A White version of the Blackberry Pearl has recently been launched by T-Mobile. This white version of the first multimedia capable BlackBerry is exclusively available via this carrier. It is myFaves compatible and has the unlimited data plan option for $19.99 a month. Features of the BlackBerry Pearl include: – 240×260 screen – 64MB built-in memory – Quad-band GSM with EDGE – 1.3 megapixel camera – Instant messaging – Push email The BlackBery Pearl White is available from T-Mobile for $149.99 with a 2-year contract and after a $50 mail-in rebate. The original black version is also available with the same price tag.
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Fresh from Yankodesign, this particular concept phone is the brainchild of Sunman Kwon. Worn around the wrist, touching a button on the knuckle turns the device on, projecting a 3×4 keypad unto your fingers, enabling the user to treat each joint as a button. Available images suggest that it will come with a circular display, possibly with video telephony capability, and hypothesized with either integrated handsfree or bluetooth capability. Whether this particular concept will see mass production is anyone’s guess. If ever it does, it will be a long time from now. The adage will have to be modified to “Reach out and touch someone, by touching yourself.”
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Three words come to mind when you first encounter the Pantech U170: Simple, Elegant, Elite. This clamshell phone comes in a fashionable metal casing, and features a 2.2-inch QVGA 260k color LCD display, 128 polyphonic ring tones and a multi-tasking MP3 player. It also has a document viewer with support for popular MS office file types. What makes this handset particularly cool and the first of its kind is that it’s the first phone to have a face recognition based game. The built-in camera tracks facial movement and uses these instead of the usual controllers. Users will be able to view their faces in real time while playing with the IM-U170.
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It began with Sprint Nextel, followed by Cingular (now AT&T) and now Verizon Wireless follows suite. Verizon will now charge its subscribers $.15, up from $.10, for each SMS, whether it’s incoming or outgoing. This price increase will begin on the 1st of March, and will affect all customers except those who are subscribed to a messaging plan. Available info via FAQ isn’t clear as to whether Verizon will allow customers who don’t have a text messaging plan to terminate their contracts without paying the corresponding fee, though it has been reported that Customer Service Reps have been offering to disable the text messaging feature for free as it is the only item that has been affected by the price change.
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The folks over at the FCC have approved the E65 meaning that this new business phone from Nokia is going to be hitting US shores soon. The handset has been making waves since its images were recently leaked online. The slider phone, with multi-media capabilities, features 70MB of internal storage with a microSD expansion slot, 2 megapixel camera, IrDA and bluetooth connectivity. It’s VoIP call ability is going to be a major selling point as it has Wi-Fi capabilities.
[ FCC Approves Nokia E65 Via Sonicdigitals Blogs ]
Come Monday, January 15, when the merger that made Cingular, AT&T and Bellsouth into share one umbrella becomes executory as it has been approved by the Federal regulators, the re-rebranding of Cingular will start taking place, and will soon be known as AT&T, not AT&T Wireless as this was the name that Cingular rebranded as the result of another merger a couple of years back. National ads will be launched that will focus on customer recall that “Cingular is now the new AT&T”, as well as the “Wireless from AT&T” catchphrase. As MobileTracker writes, “Initially advertisements will feature a transitional graphic that includes both logos much like what happened with the AT&T Wireless transition.” And according to PhoneScoop, “They will feature scenes where it looks like the Cingular “bars” are being illustrated and zoom out to show that it was actually the AT&T globe.” It is noteworthy that Cingular spent around 5 billion rebranding what used to be AT&T Wireless, according to Mobiletracker, and that almost a billion of that was spent last year.
[ Say Goodbye to Cingular and Hello to AT&T Via Sonicdigitals Blogs ]
As we have mentioned in our previous Apple iPhone post, the name iPhone has been owned by Cisco since the mid-’90s, has even launched said phone recently. After the Applie iPhone announcement at MacWorld yesterday, Cisco issued and official statement, and we quote, “Given Apple’s numerous requests for permission to use Cisco’s iPhone trademark over the past several years and our extensive discussions with them recently, it is our belief that with their announcement today, Apple intends to agree to the final document and public statement that were distributed to them last night and that addressed a few remaining items. We expect to receive a signed agreement today.” However,it seems that the negotiations between Apple and Cisco has taken a nosedive, as Cisco has changed its tune as they have sued Apple for trademark infringement. Cisco has filed in a federal court for a petition for an injunction, to prevent Apple from committing infringement. Cisco’s senior vice president and general counsel, Mark Chandler has this to say, “”Cisco entered into negotiations with Apple in good faith after Apple repeatedly asked permission to use Cisco’s iPhone name..There is no doubt that Apple’s new phone is very exciting, but they should not be using our trademark without our permission.”
[ iPhone News: Cisco vs. Apple Begins Via Sonicdigitals Blogs ]
Hear, hear! Not skipping a beat, Cingular has announced that Apple iPhone lovers can now sign-up for one while drooling in anticipation
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Calling all AT&T/Cingular subscribers! Grab this opportunity to call anyone within the AT&T family as the company has just launched its AT&T Unity campaign, which AT&T calls the largest few calling community in the US, which allows unlimited calling for At&T to At&T subscribers. The promo kicks off on Sunday. To qualify, one must be subscribed to both wirelss and wireline (local long distance) service and must be covered by plans over $60 USD per month. FOr more information, visit http://www.cingular.com/learn/why/unity/?DCMP=att_unity.
[ Free Unlimited Calling via AT&T Unity Via Sonicdigitals Blogs ]
It seems that NTT DoCoMo has the monopoly on Bravia phones in Japan as the latest Sony Ericsson mobile TV phone, the SO903iTV is coming out bearing the mobile service provider’s flag. This latest handset for NTT DoCoMo comes with a 3 inch 240 x 432 pixel LCD screen and is able to produce a 16:9 ratio picture. This handset uses the latest Bravia Engine for Mobile Phones, developed by Sony in tandem with Sony Ericsson. Aside from being able to recieve Mobile TV service, you can record video on the internal memory or external memory via microSD expansion slot. This clamshell phone sports a 2 megapixel camera, Felica, GPS, 3G roaming capabilities, and a document viewer.
[ Sony Ericsson SO903iTV for NTT DoCoMo Via Sonicdigitals Blogs ]
