Sprint Nextel launched two new phones designed for
[1]social networking.
The carrier launched the Samsung Exclaim, which features a dual-sliding keyboard, revealing a numeric keypad and a full Qwerty keyboard. The phone has homesreen widgets for direct access to Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. The Exclaim is currently being sold for $79.99 with a new two-year contract and after a $50 mail-in rebate.
Sprint also launched the HTC Snap, which HTC first showed off at the International CTIA Wireless 2009 show in Las Vegas. The Snap has a feature called "Inner Circle," which allows users to press a dedicated key that brings up emails from a pre-selected group of people to the top of the inbox. The phone runs on Windows Mobile 6.1, has a Qwerty keyboard, WiFi and GPS support and a 2-megapixel camera. Sprint is selling the Snap for $149.99 with a new two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate.
For more:
- see this slideshow [1]
- see this release [2]
Related Articles:
Sprint breaks sales records, looks to keep Pre momentum going [3]
Samsung confirms Android phones for Sprint, T-Mobile [4]
HTC unveils new Qwerty smartphone, the Snap
[5]Sprint Nextel launches Palm Treo Pro [6]
Links:
[1] http://www.fiercewireless.com/slideshow/photos-sprint-launches-pair-social-network-handsets
[2] http://www.fiercewireless.com/press-releases/sprint-strengthens-social-network-connections-customers
[3] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprint-breaks-sales-records-looks-keep-pre-momentum-going/2009-06-09
[4] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/samsung-confirms-android-phones-sprint-t-mobile/2009-04-03
[5] http://www.fiercewireless.com/ctialive/story/htc-unveils-new-qwerty-smartphone-snap/2009-03-31
[6] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprint-nextel-launches-palm-treo-pro/2009-03-16