<![CDATA[WiMax Cellphones Phones From Sprint Later This Year - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[WiMax Cellphones Phones From Sprint Later This Year - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[WiMax Cellphones Phones From Sprint Later This Year]]> I find it humorous that the folks on the $30 SERO plan are actually looking forward to WiMax as it has already been announced that WiMax will not be cheap. Face it, the WiMax targeted customer is not the thrifty consumer looking for a deal. You gotta pay to play.

dink23

]]> <![CDATA[WiMax Cellphones Phones From Sprint Later This Year]]> @FlipSwitch: Same boat as you. I have a Sero plan and enjoy all that comes with it for the $30/mo (plus exuberant tax!) I'm curious about WiMax and will be checking the price.

Gadgetgirl

]]> <![CDATA[WiMax Cellphones Phones From Sprint Later This Year]]> Not sure why everyone says "Sprint sucks". Their coverage isn't bad in Denver and in most areas I travel to. The customer service is getting better as of late. The phones might not "look cool" but they do all the same things as the other phones as far as features are concerned. To say Sprint "SUCKS" is a little immature.

BenG9810

]]> <![CDATA[WiMax Cellphones Phones From Sprint Later This Year]]> Wimax, android, cheap data rates, and poor customer service. If every geek isn't on Sprint by 2010 I'll be surprised.

Shuft

]]> <![CDATA[WiMax Cellphones Phones From Sprint Later This Year]]> Well it is funny how so many ignorant people make comments.
Sprint lost 30 Billion as it took the charges of Nextel integration. They will get out of the iDEN network they have had to deal with when Nextel was merged with Sprint. If you asked the Engineers they would have advised not to but the Suits did it cuz Wall Street made money in the M&A transaction.
As it pertains to WiMAX, Sprint will most likely get away from the basic phones/plans business in 2010 wherein they will be providing the Network and you can connect to that network with anything that has WimAX built into it. So a Laptop with WImAX chipsets from Intel will be able to get High speed Broadband connections.
There are devices being built that are basically Ultra Mobile PC's which are WiMax ready and when at home or at work or in the car you connect to a dock and get the display/Display/Keyboard/Mouse functions and all your data is kept in the Network cloud.
What all this means for Sprint is they will sell you Broadband connection based on WiMax and will have different plans/revenue models with Applications Services that use that network to deliver the services the consumer wants.
One has to be patient and has to hope that they execute the vision they have laid out.

Dumbnutz

]]> <![CDATA[WiMax Cellphones Phones From Sprint Later This Year]]> a) it's sprint. they suck ass. so no.
b) wimax = massive fail

firesign

]]> <![CDATA[WiMax Cellphones Phones From Sprint Later This Year]]> Yes I want wimax phone so I have really high speed internet on go. but how much will subscription cost

room

]]> <![CDATA[WiMax Cellphones Phones From Sprint Later This Year]]> I've never really had any problems with Sprint Customer service, but then again, I have a personal Sprint Customer Representative that takes care of me; one on one. Basically, all you really need to have is a company that does decent sized business with Sprint and they assign you a representative to take care of your company, in my case, the company being the NIH/NIAID. I have the SERO plan like most people and an additional .gov discount. Although I recently received free tethering (they just flat out gave it to me for free when I asked my rep about it), it really wasn't an issue before because of PDAnet which gives you the ability to tether through your handset's EVDO connection, rather than establishing a typical modem tethering connection. Coverage has been good in every place I've traveled to with the exception of a couple of places in CA which were spotty.

Doc_Lee

]]> <![CDATA[WiMax Cellphones Phones From Sprint Later This Year]]> To tell you the truth, their coverage isn't that bad. I have ATT and Sprint and i'm in south LA county and ATT ALWAYS drops my call... I was considering switching both phones to ATT but with their unlimited plan AND WiMAX... i might consider staying... we'll see

schro_and_tell

]]> <![CDATA[WiMax Cellphones Phones From Sprint Later This Year]]> Actually, I've been waiting for this announcement since the advent of WiMax. I currently have the Sprint SERO plan. $30/month +tax for all my calls, txt, and unlimited data. I've just been waiting for WiMax to be unleashed so when I tether my cell phone to my laptop I get decent data transfer speeds. This news has made my year - since previous news has not mentioned anything about integrating WiMax into cell phones. I never deal with customer service or have coverage issues. I don't understand why everyone doesn't do this. If the data through WiMax is fast enough, I may cancel my broadband. Now, I just hope they get some good handsets to put WiMax into.

FlipSwitch

]]> <![CDATA[WiMax Cellphones Phones From Sprint Later This Year]]> Customer service at sprints SUCKS when I have to try to get someone in India to understand my problem (their speaking is far better than their understanding) but eexcellent when I get a service center in U.S. or Canada. If I get frustraed enough with the Indians, I can get them to switch me to a more local service center, although I then have to wait 15 minjutes on line. All this said, the reason I was with sprint was that, until recently, they were the only ones wiht an unlimited data plan at a reasonable price. Things are changing and I may too. I have yet to understand what WIMAX will give me over the present EVDO-REV A (which gives me better speed than my crappy old DSL line from AT&T - formerly SBC- formerly PacTEl- formerly PacBell- formerly a sbusidiary of AT&T)

Skeptical_Geezer

]]> <![CDATA[WiMax Cellphones Phones From Sprint Later This Year]]> @gizak: "The only thing I hear people complain about with Sprint is their coverage and customer service."

It's true their coverage isn't as good as some others, but in the over 9 years I've been with them I've had a bad customer service experience ONCE, at that point a called back a day later and it was fixed. Yes they make mistakes but when you call them and say "hey, this is screwy" they say" ohh look, your right, that is screwy. Let me fix that."

ShockTerminal

]]> <![CDATA[WiMax Cellphones Phones From Sprint Later This Year]]> I wouldn't use Sprint, but if they can get a fraction of the theoretical bandwidth out of the WiMax, the connection speed would kick ass on anything out there now.

encyclia

]]> <![CDATA[WiMax Cellphones Phones From Sprint Later This Year]]> Too bad Sprint sucks a large fuz... whoa deja vu!

cryptoknight

]]> <![CDATA[WiMax Cellphones Phones From Sprint Later This Year]]> I've had sprint for 7 years now and never had aproblem with them, they always take care of anything I need which is very far ib between.

I've heard horror stories about other carriers (Verizon/AT&T/T-mobile) and I never had experiences like the ones I've heard.

So yes I'm a happy sprint loyal customer.

pilsen12

]]> <![CDATA[WiMax Cellphones Phones From Sprint Later This Year]]> If the cost is a reasonable alternative to Comcast, and the Internet connection can be shared with a couple of computers, yes.

Sihanouk-s-Poodle

]]> <![CDATA[WiMax Cellphones Phones From Sprint Later This Year]]> I care. Sprint has the fastest data network, the best "unlimited" plan, and now this coming? All they need is some better phones, and I'm looking to jump ship when my currently contract expires in June. The only thing I hear people complain about with Sprint is their coverage and customer service. Well, call coverage is fine here, and I'd assume with an unlimited everything plan, I'd never need to call customer service about some unknown fees.

gizak

]]> <![CDATA[WiMax Cellphones Phones From Sprint Later This Year]]> Judging by the few unenthusiastic comments that preceed mine, I'm not the only one looking to WiMax for it's data capabilities (surfing the intertubes in hillbilly country). Incorporation into handsets doesn't trip my trigger.

wikkit

]]> <![CDATA[WiMax Cellphones Phones From Sprint Later This Year]]> @nachobel: Bad day?

Buzzed

]]> <![CDATA[WiMax Cellphones Phones From Sprint Later This Year]]> Answer: no.

dvicklund

]]> <![CDATA[WiMax Cellphones Phones From Sprint Later This Year]]> Fuck Sprint.

nachobel

]]> <![CDATA[WiMax Cellphones Phones From Sprint Later This Year]]> What's a cellphones phones?

Tony C

]]> <![CDATA[WiMax Cellphones Phones From Sprint Later This Year]]> Yea, maybe thats why all there stores and phone lines are closed... It's shocking to wonder how they lost 30bil.

Darrone

]]> <![CDATA[WiMax Cellphones Phones From Sprint Later This Year]]> I care. I want a WiMax iPhone.

joking.

I just want a WiMax enabled smartphone, that can tether to my lappy.

I'd pay whatever they charge. (I think)

MadColombian

]]> <![CDATA[WiMax Cellphones Phones From Sprint Later This Year]]> I care.
*sniffles*
*a tear rolls down left cheek'



MagnoliaBoy

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