A US $ 20 billion deal between Apple and telecom carrier Sprint, suggests that the 5th variant of the Jesus phone will be locked to a CDMA/EVDO exclusive in the US. The device proposed to be announced in half a day from now is expected to launch alongside two other devices.
A 20 billion dollar deal means over 30 million phones, for a company like sprint getting this exclusive deal could just make their futures perfect. The rumored deal is proposed to last up untill 2014. The remaining carriers will get the iPhone 4s and iPhone 4 8gb versions.
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Samsung’s next Galaxy S2 (remake) has been grabbing some attention, with the launch set on 1st September. According to todays leaked documents the device is headed to Sprint so will possibly launch in a CDMA form, but will be available in global GSM soon enough. It also matches the super phones of tomorrow with a 4.52 inch Super Amoled Plus display.
Whether or not this device launches, this definitely means that Samsung R&D department is doing its job on time and well.
We’ve finally got a new WiFi standard to look forward to. The IEEE has officially released a new standard for 802.22 WiFi which can cover an area of over 31000 square kilometers from a single base station. You’re all probably familiar with the current standard 802.11 a/b/g/n as this is the standard that you use to connect to the Internet everyday.
The exponentially increased range is because the frequency that the WiFi network transmits on has changed. Over the last few years, analog television has seen a dramatic decrease in viewership. Using that very same frequency of 54MHz to 698 MHz the new standard [...]
As was speculated Sprint officially unveiled the HTC EVO 3D during its press conference at the CTIA tradeshow in Orlando Tuesday.
The EVO 3D is an Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) smartphone with
4.3-inch qHD 960 x 450-pixel autostereoscopic 3D display 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm 8660 processor 1GB of RAM 1730 mAh battery 4GB of internal storage ,40GB using a microSD card. Dedicated camera button, 5-megapixel rear cameras for shooting 3D video or 720p HD video 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera for Qik video chat An external HDMI-out port 1080p video or 720p 3D content Blockbuster 3D and YouTube 3D apps 3D on its screendoes not require 3D [...]BGR has been able to get hold of specs revolving around the launch of the EVO 3D and EVO VIEW 4G tablets at CTIA this year. Specs for the EVO 3D include
4.3-inch qHD 960 x 450-pixel Autostereoscopic 3D display 4GB of RAM, 1GB ROM 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm 8660 Snapdragon CPU Dual rear 5-megapixel cameras with dedicated camera button 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera 1730mAh battery Android Gingerbread 2.3 with HTC Sense UI Output 1080p video via HDMI and output 720p 3D content as well. YouTube 3DThe EVO VIEW 4G which is HTC Flyer meant for SPrints networks will have the following specs:-
7-inch device 1024 x 600-pixel capacitive touch screen Aluminum unibody [...]