In the "press releases we missed while going out of our gourds on the show floor at CES" department, Sprint's Boost Mobile is getting back into CDMA in a big way this month. It wasn't long ago that Boost
swore off its CDMA tendencies as iDEN started to heat up again against all odds -- thanks largely to the release of hot (well, hot by iDEN standards, anyway) devices like the
Stature -- but CDMA makes a lot more sense now that the parent company has
scooped up Virgin and smartly has no interest in running two separate, unrelated prepaid divisions. Anyhow, the gist of the announcement is that Boost will be reinvesting heavily in its $50 monthly unlimited plan for CDMA devices and has brought on three inaugural handsets to help kick it off: the Mirro and Incognito (pictured) from Sanyo alongside the venerable BlackBerry Curve
8330. The Mirro features a slick, mirrored finish (hence the name, we suspect) along with a 1.3 megapixel cam; it clocks in at $99.99. The Incognito steps up to $149.99 with a hidden set of external controls, a 2 megapixel cam, a full QWERTY keyboard inside -- it's got social network integration, to boot, and users can add 3G data to their plan for another $10 a month. Same goes for the 8330, which retails for $249.99; all three prices seem high until you remember that Boost doesn't do contracts. All three handsets are available now.
posted January 21st 2010 2:17PM
Looks like they finally got serious and offered an unlimited Blackberry Plan. I wish they had done that sooner but better late than never
How come nobody can comment on the "Want to write for engadget" post? I wish you had something that didnt involve being in San Fran or New York city.
@Ezye1313 I was wondering the same thing. But I think it sucks that all these great tech jobs are NO WHERE in the south. I hate that all decent jobs are either in Cali, NY, or Chicago.
@Ezye1313 We might at some point -- but this is what we need right now!
@Chris Ziegler
Thanks for replying. I'll be looking for it to post some day! Thx.