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News and devices from the 3GSM consortium.
Verizon Samsung Saga to Launch on Friday
By Humberto Saabedra on November 11, 2008
A HowardForums member has confirmed the forthcoming release of the Samsung i770 Saga through Telesales and online with a retail launch set for December 1st. The device will be priced at $269.99 after a new 2 year agreement before an additional $70 mail-in rebate, bringing the total to $189.99. The device will feature Windows Mobile […]
Posted in CDMA2000, EDGE, EV-DO, GSM, Navigation, Samsung, Verizon, Wi-Fi | Tagged Friday, launch, Saga, Samsung, Verizon | 1 Response

AT&T Launches Samsung a777 Slider
By Humberto Saabedra on November 11, 2008
Posted in AT&T, EDGE, GSM, HSPA, Samsung, UMTS | Tagged a777, AT&T, Launches, Samsung, slider
AT&T Launches Quickfire and HTC Fuze
By Humberto Saabedra on November 10, 2008
As expected, AT&T has launched the long-awaited HTC Fuze along with the Quickfire multimedia device, Â Â The Fuze features Windows Mobile 6.1, VGA resolution touch display, TouchFLO 3D with AT&T customizations, quadband GSM/EDGE, triband HSDPA with support for Japanese/Korean sub-bands, Wi-Fi radio, simultaneous voice/data, 512MB internal memory with microSDHC expansion slot, push to talk, 3.2 […]
Posted in AT&T, EDGE, GSM, HSPA, HTC, Java, Navigation, PCD, UMTS, Wi-Fi | Tagged AT&T, Fuze, HTC, Launches, Quickfire | 2 Responses

T-Mobile Launches Samsung Behold
By Humberto Saabedra on November 9, 2008
T-Mobile has officially launched the first Samsung GSM TouchWiz enabled device in the US with the Samsung T919 Behold. The complete featureset for the device consists of a 3 inch WQVGA resolution display with haptic feedback, quadband GSM/EDGE with single-band HSDPA support, 5.0 megapixel camera with flash and video recorder, GPS support through T-Mobile Navigator, […]
Posted in EDGE, GSM, HSPA, Navigation, Samsung, T-Mobile | Tagged Behold, Launches, Samsung, T-Mobile | 5 Responses

HTC Opens Half-Complete Product Page for AT&T Fuze
By Humberto Saabedra on November 7, 2008
HTC has opened the product page for the forthcoming AT&T Fuze, with a bit of a twist. Since the page is using old markup from the HTC Tilt page as a template for quick deployment, the header, footer and buy links point to the Tilt despite the actual page for the Fuze being complete and […]
Posted in AT&T, EDGE, GSM, HSPA, HTC, Navigation, UMTS, Wi-Fi | Tagged AT&T, Fuze, Half-Complete, HTC, Opens, page, Product | 2 Responses

Samsung Gravity and Behold Announced by T-Mobile
By Humberto Saabedra on November 7, 2008
T-Mobile has announced two new Samsung handsets in time for the holidays.  The Samsung Gravity will be available on T-Mobile on November 17th for $49.99 after new 2 year agreement and rebates. As we previously reported, the Gravity will feature a sliding hardware QWERTY keyboard, quadband GSM/EDGE, 1.3 megapixel camera with video recorder, wireless backup […]
Posted in EDGE, GSM, HSPA, Navigation, Samsung, T-Mobile, UMTS | Tagged Announced, Behold, Gravity, Samsung, T-Mobile | 1 Response

AT&T to Launch HTC Fuze on November 11th
By Humberto Saabedra on November 6, 2008
Posted in AT&T, EDGE, GSM, HSPA, HTC, Navigation, UMTS, Wi-Fi | Tagged 11th, AT&T, Fuze, HTC, launch, November | 6 Responses
AT&T Quickfire to Launch November 10th
By Humberto Saabedra on November 5, 2008
New launch and specification information has surfaced regarding the AT&T Quickfire. The device will launch for $249.99 with No Commitment on top of its $149.99 price point after new 2 year agreement before an additional $50 mail-in rebate, bringing the total to $99.99 on November 10th. The specifications for the device are fixed at quadband […]
Posted in AT&T, EDGE, GSM, HSPA, Navigation, PCD, UMTS | Tagged 10th, AT&T, launch, November, Quickfire | 1 Response
Best Buy Mobile to Sell Unlocked, Subsidized Handsets with T-Mobile Contract on November 16th
By Humberto Saabedra on November 5, 2008
Best Buy Mobile employees have been confirming via HowardForums that it will begin offering T-Mobile service nationwide via unlocked device sales and contracts with subsidies beginning on November 16th. This little-known sales tactic in the US is quite common in European and Asian countries, where providers will subsidize unlocked devices in order to grab customers […]
Posted in EDGE, GSM, Nokia, T-Mobile | Tagged 16th, Best, Buy, contracts, Handsets, mobile, November, Sell, Subsidies, T-Mobile, Unlocked | 3 Responses

AT&T Launches BlackBerry Bold
By Humberto Saabedra on November 4, 2008
After many delays, AT&T has officially launched the evolution of the BlackBerry platform in the Bold 9000. The device features a landscape half VGA (480×320) display, quadband GSM/EDGE access, triband W-CDMA with support for UMTS and HSDPA high speed data access, full international 3G roaming with support for Japanese and Korean sub-bands, Wi-Fi radio with […]
Posted in AT&T, BlackBerry, EDGE, GSM, HSPA, Navigation, UMTS, Wi-Fi | Tagged AT&T, blackberry, Bold, Launches | 3 Responses