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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 27, 2010
Sprint announced tonight at its developer conference in Santa Clara, Calif., that its Sprint ID feature -- which debuted on the Samsung Transform -- will spread to a couple more Samsung devices.
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by Jesse Potter
Oct 21, 2010
I think we can admit that we're all just a bit jealous of Palm's Touchstone charging station. The act of simply plugging your phone into its charger doesn't pose any real challenge, and it's nothing n...
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by Kyle Gibb
Oct 20, 2010
Even with all these old gaming console emulators running wild on the Android Market, it is still hard to believe someone would willingly utterly destroy their Epic 4G's keyboard to make it more...
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by Kyle Gibb
Oct 18, 2010
WiMax is about to come to three of the largest cities in the United States, as Reuters is now reporting that Sprint, along with partner Clearwire, is planning to expand their 4G coverage to New ...
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by Kyle Gibb
Oct 04, 2010
We love the Evo 4G, you love the Evo 4G, and now Popular Mechanics loves the Evo 4G too. The magazine has posted the results of its "Top Products of 2010" awards, and the Evo has come ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 04, 2010
The Sprint Samsung Epic 4G is the second 4G phone available in the United States, and offered on the only carrier that currently has a production 4G network. The Epic 4G is one of the Samsung Galaxy S...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Oct 04, 2010
Sprint wants you to create your own Epic Mini Movie highlighting some of the Epic 4G's, well, epicness.A new contest announced today by the yellow-logoed company wants you to submit your own Epic Mini...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 04, 2010
Word on the street this morning is that the DI18 update to the Sprint Epic 4G -- that one fixes 3G upload speeds, Wifi battery drain issues, the inability to download from the Amazon MP3 store over 4G...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 30, 2010
Sprint already announced that they will be rolling out another maintenance release update for the Epic 4G, starting today. It wasn't too long ago that we saw an update, so it's good to see Sprin...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 30, 2010
Sprint's 4G data service just went live in Pittsburgh and Minneapolis-St. Paul, meaning you Steelers fans with the Samsung Epic 4G and HTC Evo 4G can get the latest as old man Charlie Batc...
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by Jared DiPane
Sep 29, 2010
We all know we love Android so much because the development community rocks, and people are always finding new ways to make it even better. Our forums members are always finding great new tricks and f...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 29, 2010
Good news for those of you waiting on the fix for the Epic 4G's 3G upload speed (or lack thereof): According to an admin on Sprint's community forums, it'll start pushing out Sept. 30 -- tomorrow -- a...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 28, 2010
The Epic 4G update seems to have caused a lot of issues with battery life, and it looks like flynlow from the Android Central forums may have found the answer why. After various attempts to fix ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 22, 2010
There have been grumblings for weeks now about 3G upload speeds on the Sprint Epic 4G being slower than expected. We've had plenty of reports in the Android Central Forums, never mind the hundreds of...
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by afazel
Sep 20, 2010
Sprint has turned the 4G switch on in Orlando today, bringing the number of cities in Florida with 4G service to three. (Though none of which are where our dear leader Phil, lives. Just sayin'.)...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 17, 2010
The Sprint Epic 4G is in the midst of an over-the-air system update -- bugfixes, mostly, and not Froyo just yet, though Samsung's Media Hub is now enabled. But if you just can't stand to wait a...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 16, 2010
The Epic 4G is getting an over-the-air update today that will enable Samsung Media Hub (which will be officially announced tonight), plus a few bugfixes. Here's the list: Optimized, HotSpo...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 15, 2010
Nashville can now enjoy more than the Grand Ole Opry and Music Row, Sprint has flipped the magic switch and fired up its 4G WiMax service for the greater metro area. According to Sprint, custome...
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by Adam Sawyer
Sep 14, 2010
The folks over at SDX, our friendly neighborhood Samsung development group, have been busy ever since the Sprint Epic 4G was released a couple weeks ago. Rooting the phone proved to be an easy conque...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 06, 2010
Sprint has the first 4G smartphones on the market, and they're a couple of Android heavyweights. And it doesn't come as a surprise that a number of you are likely to jump from the HTC Evo 4G to...
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by Kyle Gibb
Sep 05, 2010
Remember when we reported Amazon was selling the Captivate and Vibrant for insane discounts? Well, Amazon has many other Android phones available for purchase now at far below what you will find...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 05, 2010
Part of working with Android means that manufacturers have to release the source code for their devices (minus the proprietary stuff, of course), and Samsung has coughed up its code for the Sprint E...
Review
by Phil Nickinson
Sep 01, 2010
We review the Sprint Epic 4G to find out if it's worthy of its name
If you put the word "Epic" in the name of your phone, it darn well better be epic. And with the Sprint Epic 4G A...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 01, 2010
Sprint and Clearwire this morning officially popped the cork on 4G service in a trio of cities -- Boston, Daytona Beach, Fla., and Providence, R.I. We'd been seeing reports of sporadic service for a ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 01, 2010
Yeah, you can turn off Touchwiz on the Sprint Epic 4G and get rid of the static home screen icons and horizontal launcher. But what you're left with isn't really an improvement. You're stuck with thr...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 31, 2010
What happens when manual upgrade links for the Froyo OTA on the Incredible are found, and the Epic 4G is released (and we decide to give one away!) all in the same day? Something so Incredibly E...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 31, 2010
Today's the day, folks. The Sprint Epic 4G is now available online, and stores open at 8 a.m. local time for the launch of the second 4G-capable phone in the United States. And judging from our ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 30, 2010
Our friendly neighborhood Sprint rep (erm, or mass e-mail) reminds us that most Sprint stores will open at 8 a.m. local time on Tuesday for the launch of the Epic 4G, the third in the Samsung Galaxy S...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 28, 2010
They isn't the real deal, and they surely aren't activated, but if you have a hankering to get your mitts on an Epic 4G to see what all the fuss is about, try hitting your local Best Buy. ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 27, 2010
The Sprint Epic 4G is the latest Android phone to get rooted before it's even available for sale. The new root method developed by Sebastian Krahmer used to root the Droid 2, the Evo 4G, a...
