Earlier we heard that the Bold Touch 9930 would be hitting Sprint on August 21st. It looks as though the Torch 9850 (Monaco) will also land on Sprint the same day. Oddly enough, RIM still hasn’t announced the 9850. Rumor also has it that the current physical buttons we’ve seen on the Monaco will be changed. Perhaps, we’ll see them integrated into the capacitive touchscreen? So Sp... »
Were you wondering if the BlackBerry Bold 9930 or the 9850 (Monaco) would be coming your way on Sprint? From these leaked slides, it would appear so. Also, the 9850 seems to be getting a retail product name of ‘Torch’, like we mentioned it could be. The Bold 9930 will come in two flavors, regular and non-camera for businesses and government agencies. The Bold 9930 looks to be releasing... »
It has been pretty quiet on the release date of the BlackBerry PlayBook for Sprint. We did here it was delayed for various reasons, but now it looks to soon be releasing. According to Sprint’s Market Director, Gerald Evans, the PlayBook (WiFi-only) will be released June 5th. This wasn’t reported officially by Sprint, but by Evans’ personal blog. The much anticipated BlackBerry® P... »
The 3G BlackBerry PlayBook was scheduled to release on April 19th, but was then later pushed to May 8th. According to the leaked slide above, the 3G has been delayed indefinitely, but is still said to be releasing, as dealers are said to hold on to promo materials and pedestals. Sprint is also set to release a 4G WiMax version later this year. It isn’t certain what has caused the delay, some... »
A while back Sprint launched their BlackBerry PlayBook landing page to let everyone know they would be selling the 4G PlayBook. Some interesting news has come up around this, though it hasn’t been confirmed, but a tip has been sent to CB suggesting that Sprint might be charging for PlayBook tethering. This might have a negative effect on them considering tethering is something that should be... »
While we all sit and wait for RIM to give us huddled masses an official release date and pricing details on the PlayBook, Sprint has put up a page announcing its release this summer. No further information is given; however, you are able to sign up for updates. So what do you think, when does summer release mean? Check out the Sprint page here. »
Sprint and Google announced today a new integrated Google Voice™ experience that will allow Sprint customers to set their existing Sprint wireless phone number as their Google Voice number. Sprint customers will be able to take advantage of all the features and benefits of Google Voice without the hassle and fees associated with porting their number. Sprint is the first and only carrier to offer t... »
It seems that the BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) is down for about every North American carrier. The only data service that seems to be affected is e-mail, while browser and BBM seem to be working fine. Verizon Wireless has acknowledged the issue and says it should be resolved by 12 noon EST. Hopefully, this issue will get fixed so we can keep pumping out e-mails again! »
Today, Sprint extends its 4G-leadership position again. This time with the announcement of its 18th 4G-capable device. Sprint has just announced the BlackBerry 4G PlayBook exclusively from Sprint. BlackBerry 4G PlayBook is expected to be available from Sprint in the summer. It will be interesting to see if the PlayBook is the only 4G device to release in 2011, or if the rumors are true regardin... »
*Update* Sprint has put up the download links for the Bold 9650 and Curve 9330! There was this screenshot of an internal Sprint document floating around that shows an OS 6 update was imminent. OS 6.0.0.415 was scheduled to begin rolling out over the air (OTA) to users of the BlackBerry Bold 9650 and Curve 3G on December 22nd. Many users are now reporting to get the update notification. If the upda... »
Did you recently pick up the BlackBerry Style 9670, but don’t want to try loading a leaked OS? No worries, as OS 6.0.0.407 has gone official from Sprint. »
Are there any BlackBerry Tour 9630 owners on Sprint that want to update your device, officially? Not so fast, but you were supposed to have been able to update OTA today to OS 5.0.0.983! »
