Sprint: Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile Updates Coming
 

Sprint executive David Owens sat down for a virtual chat on Sprint's Web site with consumers today, and updated folks with some good news about his carrier's plans.

Sprint's David Owns provided some information about what the company will be doing later this year and next year with respect to its phones and services. Owens confirmed that both the HTC Hero and Samsung Moment will receive Android updates, though he didn't specify to which version. Sprint is looking into offering dual-mode CDMA/GSM Android devices, but has no set plans. It is, however, considering an Android phone that offers functionality similar to Novatel's MiFi router. Owens said it will be selling lots of Android devices from HTC in 2010, and that he expects price points to come down as the platform is more widely adopted. On the Windows Mobile front, it is currently testing an update to WinMo 6.5 for the TouchPro2, but Owens wouldn't commit to a release schedule. Sprint hopes to offer Windows Mobile 7 phones as soon as possible, but is dependent on Microsoft to prepare it. As for Sprint's BlackBerry offerings, the Tour will gain Wi-Fi, and Sprint will release other Wi-Fi-enabled BlackBerries. Last, Owens noted that WiMax phones will be available next year, and that it will no longer allow tethering on its smartphones.



No more teathering from a smartphone? hahaha I'm glad I'm a ppcgeek member!

source: phonescoop.com

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No tethering???

Someone smack him please.

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Take it easy, boys ... best to leave a sleeping dog alone.

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What was the point of HTC creating a wifirouter program if the carriors are moving away from teathering?

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Maybe htc wifirouter is the answer to carriers stopping teathering.

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This is supposed to take effect early '10 which would cover all new windows phones. My bet is it starts with the TP2 6.5 upgrade and all 6.5 + OS thereafter...
How long will a reg fix or file patch keep working for a workaround? Is it possible Win could un-include the abilities in the sys files for Sprint? This is really disturbing news to me...

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As long as it's unlocked, I am sure the old progs can be included in the kitchens for new ROMs.

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And of course there is no mention of the HD2.

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Well there isn't much in the way of news for the HD2 for the US yet so Sprint may get it.

Wirelessly posted (Opera/9.5 (Microsoft Windows; PPC; Opera Mobi/16643; U; en))

well look at sprints plan where you get your phone line plus another line for a data card for 150 (i think). they are just trying to bring in more money in a plan that looks simple to set up for the end user. a year ago youd walk into a sprint store and want a phone plan and a data card then you would be overwhelmed with plan info and unfamiliar expenses. now you say "i want internet for my laptop and a phone plan with unlim everything" and now they hand you a phone and hand you a usb data card and a $150 bill, which seems easier than it was.

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Here's to hoping they don't sit on the TP2 update forever like they did the original Touch pro!

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Can anyone imagine teathering a wimax phone? I'm drooling

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They can never truly disable Internet Connection Sharing but they can get tethering.

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im waiting on the blackberry update. one thing i know for sure it will be before christmas...lol

hopefully

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They have already started blocking tethering on some phones. My wife's Moto Q9C can no longer tether using the ICS that came built into WM 6.1. She get's an authentication error. Nothing we tried could get it to work and when I called CS, after getting transferred to Advanced Support and trying a bunch of other stuff (including manually re-provisioning the phone) it still wouldn't work and that's when he told me that they are starting to block tethering. This was a couple of months ago, too. I'm honestly not sure how they can tell the difference if you're not using the "Phone as Modem" option in ICS but they obviously can. We installed PDANet (for which I had purchased a license a couple of years ago for my first Moto Q) and were able tether just fine.

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there is a dll file associated with ics modem they can detect.