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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. Google Android OS updates are coming for the HTC Hero and Samsung Moment . While he didn't specify a version - 1.6 or 2.0 - HTC ...
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Sprint Exec: No Tethering, Now or Ever
jkOnTheRun — ... Carriers in the U.S. are reluctant to allow smartphone customers to tether notebooks, and those who have allowed the practice charge an extra monthly fee. Sprint customers have been longing for a tethering option given the carrier’s “Everything” plans. Unlimited data for a monthly fee makes Sprint plans a natural for tethering operations for mobile workers. Unfortunately, in a web chat a Sprint executive admitted that the carrier will not allow tethering with any of their smartphones that require Everything plans “from here on out.” ...

WinMo Wrap — HTC’s Got Your Back;
jkOnTheRun — ... Sprint is testing Windows Mobile 6.5 updates for the Touch Pro2 and “other Windows phones” for early next year. The carrier intends to make sure that that late model WinMo phones on the network get updated to the latest OS version. The testing process is underway, spelling good things for owners of the phones on the Sprint network in the U. S. ...

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