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<title>Sprint sells 5M smartphones, 1.5M iPhones in first quarter</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/24/financial.results.show.relatively.steady.revenues.mass.nextel.exodus/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1111/sprint-store.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Sprint managed to sell 5 million smartphones in the first quarter of this year, making up 86-percent of its device sales, according to recently released financial results. While 1.5 million iPhones were sold in the period, 43-percent to new Sprint customers, this is a drop from the record 2.2 million iPhones sold during the fourth quarter last year....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BlackBerry Patagonia 9620 due at Nextel Mexico next month</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/11/27/patagonia.9620.is.a.budget.rim.phone.with.os.71/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1354044017_bb9620mexicoadin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A new Nextel Mexico ad spotted online reveals a new BlackBerry handset will soon be released. However, the phone, called Patagonia 9620, will arrive at Nextel Mexico sometime in December, though pricing nor release dates aren't revealed. The ad does reveal the phone's specs, which include OS 7.1, a 1.2GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 processor and 768MB of RAM....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sprint to shut down Nextel starting June 2013?</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/30/nextel.iden.to.be.shuttered.to.free.up.4g.wireless.spectrum/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1338358769_sprintnextelshutdown-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Sprint Nextel on Tuesday reported that will begin phasing out the Nextel network as early as June 30, 2013. While the long-term plan had already been announced, Tuesday marked the first time that actual dates for shutdown had been discussed. This move will eliminate the signature walkie-talkie feature of Nextel phones. Sprint has already begun adding phones with a similar push-to-talk feature, wit...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 06:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sprint CEO Hesse under tight watch by board </title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/03/13/sprint.board.takes.active.approach.in.carrier/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/sprint-danhessectia2011.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Sprint CEO Dan Hesse is under the watchful eye of the carrier's board members and directors, the Wall Street Journal reported (free subscription required). The board members are said to be nervous about the company's direction, which is not posting profits, and are taking a more active approach in the company's inner working. At board meetings held over the last six months, Hesse wasn't present, s...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sprint creates website to show iDEN tower eliminations</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/06/claims.service.will.still.go.on.in.affected.areas/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1202/sprint-iden-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Sprint has launched a website to help its customers visualize and understand the timing of its elimination of its cell towers that support its old Nextel push-to-talk iDEN network. The site shows subscribers by area when towers in their service area will switch coverage off. Sprint will begin shutting down the service starting next year....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sprint says it could help Clearwire stay afloat</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/11/09/clearwire.to.get.more.funds.from.sprint.hesse/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1006/clear4gmobileusb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Clearwire's recent money concerns don't mean its existing partners, including Sprint, will stop funding the company, according to a Tuesday report. Sprint Chief Executive Dan Hesse said Clearwire's going concern notice was an accounting technicality as Clearwire has less than 12 months worth of funding left. Clearwire is uncertain it can raise new funds, and has been tied to talks with T-Mobile in...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sprint plans to phase out iDEN</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/10/27/sprint.to.slowly.phase.out.iden.network.hesse/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1007/hessein.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Sprint will gradually phase out its iDEN network, the carrier's CEO Dan Hesse said in an interview with FierceWireless. As customers sign up for Sprint's CDMA network rather than iDEN, the closure of the latter will free up the 800MHz iDEN frequency. Sprint acquired iDEN as part of its purchase of Nextel back in 2004, and shuttering it would push everyone to upgrade to phones that use Sprint's EVD...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Motorola's iDEN, Android-based i1 reaches Sprint July 25</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/07/19/motorola.i1.ptt.smartphone.due.at.sprint.july.25/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1007/motoi1-ctia.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Sprint will soon take its turn at selling the first Nextel-compatible smartphone with the Android, the Motorola i1. Arriving at Sprint's online store on July 25, the push-to-talk phone is rugged thanks to its solid construction and can withstand dust, shock, vibration and blowing rain. It comes preloaded with Android 1.5 and can sync e-mails, office documents and personal info....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BlackBerry Tour at Verizon gets push-to-talk</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/03/29/verizon.bb.tour.gets.ptt.feature.march.30/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1003/blackberrytour-reviewsm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Verizon started off its week by adding push-to-talk support to the BlackBerry Tour.  It gives those both using regular BlackBerry Internet Service as well as the Enterprise Serve the option of talking instantly with as many as 50 other PTT phone users.  They can similarly check availability in software and manage contacts online for the entire group....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Motorola i890 offers stylized push-to-talk at Sprint</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/03/15/motorola.i890.with.push.to.talk.now.at.sprint/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1003/motoi890in.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Sprint has added its latest push-to-talk handset to its Nextel network, the Motorola i890. The flip phone can quickly switch from a push-to-talk conversation to a regular voice call. It otherwise gets a 2-megapixel camera with 4X digital zoom, stereo Bluetooth support and an MP3 player controlled by external media keys with haptic feedback....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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