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June 21, 2006

Updated XDA Atom Exec from O2 in Asia

At the CommunicAsia expo this week O2 announced an update to the XDA Atom Exec. Although the phone is mearly six months old, and already ahead of the game in many aspects O2 felt the Atom was beckoning for some changes.
Original Specifications of the O2 Atom:

Windows Mobile 5.0
GSM/GPRS/EDGE
802.11b WiFi
Bluetooth 1.2
2.7″ 240×320 pixel display
2 megapixel CMOS […]

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June 20, 2006

Verizon Wireless Music Phone Samsung SCH-A930

The latest music phone to be released from Verizon Wireless is the Samsung SCH-A930. Contrary to other phone manufacturers Samsung is going a bit against the grain with this far from slim design. I find it to be one of the most refreshing phone models to be released this quarter. It has a strong industry […]

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New Samsung Handset SGH-X680

Samsung has released a prototype of the SGH-X680 entry level handset, that has a very simple smooth and classy look. Samsung is considering the SGH-X680 to be a budget phone, it does come fully loaded with features one wouldn’t expect from a budget phone unit. The screen has a 128 x 160 pixel internal display […]

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May 31, 2006

Sprint PCS Kicks Off LG Fusic Handset

Sprint, which has certainly been on the rise since the aquisition of Nextel for US$35Billion Last August, has just announced the launce of a new music salient phone driven by the increase in demand for handsets with music capabilities. The LG Fusic will be exclusive to Sprint, and will support Sprint’s music store for over […]

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May 19, 2006

Sony Ericsson Announces W710i and W850i handsets

The Sony Ericsson W70i is a unique athletic approach to handset design. One of it’s exclusive features is a motion sensor that tracks speed, distance and time. It also includes many health conscious consumer friendly applications that can help improve and track your fitness. Other standard features include;

Quad Band EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
Main display: 176×220 pixel screen […]

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May 5, 2006

Helio Launches Cell Phone Services and Devices

Since the inception of Helio last year by a joint venture with Earthlink and SK Telecom Korea - Their plan to introduce new multimedia geared 3G phones to the U.S. market fully capable of impressing all your cell phone mongering friends.
Helio is an MVNO of Sprint Nextel and uses their wireless infrastructure. However they do […]

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May 2, 2006

Mobile Broadband Pricing On The Decline

With Broadband over mobile devices becoming more of a rage, and to accomodate all the new media applications as well as wireless television. International mobile carriers are dropping thier mobile broadband rates signifigantly.
Vodafone, a New Zeland wireless provider, recently announced a 66% drop in thier mobile data rates - from $ 149-00 per GB to […]

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April 28, 2006

New Motorola Phone Models Include Pink Slvr and Blue Razr

With the huge success of the Razr series phone models, and now with the addition of Slvr - a candybaresque version of the Razr. Motorola is onto producing more clones and novelties to inflate even more sales with thier Razr/Slvr line. Not that I don’t like the models, but I’ve never seen this many revisions […]

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April 25, 2006

Nokia N73 3.2 Megapixel Camera Phone

Nokia has seen prominent success with their N70 model, which focuses largely on being a high quality digital camera. The N73 is an update to the n70, and will be dished out in 3 different styles; silver grey/deep plum, frost white/metallic red and frost white/mocha brown.
Nokia N73 Features:
3.2 megapixel camera
3G or quadband EDGE/GSM (various models […]

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April 11, 2006

HSBC and First Direct to offer mobile banking service

HSBC and First Direct have teamed up with MoniLink, a joint service venture from Morse and the cash machine network LINK.
The application will allow users to query thier bank statements, as well as check pending balance enquiries. Next generation mobile bankers will be able to simpley download and install the application onto thier Java compatible […]

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