Sprint Announces Support for iDEN Application Development

Mobile phone operator Sprint announced on Tuesday that it expanded its Sprint Application Developer Program, and that it supported new options for iDEN development. According to the company, it is committed to offer developers all the support it can give for the building of applications and mobile content that will come to its customers. As such, Sprint announces that its Developer Sandbox has been expanded so as to include iDEN and CDMA capabilities.

“Sprint invests in technology and processes that enable developers to have access to important capabilities unique to Sprint's network, such as location and presence to make their apps richer. Sprint's open approach is also key to the recently formed Emerging Solutions business, which focuses exclusively on the rapid delivery of machine-to-machine and mobile computing devices to businesses and consumers. Sprint Emerging Solutions is open to developing new business models and certifying new types of devices,” the wireless carrier notes.

Sprint's Developer Sandbox is currently being offered for free to the entire community of developers registered with Sprint, the company also notes, adding that the solution is meant to offer “access to an expansive set of Sprint network, handset and product capabilities to use in creating applications.” Developers can access a series of Sprint services via the sandbox, and they also have the possibility to mashup with other available third-party services for the creation of innovative applications. The addition of iDEN capabilities now opens the road towards the building of applications for Sprint's Nextel and Boost brands, the carrier also notes.

According to Sprint, the success its Application Developer Program has already registered is the main reason for which it chose to add new features into the equation. “From opening night, when 400 developers lined up for new HTC Hero devices and an Android coding session, Sprint's ninth annual developer conference, held Oct. 26-28, felt new and different,” the company states. However, most of you might have already encountered the leaked photos and specs of Motorola Opus One, a handset that is expected to arrive on the market with the Android OS and with iDEN connectivity on board, something suggesting that Sprint's move might have been determined by the future arrival of this handset too.