Sprint doubles down on Android for 4G

By James DeRuvo
on 8 Feb, 2011

With Verizon rolling out their 4G LTE network in over 200 cities this year, and the inevitable rumor mill of a 4G iPhone on the horizon, wireless telecom Sprint isn’t sitting on their laurels. In an effort to shore up their lead on the superfast 4G network race, Sprint will be adding more 4G supported Android devices this year. With a current offering of about twenty 4G devices, Sprint will be bumping up their Android4G offerings to more than seventy percent of their mobile catalog.

Though details are sketchy as to models at this point, Sprint recently announced availability of the Evo Shift 4G, three other 4G phones, and a 4G enabled netbook powered by Dell. Sprint also recently announced availability Kyocera’s Dual Screen Android Phone known as the “Echo,” which we covered in detail yesterday. Look for phones to start rolling out this Spring.

[via The Wall Street Journal]

http://twitter.com/kstagg Kevin Stagg

Uh, the Echo is 3G.
Anonymous

That’s all fine and good, but what about rolling 4G out to more part of the country before you start focusing on more devices?

One would think that trying to make the devices available to work on a bigger network would be good for ones customers instead of marketing all of your devices to a small group