Sprint Preparing to Discontinue QChat in Favor of iDEN Again (Updated)
PhoneNews.com has been able to confirm online chatter amongst Sprint employees regarding the increasingly shrinking position of QChat-based Direct Connect phones such as the Sanyo PRO series and Motorola Renegade with some surprising revelations. Read More for all of the details. Update – Sprint Director of Corporate Communications Scott Sloat has issued the following statement [...]
Sprint Launches Sanyo Incognito
Sprint has launched the Kyocera developed and Sanyo branded Incognito messaging/multimedia horizontal clamshell, which is similar in design to the LG enV series with an external touch display/keypad combination and vibration feedback that glows through the phone’s mirrored finish which also disappears when not in use. The clamshell opens up to reveal a 2.6 inch [...]
Palm, Sprint Issue Statement On Palm Profile Backup Failure
Palm and Sprint have issued a joint statement regarding the increasing incidents of Palm Profile backup failures when switching devices due to repair, upgrade or replacement, with many losing complete profiles and vital information and others recovering a majority of lost information. The main issue is the fact that replacement devices are not pulling the [...]
AT&T Officially Announces HP K3 Obsidian as iPAQ Glisten
AT&T has announced the forthcoming launch of the HP K3 Obsidian Windows Mobile 6.5 device now branded as the HP iPAQ Glisten for $229.99. The Glisten features a QWERTY keyboard, 2.4 inch QVGA resolution AMOLED touch display, quadband GSM/EDGE and triband 850/1900/2100 UMTS/HSPA as well as a Wi-Fi radio, Bluetooth with stereo audio support and [...]
Verizon Retools Prepaid Data Access, Now Identical to AT&T DataConnect Pass
Not to be outdone by AT&T in the battle for supremacy, Verizon has also retooled their prepaid data plans, which will drive away the most savvy of users and are intended to lead people into more lucrative monthly data add-ons. As can be seen in the image above, Verizon has killed the 5GB daily allowance [...]
AT&T Adds New Data Connect Pass Prepaid Data Plan Option
AT&T has quietly launched a new series of prepaid data packages in the DataConnect Pass option. The DataConnect prepaid pass begins at $15 for 75MB and 1 day of data access, $30 for 250 MB and seven days of access, as well as $50 for 500MB and 30 days of access as shown in the [...]
Verizon Announces December 2nd Launch for Omnia II
Verizon has announced the forthcoming launch of the Samsung Omnia II on December 2nd, which follows up on a previous report last week. As previously reported, the Omnia II features a 3.7 inch AMOLED widescreen resistive touch display at WVGA resolution, Windows Mobile 6.5, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, 3.5mm headphone jack, microSDHC expansion slot [...]
Verizon Launches BlackBerry Curve 8530
Following up, Verizon has launched the BlackBerry Ciurve 8530. The 8530 features a Wi–Fi radio, 2.0 megapixel camera, VZ Navigator and Visual Voice Mail support, V CAST Music and V CAST Video, EV–DO Rev 0 instead of Rev. A, 256MB ROM/128MB RAM, BlackBerry OS 5.0, 2.5 inch landscape QVGA display, microSDHC expansion slot, 3.5mm headphone [...]
AT&T Launches Blackberry Bold 9700
As expected, AT&T has launched its version of the BlackBerry Bold 9700. The device is now available for $449.99 with no commitment, or $299.99 after new 2 year agreement before an additional $100 mail-in rebate, bringing the total to $199.99. Buy the BlackBerry Bold 9700 from AT&T Get $30 Cashback
