Engadget Mobile |
September 5th, 2008 |
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Filed under: Handsets, Sony Ericsson, T-Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS The well-scooped TM506 from Sony Ericsson is now on sale, marking the first time that T-Mobile has openly and proudly admitted that a handset in its lineup can actually support 3G -- despite the fact that they've had such gear [...]
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September 5th, 2008 |
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Filed under: Handsets, Nokia We've already seen Nokia's new N96 up-close and unboxed, but if you're looking for a bit more information before your potential purchase, you may want to head over to All About Symbian, which has a few first impressions of the phone. Among other things, its contributor [...]
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September 5th, 2008 |
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Filed under: Handsets, LG, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS Looks like LG wants some bite to back up the PRADA II's bark -- assuming both the device and its specs are real, of course, since we've been basing everything we know about Lucky Goldstar's rumored fashion monster on rumors thus far. [...]
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September 5th, 2008 |
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Filed under: Handsets, LG, ATT, GSM, EDGE LG's generally one of the most consistently tightlipped companies when it comes to revealing details about upcoming handsets via FCC documentation; yes, granted, they've got to file certain documents, but they do so in the most obscure, boring way possible (take, for instance, [...]
Engadget Mobile |
September 4th, 2008 |
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Filed under: Apple Multi-touch hasn't necessarily revolutionized the way we're interacting with our devices, but it's certainly a step in the right direction -- particularly when a touchscreen is such a huge part of the overall input equation as it is with the iPhone. But why stop there? A new [...]
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September 4th, 2008 |
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Filed under: Handsets, Palm, Sprint, Palm OS, EV-DO, CDMA Nothing quite says "these puppies are selling well, and we'd like to ride the wave a bit longer" than reformulating an existing device in new colors -- a strategy Motorola played to the extreme, bitter end with the original RAZR -- [...]
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September 4th, 2008 |
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Filed under: Software, Palm, Windows MobileThough the Treo Pro has tempered pretty much any love we'd had for the suddenly ancient-looking 800w, we've got to hand it to Palm -- they've been on the ball with software updates since the phone's release a month and a half ago. The latest, [...]
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September 4th, 2008 |
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Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, ATT, GSM, EDGE Remember that supposed a137 that we saw chilling on a countertop somewhere in the wilds not long ago? Samsung and AT&T are now fessing up to its existence by quietly posting product info pages on their respective sites without so much as a [...]
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September 4th, 2008 |
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Filed under: Handsets, Others, GSM And now, a dispatch from our "we'd be gaga over it with a 3G radio" department: Fly Mobile's E310 Attitude slider has slid on through the FCC's testing process, blessing it with a sort of cheap, neo-Chocolate look and feel that'd make LG proud. Truth [...]
GigaOM |
September 4th, 2008 |
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After a few quarters of nonchalant statements that the sub-prime mortgage crisis and rising oil prices weren't going to affect the tech stocks, the bloom is off the rose. The lowered sales forecasts and lackluster quarters are trickling in, and the trend for wireless companies is clear. This morning, networking [...]
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September 4th, 2008 |
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Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, Sprint, EV-DO, CDMA For those in America who just can't shake the desire to snap up one of those Samsung Instincts, but can't bring themselves into braving the yellow-clad walls of most Sprint stores, an alternative method of B&M procurement has finally arrived. Effective immediately, Sprint's [...]
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September 4th, 2008 |
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Filed under: Handsets, Others, AppleUgh, make it stop. Every few months, someone in the media asks Michael Dell the inevitable question: "Do you plan on competing with Apple's iPhone?" While speaking recently in the Citi Technology Conference in New York, the chief executive stated that "I think you will see [...]
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September 4th, 2008 |
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Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Sprint, Windows Mobile, EV-DO, CDMAIt was only a matter of time before the WSJ (Katherine Boehret, in this case) got their hands around Sprint's still-not-official Touch Diamond, and we can't say that the conclusion she drew is at all shocking. As Mossberg and his partners so [...]
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September 3rd, 2008 |
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Filed under: Handsets, RIM, ATT, GSM, EDGE Who ever said the WiFi-laden BlackBerry Curve 8320 had to be a T-Mobile exclusive? AT&T certainly ain't hearing that, according to some colorful paperwork outed by Boy Genius Report, which should give BlackBerry upgraders and first-timers alike a less expensive alternative to the [...]
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September 3rd, 2008 |
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Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, GSM, EDGE Anyone who's been jonesing for a U9 with a little more style look no further than the MOTOJEWEL, a new clamshell Motorola's bringing to the UK this fall that's being billed as "a phone so sassy that users will wish they could wear it." [...]
Engadget Mobile |
September 3rd, 2008 |
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Filed under: Software, Nokia, Samsung, SymbianSo it turns out that Nokia may have been just a little presumptuous in its June announcement that it was buying the entirety of Symbian in its effort to open-source it. The press release's headline back then proudly proclaimed "Nokia to acquire Symbian Limited to [...]
Engadget Mobile |
September 3rd, 2008 |
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Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, Windows Mobile There's a "Motorola Q11" chilling in the Bluetooth SIG's product directory, and while the SIG is famously tight-lipped about revealing gory details about its members' unreleased wares, we see that it's a "Phone, Handheld" running Windows Mobile 6.1 Smartphone. Then again, given the name [...]
GigaOM |
September 3rd, 2008 |
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Nokia has released its new N-Series phone, the N96, in Europe. It's like the Swiss army knife of phones - a very expensive Swiss army knife - in that it does a lot of things, except one: It won't allow you to make VoIP calls. Apparently some of the more [...]
Engadget Mobile |
September 3rd, 2008 |
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Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, Rogers Wireless, GSM, EDGE It looks like Rogers is finally getting around to expanding its rather anemic selection of UMA-enabled Talkspot phones, informing dealers that they can expect delivery of the t336 from Samsung in the next few days. The phone -- a dead ringer for [...]
The Long Tail |
September 3rd, 2008 |
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From Silicon Alley Insider: Next month Nokia will launch its "Comes With Music" subscription service in the U.K., ahead of 2009 launches in Europe and Asia. Your new Nokia phone comes with a "free" year's worth of music -- an all-you-can-eat selection of 2.1 million songs, which is about 25% [...]
Engadget Mobile |
September 2nd, 2008 |
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Filed under: Handsets, LG, Motorola, Samsung, Verizon Wireless, EV-DO, CDMA Krave? Knack? New phones listed on Verizon's latest rebate forms has us believing that we may be approaching the product marketing End Times where naming conventions reach a level of silliness never before fathomed. Take, for example, the ZN4 Krave [...]
