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Want to get your hands on the Nexus 5 ASAP? Sprint will have it for $150 starting November 8th, while T-Mobile only has an email update you can sign up for at the moment. [Sprint, T-Mobile]

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Sprint Spark was announced today, the carrier’s new “super-high-speed” capability which is going to bring peak data speeds of up to 50-60 megabits per second. Sprint believes that the data speeds will grow as the technology matures. To prove its point, the carrier demonstrated 1Gbps or gigabit per second live over-the-air speed today at its lab near Silicon Valley. Sprint says that its technically feasible to offer over 2Gbps of over-the-air speed per sector, thanks to Spark. The carrier believes that this new wireless technology will allow it to surpass the data speeds offered by its rivals.

The new service is going live with “limited availability” in five markets initially, which includes New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami and Tampa. Sprint plans to deploy Spark in 100 of the largest cities in America over the next three years. It expects that over 100 million people in the U.S. will have access to Spark by the end of 2014, while its 4G LTE service is expected to reach 250 million people by mid-2014. Existing smartphones won’t be compatible with Spark. Smartphones with tri-band hardware, capable of utilizing all spectrum bands used by Sprint, will arrive starting next month. LG, Samsung and HTC are few of the companies that are initially going to be provide smartphones compatible with Sprint Spark.

Sprint Spark Announced, Touts Peak Data Speeds Of 50-60Mbps original content from Ubergizmo.

We reported last week that a truck containing 22,500 LG G2 handsets bound for Sprint was stolen from a truck stop in Gary, Indiana. The theft took place when the truck driver pulled over for a bathroom break, upon returning he found out that the truck was gone. Kentucky State Police announced today that they have arrested a man for allegedly stealing the handsets, the haul is said to be worth $12 million.

Kentucky State Police arrested a man named Juan Perez Gonzalez after he crashed his tractor trailer into a utility pole, the trailer was loaded with the stolen goods. Police says that they were contacted by the FBI last week, and that they had information about the theft that had taken place in Gary, Indiana. Gonzalez was arrested in Metro Louisville after he crashed the tractor trailer. He was charged with recovery of stolen property, leaving the scene of an accident and theft by unlawful taking. Local media reports indicate that Gonzalez is out on bail. Police says that the investigation into the theft of LG G2 smartphones bound for Sprint will continue, and that it could reveal a “number of people that are involved,” though its not sure right now just how organized this theft was.

Police Recovers Stolen LG G2 Handsets Worth $12 Million original content from Ubergizmo.

For over a month now Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile subscribers have been able to walk into their carrier’s stores to pick up a LG G2, or have one delivered to them. Sprint subscribers have unfortunately had to wait a little bit longer. Earlier this month the carrier opened up pre-orders for the G2, which is expected to drop come November 8th. Sprint might have to send in additional supplies for Louisville, Kentucky, because unfortunately a truck carrying 22,500 LG G2 units bound for the city was stolen.

The theft took place around 6:30 pm earlier this week. The truck driver had pulled over for a bathroom break at a truck stop in Gary, Indiana and when he came back, the truck and its valuable cargo were gone. Illinois and Indiana state police have been brought into the loop, including the FBI. So far there has been no public disclosure of any leads, it is unclear right now exactly who is behind this theft. It is not known exactly what course of action is being taken, with regards to the stolen units. Obviously too soon to predict right now where these massive amounts of LG G2 units are going to end up, one thing is for sure though, they’ll probably not be found at your local Sprint store in Louisville.

22,500 LG G2 Units Bound For Sprint Stolen original content from Ubergizmo.

8xWhile Sprint might have been late to the Windows Phone game with their HTC 8XT which was launched a few months ago, it seems that they are wasting no time when it comes to software updates for the device and have since started to push out the Windows Phone Update 3 to the HTC 8XT, at least that’s what the reports are saying and that’s what Sprint’s Support Site for the HTC 8XT has revealed as well. This is a pleasant surprise as the Windows Phone Update 3, for those unfamiliar, is also known as the GDR3 update which basically brings about several improvements to Windows Phone devices, such as Full HD 1080p screen support as well as quad-core processors.

The update won’t magically transform your HTC 8XT into a faster and larger device, but it will include improvements to it, such as streaming audio improvements, accessibility improvements, as well as other improvements brought about by the GDR3 update. If you haven’t been notified of the update just yet, fret not as we expect that the update will most likely be released in stages so as not to overload their servers, so if you don’t see it yet, you most probably will in the next few days. So, any HTC 8XT owners pleasantly surprised by this recent update?

Sprint’s HTC 8XT Receiving Windows Phone GDR3 Update original content from Ubergizmo.