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Old 05-19-2006, 02:30 AM
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Default Sprint's Future Includes Q-Like Device

http://www.pcsintel.com/content/view/1313/9/

"Sprint Nextel is gearing up to have the most aggressive Windows Mobile lineup ever. We'll cover their entire rundown of global, Smartphone, and Phone Edition devices you've never heard of before...We can confirm that Sprint will pick up two devices previously exclusive to Verizon, the Treo 700w and Samsung i830. The Treo 700w will be released immediately upon the end of Verizon's exclusivity agreement at the end of June. The Samsung i830 is expected internally at Sprint to ship before that...Sprint will also target exclusive devices to begin to attract customers from other carriers. We can confirm Sprint intends is looking into two competitors to the Q being developed by Samsung and Pantech...The most likely candidate reported from sources inside the wireless carrier is a CDMA version of the Samsung i770, a flip-phone that runs Windows Mobile Phone Edition, though provides a flip-phone look and QWERTY keyboard similar to the BlackBerry 7100 series."

Very interesting. So Sprint is looking at one of the Q clones we've been hearing rumors about. That's one way to avoid the 6 month exclusive that Verizon has on the Q. So why is it that all the new devices with a QWERTY keyboard built in are heading to the CDMA camp? I think there's a fair amount of interest on the GSM side too. Anyway, it will be interesting to watch Sprint over the coming months to see just want they release.
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Old 05-20-2006, 01:34 AM
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I wonder if the reason Verizon got the first shot at this was control. People won't be moving the device between carriers and countries if it is only a CDMA device.
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