Section: Communications, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile When they were announced, the HTC Desire and Legend quickly became the Android phones to want. The announcements at MWC, however, came with no release dates, and no talk of a US release. Now we have no official US release for either phone, though there are now release dates for the UK. Vodaphone UK is now taking update registrations for both the Desire and Legend. Both phones are due out by next month. No exact dates are given, though Amazon.co.uk is listing both phones are coming out on April 1. The Desire and Legend are selling at the online retailer for £439.99 and £389.99 respectively, which translates to $662 and $587 for those who want to import the phones. The latest rumors seem to point at the Desire coming to AT&T, and the Legend coming to Sprint, so importing could be the best option for those who want to use the phone on T-Mobile in the US. It might be worth the price for those who really want the new version of HTC Sense UI. There is always to option to root the Nexus One and flash a user-made ROM of the Sense UI, though that might have a number of bugs for quite some time. Read [Electronista] Full Story » | Written by Shawn Ingram for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 
Section: Communications, Cellphones, Smartphones, Mobile, Web MIX 10 has kicked off, and as you would have expected the press releases have begun to roll out. The first of which gives us some details about what we can expect in terms of the Windows Phone Marketplace. Unfortunately the announcement did not give any launch date for the Marketplace, but with the Windows Phone 7 Series phones not coming anytime soon, I guess we can wait for that as well. And as we have seen with the success of the iPhone and Android, and some of the slump with webOS—the market and the available apps are key. That said, it looks like Microsoft is going in with that in mind because they have announced a pretty decent list of launch partners, which include; “The Associated Press, Archetype International Inc., AWS Convergence Technologies – WeatherBug, Citrix Systems Inc., Clarity Consulting Inc., Cypress Consulting, EA Mobile, Fandango Inc., Foursquare Labs Inc., frog design inc., Glu Mobile Inc., Graphic.ly, Hudson Entertainment Inc., IdentityMine Inc., IMDb.com Inc., Larva Labs, Match.com LLC, Matchbox Mobile Ltd., Microsoft Game Studios, Namco Networks America Inc., Oberon Media Inc., Pageonce Inc., Pandora Media Inc., Photobucket Inc., PopCap Games Inc., Seesmic, Shazam Entertainment Ltd., Sling Media, SPB Software Inc., stimulant, TeleCommunications Systems Inc., Touchality LLC and Vertigo Software Inc.”
Additional details about the market include the ability for one-time credit card purchases, carrier billing and free apps that are advertising supported. And as a plus, customers will be able to try before they buy. Read [Microsoft] Via [Gizmodo] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 
Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile, Reviews, Peep Shows, Features Another smartphone has made its way into my home office, unfortunately, like the others this is also a review unit that will go back in a few weeks—but still fun to play with for a little while. The phone is the recently released Motorola Devour, which is available with Verizon Wireless. I have yet to really get super involved with the Devour, but first impressions that I can mention include that I like MOTOBLUR much more than expected and this phone is solid. Its a little bigger than I would prefer to carry everyday, but at the same time it feels comfortable in hand. I am working on putting a full review together, but in the meantime check out the gallery below. I have included several shots of the phone itself as well as a few with it sitting next to a Droid Eris, which is also available with Verizon. Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 
Section: Communications, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile  According to reports in a Chinese newspaper, HTC has already begun shipping a CDMA version of the popular Android based Nexus One to Verizon and it should be on sale by early next month. This will come as good news to Android lovers, many who have been waiting anxiously. UK carrier Vodafone is also said to be getting the handset. It will be a pure CDMA phone (not a world phone) with all the same features as its GSM counterpart.
HTC is also set to launch its mini Windows Mobile based smartphone today in Taiwan and Wednesday in Hong Kong. There's no word on when or if the U.S. will see this phone or on any pricing details for the CDMA Nexus One. Read [Digitimes] Full Story » | Written by Sue Walsh for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 
Section: Communications, Cellular Providers, Email / IM, Smartphones, Mobile  Today, in addition to the 4 new devices announced, AT&T offered up their plan to earn your quick messaging device dollars. In all, three new services are designed to make your low-cost device behave more like an expensive smartphone at a fraction of the cost. The services use the web in smart ways.
AT&T Address Book Sync Today, and frankly much overdue, AT&T announced the addition of address book syncing via the internet. The phones address book will sync with AT&T online site and allow you to access these contacts online as well. That means no more phone-to-phone brain dumps, no more paying someone to off-load your contacts. Even better, the service is free and the syncing is automatic. Next Generation Messaging Messaging on AT&T phones just got a bit smarter. Adding the capability to text up to 10 numbers at once long with reply all, AT&T is encouraging users to make the most out of their messaging phones. Additonally, messages are now threaded or grouped together by subject so you can see what everyone is saying, not just the author of the last text. Getting everyone on the same page will be much easier with these new features. AT&T Mobile Share This $10 a month service might just be enough to help you avoid a smartphone data charge. AT&T offers up 250MB of free storage online allowing users to upload videos and pictures at full resolution and then simple distribution to social networking sites like Facebook or allowing them to be sent via email. Content in their online storage can be accessed anytime via online or from the handset. The $10 monthly fee includes 50 transfers. Ease of use is what AT&T is aiming for here as well as a way for messaging customers to edge closer to a full-time data connection. Press release: [AT&T] Full Story » | Written by JG Mason for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 
Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Email / IM, Mobile 
AT&T announced two Samsung devices, the Strive and Sunburst as well as two Pantech devices, Link and Pursuit as part of the there new Spring line up. AT&T also announced services to make their quick messaging phones behave more like costly smartphones at a much lower price. The services are designed to mimic the sharing features of media created on the devices. AT&T adds two touchscreen devices, the Samsung Sunburst and Pantech Pursuit. The Samsung Sunburst has a 3.0” touchscreen, complete with a soft keyboard. Apps like Facebook and MySpace as well as easy access to quick messaging are the focussed features of the devices. The Pantech Pursuit, is a touchscreen phone but also features a vertical slide-out QWERTY keypad. The Sunburst will be available on March 21 and cost $39.99 after rebates and contract. The non-touchscreen phones are the Samsung Strive, a vertical slider and the Pantech Link, a QWERTY candybar-style phone. The Strive follows the older Propel in styling while the Pantech Link is designed along similar lines to the Pantech Slate. The Strive will be $19.99 after rebates and contract on March 21. The Link is available at an undisclosed price “in the coming weeks.” Read: [AT&T release] Full Story » | Written by JG Mason for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 
Section: Communications, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Broadband Cards, Mobile  Tethering seems to getting more popular, maybe not enough so that everyone wants it, but at least at the point that non-geeky users seem to at least know what it is. And with that it seems more carriers are beginning to add options for tethering. Of course the most wanted, AT&T and the iPhone, is still not showing any sign of coming soon but others are.
This latest case is coming out of Canada, and the carrier is Bell. Anyway, it appears that they have added a mention of Internet tethering in with their smartphone plans. The plan details now read the amount of bandwidth allowed followed by “of data for personal email, Internet browsing, instant messaging, and tethering.” The end is the key portion here, but unfortunately it looks like this tethering allowance is combined with the regular data usage. In other words, users will have to be careful and not go over the allowance. So maybe its not ideal but at least its available. Read [Bell] Via [PreCentral] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 
Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Smartphones, Mobile More information regarding that mysterious BlackBerry slider seems to be coming out. The details are coming courtesy of the Boy Genius Report who claim to have received word from one of their “solid connects.” That said, this information does seem believable, but should still be placed in the rumor category. Anyway, on with the rumored details. The recently pictured BlackBerry slider is going to become available with Sprint. But that seems like it will be just one model. In addition to the Sprint version it was also mentioned that their will be a GSM/HSPA version which will have support for the 850/1900MHz UMTS bands that are needed for AT&T and Rogers. Other details include that the slider will launch with as the BlackBerry 9000 and BlackBerry 9300. Nothing was mentioned in terms of a time frame for release, but they did say that the slider does not seem to be connected at all to the Bold name. Read [BGR] Image via [BlackBerry Leaks] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for Gadgetell. | Comment on this Article »
 
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