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The new BlackBerry Bold 9700 will be in stores from both AT&T and T-Mobile in time for the holiday season. It will be the first 3G-powered BlackBerry smartphone available from T-Mobile, and also the first smartphone from Research In Motion (RIM) that includes built-in support for both 3G connectivity and voice calls over Wi-Fi.

The BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone includes support for 3G HSDPA networks around the world, a next-generation (624 MHz) processor, 256MB Flash memory, built-in GPS and Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g).

It also has a full-QWERTY keyboard, a touch-sensitive optical trackpad, 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, flash and video recording; and a music and video player. A hot-swappable microSD/SDHC memory card slot gives you additional storage for multimedia files. A 2GB memory card is included with support for 32GB cards. Read more

AT&T and HTC just announced the upcoming availability of the HTC Tilt 2 and the HTC PURE with Windows Mobile 6.5. The HTC PURE is a compact touch screen smartphone and the HTC Tilt 2 has a tilting touch screen and a slide out full QWERTY keyboard.

Both phones feature the TouchFLO 3D interface on a large touch screen and provide full access to voice, text, or email in a single contact view, regardless of whether voice, text or email was used. This view can be accessed from the contact card or in the in-call screen during a phone conversation.

HTC Tilt 2 - The HTC Tilt 2 features a 3.6-inch widescreen WVGA display which can be tilted, and a QWERTY keyboard. For speakerphone use, it includes dual speakers and dual microphones with advanced noise cancellation, and HTC's Straight Talk for conference calling. The speakerphone can be activated by simply turning over the device. The HTC Tilt 2 also features a 3.2 megapixel camera. The HTC Tilt 2 will be available in the coming weeks for $299.99 (after $50 mail-in-rebate, two-year agreement on a minimum $69.99 plan required).Read more

AT&T and Garmin announced this week that the Garmin nüvifone G60 will be available beginning Sunday, October 4.

The nüvifone G60 integrates a GPS navigator with voice, data and mobile web. The device comes preloaded with maps and millions of points of interest for North America and can be mounted in the car with the included dashboard and windshield mount. You can receive turn-by-turn voice-prompted directions and the device has a "Where am I?" feature so you'll know your exact latitude and longitude coordinates, nearest address, intersection, hospital, police station and gas station. Another handy feature is if you can't find your car, nüvifone will automatically mark the position in which it was last removed from the windshield mount.

A full HTML browser can be accessed via AT&T's 3G network, or AT&T's 20,000 Wi-Fi hotspots. The touch-screen virtual keyboard includes predictive text, and is customizable to QWERTY or A to Z. Read more

TomTom just announced the new TomTom XL 340S LIVE, a mid-range GPS that features Local Search powered by Google, real-time traffic information and TomTom Fuel Price Service. AT&T will be providing the wireless connection to the device.

The TomTom XL 340S LIVE also includes IQ Routes technology, TomTom Weather and QuickGPSfix. All LIVE Services work right out of the box via a built-in wireless modem. Three months of service is included in the box.Read more

Garmin and AT&T just announced that AT&T will be the wireless network provider for the nuvi 1690, a portable navigation device (PND) with built-in wireless planned for release later this year.

The nuvi 1690 will come with Garmin's nuLink!, a service that will give customers mobile access to Google Local search and up-to-date local information, including traffic, weather, fuel prices, movie listings, flight status, local events, and white page telephone listings. The service also features Ciao!, Garmin's location-based social networking system.

The nuvi 1690 will come with two years of free Garmin nuLink! service, and will have maps of North America preloaded. It is expected to be available in the fourth quarter of 2009 for $499.99. After the first two years of service, the price of the Garmin nuLink! service is $5.00/month. Read more

AT&T has announced an expansion of its mobile broadband-enabled netbook lineup. The new devices, which will be available in stores and online in the coming days, features three ultra portable mobile broadband netbooks - the Acer Aspire One, the Dell Inspiron Mini 10, and the Lenovo S10.

AT&T will offer the Acer Aspire One throughout stores nationwide. The Dell Inspiron Mini 10 and Lenovo S10 will be available in multiple stores and all devices will be available for purchase soon online at www.att.com and other direct sales channels. The netbooks will cost $199.99 after mail-in rebate via AT&T Promotion Card with a two-year service contract.

All three of these netbooks are excellent! They will all feature 10-inch screens, house 1GB of RAM, feature a built-in webcam, weigh less than 3lbs, use Microsoft Windows XP Home and feature a 160GB HDD.Read more

The Nokia Surge is a socially supercharged smartphone powered by the nation's fastest 3G network. It will be available online and in AT&T stores on July 19th, the Nokia Surge is an ideal device for active consumers who like to stay connected whether using IM, text or email, sending multimedia messages, AT&T Video Share, or updating and connecting via their favorite social networks.

The Nokia Surge comes equipped with a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard in a slim, stylish design and Symbian S60 multi-tasking capabilities. It also offers an excellent web browser with Flash support, to view most sites in full HTML or watch YouTube videos. Nokia Surge allows users to post messages, images, videos, and comments to web sites like Facebook on-the-go with the pre-installed JuiceCaster application. Grab yours for only $79.99 when it launches this week!

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AT&T just announced that on July 19th the BlueAnt Q1 Voice Controlled Bluetooth Headset with Multipoint will be available in AT&T stores and online at www.wireless.att.com.

The BlueAnt Q1 is a noise-cancelling headset that you control using your voice. All you have to do is push a button and say, "What can I say?" and the headset will give you a menu of voice commands. Much easier than memorizing different button combinations.

The Q1 also features BlueAnt's Voice Isolation Technology software which distinguishes your voice from other background noise. This makes your call much clearer than some of the other headsets in the marketplace. And with true multipoint technology, calls can be managed from two phones at the same time.

The BlueAnt Q1 will be available for $129.99 on July 19th at AT&T stores and online at www.wireless.att.com. To learn more about the BlueAnt Q1, visit www.myblueant.com.

Motorola and AT&T today announced its latest social messaging slider, the Motorola Karma QA1. This curvy and compact device is designed for social networking with its one-click access to Facebook and MySpace…right from the homescreen.

Motorola Karma features a 2.0 megapixel camera, aGPS, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and IM-style texting with an all-in-one view of messages. It also includes popular IM services like Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Live Messenger. For music fans, the phone includes a 3.5 mm headphone jack.

Motorola Karma QA1 will be available beginning June 28 at AT&T stores and www.wireless.att.com for $79.99 after mail-in rebate with a two-year service agreement for wireless voice plans of $39.99 a month or higher and a $20 a month data or messaging plan. (Pay $129.99 and after mail-in rebate receive $50 AT&T Promotion Card). Read more