@Drybones5
I'd say based on the comments to you it's time you checked again.

@COCOViper
I should probably also make the point in case you aren't aware that all mobile networks get datacards first and then transition to handsets. It's what happened with 3G and it's what is happening now with 4G. Sprint has 2 4G\3G cards (U300 and U301) available with a few more coming up soon.

Handsets will follow once the tech to build them into smaller dimensions and deal with all the SAR issues develops.

@surgex
They said they were bringing you the first 4G network and they have.

Chicago, Seattle, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Baltimore, Portland, Washington DC, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Philadelphia, Boston, and a ton of small cities here and there have all launched.

NYC, LA, and lots of others are coming next year -as are the 4G phones.

@(Unverified)
Sprint already has months ago- have you compared what a smartphone plan is like on Sprint vs. Verizon with data, messaging, and GPS? Oh and don't forget about any mobile any time and nights and weekends.

Sprint is like 50% of the cost of Verizon...

@zootropolis
Bad customer service mistakes from a couple years back - the internet remembers all. That and marketing- there's no way Sprint can out spend Verizon.

All the independent metrics (i.e. reviews) backup Sprint's claims of a great network and much, much better customer service, and the prices speak for themselves. Unfortunately it takes time for the mass populous to catch up with reality and the only way that can happen is through advertising, which again they are in a tough spot.

I mean look at how many people on here think Att has a better network than Sprint, or why is it your average joe on the street who has no idea what CDMA even is somehow knows "oh verizon has the best network." All advertising.

@Talys
Actually the Wii loading its browser much less bringing up an actual page in anything under 30 seconds would be cause for ticker tape parades.

@zorcaguy2
Your browser sir!

http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Services/PDA/DosBrowsers.shtml

@John Stracke

Yea Larrabee is cool and all, but I still think it's going to be difficult to program for and utilize effectively in serial or light-parallel situations (like in gaming).

I'd say we're going to see segmentation of lots of simple multicore devices for the industries that need it (large workstations, simulations, etc) and then for the average user / consumer application (PCs, Consoles) it will be 2-6 general purpose cores + a bunch of application specific cores for accelerating functions that are very common and silly to do via software/general purpose.

Crap. Point taken :P

I can't imagine how slow that thing must be with Win7 on it much less Vista...ugh.

Have any of you guys tried using Win7/Vista with a 1.2GHz Atom? It's not pretty.