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[EVO 4G General] i5xswipe:
I think there may be a couple of announcements, although I don't know which it will be.

Based on the invite this is an industry "first".

I would guess they will announce a new phone. The long rumored "Sabor" (EVO "2")a dual core 2Ghz Android 2.3 "Gingerbread" phone. (The 2ghz phone being the first, interesting too as in it would be the 2nd generation of the EVO).

My second thought is it could be an announcement they will be the first US Wireless carrier to support both LTE and WIMAX. It is a cheap and easy switch between the two formats and both can be run concurrently, from what I understand.

My third thought is more of a generic not a headline, but if the new phone is announced this will mean HTC has ported Sense over to 2.3 which will mean updates will begin to roll out for us HTC Froyo users soon after!

Now the date being the 7th I could see Sprint maybe finally taking on a Windows Mobile 7 Phone, but my belief is still in Sabor running Android but HTC has been away from Windows mobile for some time so Windows Mobile 7 is a possibility AFAIAC
[EVO 4G General] jstalford:
This would make me happy.
[EVO 4G General] a1platnum:
+2

Sabor would make a lot of would be complaining customers STFU.

Swyped from my HTC Supersonic: EVO 4G
[EVO 4G General] ATownI20:
It will most likely be a new upgrade policy. The new EVO will not be out until 3rd quarter. However word on the street is that the new upgrade policy will go into effect in February.
[EVO 4G General] zerosquared:
What about all that WebOS goodness? Maybe it is a new tablet/smartphone/netbook line up from Palm/HP driven by Sprint's WiMax network.
[EVO 4G General] brownhornet:
No thanks either way.
[EVO 4G General] HondaCop:
WebOS is a great concept but Sprint/Palm really missed the window of opportunity to cash in on it. Right now, WebOS == Amiga 500.

PS. My name is HondaCop and I approve this message.
[EVO 4G General] jyan_osu:
That would be awesome. I had the Amiga 500, 1000, and 4000
[EVO 4G General] rstuckmaier:
A-HA! Cracked!!!

Anyone been to the Sprint (or specifically MySprint) site lately?

This is

OBVIOUSLY

the

HUGE

announcment!!
[EVO 4G General] starplaya93:
leave it to sprint to build up hype to reveal something pointless.... lol

how about this? http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/25/lg-prepping-optimus-3d-for-february-announcement/

seems to fit all of the categories as to what sprint is revealing
[EVO 4G General] mbaseball3:
What like last years announcement of the overdrive at cita? Lololol pointless much?

Sent from the Evo 4G
[EVO 4G General] Mr. Turbofan:
Um.... HELLO?!?! I have an Evo, but I got it reluctantly after being strung out too long waiting for new WebOS hardware. The WebOS operating system, AS A SYSTEM, is so, so far superior to Android. In its current interation with kinda pathetic hardware and very little support (as well as the paltry number of apps) it's nowhere near the beast Android has become, and that's why I've got an Android phone. Right now Android is the best thing out there with its combination of options, updates, hardware, etc.

I really believe that a year from now, HP/Palm may very well be a major player, and I'll probably have a WebOS device.

That being said, I would bet against a WebOS announcement on February 7. Since HP is holding a special WebOS conference on Feb 9, Sprint wouldn't be announcing any WebOS goodies at the Feb 7 conference. Plus, Sprint has invited several people from Android blogs to attend the Feb 7 announcement, but the folks on PreCentral weren't included in the invitation.

Man... a bit of a duesey on the first post eh? Just to make it clear, I'm all Android right now, but I recognize the importance of WebOS to the future of smartphones.
[EVO 4G General] icreepin:
Sprint is going to announce they are offering a new tablet blackberry play book. It's due out in Feb. I bet the have it all to them selves
[EVO 4G General] detcup4evr:
I will say a tablet with holographic abilities, I heard a rumor vzw has one of these in the pipeline
[EVO 4G General] 4redstars:
I'm really shocked there has not been some sort of a leak somewhere...maybe this is really not that great.

As for WebOS, the OS itself is by far the best I've used (I've used all four and currently own an EVO), but there is nothing else to do with it. No apps, barely a dev community...if things get cookin with HP on board I have no problem jumping ship to a webOS device.
[EVO 4G General] aimbdd:
Web os needs a lot better hardware too.
[EVO 4G General] HondaCop:
WebOS's ONLY hope is if it gets released on a phone with outstanding specs. Just imagine if WebOS would've been running on an EVO like phone? Android wouldn't have stood a chance. Palm really blew it on the Palm Pre. Hardware was a joke to say the least.

But with that being said... If Palm was to release a new WebOS phone with specs comparable to the Atrix, I strongly believe that the dev community would jump on it in a heartbeat and so would I. Without a doubt.

PS. My name is HondaCop and I approve this message.
[EVO 4G General] kenfly:
Dual-core tegra 2 phone. My best guess
[EVO 4G General] John Kotches:
Palm was already on the decline and IMO didn't stand a chance with androids popping up everywhere.

Too little, way too late. The only horse with a marginal chance is MS with WP7. In my opinion, blackberry is in a long, slow decline.

Swyped on my CM'D Evo using tapatalk!
[EVO 4G General] Mr. Turbofan:
Have you ever USED a WebOS phone? I'm not saying played with one in a Sprint store, but actually lived with one day-to-day.

If WebOS would have stayed on the cutting edge of hardware and improved their quality, it would still be a major player. If they, at this point, WAKE UP and release something awesome, it can STILL be a big player. Do I believe that WebOS has a chance at being the top OS in marketshare? No, not remotely. Do I believe that it can be a competitor and take its own significant chunk? Definitely.

Do I think HP can get them there? Well... Ask me after Feb. 9.

For now, I love my Evo. Compared to WebOS it's a total PITA to customize, but it's fast, powerful, it can do damn near anything, I like widgets and I know I've got the support of awesome devs for app and rom development. Android is here to stay, and it's going to be a major player for a long time. Looking at the incremental but essential development and features that come with each OS update (Gingerbread is so nice!) it's going to be awesome to see what Google comes up with. But when it's time for another upgrade, I'm hoping there will be a viable, competitive WebOS option. Who knows, maybe by then Android will have upgraded its multitasking to be as good as WebOS which will essentially render WebOS redundant.

Anyway... Carry on :cool:
[EVO 4G General] madgreek80:
ok uhhhh, i work for sprint and just found out that are quotas are going up dramatically next month because of this anouncment, so its either a really *****in phone, or pricing for phones....either way it better be something good or else im BONED!!!!!!!!!!!
[EVO 4G General] mclife:
How do your quotas work? Based on individual products, or some aggregate of all sales across many or all products?
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
Quotas went up to stop you stores from dumping customers to customer service. Have you not heard all the changes coming to hold individuals accountable for their actions? Oh yeah... This will be a fun year for all Sprint employees. A lot of people are going to get fired for being lazy assholes this year.
[EVO 4G General] Dan330:
no i have not used web-os.. my bro loves his palm-pre.. he is reluctant to let go of it. he is hoping to get the next .. by HP. he is in waiting mode.

I can say.. from what I hear.. Web-OS is a very good OS. but a lot of great ideas.. fail in implemention. without great implementation and marketing. it will fail.
[EVO 4G General] jpatterson350:
My guess is a frankenstein Android/Apple hybrid.. JK :p

But seriously I am almost sure they will announce the EVO2 with WIMAX & LTE = double the coverage + The iphone.

Just my guess.
[EVO 4G General] sparhawk6:
Uh there is no way it is an LTE phone. Sprint would have to have their LTE roll-out at the very least started. It has talked about possibly going to LTE, but nothing has been announced or even rumored as to a roll-out.
[EVO 4G General] jpatterson350:
Thats why you upgrade on March 30th and return your handset for a new device every 29 days in CA. If they want to play hardball than they better know how to throw a curve ball because as far as I'm concerned this is like offering a 85mph fastball right down the pipe.

JP

Dig on Honda Cop; my name is JP and I DONT approve this message. :p
[EVO 4G General] jpatterson350:
If I remember correctly when Sprint announced the EVO it had extremely limited coverage and was just being tested with the 4G data sticks. I could be wrong..

Edit: Im not sure that they would need a roll out, why couldn't they just buy bandwidth from other companies i.e. money hungry Verizon or AT&T, T-Mobile..
[EVO 4G General] kemzo90:
I am gessing pap phone

Or maybe just maybe rooting not voiding warranty lol
[EVO 4G General] gzibell:
I can't believe that nothing has been leaked yet. That in itself is very amazing or scary. I think his is the first announcement that they are going to make where I don't have any advanced knowledge. It makes me a little nerveous.
[EVO 4G General] jasonleb1:
I'm guessing they're releasing an already released WP7 phone. If it was an iPhone or EVO2, there'd have been word of it months ago.
[EVO 4G General] mclife:
There's so much hype at this point (maybe just us phone nuts) but I feel like no one is going to be satisfied after all this speculation.
[EVO 4G General] fachadick:
Htc Arrive? Industry's first cdma windows phone?

Sent from my blah blah blah blah
[EVO 4G General] doh_tee:
It might be a little wishful thinking on my part, but the rumors that seem most "industry-first" to me, are either a nationwide 4g green light, or the supposed HTC 3d/4g device. Whether people like it or not, 3d is taking off, and its only a matter of time before phones catch on. People continue suggesting tablets, blackberrys, iphones... I may not be the smartest person in the world when it comes to this stuff, as I'm new to it, but... none of those are remotely industry-first. There is a lot of talk of dual-core, gingerbread, and all that, but 3d would maintain the "ahead of the game" mindset that the Evo started.
[EVO 4G General] tailsthecat3:
chef evo baking some gingerbread. hopefully...
[EVO 4G General] tailsthecat3:
if they go lte on my evo, myself and many other customers will be very upset. especially if they eliminate clear and wimax
[EVO 4G General] crownholder:
It's a a glasses free 3d phone

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sprint-to-showcase-a-glasses-free-3D-phone-on-Feb-7_id16313
[EVO 4G General] chowder25:
I feel the same way
[EVO 4G General] silverjack:
My question is why David Blaine and what is he going to make disapear? Maybe he will magicaly make LTE turn on on nextel 850 and cdma's 1900mhz bands for ulimate 4g coverage and throughput.

Thing is it has to be something spetacular and never ever done. Maybe its going to be that he will make rate plans dissapear and all will have an unlimited all you can use plan for 70 bucks. LoL all I know is it Will NOT be an iphone nor a new berry. That would be lame to hire blaine for that.

Anyways its fun to conceptualize what infact this big todo will bring. Maybe prerooted android tablet with glasses free 3D. Hmmmmm
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
my sprint store told me yesterday it will be a network change and they are announcing pricing changes as well. i know it's not an iphone but it could be in line with a new hp webos phone that can take advantage of the new network technology. hp is making phone announcements a few days later.
[EVO 4G General] jasonleb1:
Hopefully, they change their upgrade policy. This whole "only the primary phone gets an upgrade every year, everyone else has to wait 2 years" stuff is bull. I hate to be a troll, but on AT&T I could get a full upgrade every 5-6 months. I love my Evo but there's no way I'm gonna be happy with it in 1 1/2 years especially with the speed the smartphone market is evolving at.
[EVO 4G General] aimbdd:
Oh? and just how do you get an upgrade every 5-6 months? I am sure the rest of my family would LOVE to know how to do that.
[EVO 4G General] Dstroya:
That would actually be pretty awesome. I know the wife was mad when I had to "steal" her upgrade because my Instinct's touch screen crapped out on me. Luckily for me though the Evo was just starting to come back in stock:D
[EVO 4G General] silverjack:
They could have fixed a touchpanel for 35 bucks. But its an excuse to get a new phone I guess. :)
[EVO 4G General] SnoopDawg:
It will not be the iPhone - Sprint will not invest $5M dollars on the phone.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-01-11/iphone-may-cost-verizon-5-billion-in-first-year.html

Their network, where they unify towers - http://newsroom.sprint.com/news/sprint-announces-network-vision-network-evolution-plan.htm

The hype doesn't matter, they will have both LTE(Tested in AZ) and WiMax.

They own in the spectrum wars by far:

http://www.bgr.com/2010/07/22/the-big-winner-in-the-wireless-data-wars-is-sprintclearwire/

Yes they win most of the customer service awards.

http://www.vocalabs.com/pr/sprint-takes-lead-call-satisfaction-and-first-call-resolution

It isn't the playbook - http://newsroom.sprint.com/news/blackberry-4g-playbook-coming-to-the-sprint-4g-network.htm

HP devices are supposed to be announced 2 days later. They may announce devices for Sprint, but that wouldn't be what the focus will be on the 7th.

Sprint will introduce ~20 more devices this year than it did last year.

MWC is later in the month where Galaxy Tab 2 is introduced and will probably support many carriers.

CES in 2010 they unveiled the Pre. Palm was late on many features (Ars Technica had a great write up on the steps by Palm). WebOS is great, it is one of the best multi-tasking mobile OS compared to iOS 4.x, Android 2.x, BB, the Windows Phone doesn't count. The only thing that does better is QNX which was designed to run real time devices.

My guess is Sprint does have something different up their sleeve. But from above, I know what it isn't.
[EVO 4G General] JUST2SUAVE:
Every six months?
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
You are only allowed one exchange within thirty days
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
Im sure you do.... Actually im sure you don't
[EVO 4G General] doh_tee:
I like the unified tower thing... makes quite a bit of sense. Perhaps also meshing a wimax/lte solution and having it coast to coast within a month? Certainly making a full saturation 4g network pop "out of thin air" would be a feat worthy of an illusionist, and an industry first. its gonna have to be a combination of things really, this event really doesn't make sense to be about one thing.

if it were to have something to do with towers or a lte meshing, I'd also assume there will be some phone being shown as well.

But after reading that article, that is something to look at, even though, if it were just a unification of existing older technologies, it would still be a letdown.
[EVO 4G General] freeza:
Why do people keep speculating it will be something non-Android related when Android sites have been invited??
[EVO 4G General] doh_tee:
A sad mixture of ignorance and pathetic desperate hope.
[EVO 4G General] TorxT3D:
more proof that a 3d phone could be possible!

http://pocketnow.com/android/lg-optimus-3d-makes-first-appearance
[EVO 4G General] John Kotches:
Don't know what the "big deal" is but without knowing who is invited (android, iphone, blackberry) it's difficult to draw a conclusion. Sometimes to hide what "it" is you invite an audience beyond just the target.

Swyped on my CM'D Evo using tapatalk!
[EVO 4G General] Award Tour:
A 3D glassless Android phone isn't a industry first; but maybe Sprint is clueless on that. But if this is it, pass. An LG phone will never get the same community support of a HTC phone.
[EVO 4G General] sgt. slaughter:
ummm NO not in the business world. you would never invite android blogs to announce solely the iphone on sprint. When you do this you burn people the wrong way and will in turn get a bad rap thats not worth noting. did Verizon invite android blogs to there event? no. plain and simple, you burn contacts when you invite them to something not pertaining to what they do. not good for business.

anyway, 1 week away!
[EVO 4G General] packattack12:
Is there anywhere to actually watch this live, as it happens?
[EVO 4G General] Holyrolla:
ZDNet or Engadget may have a live feed going.
[EVO 4G General] m4rk0358:
I'm sure Sprint TV on your phone will show a choppy, poor quality stream of it.
[EVO 4G General] sgt. slaughter:
yeah engadget will deff have a stream of it. though not live video stream likely, they will be blogging about it in real time at least
[EVO 4G General] starplaya93:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/31/lg-confirms-optimus-3d-for-mwc-glasses-free-screen-and-3d-camer/

done deal... no more speculation necessary.
[EVO 4G General] aimbdd:
I don't think thats the only announcement.
[EVO 4G General] xlGmanlx:
Here is my random thought for the day, first wimax/LTE 3D phone
[EVO 4G General] silverjack:
LG wasn't in my prediction.. sad I was hoping for HTC, but none the less.. cool! Still not sure hoe usefull 3D will be without some kind of xbox connetx type integration the let's you interface with 3D objects in x,y,z space.

Let the imaginations of the masses go wild. ;)

Sent from an EVOlution
[EVO 4G General] clamknuckle:
How is that a done deal? LG doesn't normally sell their high end phones on Sprint.
[EVO 4G General] starplaya93:
because it's the first feasible possibility in this thread....

Iphone 4, wimax 2, tablet or whatever else that's been stated has absolutely no relevance to that statement sprint released regarding the event. This at least fits the description sprint released perfectly and would make sense....

And i know it's not an actual "done deal" but it's the closest we'll get to one before the actual announcement I feel...

Just because it's lG that doesn't discount Sprint from receiving it. We're just as likely to get it than any of the other carriers.
[EVO 4G General] Last-Chance:
3d by far would be the worst phone for the announcement. Id rather have them announce that they are no longer doing wimax and moving over to lte during which time wimax wouldn't be available.

If the screen on the 3d phone is ALWAYS 3d, and there is no way to disable it, anyone have any idea on how annoying that would be?

browsing online, facebook, twitter, text messages, etc.. would probably drive you crazy.

3d is as worthless as the samsung instinct. It looks cool at first, but soon as you use it.. well thats another story.
[EVO 4G General] Skaufma0:
At my store we haven't heard one word about any possibilities. As far as I know, the closest thing possible would be the EVO 2, or a new windows phone (God help us). Hopefully they'll stick with android and forget Palm and Windows, would certainly make my job easier.
[EVO 4G General] stat30fbliss:
Amen to that. This would be waste of time to get excited for WP7...

I just got my Evo a week ago, but I say bring on Evo 2!
[EVO 4G General] mykenyc:
Well windows phone 7 is already out so that negates the "first" in the invitation.

Facts:

All android blogs got invited.

They said it will be another "first" considering Evo was the first for "4g", could be another first within a phone.

If even using these two facts, we can probably conclude it has something to do with Android, and only speculate on that.
[EVO 4G General] sgt. slaughter:
first feasable possibility in the thread? what are you smoking? HTC's tablet would be a first if 3d too. announcing first carrier to have dual wimax/lte would deff be a first also.

The fact LG made this announcement about the phone being at MWC and available in Feb makes it less likely to be at sprint's event. why would sprint make all this hoopla about the event and then allow the manufacturer to just come out and show the phone in a press release before? The manufacturer wouldn't do that either as it creates less hype about the event there device is released/shown at.
[EVO 4G General] Holyrolla:
I believe that's what it will be, the first dual mode 4G phone with LTE and WiMax capability, and also to announce unlimited roaming on Verizon's LTE network...maybe all of this in the EVO 2...locked to 30fps because of the dual 4G :p.

Okay, j/k about the 30fps part...
[EVO 4G General] THEGAMEPLAY94:
What's the big deal with lte? It will still be on sprints 2500 mhz band which has terrible building penetration
[EVO 4G General] Alopez_45:
What are the odds that it would be a CDMA Nexus S, or at least a pure Google phone? It would be the first. Since they were getting the Nexus One last year?
[EVO 4G General] sgt. slaughter:
i doubt they will show a phone doing both to be honest as we likely would of seen some scoops on the blogs of something that could do that already by now.

I think the lte will be put on the nextel band and thats what they are announcing too. they already announced nextel stuff going away im pretty sure.
[EVO 4G General] aimbdd:
If you had read what he said... lol he said roaming on Verizons network, not sprints.
[EVO 4G General] rgildoss:
I do have a meeting ( dog and pony show ) for Feb 10th with Sprint. Email came in as a NEW wireless experience .... something new to do with wireless service..

This is for the company i work for ...
[EVO 4G General] madocs:
LG Optimus 3D? Would be the first 3D mobile device to hit the industry, so that goes with their marketing ploys...
[EVO 4G General] jmollabi:
they will be releasing new phones this year and will never have 4g coverage..if u havnt heard that for 4g is the new 3g
[EVO 4G General] Skaufma0:
Well considering every Windows phone Sprint has had has been a piece of junk, that'd be a first. :p

I don't even know what a first would be as far as Android goes, it already has everything I could want, in fact I don't use most of it on the EVO. Only reason I have it is because I work for them.
[EVO 4G General] xlGmanlx:
I just hope they don't shoot themselves in the foot and go back to the old sprint
[EVO 4G General] mclife:
It is NOT the LG Optimus 3D. I say it definitely is not that for the simple reason that LG made an official press release about this phone. You can see it at the bottom of the Engadget article which I'll repost for convenience: http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/31/lg-confirms-optimus-3d-for-mwc-glasses-free-screen-and-3d-camer/

The press release also clearly says it will be unveiled at MWC. If Sprint had partnered with LG to launch this "industry first" phone, Sprint would not have let LG make a press release spilling the beans before their HUGE Feb 7th event.
[EVO 4G General] sgt. slaughter:
pretty sure i said something along those lines a few up.
[EVO 4G General] madocs:
LG can unveil without a provider affiliation - which Sprint could announce later. Just sayin...

I think a more apt reason that is that - although unconfirmed - the LGO3D doesn't appear to be a CDMA phone. Some unofficial spec sheets list it as GSM with HSPA+ functionality.

I want a Tegra2 device and will be disappointed if it is another useless tablet or the iPhone 4.
[EVO 4G General] mclife:
Yup you did. Missed it, my bad.
[EVO 4G General] madocs:
congrats!

10c
[EVO 4G General] mclife:
Yeah, it would make sense for them to launch it on T-Mobile beside their 3D G-Slate.
[EVO 4G General] RichTJ99:
First tegra 2 phone with the Honeycomb OS?
[EVO 4G General] doh_tee:
I doubt it would have been the optimus, as optimus isn't a name that screams "high end" and that's what Sprint will want.

But... the fact that LG is bringing it lends itself to the belief that perhaps HTC will have a phone to show in a week.
[EVO 4G General] tx_dbs_tx:
Who will release the first 4G WP7 device? All current WP7 phones are 3G.
[EVO 4G General] Skaufma0:
That's a good point, maybe it will be a WP7 phone. That'd be a first. If only Windows wasn't such crappy software, then I may be interested.