Sprint Begins Online Palm Pre Sales
After launching exclusively via retail and Telesales due to initial inventory concerns, Sprint has begun direct online sales of the Palm Pre to new and upgrade eligible customers. The phone is available for $299.99 after new 2 year agreement before an additional $100 mail-in rebate, bringing the total to $199.99
AT&T to Launch Netbook Sales Across Retail Footprint and Online
After a sales trial period in Atlanta and Philadelphia, AT&T has officially announced pending nationwide availability of its subsidized netbook lineup across its retail footprint as a part of its retail store redesign and will also begin online sales in the coming week. Currently, AT&T’s netbook lineup consists of the Acer Aspire One, Dell Inspiron […]
Deal: Nokia 3-Hour Sale
From now until midnight CST, Nokia USA is offering the highest discounts ever on their highest profile devices online. The recently released Nokia E75 is discounted at its lowest level ever from its MSRP of $529 to $265 reflecting a 50% discount. The next highest discount percentages are found in the Nokia E63 (40%), E66 […]
AT&T Allows Online Purchase and Home Activation of iPhone 3G
Following months of of speculation, AT&T and Apple have begun offering the iPhone 3G online with home activation options, albeit with the caveats that the phone must be activated within three days of receipt in order to avoid being charged for the full cost of the device, and the service only applies to new accounts […]
T-Mobile Launches Samsung Gravity Online
After a few days of anticipation, the Samsung Gravity has been launched by T-Mobile online. As PhoneNews.com reported previously, the messaging device features a sliding hardware QWERTY keyboard, quadband GSM/EDGE, 1.3 megapixel camera with video recorder, wireless backup support, microSDHC expansion slot, media player, microUSB port, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, speakerphone, voice control, and myFaves support. […]
Verizon Launches Casio Boulder Online
Verizon has launched the second EVDO Rev. A capable PTT handset in their planned arsenal to compete with Sprint in the imminent battle between both providers for the highly lucrative Push to Talk market. Like the Motorola Adventure, the Boulder features a MilSpec bodyshell that is shock, dust, and water resistant and features EVDO Rev. […]
Alltel to Launch BlackBerry 8330 Curve on May 1st, Launches Online Presale Campaign
Alltel has launched a pre order campaign for their highly anticipated CDMA version of the BlackBerry Curve. The device is expected to be identical to the forthcoming Sprint and Verizon versions with a QVGA landscape display, full QWERTY keyboard, trackball navigation as found on the Pearl, GPS support, microSD expansion slot, Bluetooth with stereo audio […]
Deal: AT&T Offering Refurbished 8GB iPhone Online
AT&T has now begun to offer the refurbished 8GB iPhone online. The huge deal that refurbished iPhones represent meant that they were only offered in-store on a strict first come first serve basis with very limited availability and a limit of one per customer to prevent resellers from marking up the devices for pure profit. […]
Sprint Now Advertising Unlimited Access Plan Online (Updated)
Sprint is now officially launching an unlimited access plan previously offered to customers in select markets beginning last year. For $119.99 a month customers can have unlimited access to domestic voice and data services, but it is currently unclear if the plan includes phone as modem access. Sprint has also launched a companion website, but […]
Sprint Discontinues Online Phone Activation
Within the past week, Sprint has shutdown their online activation web site, activate.sprintpcs.com and it now forwards to their online store. The site had become extremely deprecated, unable to activate any PDA, or swap phones for most current customers. Considering that the site provided use only to customers who currently had a non-Vision phone, to […]