Sprint Nextel integrates online offerings

Apropos of a recent handset offering dubbed “The Blend”-which combines CDMA and iDEN network access in one handset-Sprint Nextel Corp. has blended the online presentation of its CDMA and iDEN phone lines.
The carrier now offers handsets in three categories: “walkie-talkie phones,” “camera phones” and “TV and music phones.” The carrier’s full range of handset offerings are organized by price, from cheapest to most-expensive, with a “Nextel” tag marking the iDEN phones.
Previously, Sprint Nextel had offered two separate lists of phones: those dubbed “Sprint” phones and those for “Nextel.”
In other online carrier offerings, AT&T Mobility’s 8525 (by HTC Corp.) is temporarily out of stock; the smartphone with a horizontally sliding QWERTY keyboard had been reduced to $300 from $400.
Verizon Wireless is offering LG Electronics Co. Ltd.’s VX8600, a slim, EV-DO clamshell, for $80 (down from $130).
T-Mobile USA Inc. is offering an online special with its SDA, a bar-style GPRS/EDGE smartphone, priced for free (down from $50, and before that, $150). T-Mobile USA also is offering the Dash for $150 (down from $200).