Motorola Atrix and Xoom rumored to land on Sprint

By George Wong on 03/17/2011, filed in Home > CellPhones

The folks over at Android and Me have posted up an interesting rumor today – according to their source, Motorola’s laptop/smartphone hybrid, the Atrix; and their Honeycomb (Android 3.0) tablet, the Xoom; will be headed to Sprint’s network and they will be announced next month. The Android devices are also said to support Sprint’s 4G WiMAX network. The Xoom tablet might have a name change as well due to a recent trademark lawsuit concerning its name. While we’ve heard that Sprint is stepping up their game this year, especially in the 4G arena but as usual with all rumors – take them with a grain of salt. Are you excited at the thought of these 2 devices arriving on Sprint?

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Android: Android is the mobile operating system from Google. The software was originally built by a company called Android Inc, that was purchased by Google in 2005. From its modest debuts, Android has become a powerhouse that powers not only smartphones and tablet, but a host of other less high-profile devices and gadgets. Although Android is not a community-driven project, Google does release the source code as open-source under the Apache license. You can follow Ubergizmo on Android with Google Currents.

Motorola: Motorola is an American telecommunication company that has been split in two: Motorola Mobility (now a Google company) and Motorola Solutions. Motorola Mobility now focuses on handsets and set top boxes, while Motorola Solutions works on infrastructure and enterprise products. Motorola Mobility's best products are the Motorola RAZR M, RAZR HD, and RAZR Maxx HD. In Europe, Motorola has partnered with Intel to build the Motorola RAZR i.

Sprint: Sprint is one of the major wireless carriers in the USA. It uses a mix of CDMA, WiMax and LTE Networks as the backbone of its infrastructure. The company's network is also used by third parties and mobile virtual operators like Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile, and Assurance Wireless. Sprint has about 55M subscribers.

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