I personally haven’t read anything about SPRINT dropping or limiting the google apps.

I am trying to stay with sprint because I have great service for somewhat of a reasonable price. I have been with them since 2004 and can count on one hand how many times my service has dropped. I can even get calls from the basement, something my family can’t say (they are on ATT and Verizon)
That being said, they need to upgrade seriously, I use my phone less for calling and but the applications would benefit greatly. So they need to hurry up before I decide to take the plunge and switch.

I’m getting ready to bolt Sprint and move to Verizon because of the new Motorola Droid. I’m planning on waiting till December to make a decision because I’m hoping Sprint announces a new phone similar to the Droid. It also gives me some time to see what Droid users say about their new phones.

Sprint, you need a Android 2.0 phone with similar specs to the Vz Droid to get back into the competition. ATT was already taking customers witht he iPhone and now, it looks like Verizon will take the rest.

You better do something quick because your network isn’t all the good, but your prices are fair. Still, I’m tired of dropping calls and text messages not going through so it’s looking like I will most likely switch to Verizon witht he new Droid….

I’ve used Sprint for over 12 years. Went thru Palm, now on MS Mobile, looking hard at Android. Sync with my corp Exchange server is my primary concern. MS Mobile does it very well and I’m on a $10 data plan. I HATE the Sprint apps and can’t get them deleted from my menu. Customer service is getting bad again. Sprint sold their network to Ericsson. My kids go to BAMA and Sprint service in Tuscaloosa is horrible. The dark days are coming for Sprint. This 12 year customer is about to bolt. Verizon or ATT most likely, because of the Tuscaloosa service. T-Mobile is bad there too.

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Steve-O, if anyone should give a shit about ultimatums, it’s Sprint.

I’ve been with Sprint since 2000 and I’m currently off contract and have been awaiting an Android phone since I first heard about it being in development years ago. I was super pissed that Sprint felt Android wasn’t “good enough” yet, meanwhile the G1 has been making be drool for over a year. Now T-Mobile has two Android phones?! It seems like they have their stuff together. Sprint always has to add their stuff to the phones they sell and it’s annoying. I never use their crap apps because they’re only Sprint specific. A carrier should be a carrier and that’s it. Just provide the network so the users can do as they please with their devices. Not provide extra crap, or try to provide software to use or worse yet, try to sell the user crap.

Sprint better have a non-messed with Google experience device by the end of the year or I’m done. I’ve always felt restricted on Sprint, and I’ve been waiting on a Google experience device to change that. The Android platform is open source for a reason, and that’s what I expect to get when / if? it’s released. Also as the updates come, the device can be updated quickly as a Google experience phone, versus an HTC Hero version that will have to be tweaked by HTC before it can update it’s devices because it’s a customized version of Android.

Last thing, these touchscreen only phones are basically all software operated. What I mean is that there aren’t all those buttons from a hardware keyboard involved, or a sliding/flip-open mechanism to fool with, hardly anything at all so therefore are simpler to make. So therefore will naturally be cheaper, which is good, but that’s not the case. Why are they still as expensive or more expensive than the more hardware integrated ones? If? / when Sprint releases an Android device that’s touch only, it better not have a ridiculous inflated price, but I think that’s exactly what’s going to happen.

“Here’s your Android device you’ve been waiting for, and it’s only $500!”

Let Sprint know how you feel

send an email to Dan Hesse:
dan@sprint.com

Dude, I don’t know what everybody here is talking about. Even the so-called “limited” versions of Android (like on the new HTC Hero, which could very well be one of the first Android phones on Sprint) still have all of the available Google apps on them/available to them. Stop your ultimatums people, nobody gives a shit.

Seriously though, all Android-powered phones will have access to all of the Google apps. The Sprint version will most likely just ALSO contain the extra Sprint-centric apps as well.

I am excited about an Android phone on Sprint’s network and it’s about the only thing keeping me from jumping ship and going to AT&T for an iPhone. I will be very upset if Sprint limits the Google aspects of the Android OS. They really jacked the Instinct up and to this day it’s still not a very robust phone. App availability is what made the iPhone successful and I hope Sprint realizes limiting this phone will limit it’s success.

From what i read even though it wont come with the google stuff out of the sprint android all you haft to is download all google apps or whatever for free. Anybody that is used to linux or anything should be able to do this with ease.

I joined with sprint when i lived in Michigan, because there were no other carries that even came close to their network there. Now fast forward 6+ years and i’m still with them, albeit living in Las Vegas now, and the coverage here is bunk to say the least, but not the worst i’ve seen. I have wanted an Andorid phone since it was just a wisper on the internet, and we still haven’t gotten the phone that we deserve. I’m a huge fan of Free and Open Source Software, and use linux as my primary operating system, this is why i’m so interested in Android. I’m on razors edge with sprint anyway, if they “cripple” their android phones to substitute their crap apps on this thing, i will be gone. period. sprint tv, and all the other junk they put on the phones is less than useless. GIMME GOOGLE!