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Archive for October 6th, 2008

Pantech C610 Clamshell Debuts on AT&T

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AT&T today announced the debut of the Pantech C610, a clamshell that offers multimedia, GPS and phone applications.

The C610 features an integrated 1.3-megapixel camera with built-in flash to record, send and receive video messages. It has AT&T’s 3G network for Video Share calling.

For music-playing functionality, users can [...]

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iPhone 3G Entices Mobile-Carrier Defections (NewsFactor)

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NewsFactor – The NPD Group, a market-research firm, reports that 30 percent of the U.S. consumers who purchased Apple’s iPhone 3G from its release on July 11 through August switched mobile carriers in order to join AT&T, which holds exclusive U.S. sales rights for the red-hot device.

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Motorola VU204 Announced for Verizon on Oct. 14

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Verizon Wireless today announced the Motorola VU204 available for purchase on Oct. 14.

The VU204 can access to popular messaging features such as mobile IM, email, and text and picture messaging. The dedicated camera key captures candid moments with a VGA camera with 4x digital zoom. [...]

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Motorola Rapture VU30 Launches for Verizon on Oct. 14

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Verizon Wireless today introduced the Motorola Rapture VU30 available for purchase on Oct. 14.

The Rapture VU30’s clamshell design has a touch-sensitive external display to quickly capture pictures and access music. Customers can access more than 5 million songs. Using VCAST Music with Rhapsody, they [...]

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Samsung Sway Slim Slider Launches for Verizon on Oct. 14

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Verizon Wireless today announced the Samsung Sway, a slim slider with a silver finish.

The Sway has an MP3 player to access more than 5 million songs. Using VCAST Music with Rhapsody, music can be side-loaded from a PC with a USB cable.

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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Takes on Apple iPhone

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Nokia today unveiled the 5800 Xpressmusic, its first touch screen phone, priced well below Apple’s iPhone model.

The Finnish cell phone maker hopes to tap consumers for whom the iPhone has been too expensive, selling its 5800 XpressMusic at $395 (279 euros). Consumers in many large markets will get the phone [...]

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Motorola W450 Rugged Clamshell Released for T-Mobile

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T-Mobile today announced the Motorola W450, a sporty, durable clamshell with a rubberized external coating.

The W450 is built for action. A chin bar at the base of the phone lets users clip it to a belt or pack. In addition to its sturdy exterior, users can look up symptoms and first [...]

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Nokia to Buy Oz Communications

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Finnish cell phone maker Nokia said today it will buy mobile messaging company Oz Communications to give consumers access to instant messaging services and emails through their mobile devices.

Users will be able to access AOL, Gmail, ICQ, Windows Live Hotmail, Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo.

Privately owned Oz is headquartered in Montreal and has about 220 [...]

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LG KP500 Affordable Touch Screen Phone Launched

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LG Electronics today announced the launch of KP500, an affordable handset with touch screen technology.

Advanced handwriting recognition writes memos and text messages, and edit photo images by touching the screen with the pen tip. A QWERTY onscreen keyboard slides into view when the KP500 is held horizontally, and the auto rotating display always shifts images [...]

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Samsung Pixon has 8MP Camera Phone and Touch Screen

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Samsung is launching an 8.0-megapixel camera phone Europe and Asia, allowing people to use touch screen features for a more camera-like feel.

Korea-based Samsung said the Pixon is its slimmest 8.0-megapixel camera phone yet, measuring just 13.8mm. It features a 16x digital zoom, auto-focus, fast-shutter, face detection and geo-tagging and comes with a 3.2-inch full-touch screen [...]

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