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Walmart has the Samsung Conquer 4G on pre-order; price is set to free on-contract
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Seriously! Who doesn’t love the fact when we see third party sellers offering pre-orders for an upcoming phone, but rather than sticking with the carrier’s original pricing, they simply blow them out of the water?
Well, if you happen to be eying the upcoming Samsung Conquer 4G for Sprint, you might want to check out what Walmart is offering right now. Specifically, they already have the 4G WiMAX enabled smartphone up for pre-order, but more importantly, early adopters choosing to side with the retailer are going to be knocked out by its sticker price.
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Nokia withholding N9 from UK as well
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It was revealed yesterday that as per Nokia's new plans to go all-in on Windows Phone in the U.S., it would not be bringing the recently announced MeeGo-powered N9 to American shores. While this made a bit of sense for the U.S. market, it is now believed that Nokia will do the same for the UK, though the UK has been much more supportive of Nokia smartphones in the past.
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Samsung GT-i8350 is blessed with its Bluetooth certification; refresh of the Omnia 7
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Samsung’s Omnia line has long been synonymous with Microsoft’s mobile platforms, so when we’re all expecting Mango flavored Windows Phone 7 handsets to launch this fall, it’s highly likely to find Samsung included in the mix.
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Samsung Galaxy R Announced - A Tegra 2 Smartphone
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Earlier this year while at MWC, Anand and I broke news of a Samsung Galaxy phone with Tegra 2 inside. At the time, we assumed it was a Galaxy S2 variant, the GT-I9103. At the time, the suspicion was that either Samsung was preparing a Tegra 2 variant in case Exynos yields weren't good enough, or that it was a cheaper regional variant for some markets. Since then, we've seen Galaxy S2's international launch come and go, with no Tegra 2 variant.
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iPhone 5 to bring a ton of business for iResellers
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The iPhone is not just big business for Applewith other companies throughout the eco-system competing for their slice of the pie. Aside from the end users, mobile operators and accessory makers – resellers are also looking forward to the iPhone 5 (or whatever it’s going to be called) launch. Their pitch is simple – offer existing iPhone users some money for their older models, refurbish them and then sell for more.
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Samsung Convoy 2 available on Verizon Wireless for $79.99
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If you’re on a market looking to grab yourself a rugged clamshell phone, Verizon Wirelessmay have exactly what you need. Samsung Convoy 2 builds on the apparent success of its predecessor, boasting similar rough look and feel that meets Military Specifications 810F standards for shock, low pressure (altitude), low and high temperature, temperature shock, solar radiation, salt fog, humidity, vibration, sand and dust.
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Nokia N9 MeeGo Phone will not be released in United States
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Last week we reported that Nokia will launch the Nokia N9 MeeGo phone in Sweden on September 23. This supported hopes for MeeGo fans that the N9 will come in September as well to the United States. It is not going to happen. Engadget asked Nokia for the US release details and got a response that said that Nokia decided not to ship the Nokia N9 in the United States.
As Nokia is not standing behind MeeGo, it is anyway for the best. It would be just a distraction to buy the Nokia N9. It has no future. It could have a bright future, but Nokia is going with Microsoft Windows Phone OS. We will see how that turns out.
The Nokia N9 has a touchscreen only design without the typical home button. The ...
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Nokia N9 countdown timer disappears confusing early wannabe MeeGo adopters
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The Nokia N9 has been graced with a lot of attention for an experimental device running on a platform doomed in the long-term and it even got its own countdown timer page at Nokia Sweden. But now - just as early MeeGo wannabe adopters started the 45-day countdown until September 23rd, the official N9 release date for Sweden - the Finns pulled the timer from the website leaving a swiftly shrinking user base confused.
What could this mean? The first and most realistic guess seems to be that Espoo has delayed the Nokia N9, but removing the timer might also mean that the company is ready to release the phone earlier.
Or was it just a technical issue? We guess that the answer should come soon, b...
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Kyocera S3015 for Sprint has been spotted at the FCC
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While digging through the FCC's database today, we stumbled upon a Kyocera cellphone that has just recently been given the thumbs up by the commision. The handset bears the S3015 model name and judging by the documents in its filing, Sprint is the carrier which the device is headed to. However, are we dealing with a smartphone here or with something a bit more basic? Well, it seems like the clues that we have so far are all in favor of the latter.
What we know about the Kyocera S3015 is that it is a dual-band CDMA phone with a Bluetooth radio on board. It also packs a 870mAh battery, which is a solid hint that the device would likely belong to the feature phone kind. That is pretty much all ...
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FCC halts AT&T's acquisition of Qualcomm spectrum, bundles it with T-Mobile merger review
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AT&T's LTE spectrum acquisitions just hit a minor bump in the federal road. In a recently released FCC statement, Wireless Bureau chief Rick Kaplan announced the decision to stop the 180 day review clock on the telco's proposed takeover of Qualcomm's 700MHz spectrum. The $1.9 billion deal, inked last December, isn't getting the regulatory axe, but due to a "number of related issues" concerning spectrum overlap with the still unapproved T-Mobile merger, the commission is bundling the two into one future review. Maybe it's time the carrier's industry backers pen another letter of support to Chairman Genachowski.
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Motorola wants same deal as Nokia from Microsoft
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At a recent industry conference Motorola Mobility’s Sanjay Jha has confirmed once again that they are open to developing a Windows Phone 7 handset.
"I think we’re completely open to the notion of Windows as a platform," Jha said in an appearance at the Oppenheimer Technology & Communications Conference.
He confirmed however that they would only do it if they achieved special partner status like Nokia has, saying otherwise that at present "clearly, all of our focus today is on Android."
Jha was still waiting to see which OS will shake it for the 3rd place, saying only one of Windows Phone 7, webOS and RIM can survive.
While Motorola has seen an early revival from adopting Android, the compan...
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Visa ramps up mobile payment plans
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Visa said that it will be ramping up its contactless mobile payment plans, so it looks like NFC payments will actually be a big force in the United States.
We’ve been talking about mobile payments for a long time here but nothing has really happened to make paying for a train ride as easy as it is in places like Japan. Now that all the major credit card companies are on board, we may finally see some traction. Visa said it will expand its chip mirgration in the United States, work with vendors to adopt this, expand the processing infrastructure with an emphasis on security and establish a counterfeit fraud liability shift.
“By encouraging investments in EMV contact and contactless chip techn...
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FCC frees up to 650MHz of backhaul spectrum to accelerate rural 4G deployment
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Busting down a critical obstacle in the deployment of mobile broadband in rural areas, the FCC announced plans to make up to 650MHz of spectrum available for microwave wireless backhaul. This particular block, which will be shared with cable TV relay (CARS) and broadcast auxiliary services (BAS), spans across half of the land mass of the US and blankets roughly 10 percent of the total population. The large expense of laying fiber optics at rural cell sites has been a barrier most companies haven't been able to break through; by implementing the use of microwave wireless backhaul, however, the government is hopeful this will drive the cost of deployment down, create new jobs and accelerate th...
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MetroPCS intros the Samsung Admire to usher the young'uns back into school
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Who needs clothes when you can ring in the new school year with a phone? That's the vision MetroPCS is aiming to instill in the hearts of parents everywhere, as the carrier has officially introduced the Samsung Admire as part of its Back to School promo. It packs some quality midrange specs, such as an 800MHz CPU, 3.5-inch HVGA display, 3.2 megapixel camera and Android 2.3 preloaded without a trace of TouchWiz UI. Hunting for the next superphone? Move along, nothing to see here -- first-time smartphone users and students are more likely to find the budget-friendly device right up their alley. No release date or pricing has been announced, though it's expected to hit shelves sometime next mon...
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HTC Ruby shows its T-Mobile skin, Android aspirations
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Well folks, now we know. It looks like the HTC Ruby that was leaked via a series of hyper-sensitive office photos is headed to T-Mobile. You know the one -- a couple weeks back, when someone underestimated the glare of the HTC Flyer and dropped their seemingly harmless photos on Flickr? Yeah, that's the handset in question. Not much dirt on the specs, besides the familiar key layout cluing us into Google's obvious underpinnings.. and just maybe, we'll get some fresh baked Gingerbread goodness. Either way, more info should be on the way soon, but until then, careful to check your reflections, friends.
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