By www.mountainviewcellphones.com 10/31/2009
Happy Halloween Everyone. I wanted to dedicate this blog to all the businesses out there losing money by not using Sprint.
Sprint has the best plans for the bottom line and the best network for the money. Verizon and ATT customers are spending on average about 20% more per month and per year for wireless communications. For an iPhone using company, spending is about 30-40% more for similar services.
There are several unique features that Sprint has for businesses.
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By Mountainviewcellphones.com 10/23/2009
Clearwire continues to meet it’s roll out targets with the latest aggressive push for Q4. This time we are in some major city markets and this should drive subscriptions significantly upwards.
Things are finally looking up for Sprint. 4G, Google, Pre, better customer service, best value in wireless rate plans, and a more consistent marketing message. Things are getting cooking and should yield much better results in 2010 as subscriber growth kicks into positive territory.
Clearwire Plans Major 4Q Launches
Posted In: Clearwire | FirstNews
By Maisie Ramsay Friday, October 23, 2009
Clearwire says it is gearing up for widespread launches of its 4G WiMAX service in the fourth quarter of this year, expanding into several new markets including Philadelphia and Chicago.
The ambitious wireless broadband provider plans to make its 4G services available in more than 25 markets covering over 30 million people by the end of this year.
Clearwire, Comcast and Sprint each will launch individually-branded 4G service in Philadelphia and Chicago over the next several weeks. In addition, all three providers will begin selling throughout the Seattle area in early December.
Clearwire says it will be expanding its current networks in Philadelphia, Chicago and Seattle as part of the launch. The company also said its customers would be able to buy new 4G devices, but didn’t provide any details beyond USB modems and Intel notebooks.
Separately, Clearwire and Sprint also announced November launches of their respective Clear and Sprint 4G services in Charlotte, Greensboro and Raleigh, North Carolina; Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth and San Antonio, Texas. Service will be available from both companies in Honolulu and Maui, Hawaii, in early December.
10/10/2009 by www.mountainviewcellphones.com
We’ve been playing with out pre-release HERO and it’s a great product. The ability to customize and the App store are the true differentiating factors for the device.
Between this and the PRE, there are plenty of things going for Sprint here.
First impressions:
1. The app store is a phenomenal. There are widgets and apps for so many things. As Google has been at this for 2+ years, the range of apps for the platform is rather rich out the gate. 12,000+ apps by some counts.
2. The scene and layer capability is beyond any phone. You can have 49 screens to customize…again phenomenal. It’s the phone with the most multiple personalities. For example, imagine you were preparing for an outdoor trip. You could create a scene for this and then populate the 7 layers of the scene with all the apps or stuff you might need. Compass app, maps app, footprints app, metal detector app, medical/first aid app, weather app, emergency numbers notes, notes for equipment purchases, check list of items to pack, Facebook sharing app, clock app, etc…
Then when you start your journey, you have everything you need separated from your other professional or family life. The phone is now your appliance for outdoor adventure with the most relevant information at your finger tips. Unlike it’s other smart phone competitors, it has the most capability to customize this range as of yet.
3. Very stable OS. I’m certain it will crash if we really push it.
4. Great camera 5.0MP. I was able to take a picture of a business card and be able to read it. I could probably attach that picture to a contacts profile if I had the time to figure it out. For people with children, this camera is a great step forward in getting better shots. Not as good a camera as the new Samsung HD, also releasing, but much more well rounded device for other functions.
5. Expandable SD Micro Memory ~32GB Max.
6. Google integration superb with Android.
Other reviews…
The downside:
1. The app store is great, but as Google is much more of an open market place for apps, it is much less regulated or “secure.” There are no guarantees (outside of user reviews) that the apps will do something strange or unwanted to your phone. We managed to download apps that were a bit malicious. Not great…so user beware and just use some common sense before downloading things.
2. Despite a larger battery, it’s still falls into the smartphone battery dilemma. The better the phone…the more you use it…the more the battery drains…the faster the phone becomes a useless paper weight or annoys you to charge it.
Cool App Recommendation:
1. Shazam…the music listening and tell you the artist and stuff about the song.
Palm recently introduced some great benefits into the market place.
1. In preparation for e-commerce on the PRE, 1.2 is released and 1.2.1, allowing you to store credit card information in the Palm Profile for transacting.
2. Downloading MP3 from Amazon directly on the Sprint network is now available.
3. Searching emails is now easy. Sharing images as attachments now available.
4. PRE photos apps can now view JPG, BMP, or PNG formats.
5. Exchange updated for synchronizing.
6. IM statuses now appear.
7. Ringtone volumes increased.
8. Sprint Navigation now pulls from Google contacts from the phone.
9. Zoom text defaults for the browser are a big plus.
10. Copying and cutting from websites a lot easier…press CAP key and touch screen as to section you want to copy/highlight. Then press the gesture area so the button lights up and then press the letter C. Notification of section copied appears. Great stuff.
More…
This is a great phone for the price. Where else can you get unlimited calls to any mobile phone, unlimited text, email, web, and navigation for $69.99/month. Top quality phone at value prices is hard to beat.
