Cell Phones

The holiday season is right around the corner, and if you have a texter on your gift list, check out the new Samsung DoubleTake from Alltel Wireless. It includes a sliding full QWERTY keyboard, 1.3 megapixel camera, full-color external LCD screen, Bluetooth capabilities, built-in speakerphone and the internal phone book will hold up to 1000 entries.

One of the best features of this phone its' price. The Samsung DoubleTake will be available tomorrow (November 5, 2009) in bold red and charcoal gray for just $39.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with activation of a 1-year service contract. Pick it up in Alltel stores or online at www.alltel.com.

LG returns to Cricket with the announcement of the LG HELiX. The HELiX features a 2.0" internal color display, a smaller external color display, 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, one-touch speakerphone, and a large keypad.

The HELiX is available in silver and pink and supports Cricket's unlimited wireless features, such as talk, text and picture messaging and Mobile Web. The LG HELiX is available today for $139.99.

"LG HELiX is a reliable and user friendly phone that boasts a variety of features making it easy to stay connected with family and friends," said Ehtisham Rabbani, vice president of product strategy and marketing for LG Mobile Phones. "LG HELiX is a perfect handset to reintroduce LG phones into the Cricket handset lineup."

For more information visit www.mycricket.com.

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

Available today from Sprint, the Motorola Debut i856 is the first vertical slider phone with Nextel Direct Connect push-to-talk service. It is also the first device to offer the upgraded ability to switch from an active push-to-talk call to a voice call by simply touching a button.

The Debut i856 includes a built-in MP3 player with external music controls, 1.3 MP camera with video capture and up to 4x digital zoom, Stereo Bluetooth and GPS. A GPS Tagging feature lets you tag a picture with the GPS information from the picture's location using the GPS receiver built into the handset. You can also send and receive messages, calendar events, pictures, location information and more, without interrupting a Direct Connect call, as well as play music while you text or talk.

The Motorola Debut i856 is now available from Sprint for $99.99 with a two-year service agreement and $50 mail-in rebate (excluding taxes). For more information visit www.sprint.com.

The hot handset this holiday season seems to be the Android powered device. And T-Mobile seems to have something for everyone, even if Android isn't your thing. Here is a listing of T-Mobile's holiday handset line-up:

T-Mobile myTouch 3G Fender Limited Edition

The newest in the T-Mobile myTouch franchise, the myTouch 3G Fender Limited Edition has a guitar-inspired wood-grain finish and has access to the Android Market. It also features a 3.5mm headset jack, pre-installed 16GB microSD card, and exclusive pre-loaded video and audio clips by iconic musicians. It will be available later this year. Pricing has not been announced, and unfortunately, a photo is not available yet either.Read more

Logic Wireless is unveiling its 2nd generation projector phone, the Logic Bolt 1.5, today at the 2009 Fall CTIA Wireless conference. They introduced the first projector phone back in January 2009, the Logic Bolt 1.0. It was a GSM Quadband handset with an integrated pico projector capable of projecting phone content on any surface 60"+.

The new Logic Bolt 1.5 is much smaller than the 1.0 and the software and OS have been upgraded, the company says.

Features of the Logic Bolt 1.5 include:

• 7 Lumen LCOS Projector; Projection Size 64"+
• GSM Quadband
• Dual SIM
• Dual Camera: 2MP & 1MP
• 2.6" TFT Touch Screen, 256K Colors
• FM Tuner + TV Tuner
• Up to 8GB Micro SD

Co-Founder of Logic Wireless, Miran Maric, says "The international wireless community has shown considerable interest in the projector technology and we hope to brand our products into many new regions of the world. In the last few quarters our team has been working diligently to procure deals with many of the tier 1 and tier 2 carriers and distributors, as well as partner with many reputable firms that share our vision."

Cricket just announced their new Cricket PAYGo products will be available at Best Buy Mobile locations starting Sunday, September 27, 2009.

Cricket PAYGo gives you unlimited wireless service at $1, $2 or $3 per day used and they also have new monthly Cricket PAYGo service plans, priced at $40 and $45 per month. All Cricket services are available without a signed contract or credit check and feature unlimited talk, U.S. long distance, picture messaging and domestic and international text messaging. The $45 plan has all the unlimited features of the $40 plan plus unlimited mobile Web and 411 directory assistance. The new nationwide service plans include all telecom taxes and fees and have voicemail, call waiting, caller ID and three-way calling over Cricket's 3G EVDO network.

Three phones will be available at Best Buy Mobile - the Samsung Messager II, priced at $149.99, the Samsung MyShot II, priced at $89.99 and the Cricket CAPTR available at $49.99.

Verizon Wireless and Motorola today announced the availability of the Motorola Entice W766 flip phone. Features include one-touch access to the music player, camera and speakerphone, 2.0 megapixel camera and camcorder, support for up to 8 GB of optional removable memory, Bluetooth, and the phone supports a wired USB 2.0 connection.

The Entice also supports VZ Navigator, Family Locator, Mobile Email, Mobile IM and Dashboard. Verizon's Backup Assistant keeps a copy of the phone's address book on a secure Web site, and the phone has IM-style texting for a view of text trails by contacts.

Motorola Entice W766 is available online today at www.verizonwireless.com for $39.99 after a $50 rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. It will be in Verizon Wireless Stores later this month for the same price after a $50 mail-in rebate.