Archive for the ‘GSM’ Category

At a special invite-only event in London today, HTC at last revealed what its CEO described as the most important device for the company this year.  Read More for all of the details and images.

The first official images of the long delayed Amoi-sourced SMT5700 smart device have surfaced, leading to renewed speculation that AT&T is preparing to launch the device in the near future.
We first reported on this device in March of last year when it passed through final FCC approval, and reported on the featureset which was slightly [...]

AT&T has also launched the Sony Ericsson Z750a today following the higher-profile launches of the Vu and Access.
The Z750a marks Sony Ericsson’s first official entry into the US W-CDMA market following the aborted launch of the K850 on AT&T and also features triband HSDPA data access.
The phone is now available from AT&T online for $149.99 [...]

As expected, AT&T has launched the Samsung Access and LG Vu Mobile TV enabled handsets.

The phones and service have launched in a total of 58 markets where MediaFLO service is available but no mention has been made of the LG Vu CU915 variant without support for Mobile TV. The Samsung Access is now [...]

T-Mobile has officially launched its long delayed 3G network today in New York City with future launches planned later in the year for Austin, New Jersey and Long Island, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Miami, Dallas, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Denver, Detroit, Orlando, Kansas City, Atlanta, Los Angeles, New England, Portland, Sacramento, San Diego, Seattle, Washington DC, San [...]

AT&T has signed an agreement with UK small scale cell site solutions developer ip.access worth $500 million over five years in order to deploy femtocell technology with the goal to distribute the devices for as little as $100.
Femtocells are small scale base stations that operate using a high-speed internet connection in order to take available [...]

In a press release today, Sony Ericsson has announced the pending launch of the Z780a clamshell phone with US W-CDMA support.
The Z780 features quadband GSM/EDGE support with triband HSUPA high speed data access (a first for Sony Ericsson and the US market), large internal display, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, 2.0 megapixel camera with video [...]

AT&T has launched another variant of the BlackBerry Pearl consumer-oriented smart device.
This version omits the Wi-Fi radio present in the 8120, but is otherwise identical to the 8120, with a portait QVGA resolution display, quadband GSM/EDGE radio, Bluetooth 2.0 with stereo audio support, microSDHC expansion slot with support for 4GB cards, trackball navigation, converged SureType [...]

The FCC has revealed the first image of the forthcoming HTC Touch Dual with US W-CDMA support.

What is interesting about the related test report documentation is the complete lack of any reference to international W-CDMA frequencies for this model, leading to the suggestion that this model will be exclusively sold in North America and other [...]

Update: Electronic Times has retracted the story, citing errors in translation. Represenatives from LG declined to comment when we asked if this was due to the Voyager name remaining exclusive to Verizon, or the underlying hardware remaining exclusive. 
The retraction however removed reference to Sprint… and simply states that LG plans to bring touch phones to AT&T [...]