Oct 25, 2008
Sprint CEO Says Android Not Good Enough For Our Brand
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse told the National Press Club in Washington DC that the Android platform is ‘not good enough to put the Sprint brand on it’ so don’t expect to see any Sprint Android phone in the near future.
Hesse however does promise that we will see an Android powered phone on Sprint eventually but he’s not saying when. When other telecommunications company embrace Android readily, I do believe Sprint will be compelled to follow suit.
Via: Mobile Burn
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BJ_Sprint
Hi, my name is BJ DeHut, and I’m a representative for Sprint. We appreciate the discussions that Dan Hesse’s comments have caused, but we believe his words were taken out of context about Android. Here is a statement from James Fisher, a member of Sprint’s communications organization, who was in the room at the National Press Club for Dan Hesse’s speech:
“I’m in Sprint’s communications organization, and I actually was in the room at the National Press Club for Dan Hesse’s speech. As with any single comment from a speech, it’s important to understand the context. Rather than criticize Google, Sprint is a partner with Google (it’s the default search provider on Sprint phones) and we are a very strong supporter of the Android community as a charter member of the Open Handset Alliance. We are interested in developing an Android-based handset, but we would want to make sure it fully leverages all of the advances of Sprint’s current handsets and the data strength of our wireless network. We have a unique approach to making data use easy, intuitive and simply priced. I think what Dan meant is that, only when we are certain we have fully leveraged all the advantages of Android with the advantages we’re known for, that’s when we’d introduce our Android handset. And as for speculation from anonymous folks about our plans, industry folks always trade gossip, but it’s not always true. ”
Source: http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/10/sprint-ceo-disses-google-s-android-phone-wishes-he-had-one-s-/page/1#comment-4905d5d314b9b932003811a4
If you have any further questions about Dan Hesse’s comments about the Android phone, feel free to email me at BJD@Sprint.com
Oct 31st, 2008
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