to an iOS clone that I've seen. But after the webOS debacle, MS has played it smart IMO. MS looks like it took notes from Palm/HP and are doing it differently and it appears to be gaining traction. MS teamed with a good hardware maker (Nokia) and the 900 series appears to be a solid device (See Pre). Now they're throwing $ after it in marketing and sales support to keep it in the public eye and give sales an incentive to push it. WP will need a lot of marketing to gain share which it will mostly get at RIMs expense. Although RIM will still have a lead this fall when BBX10 comes out, I don't think they have the money to push it. BBX10 will need to be on a hot device and execute flawlessly or WP may be poised to take over the #3 slot.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 30 January 2012 It could be bad, but the coming days will be telling, especially if Google jumps in the fray.