The Touch Diamond is available at Sprint
The Touch Diamond by HTC is available at Sprint with the following price details:
| Regular price | $549.99 |
| Instant savings | -$200.00 |
| Mail-in Rebate | -$100.00 |
| New price | $249.99 |
| Requires 2-yr Agreement | |
A cut above the rest
With the touch of a finger, check your work and personal email, surf the web on the 2.8″ touch-screen and access your personal photos, videos and music stored on the 4GB of internal memory.
Mail-in rebate requires an Everything plan, Talk/Message/Data Share plan, Data Premier add-on or PRO Pack add-on. Get free shipping and free activation when you purchase a phone with a new line of service online!
Highlights
- 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera and camcorder with zoom
- Windows® Mobile 6.1
Key Features
- Sprint Music Store
- Sprint TV enabled
- GPS enabled
- Web, email capable
- Built-in camera
- Speakerphone
- Bluetooth
- External display
- Voice dialing
- Broadband speeds where available
Full Feature List after the break
Choice Offering from Sprint
Speed, Ease of Use, Exclusive Content and Worry-Free Pricing
Three wireless phones debut with Sprint’s exclusive One Click interactive user interface that allows one-step access to favorite content, including Google search
Sign up for the latest information on these new holiday phones at www.sprint.com/newphones
Sprint is making three key announcements, all of which reinforce speed, simplicity and exclusive access for customers - benchmarks of Sprint’s Now Network(TM):
- The availability of One Click, a simple and customizable user interface available on three multimedia devices - LG Lotus(TM), Samsung Rant and Samsung Highnote.
- The launch of the much-anticipated HTC Touch Diamond(TM) and HTC Touch Pro - two additions to Sprint’s robust Windows Mobile portfolio.
- The upcoming arrival of several new iDEN devices, including the Motorola i576, extending Sprint’s leadership in push-to-talk technology.
These devices and One Click represent new value packed into Sprint’s Now Network, which already features Nextel Direct Connect’s sub-second connectivity, Simply Everything’s unprecedented worry-free pricing, and Sprint Mobile Broadband’s immediate access to exclusive content.
Read the rest of the release after the break
Official - Sprint Announces the Touch Pro and Diamond
Posted by Chris Leckness on 09/10/08 in HTC, Sprint
Well, we knew that they were coming to Sprint, but now it’s official. The HTC Touch Diamond will be available in September and will cost $249.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate. The HTC Touch Pro will be available in all Sprint retail channels beginning Oct. 19 for $299.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate.
An excerpt about these two hot phones from the HUGE PRESS RELEASE… Thanks Jessika!
Rising Text Message rates
In my uninformed opinion, I’d call some of this an excuse to “assist” users into buying unlimited plans and to offset users preferring to send SMS messages instead of using more expensive voice minutes.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A key member of the Senate Judiciary Committee is asking the nation’s top four wireless carriers to justify the “sharply rising rates” they charge people to send and receive text messages.
In letters to top executives at Verizon Wireless, AT&T Inc., Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile, Wisconsin Democrat Herb Kohl said Tuesday that he is concerned that rising text messaging rates reflect decreasing competition in the wireless business.
Kohl chairs the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights. His inquiry comes as European Commission regulators are threatening to impose a cap on roaming fees for text messages sent by Europeans traveling outside of their home nations, in an effort to force prices down by as much as 70 percent.
Kohl said he was concerned that consumers are paying more than 20 cents per message, up from 10 cents in 2005. This increase, he said, “does not appear to be justified by rising costs in delivering text messages,” which are small data files that are inexpensive for carriers to transmit.
Kohl said he is particularly concerned that all four of the companies appear to have adopted identical price increases at nearly the same time. “This conduct is hardly consistent with the vigorous price competition we hope to see in a competitive marketplace,” he wrote.
Kohl also noted that these rate hikes have occurred during the industry’s recent consolidation, which has reduced the number of national wireless carriers in the U.S. to four from six. That consolidation continues, he said, as the large national wireless carriers buy out smaller, regional competitors _ as evidenced most recently by Verizon Wireless’ planned acquisition of Alltel Corp. for $5.9 billion plus the assumption of $22.2 billion in debt.
Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Group PLC, said it will respond to Kohl’s letter once it has had a chance to review it. And Sprint said “we look forward to responding to the Senator’s inquiry about the text messaging options we offer our customers and we will fully cooperate with his request.”
T-Mobile, which is owned by Deutsche Telekom AG, and AT&T did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
Palm Treo 800w Review
Posted by breley on 09/5/08 in Cell Carriers, Companies, Devices, Frontpage Tabs, Mobilitysite Reviews, Operating Systems, Palm, Pocket PC Phones, Sprint, Windows Mobile 6.1
I’ve got a little confession to make: I’m one of the unwashed masses who has never handled a Treo device before. I was tempted last year by the Treo 700wx when I was looking for a suitable upgrade path for my Motorola V3m, but decided in favor of the Samsung SCH-i760, the only Pocket PC phone with Windows Mobile 6 available from Verizon at the time. In any case, permit this neo-Treo user to share his thoughts on the new Treo 800wx Pocket PC phone via Sprint.
Read on for more information on this new Windows Mobile offering from Palm.
Sprint’s HTC Touch Diamond: September 14 for $249
Posted by Chris Leckness on 09/5/08 in HTC, Sprint
According to an article a PC Magazine article on Yahoo, the Touch Diamond will be available on Sept. 14 from Sprint for $249.99 with a two-year contract and $100 rebate. This pricing info and date were leaked out by the Wall Street Journal folks who reviewed the phone. I won’t talk about this laughable review though. Anyhow, Sasha Segan from PC Magazine had this to say…
The Wall Street Journal broke the news today about Sprint’s version of the HTC Touch Diamond, a Windows Mobile smart phone with a touch screen and a new, 3-D interface.
The Touch Diamond is a small, slab-style smart phone with a 2.8-inch high-res VGA screen, and it puts a cuddly interface of large icons over Windows Mobile’s PDA-style home screen. TouchFlo 3D isn’t just a home screen, either; HTC and Sprint have written a custom YouTube application, a customized version of the Opera Web browser, and a customized media player to try to make Windows Mobile more palatable to consumers.
I don’t really care what the WSJ has to say about something not made by Apple and I hope that you would do the same before casting judgement on the HTC Diamond.
California Judge Says Early Termination Fees Illegal
Posted by Radimus on 07/30/08 in Business, Cell Carriers, Legal, Sprint
This is only for one State and the appeal in inevitable, but Early Termination Fees are a blight to consumer advocacy. They say it is to subsidize handset prices, while others say it is to lock consumers into a provider regardless of satisfaction and price gouging.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The fees that cell phone carriers charge customers who break service contracts took a big hit in a California courtroom when a judge said such charges by Sprint Nextel Corp. likely violate state law.
The judge, in a tentative ruling issued late Monday, said Sprint will have to pay $18.3 million to customers who sued over the fees and credit $54.8 million to those who were charged but did not pay the fees.
The same judge is considering other lawsuits against telecommunications companies over their so-called early termination fees, which can range from $150 to $225. This month Verizon Wireless agreed to pay $21 million to settle an identical lawsuit just as trial was starting.
Alameda County Superior Court Judge Bonnie Sabraw rejected Sprint’s argument that a state court had no business deciding an issue the company said should be left for federal authorities. And while her ruling isn’t legally binding outside the state, it cut to the heart of an ongoing debate in other state courthouses and in Washington, D.C., over the fairness of the fees.
Who would have believed that a San Francisco Judge would have made a good decision? :-)
(of course it is an anti-business ruling, so perhaps that is why)
Treo 800w Review
Posted by Tim Hillebrand on 07/26/08 in Palm, Sprint, Windows Mobile 6.1
It has been quite some time since Palm has come to the table with a new Windows Mobile Professional device: enter the Treo 800W, WM 6.1. At first glance it doesn’t appear all that different than its predecessor, the Treo 750W. But there are some subtle and not so subtle differences.
The new Treo is much thinner, the screen is the same size, there is a Sprint logo on the top, there are two new hardware buttons—one for mail, one for calendar, the keyboard keys have a new look and feel-they are flat instead of rounded and therefore seem to have less definition.
A quick glance at the bottom made me quiver with delight for I thought that at last Palm has gotten rid of its goofy, proprietary connector and opted for the more universal mini USB connector. But my hopes were quickly dashed upon closer inspection because it was what they call a micro-USB connector, which is far from standard. This means that you can’t use the old Treo cradles, and you have to pack yet another cable and charger when traveling—not a good thing.
Windows Mobile 6.1 update for the Sprint HTC Touch
Posted by Chris Leckness on 07/21/08 in HTC, Sprint
If you own the Sprint variation of the HTC Touch, your update is here…
The software upgrade posted below provides several key enhancements for your Touch:
- Upgrades the operating system from Windows Mobile® 6.0 Professional to Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
- EV-DO Rev. A functionality for faster download and upload speeds when utilizing data services wherever EV-DO Rev. A coverage is available
- Advanced GPS functionality including the Sprint Navigation application
- Adds the Opera browser
- Adds a full Qwerty on-screen key Qwerty keyboard
Source: Crave
Samsung Instinct Video 1st Look
Posted by Chris Leckness on 07/17/08 in Samsung, Sprint
I have had the Instinct a few day and before I do a bit more testing, I wanted to give everyone a look at the device.
Sprint Nextel up for sale
Posted by Radimus on 07/16/08 in Business, SK Telecom, Sprint
With the US dollar devalued internationally, foreign investors are finding many opportunities to buy up struggling US companies.
NEW YORK (AP) — South Korea’s SK Telecom Corp. is in talks to buy struggling U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Nextel Corp., business news channel CNBC reported Tuesday
An agreement would be at best weeks away, CNBC said, citing people familiar with the talks.
Sprint shares closed down 4 percent at $7.94 after initially spiking on the report.
U.S.-listed shares of SK Telecom, Korea’s largest mobile-phone service operator by subscriber numbers, fell 2 percent to $20.67.
Sprint spokesman James Fisher had no comment on the report. No SK Telecom representatives were available in the early morning hours, Korean time.
CNBC reported that private-equity firms would provide financing for the deal, since SK Telecom’s market value is about half of Sprint’s $22.6 billion.
Sprint has been losing subscribers for some time, but it’s still the third-largest wireless carrier in the U.S., with 52.8 million subscribers at the end of the first quarter. Its stock has lost half its value in the last year, and there have been reports that the company has been talking to other possible acquirers, like T-Mobile USA.
http://www.sprint.com/index.html?brand=Nextel
Sprint Palm Treo 800w Video 1st Look
Posted by Chris Leckness on 07/14/08 in Mobility Site Videos, Palm, Palm Treo, Sprint
I apologize in advance for a couple things… a) The delay getting the video online. 250mb takes a while to upload to YouTube, b) some minor mistakes I made in the video and c) The length of the video. 20+ minutes is a lot to sit through. Of course, if you are in the market for the Palm Treo 800w, it’s worth it to watch.
Thanks for watching and let me know if you have any questions.
Palm Treo 800w Hands On Photos
Posted by Chris Leckness on 07/14/08 in Palm, Sprint
The Palm Treo 800w may have showed up on Sprint’s Website yesterday, but the device showed up at my office late last week. I’ve had a little time to play/test the phone and so far, so good. I am uploading a 20 Minute video unboxing and 1st look right now too, so make sure to check back later.
Pros and Cons and More photos after the jump…
Palm and Sprint Introduce the Treo 800w Smartphone
Latest Windows Mobile Treo from Sprint Provides a Fast, Feature-rich, Out-of-the-box Experience
Palm, Inc. and Sprint today introduced the Palm Treo 800w, Sprint’s newest smartphone with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. Designed for business users who depend on their smartphones for high-speed productivity on the go, the Palm Treo 800w operates on the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network(1) and comes out of the box with support for EV-DO Rev. A data speeds, WiFi for data and GPS capabilities.(2)
The Treo 800w is Palm’s most business-friendly phone yet. IT departments can simplify infrastructure and lower costs with a direct connection to Microsoft Exchange Server, giving users up-to-date email, contacts, calendars and access to other productivity applications. Palm designed the Treo 800w for easy-to-use mobility with a full QWERTY keyboard, five-way navigation and one-touch buttons to the most-used applications, making it a smartphone people want to use.
Sprint Palm Treo 800w Online Now
Posted by Chris Leckness on 07/13/08 in Palm, Sprint
The rumored Treo 800w has had a ton of leakage this weekend. There have been some devices sold already, there are photos all over online, the user manual has been leaked, and now a day before the "rumored" launch, it shows up on Sprint’s Website too.
