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Sprint Mogul getting the EV-DO Rev. A treatment, as promised

by Paul Miller, posted Mar 10th 2008 at 10:02AM

Here's a treat from HTC and Sprint to lighten those Monday blues: the Sprint Mogul, built by HTC, is getting a software update to bump the phone's data connection up to EV-DO Rev. A, roughly doubling current download speeds, and really boosting uploads. This makes the Mogul the first phone in the States to hit Rev. A speeds, and should make the $199 phone quite the attractive option for modem usage when an ExpressCard would be just too darn convenient. Only problem is that when Sprint and HTC promised this update in back November, they also said GPS would be a part of the package -- and just such a ROM was leaked in January. We're not sure what happened to that feature, but we'll try not to look a gift horse in the mouth for the time being.

Update: Turns out GPS is indeed included in this update, as confirmed by Sprint.

[Thanks, Joel P.]

Sprint Mogul review roundup

by Chris Ziegler, posted Jun 18th 2007 at 3:36PM

We thought the Sprint Mogul was a little bit of alright, but do the 'nets agree? By and large, yeah, it seems the bottom line is that this is the must-have upgrade for PPC-6700 owners. Mobile Tech Review points out that an MMS client is notably missing and picture quality on the 2 megapixel camera could be better, but hey, it's still an improvement over the Apache's 1.3 megapixel unit. Boy Genius Report found that the ridges on the phone's posterior were a little funky, too; just like the Mogul's crazy bright yellow UI, it's probably an acquired taste.

[Via Pocket PC Thoughts]

Read - Gear Diary ("...leaps and bounds above the PPC-6700 that it replaces...")
Read - Boy Genius Report ("...the device is a pleasure to use...")
Read - Phone Scoop ("... flashier design, updated operating and higher resolution camera...")
Read - My iTablet (3.75 / 5 stars, "...a worthy upgrade from the PPC-6700...")
Read - Mobile Tech Review (4 / 5 stars, "A very strong offering from Sprint, and a worthy, if not overdue, successor to the PPC-6700")

Engadget Mobile meets, greets Sprint Mogul

by Chris Ziegler, posted Jun 18th 2007 at 8:48AM

For our Mobile squad, no smartphone launch is complete until we've touched it, analyzed it, and -- knowing our butterfingered selves -- dropped it on a concrete surface (just kidding, our Mobile editors would sacrifice life and limb for the safety of a handset). But when said smartphone happens to be a frickin' CDMA device from HTC... well, that's like a once (or twice) in a lifetime event. Head on over to Mobile for our first impressions of Sprint's Mogul by HTC with a full gallery to boot. Heck, it's almost as good as actually buying one!

Sprint Mogul finally announced

by Ryan Block, posted Jun 18th 2007 at 2:32AM

Finally, the fricking Mogul is announced. We're pretty tired of talking about this phone -- now it's time for the device to stand on its own two feet -- er, soft keys. Specs away:

EV-DO Rev. 0 (Rev. A comes later with a software update. Tres lame.)
400MHz Qualcomm CPU
64MB RAM, 256MB ROM
802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.0
2 megapixel camera, microSD, 1500mAh battery
4.3 x 2.3 x 0.73-inches
$399 + two year contract, available in July... or right now

Sprint Mogul spotted in the wild, release looks impending

by Evan Blass, posted Jun 17th 2007 at 8:51PM

Well lookee what we have here: a Sprint PPC-6800, better known as the Mogul, sitting in the palm of what is no doubt one very pleased Howard Forums user. Now we're no analysts or nothin', but we'd suggest that the availability of this Apache-successor through Brightpoint bodes well for the June 18th launch date that Engadget Mobile caught wind of last week. Wait, isn't that tomorrow? Click through to catch the retail packaging...

[Thanks, ckeegan]

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Sprint's PPC-6800 dubbed the Mogul?

by Darren Murph, posted May 10th 2007 at 8:32AM

It's bad enough that nearly every HTC handset that makes its way into a carrier's lineup inevitably gets rebadged and renamed, but this one's sure to make you scratch your head. Just hours after hearing that the handset is likely to miss its May launch by a few months, we've now caught wind of an interesting teaser site that leaves little doubt about what phone is behind the silhouette. Interestingly, the Sprint, HTC, and Qualcomm sponsored site boldly states that the pictured device is not the PPC-6800, but rather the Mogul. It then continues on by insinuating that this 007-esque gizmo can handle just about any mission you task it with, but fails to provide any concrete information beyond that. Hey, you've got to find some way to keep interests piqued until October, eh?