By Humberto Saabedra on March 5, 2009
Not a day after Palm had confirmed the pending release of the Palm Treo Pro for Sprint later this month, Alltel has launched its branded version for Alltel customers. The device features a 2.4 inch touchscreen display set at 320×320 resolution, Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, hotkeys for messaging and device navigation, Wi-Fi radio, Bluetooth with […]
Posted in Alltel, CDMA2000, EV-DO, Navigation, Palm, Wi-Fi | Tagged Alltel, Launches, pro, treo
By Humberto Saabedra on March 3, 2009
As our intrepid Editor In Chief revealed today, Sprint will be launching a revamped version of the hugely successful LG Rumor, now known as the Rumor 2. The Rumor 2 marks an evolution of the horizontal slider with an additional row of keys for number input along with upgraded hardware including EVDO data, a 2 […]
Posted in CDMA2000, EV-DO, LG, Navigation, Sprint | Tagged 2, LG, rumor, sprint |
By Humberto Saabedra on March 1, 2009
Following up on the employee slide leak last week, Verizon has officially announced the LG Versa. The LG Versa is a touch screen device which features a 3 inch WQVGA resolution display, Visual Voicemail support, GPS support via VZ Navigator V CAST Music with Rhapsody and Video support, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, a 2.0 […]
Posted in BREW, CDMA2000, EV-DO, LG, Verizon | Tagged Verizon Announces LG |
By Humberto Saabedra on February 23, 2009
Verizon Wireless has officially announced the third Push-to-Talk handset in their nascent lineup with the PCD CDM-8975 clamshell. The CDM-8975 features EVDO Rev. A data access, Push-to-Talk service with dedicated button, full access to VCAST Music with Rhapsody and Video, VZNavigator support, microSDHC expansion slot, media player with external controls, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, […]
Posted in CDMA2000, EV-DO, PCD, Verizon | Tagged Announces, CDM-8975, PCD, Push To Talk, Verizon |
By Humberto Saabedra on February 19, 2009
Internal employee slides have revealed pricing and availability details for the Verizon LG VX9600, now officially known as the LG Versa. The high-end multimedia device will be available on March 1st for $449.99 Month to Month, $319.99 on a 1 year agreement, and $249.99 on a 2 year agreement before an additional $50 mail-in rebate, […]
Posted in CDMA2000, EV-DO, LG, Navigation, Verizon | Tagged LG, Verizon, Versa
By Humberto Saabedra on February 10, 2009
Nokia has officially launched the NAM version of the E63 smart device outside of its flagship Nokia Store locations in New York and Chicago. The device features a QVGA display, quadband GSM/EDGE and dualband UMTS, Wi-Fi radio with SIP support, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, S60 operating system, microSDHC expansion slot, speakerphone, and a 2.0 megapixel camera with video recorder and […]
Posted in EDGE, EV-DO, GSM, HSPA, Navigation, Nokia, Symbian, UMTS, Wi-Fi | Tagged E63, launch, Nokia, Sales, Third-Party |
By Humberto Saabedra on February 3, 2009
PhoneNews.com can confirm that MetroPCS is planning to rollout EVDO data access in non-AWS markets beginning at the end of this month with the launch of the RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330, which will be an exclusive to Best Buy locations in Metro PCS markets with legacy CDMA band support (such as Miami, Orlando, Jacksonville, Dallas, […]
Posted in BlackBerry, CDMA2000, EV-DO, MetroPCS | Tagged blackberry, curve, Metro, pcs |
By Humberto Saabedra on January 24, 2009
According to an internal memo passed to Best Buy employees this week, Sprint has pushed back the launch of the Treo Pro smart device to February 15th for as yet unknown reasons, although Sprint representatives had stated earlier this week that the device was still undergoing the final phases of testing before launch. 1,900 units […]
Posted in CDMA2000, EV-DO, HTC, Navigation, Palm, Sprint, Wi-Fi | Tagged Delays, launch, pro, sprint, treo |