However, increased market turbulence following the October meeting and growing fears of a recession caused the Fed to do an about-face.

NPR: Fed Cuts Key Interest Rate by Quarter-Point

Sprint, which originally was supposed to use a standard called EV-DV for their next-generation high-speed wireless network, have made an about face and now say they're going to use EV-DO instead.

ENGADGET: Sprint's new high-speed wireless network