14 DAY TRIAL // Wireless carrier Sprint is reportedly getting ready to release a wide range of software updates for its users, including some in the Android and Windows Mobile areas. The company hasn't had a very good third quarter, and it has to make some moves into resolving this issue, after losing a great deal of subscribers in the time frame.
According to Sprint executive David Owens, via gearlog, the carrier intends to come towards its customers with a series of Android updates, including some for the already launched HTC Hero and Samsung Moment. There are no details on whether these updates will be Android 1.6 or 2.0, yet HTC stated recently that only Android 2.0 was heading towards Hero, so the answer might be a simple one: Eclair.
Other pieces of information on what Sprint will have in store for users include the availability of CDMA/GSM Android phones, yet they will not come before the end of the ongoing year, it seems. In addition, the carrier is also planning the release of an Android device that would include a built-in MiFi-type router, and it says that the phones based on Google's OS should soon become cheaper.
Sprint's customers should also expect for the carrier to release lots of HTC and BlackBerry phones next year, gearlog states, adding that the handsets from HTC will all be based on the Google Android operating system. The BlackBerry Tour2 has also been mentioned (in the form of a Tour with Wi-Fi), and other handsets from RIM are on their way to Sprint too, it seems.
In addition, the carrier also intends to update the HTC Touch Pro2 to Windows Mobile 6.5, and it is currently testing this handset and other Windows Mobile-based phones with the update, yet it might not come before 2010 is here. As soon as possible, Sprint's WM-powered phones will enjoy Windows Mobile 7, it seems, though it will depend on Microsoft when the OS will be launched on the market.
Other tidbits include the launch of some WiMAX phones in 2010, as well as the fact that the carrier does not intend to offer tethering for the handsets that require Everything plans. All in all, Sprint seems set to make its users happy in the future, hoping that this way its net additions will be on the rising scale, and Android-based handsets appear to be the primary option for the carrier, though we're pretty sure that nothing is yet carved in stone.