Tag Archive: Sprint

First impressions of Palm’s new “Pre” Smartphone

Palm’s new Smartphone, the Pre, is a sensation
I have owned this phone for 16 hours now, and have logged less than 45 minutes using the phone.  But already, i can tell you this phone is a sensation, and will become a significant factor in the Smartphone business – especially at Palm, Sprint, Apple, Research and [...]

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Sprint + Google deal update

Will the $3.2B Sprint + Google+(et al…) mega-deal bring WiMax coast-to-coast in the USA?
Back on June 8 2008 we wrote about a deal announced by Sprint and Clearwire, that was the best news for WiMax imaginable:  http://tinyurl.com/cjo59d

This is a Mega-deal between Sprint, Google, Clearwire, Comcast, Time Warner, and Intel, which was intended to create “the [...]

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SharePoint from my iPhone! – now here is a killer app for mobile computing

I will be debating what kind of software applications are likely to be driving the mobile computing market with  some colleagues from the industry next week in Las Vegas at the NxtCom 08 conference.  While I was attending a different conference this week in Silicon Valley, i accidentally discovered a killer mobile productivity app:  running [...]

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Sprint to spin XOhm into Clearwire; lands Google, Intel, Comcast, Time Warner as minority investors

The “super news” the WiMax industry has been waiting for appears to be on the way later this year:
summary Wall Street Journal article: Tech Firms to Build WiMax Network in U.S.
This $3.2B proposed cross-sector tech investment banking deal and joint venture announced May 7 2008 is to be consummated this fall after regulatory review, will [...]

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Is WiMax the next zero Billion Dollar market?

Will WiMax meet the fate of ATM, ISDN, and HomeRF? Or is it going to become a booming global technology? Maybe somewhere in the middle, as an emerging markets play for backhaul?

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