"[CNet reporter Elinor Mills] noticed an unwanted app - a demo version of a game called NOVA - on her HTC EVO smartphone, which had not been preinstalled and could not be uninstalled...
Sprint's official response was: 'Sprint does offer a variety of partner applications that are optimized for use on our wireless phones. From time to time, we will provide new apps to our customers in conjunction with a software maintenance release.' It claimed it is working with Google on a tool to allow users to remove such apps. The programs do not collect or share personal data without the customer opening them up, it insisted."
