Sprint's 2009 roadmap comes to light, packed with goodies

There aren't terribly many surprises in the latest roadmap docs leaked out of Sprint, but there are a couple -- and we finally have some target launch windows around a few of the more anticipates devices we've been expecting this year. Perhaps least surprisingly, the Palm P100 -- that's the Pre for you lay folk -- is still on track for the second quarter of the year, which could mean anything between April and June. Staying in the landscape QWERTY smartphone realm, we'll see the HTC Cedar (or Willow, depending on which slide you're looking at) and a new Samsung Ace -- creatively named the Ace II -- in the second and third quarters, respectively. The landscape HTC Rhodium will likely replace the Touch Pro in the third quarter, and the hotly (and we do mean hotly) anticipated BlackBerry Niagara will be hitting in the same three-month period.

Things are getting interesting down in the dumbphone realm, too, with both the Instinct Mini and a true Instinct successor -- the Dash with an HVGA display -- in the pipe. The Sanyo 2700, dual-slide Samsung Cello, and the Samsung Chianti (which looks suspiciously like a Propel) will all follow the Rumor 2 down the text-centric path, and a handful of new ultra-basic devices will fill in the bottom of the range. For data, Sprint will be launching Novatel's totally awesome MiFi portable hotspot, which warms our hearts. What doesn't warm our hearts is the utter void of Android devices here -- but we can hold out hope, and as always, all of this is subject to change. Stay tuned!

[Via Boy Genius Report]

[PeterFnet Posted Mar 16th 2009 4:01PM]

Still waiting for QCHAT PTT on a Windows Mobile phone......

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 16th 2009 4:07PM]

That's all nice - but where are the Android phones? I do remember Sprint claiming there would be CDMA Android phones in 2009.

Great, the only two carriers I would consider (currently with AT&T) and neither are getting Android phones this year.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 16th 2009 4:25PM]

Why not give the original source as the read link?

http://www.phonenews.com/exclusive-sprint-2009-roadmap-7201/

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 16th 2009 5:46PM]

Can't believe the Diamond2 / Topaz didn't show up! After all the rumors that we might even see a May/June release of it (matching europe). I knew that was too good to be true, but now it's not even on the roadmap at all?? Huge bummer..

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 16th 2009 9:04PM]

man Q3 for the Niagara. I hope this does not dictate the release of the Niagara on Bell

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 16th 2009 6:53PM]

Sprint's coming out with and HTC Android this November.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 16th 2009 10:37PM]

And how would you know this? Proof?(please)

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 17th 2009 9:44AM]

I thought a Samsung Android phone was in store for Sprint, and supposedly sooner than November.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 16th 2009 6:37PM]

Give me Android, Sprint. The irony has gone on long enough

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 16th 2009 6:58PM]

Wow two world phones in Samsung ACE II and HTC Rhodium! that's hot!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 16th 2009 8:00PM]

The Samsung Dash is Android

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 16th 2009 8:07PM]

Anyone notice the OS that the Rhodium will be running?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 16th 2009 8:14PM]

Makes me wonder if they will launch it with 6.5 and a 7.0 upgrade will come later, since 7 isn't supposed to launch until next year.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 17th 2009 9:50AM]

I'm almost wondering if this means we will see both WM7 and Windows 7 launched before Christmas this year in conjunction with each other.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 17th 2009 12:00AM]

Great...now I really don't know which phone to get.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 17th 2009 11:28PM]

So the instinct 2 is the samsung dash Aka the samsung android phone?? Ok probably gonna get that or the palm pre or maybe the blackberry niagra?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 29th 2009 1:32AM]

Anyone notice that it says android for Q4??? Palm with android...???? could it be?