blackberry and sprint

anybody heard any rumours about blackberry for sprint? is this ever going to
happen?

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They are being tested now - the 7750, just like the unit Verizon sells.

Sprint PCS corporate reps have come in with pre-release literature and such.
Expect business sales in October and consumer sales in November, more than
likely.

-Jon

"Joseph J. Greenberg" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> anybody heard any rumours about blackberry for sprint? is this ever going
to
> happen?
>
>

Do you know if these are going to be CDMA phones, or GSM, or both? And when
you say "have come in", can you be a little more specific about how you know
this? I'm still within the 30 days on an AT&T model, and I'd like to know if
in fact I should be returning it.

"Jon Clark" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> They are being tested now - the 7750, just like the unit Verizon sells.
>
> Sprint PCS corporate reps have come in with pre-release literature and
such.
> Expect business sales in October and consumer sales in November, more than
> likely.
>
> -Jon
>
> "Joseph J. Greenberg" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > anybody heard any rumours about blackberry for sprint? is this ever
going
> to
> > happen?
> >
> >
>
>

Joseph J. Greenberg wrote:

> anybody heard any rumours about blackberry for sprint? is this ever going to
> happen?

Right now, I think RIM is more concerned about whether they will
actually be allowed to continue selling ANY Blackberry devices in the
near future:

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1497633,00.asp

The appeal is still in litigation. If they lose the appeal, bye bye
Blackberry. Just another example of how overbroad patents can kill good
technology.

Given this, I think it will be awhile before Sprint-Blackberry question
can be answered. It would be unwise for Sprint to strike a deal now
only have it vanish later, just like what happened with the SonyEricsson
T608.

Joseph J. Greenberg wrote:

> Do you know if these are going to be CDMA phones, or GSM, or both?

Uhm, any Sprint version of the product would have to be CDMA.

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> Joseph J. Greenberg wrote:
>
> > anybody heard any rumours about blackberry for sprint? is this ever going to
> > happen?
>
> Right now, I think RIM is more concerned about whether they will
> actually be allowed to continue selling ANY Blackberry devices in the
> near future:
>
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1497633,00.asp
>
> The appeal is still in litigation. If they lose the appeal, bye bye
> Blackberry. Just another example of how overbroad patents can kill good
> technology.
>
> Given this, I think it will be awhile before Sprint-Blackberry question
> can be answered. It would be unwise for Sprint to strike a deal now
> only have it vanish later, just like what happened with the SonyEricsson
> T608.
>

Hey, Isaiah, do you still feel this way given the recent news release
announcing a Blackberry device for Sprint PCS?

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>> Given this, I think it will be awhile before Sprint-Blackberry question
>> can be answered. It would be unwise for Sprint to strike a deal now
>> only have it vanish later, just like what happened with the SonyEricsson
>> T608.
>>
>
> Hey, Isaiah, do you still feel this way given the recent news release
> announcing a Blackberry device for Sprint PCS?


We'll see. I fear that RIm is stuck with a very dumb administrative law
judge who has no qualms about ending Blackberry service over an overbroad
patent.