Archive for October, 2006

With Nokia’s recent partnership with Pantech to re-badge handsets up in smoke, Nokia has released what could be their last CDMA phone.
The good news is that their last CDMAs phones are actually designed and built by Nokia. The 2366i is a Series 40 3rd Edition phone, one of only a few S40v3 phones to [...]

Motorola’s Intranet has leaked photos of the upcoming Motorola V325i. The V325i is a minor upgrade to the existing V325, adding Bluetooth to the mid-range 1xRTT handset. LG has also made a minor revision to their existing VX8500 Chocolate series, with three upcoming colors.

Verizon Wireless plans to release new colors for their popular [...]

Cingular internal documents have leaked onto the web this week. They confirm that the Treo 680 will launch at the end of this week, on November 5. The GSM/EDGE low-end Treo will retail for as low as $174.99 with all available contract and rebate offers. Cingular will promote the device at $279.99 [...]

While Sprint Nextel did post some very positive financial results with over $9.1 billion in revenues. The 38.4% increase in adjusted OIBDA for wireless was a new record high, and net debt of $19.9 billion.
But with only 233,000 new subscribers on the CDMA side, and iDEN losing customers because of rebanding/capacity and credit tightening issues [...]

T-Mobile today launched the T-Mobile Dash. This is T-Mobile’s version of the HTC Excalibur smartphone. The Q-competing Dash delivers the Motorola Q form-factor to the GSM world with EDGE and a complete Q feature set.

The T-Mobile Dash is available for $199.99 after rebate with new two-year agreement, $349.99 without contract.T-Mobile Dash Product Page

Sprint today launched the Motorola V3m RAZR. Sprint is the last national carrier to offer a Motorola RAZR, but is currently offering the V3m at a $50 price-point after two mail-in rebates and new two-year agreement.

The V3m RAZR is a Power Vision (EV-DO) device with support for Sprint TV, GPS, and the Sprint Music [...]

Sprint today launched the first city with EV-DO Revision A. San Diego, CA is the first city in America to receive the new network. With upload speeds reaching 1.8 mbps, and downlink speeds spiking at 3.1 mbps, EV-DO Rev A promises to usher in new applications for EV-DO technology.
Specifically, Sprint has plans to [...]

Wireless Week is reporting that T-Mobile will be prepared to begin testing DVB-H Mobile TV with Hiwire. Hiwire will join the ranks of Crown Castle and Qualcomm for play in the Mobile TV arms race, which will require an additional network overlay and specialized handsets in order to access the service.
The trial will take [...]

T-Mobile yesterday launched their first city for UMA service. UMA VoIP service allows for seamless call handoff between cellular and WiFi networks, allowing users to not pay for minutes when at home, and keep the same number when traveling.

The service is available in Seattle as T-Mobile is testing the service for quality control before [...]

As part of our re-branding, you may have missed our Blog. Our blog, which we call Sprint PCS Info in homage to our past, is updated almost daily with the goings-on that drive us to deliver news, content, and analysis daily to you. If you read PCS Intel everyday, you probably will want [...]