Cell Phones

The Nokia E71x: Thinnest QWERTY Smartphone (for now)

by jessica on Thu, 2009-04-02 00:30


Nokia E71x

This week at the CTIA Wireless 2009 trade show, Nokia is showing off the Nokia E71x QWERTY smartphone. It will be available to AT&T customers in the coming weeks for $99.99 with an AT&T contract.

Just to name a few of its features, the E71x is the thinnest QWERTY smartphone on the market and has 3G connectivity, a large, high-resolution screen, WiFi, built-in music player and a 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera.

The device's S60 platform also provides access to third-party application downloads, themes, profile settings, and services like AT&T Navigator. You can also view documents with support for Quickoffice.

All I want to know is why AT&T gets all the cool phones first…

More information can be found at www.att.com/nokiaE71x.

Nokia Proves Phones Can't be Too Thin or Too Smart


Nokia E71x

April 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At CTIA Wireless 2009, Nokia announced it will deliver the thinnest QWERTY smartphone, the Nokia E71x, to consumers across the United States together with AT&T in the coming weeks.

Echoing the sleek design and feel of the world renowned Nokia E71, the Nokia E71x offers the ultimate QWERTY experience to messaging enthusiasts who want a device to complement their busy lifestyles - all in a thin, stylish package. Visit Nokia at CTIA Wireless 2009 in the Central Hall at the Las Vegas Convention Center, booth #7553, where Nokia will show off the new Nokia E71x, and demonstrate mobile innovations that are redefining the way consumers communicate, access information, network socially with friends and search the Web.

"The E71x is a lean, mean multimedia machine for busy people who want Internet-on-the-go capabilities in the palm of their hands," said Mark Louison, President, Nokia Inc. "Together with our carrier and industry partners in North America, Nokia continues to enhance the consumer mobile experience through a growing range of QWERTY music, messaging and feature rich devices."Read more

Samsung Instinct s30 from Sprint Announced


Samsung Instinct s30

April 1, 2009 -- Sprint and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile) yesterday announced the upcoming availability of Samsung Instinct s30, a successor to the iconic Samsung Instinct touch-screen phone that made its debut last summer exclusively from Sprint. Instinct s30 offers full touch screen functionality and the broadband speeds of America's most dependable 3G network.*

Instinct s30 raises the bar with built-in instant messaging, an improved Web-browsing experience through both the default browser and Opera Mini 4.2 as well as the popular games "Guitar Hero – World Tour" and "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader" preloaded to keep consumers connected and entertained while on-the-go. Instinct s30 offers a thinner streamlined design for a smoother feel in the user's hand with two color options – Cobalt Metal or Touch of Copper. Read more

BlackBerry App World Launches

by jessica on Wed, 2009-04-01 11:03


BlackBerry App World

Research in Motion (RIM) just announced today that their application store for BlackBerry smartphones is now open for business! BlackBerry users can download the BlackBerry App World application by visiting www.blackberry.com/appworld from their smartphone. To access the App World, the BlackBerry device must have a trackball or touch-screen running BlackBerry device software 4.2 or higher.

Highlights include:
  • A mix of personal and business applications
  • The ability to browse applications by a variety of categories and search by keyword
  • User reviews, as well as a "recommend" feature that lets users suggest applications to others through e-mail, PIN, SMS message or BlackBerry Messenger
  • My World – a personal storage space that keeps track of downloaded applications, allowing users to easily transfer purchased applications to a new BlackBerry smartphone
  • A "Top Downloads" area that lists the most downloaded applications
  • Weekly featured applications showcased on a front page carousel
  • Access over Wi-Fi and cellular networks

RIM expects approximately 1,000 free and paid applications to be posted by partners this week.

Motorola Evoke QA4 Puts You One Touch Away from Your Social Circles


Motorola Evoke QA4

March 30, 2009 – Motorola, Inc. today introduced Motorola Evoke QA4, a socially-inclined device with a 2.8" full touch-screen that keeps you constantly connected. Evoke supports different messaging styles with a full touch-screen QWERTY keyboard and slide out traditional keypad. Customize the home screen content with integrated widgets and personalized RSS feeds, and use the full HTML browser to share pictures, videos and more online.

"We understand the importance of having a mobile phone that helps you stay connected simply and seamlessly with your friends and family, whether you prefer to talk, text or network," said Mark Shockley, corporate vice president and general manager, Motorola Mobile Devices. "Motorola Evoke offers the cutting-edge convenience and instant gratification of a full touch-screen, intuitive online browsing and the ability to stay plugged in on your terms." Read more

Cricket to Carry the Nokia 3606


Nokia 3606

March 19, 2009--Cricket Communications, Inc., a leading provider of unlimited wireless services over its high-quality 3G network and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, Inc., today announced that the Nokia 3606 is now available to customers. The Nokia 3606 is an ultra-thin and stylish flip phone optimized with popular features; including an MP3 music player with dedicated "hidden-until-lit" external music keys to provide instant access to your favorite songs and a 1.3 megapixel camera with an LED flash.

"The Nokia 3606 is an extremely attractive device that will be popular with customers who are looking for a handset with a sophisticated design and a high end feature set," said Jeff Toig, vice president of marketing for Cricket. "The features are ideal for music lovers, with an MP3 player and stereo Bluetooth, which compliments Cricket’s Mobile Music offering."

Supported by Nokia’s renowned user interface, the 3606 also features an FM radio (wired headset required), an integrated speakerphone, BREW 3.1.5 with 15MB of user memory, SMS/MMS with predictive text, stereo Bluetooth, a 1.3 megapixel camera with LED flash, a MicroSD card slot for up to 8GBs and a micro USB charger/connector. The phone is also HAC compliant and has a large 176 x 220 x 262k color TFT internal display and a 128 x 128 x 262k color TFT external display.Read more

AT&T to Offer No Contract iPhone

by jessica on Thu, 2009-03-19 10:25


Apple iPhone 3G

Beginning March 26th, AT&T will be offering both the 8GB and 16GB iPhone 3G to customers with no contract. The no contract offer is limited to one phone per line and you have to already be an AT&T customer to be able to take advantage of this offer. If you ask me, I think it would be smarter for AT&T to make this available to everyone and maybe pick up some additional customers in the process. If they don't, at least they've made some money off of the phone on the front end. After all, with a no contract price of $599 for the 8GB and $699 for the 16GB, they aren't cheap.

Will they sell? With the economy in the state it is in these days, I'm tempted to think not. However, it is an iPhone…and the very first iPhone sold for $499 (4GB) and $599 (8GB), WITH a contract. So, who knows…we'll just have to wait and see.

[Via Boy Genius Report]

LG's Rumor 2 No Longer a Rumor

by jessica on Thu, 2009-03-12 11:21


LG Rumor 2

Just announced today, LG’s Rumor 2 is no longer a rumor. This phone, with a full sliding QWERTY keyboard, 1/3 megapixel camera and large QVGA display will be available exclusively from Sprint for $49.99 after a new two-year agreement and $50 rebate.

Other features include a removable backplate, stereo Bluetooth, MP3 player, GPS and an extra enclosed battery cover. LG Rumor2 will be available in two color options: Black Titanium and Vibrant Blue. It will be available on March 15 in Black Titanium and on March 29 in Vibrant Blue at www.sprint.com and 1-800-Sprint1. But if you want to buy it in-store, you’ll have to wait until April 19. Read more

Nokia Comes With Music

by jeff on Wed, 2009-03-11 14:48


Nokia 5730 XpressMusic, 5330 XpressMusic, Nokia 5030

The digital music player that rings in your pocket is also the library, the shop and the platform to manage all your music. There must be complete silence in Espoo, Finland where Nokia is located. I say this because everyone there must be enjoying their music players with ear buds in their ears. Today, Nokia has released the 5730 XpressMusic, the 5330 XpressMusic and the Nokia 5030. Nokia is delivering these devices to the public so that they can bring people’s music to life with feature-rich phones that provide easy access to the music they love.

Nokia has sold 425 million devices with a digital music player, and 700 million devices with an FM radio. There are just over 300 million Americans and when looking at these numbers, I would say that Nokia is doing something right. The Nokia Music Store allows you to easily organize and transfer songs between a PC, burn CD’s, as well as stream and download from the Nokia Music Store. Mexico was the latest country to launch the Nokia Music Store, and Portugal, Norway and South Africa will be providing the Nokia Music Store to customers soon. Read more

8.1 Megapixel Cyber-shot Phone from Sony Ericsson

by jeff on Mon, 2009-03-09 11:19


C702 Cyber-Shot phone

Convergence is what stood out at me while attending PMA 2009. Here I am attending an awesome trade show about all things photography. Sony Ericsson is there showing off their new phones! Phones? Four of them specifically; C702 Cyber-shot phone, C902 Cyber-shot phone, C905 Cyber-shot phone and the C510 Cyber-shot phone. These camera phones were not only smaller than most point and shoot cameras at the trade show, but feature rich to boot!

C702 Cyber-shot phone is a 3.2 megapixel camera phone that is both dust and splash resistant. The camera function has Face Detection, Geo Tagging and Google Maps. The GPS is for location-based services and comes in Speed Black, and Cool Cyan colors. Read more

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