While speaking at
Fortune's Brainstorm: Tech event in Pasadena on Friday, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse apparently got all kinds of verbal when it came to Android and his carrier. The honcho (and TV commercial star) remarked at the industry conference that he was "Glad we waited on Android," adding "The reviews say now it's ready for prime time. It wasn't when it first came out." While we knew Sprint had
interest in Android phones (and potentially some
forthcoming models), we hadn't heard a peep about timeframes, and the last thing Dan had to say was that he thought Googlephones
weren't quite ready for prime-time. That's all changed now with the appearance of Android 1.5, it seems, as Hesse stated that the carrier will ship at least one model with the OS onboard this year. We don't want to be zany conspiracy theorists, but the timing of this seems to dovetail nicely with the very public launch of HTC's heavily modified
Hero and Sense UI... a device which has been rumored to be making its way to Sprint sometime this year. The carrier obviously has a storied
history of partnering with HTC on phones, so it wouldn't come as a surprise to see it land on Sprint (we certainly haven't seen any other carriers pipe up). Regardless, it looks like Sprint won't be putting all of its eggs in the
Palm basket for long. It's going to be a
very interesting holiday season.
posted Jul 24th 2009 3:22PM
Please be the Hero...
i've got my fingers crossed on this one...
Bring the Hero....YES!!
the Hero looks nice, but the review I just read on BGR says it's damn slow - CPU not up to the task:
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/07/24/htc-hero-review/
From what I've seen...
European Reviewers: Fast. (They even show videos of it being fast).
American Reviewers: Slow. Do they have different ROMs? Different background applications running? ROM having trouble with American Radio Bands?
Who knows.
Should i bother buying the pre or wait. (I always do this when renewing or swiching companies.)
Hes trying to get Sprint to be like Verizon, but he will Fail at it. Like the launch of the Tour. SPRINT=FAIL
lol@thinking Sprint is worse than Verizon.
No other carriers have piped up? Could've sworn I heard it passed FCC with AT&T bands...
my money is on the samsung dash revealed in the roadmap sometime ago, but seeing as it more likely would be an HTC phone, the Hero sounds nice, but what about the Jasper C render revealed earlier this year?
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=52811
possibility? after all, it does have a chin like the other android phones
Derek, I hope you're right. I just tried the Pre for a month or so and it didn't work out. I'd like a touch screen something or other though...
Is it too much to hope for the SE Rachael? :D
In all likelyhood, I also think it's going to be the Hero, though I'm not happy that processor is pretty much the same as the Touch Pro and Touch Pro 2.
This will be the Samsung InstinctQ model SPH-M900
I hope it's the SE Rachael hey i can dream
VZW, Sprint had the Android OS on it's radar long before verizon in fact they just announced that crappy Moto. Tell us how the Treo Pro is coming soon while the 800 isn't projected til 2/10 or how 50% of all Sprint calls are on vzw, windbag
hey Mr. Dan Hesse, speaking about OS's not ready for prime time, how about the damn Instinct with Brew OS you pimped as beating the iphone?
UP YOURS Hesse
@andonemorething, you are just as much of a blowhard as vzw. I only mentioned Android to discount lil' red buddy's falsisms