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HowardForums member, TheStone41 has posted press shots of the long awaited BlackBerry 8830 also known as “Cyclone”. The BlackBerry 8830 is said to be a CDMA world device offering GSM for roaming overseas with EDGE. The 8830 should appear on Verizon Wireless hopefully within the next few months. Other than that no other information has become available as of yet. We expect RIM to make a announcement real soon…
Discuss and check out the other shots at HowardForums
April 5th, 2007
Sprint has announced the upcoming launch of Upstage by Samsung. Upstage is the CDMA variant of the GSM F300 Ultra Music phone. Upstage comes with a unique MP3 form design. One side of the device is a phone the other a MP3 player. Upstage comes packed with a 1.3 megapixel camera, microSD memory card slot, stereo Bluetooth, touch-sensitive media controls and its slim design.
“The UpStage by Samsung is all about innovation and making mobile music easy,” said Oliver Valente, Sprint’s senior vice president of product development. “In an effort to take mobile music to a new level, we focused on optimizing music features and Sprint’s exclusive multimedia content during every step of the development process. Sprint is pleased to offer this revolutionary phone on our powerful high-speed network.”
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March 27th, 2007
Helio has introduced their first QWERTY keyboared phone featuring dual sliding technology. The Helio Ocean is designed by Pantech exclusivly for Helio. It comes packed with a huge 2.4″ 260K QVGA display, stereo speakers, a 2 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth and a microSD memory card slot.
Introducing Ocean™, the world’s first dual-slider combining a traditional numeric keypad and a separate full QWERTY keyboard in a single device. Designed to be the ultimate social networking tool, Ocean merges Instant Messages, text messages, picture messages and emails from all the major portals, ISPs and even corporate Exchange servers, in one location. A 3G media and content powerhouse, Ocean also delivers full over-the-air music downloads, video-on-demand, a high-resolution camera, an HTML browser, MySpace on Helio, GPS-enabled Google Maps™ for mobile, Buddy Beacon™ and much more.
The Helio Ocean should be available this Spring attached with a retail value of $295 USD.
Source: Helio
March 27th, 2007
Telus has sweeten their lineup by introducing the new LG 8600 aka ChocolateFlip. The LG ChocolateFlip features the same touch sensitive keys on the front for media controls along with 1.3 megapixel camera along with all Telus features including TELUS mobile music, TELUS Navigator, TELUS mobile radio, and My Email.As a bonus the ChocolateFlip includes a 1GB microSD memory card and reader. You can pick up the ChocolateFlip now for only $129.99 with three year contract.
Product Page
March 25th, 2007
at&t has picked up the mid-range Nokia 6126. The Nokia 6126 is a Quadband GSM handset with push to flip action, 1.3 megapixel camera, microSD memory card slot, Bluetooth, media player and EDGE. You can pick up the Nokia 6126 for only $79.99 with two year contract.
Source: at&t
March 23rd, 2007
Verizon Wireless has finally pushed out the LG VX9400. The VX9400 is part of Verizon’s MediaFLO V-CAST Mobile TV service. It comes packed with a rotating screen, 1.3 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, microSD memory card slot and EV-DO high-speed data. Currently V-CAST Mobile TV is available in a handful of select areas (press read more to see). You can pick up the VX9400 for only $199.99 on two year contact now.
V-CAST Mobile TV Service is available in the following areas:
AZ: Tucson
CA: Palm Springs
CO: Colorado Springs, Denver
FL: Jacksonville
GA: Atlanta
IL: Chicago
KS/MO: Kansas City, St. Louis, Wichita
LA: New Orleans
MN: Minneapolis
NE: Omaha, Lincoln
NM: Albuquerque, Santa Fe
NV: Las Vegas
OR: Portland
TN: Nashville
TX: Dallas
UT: Salt Lake City
VA: Norfolk, Richmond
WA: Seattle, Spokane
March 23rd, 2007
Motorola and T-Mobile have announced the launch of the MOTORIZR Z3. The RIZR Z3 is a Quadband GSM slider with 2 megapixel camera, microSD memory card slot, music player and T-Mobile’s MyFaves software. The MOTORIZR Z3 comes in pearl blue with soft-touch finish and is available now for only $99.99 with two year contract.
“In keeping with Motorola’s tradition of innovative design and cutting-edge technology, the new MOTORIZR Z3 is Motorola’s first GSM slider form factor – allowing consumers another choice for mobile phones,” said Jim Wicks, vice president, Consumer Design Experience, Motorola, Inc. “Combined with a myriad of features, the beautifully crafted MOTORIZR Z3 also delivers a dynamic imaging and personalization experience.”
T-Mobile Product Page
March 22nd, 2007
Sprint is getting ready to change their music and video features for their Vision and Power Vision subscribers starting next month. Customers have received a insert in their bills telling them that Sprint will be dropping Sirius radio to be replaced by 10 genre-based channels. Sprint also said they will be upgrading their basic mobile TV service by adding content from CNN, The Weather Channel, E!, NFL Network and Fox Sports.
Source: RCR
March 17th, 2007
AT&T has rebranded a former Cingular Wireless store into the company’s first huge store which offers clients 5,000 square-feet of their products and “Eye-catching tattoos. High-tech speakers. Pulsating beats. Four dozen screens. The latest, coolest, hottest wireless phones.”
The new AT&T Experience Store, larger than the typical Cingular store, not only received an extreme makeover – both inside and out – but is the first to demonstrate the benefits of housing AT&T’s product suite under one roof. It is also the first to feature a fully integrated media experience made possible through convergence by encouraging interaction with the company’s extensive portfolio of wireless, broadband, video and wireline voice products and services via several experience and personalization stations located throughout the store.
“The AT&T Experience Store in Houston is what the new AT&T is all about,” said Stan Sigman, Wireless president & CEO, AT&T Inc. “All of the communications and entertainment products consumers want are in one place, and under one roof.”
Source: AT&T
March 17th, 2007
That’s right Canada it’s finally time. As of tomorrow mobile phone clients in Canada can finally move their number to other service providers. This is a big step for Canada and the mobile phone markets. It looks like Canada could get really competitive in the next few days by offering their clients the most value and perks. Wireless Number Portability will also clients to take your number from carrier to carrier (ie. Rogers to Telus) or landline to wireless (vice-versa).
“Wireless Number Portability (WNP) is a wireless consumer’s ability to change service providers within the same general metropolitan area or local calling area and keep their existing phone number. WNP also allows consumers to move a phone number from a wireline phone to a wireless phone (and vice versa). Canada will be the second country in the world (after the US) to offer complete wireless-to-wireless, wireless-to-wireline and wireline-to-wireless portability.”
Formore information about Canada’s wireless number portability please visit wirelessnumberportability.ca
March 13th, 2007
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