Sprint’s 4G (aka WiMax) service is now officially available in Chicago. This looks to be one of the first major metropolitan cities to offer the service. That means you can travel virtually anywhere in Chicago with your laptop an enjoy blazing fast download and upload speeds. Of course you’ll need to pick up the necessary USB dongle and pay for the service.

Of note, Boston, NYC and SF are due to receive the service in 2010.

Full release after the ‘leap’

Sprint launched the Samsung Moment yesterday.  While it’s not the prettiest of phones it does offer the Android OS, a 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen, QWERTY keyboard, 3 megapixel camera, WiFi, 800mhz processor, Bluetooth, Sprint TV and GPS.  You can grab one now for $179.99 after a 2-year contract signing and $100 mail-in-rebate.

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It’s official: the Palm Pixi will hit Sprint on November 15th and cost $99.99 after a 2-year and $100 mail-in-rebate.  That’s a pretty solid price considering it’s multitouch and includes a full QWERTY keyboard  Like the PRE, the Pixi is compatible with Palm’s wireless charging solution, the Touchstone, which is available for the added price of $79.99.

The Motorola Debut i856 is now available on the Sprint network as part of their Nextel Direct Connect line of devices. It may not be the “glitziest” of phones but it’s the first slider phone to offer push-to-talk service. Features include:

• 176×220 pixel TFT display
• Direct Connect button with backlight
• GPS
• 3.5mm headset jack
• Stereo Bluetooth
• Threaded messaging/MMS
• 1.3 megapixel camera
• MicroSD slot for up to 8GB of extra storage

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Monday still got you down?  Don’t worry, here to save the day is the HTC Hero!  You can score it now for $179.99 after a 2-year contract signing and $100 mail-in-rebate.  Built upon the Android platform you can most certainly expect this device to be very popular this holiday season.  The big spec take aways are as follows:

• Android OS
• Qualcomm MSM7200A 528MHz processor
• 5.0 megapixel camera with video
• 3.2-inch Capacitive touchscreen
• 3G connectivity
• GPS
• microSD card slot
• Sprint TV
• Visual Voicemail
• WiFi b/g
• Media Player
• Bluetooth
• Flash enabled

[via TFTS]

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Word on the street is that Sprint has come to their senses and will slash the price of the HTC Touch Pro2 from $349.99 to $199.99 after contract signing and mail-in-rebate on October 1st.  This move only seemed inevitable since Verizon already sells the exact same handset for the purported new lower price and with the iPhone and many other smartphones costing less it’s probably the only rational thing to do when it comes to remaining slightly competitive.  Course if I were you, I’d just buy me a Palm PRE from Letstalk.com, who is currently selling it for $79.99 after all the fine print stuff.

Note: if you bought the phone before this rumor emerged, hit up Sprint’s customer care and you should be able to get $100 credit, at least that’s what some folks are saying. Course, you might have to wait until this news becomes official.

[via BGR]

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If you bought a Palm PRE at full price just a few days ago, or even for $99.99 from Amazon, you should be kicking yourself right now.  Letstalk.com now offers the WebOS phone for an ultra low $79.99 after a 2-year contract signing.  Crazy?  Perhaps, but this seems to be a good indicator that the PRE is destined for other carriers any day now other than Sprint, unless of course the PRE 4G is upon the horizon.

Note, you’ll have to send in a $100 mail-in-rebate.

[via Everythingpre]

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It’s official, folks. Sprint’s Samsung Instinct HD will be available at Best Buy on the 27th of September for $249.99 after 2 year contract (with a release at Sprint retail stores on Oct.11). So what’s the goods on the latest and greatest from Samsung? Dig it:

• Full Opera Mobile 9.7 browser
• Wi-Fi
• Ambient light sensor
• Accelerometer
• Proximity sensor with haptic feedback
• 5 megapixel camera/HD camcorder
• HDTV out port
• 3.2 inch touchscreen

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It looks like Sprint’s “wireless revolution” comes in the form of a new “Any Mobile, Anytime” plan. The new plan does exactly what it sounds like, allowing customers unlimited mobile-to-mobile calling from the Sprint network to any other phone on any U.S. wireless carrier.

The best value is the $69.99 Everything Data plan which includes “Any Mobile, Anytime”, unlimited text/picture/video messaging, unlimited data, GPS navigation, Sprint TV, and 450 minutes to landlines. Upgrade to the $99.99 plan and you’ll have everything covered without limit.

Wireless revolution? Eh, probably not, but this is one heck of a good deal.

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Sprint sent a rather cryptic e-mail message to its premier customers that really made me go ‘ooh!’ and ‘aah!’. Supposedly, this “wireless revolution” hints to be something in the same vein as the “Simply Everything”, “Right Plan Promise”, and “ReadyNow” services. A new, all-encompassing plan, perhaps? We’ll find out tomorrow.

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