Cricket Adds Markets, New Samsung JetSet

October 13th, 2008


Today Leap Wireless announced that its Cricket services will now be available in additional markets. The new markets include Savannah, Ga., Hilton Head, S.C. and surrounding communities. Leap said the new markets add significantly to its 62.3 million covered ...

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LG, Prada Team Up for A Sequel

October 13th, 2008


Today LG announced the Prada II, successor to the Prada, released in 2007. The largest difference between the two is that the Prada II has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. It has dual-band 850/2100 MHz 7.2Mbps HSDPA radios and Wi-Fi. ...

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Firefox Mobile Fennec Web Browser Screenshots Available

October 13th, 2008


A few screenshots of the upcoming new mobile web browser, Firefox Fennec, are posted on Mozilla blog over the weekend. First alpha version of Firefox Fennec will be released soon within weeks, according to Mozilla last week. These application screenshots are taken with Fennec running on a Windows Mobile smartphone, the company has not confirmed if there will be a Symbian or BlackBerry version of Firefox Mobile in their plan.

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Source [Mozilla] via [theunwired]

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1.5 million of T-Mobile G1 Pre-ordered

October 13th, 2008

Although T-Mobile still has 10 days before they ship out the T-Mobile G1, first Android based smartphone, the company has already sold 1.5 million of T-Mobile G1. Despite the shortage, T-Mobile will continue to accept the pre-order through their official website at http://www.t-mobileg1.com/pre-order-g1.aspx and promise to deliver all the pre-orders by November 10th. If you ordered before October 3rd this month, it will be delivered to you as early as October 22, 2008.

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Source [fool] via [android community]

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T-Mobile USA Launches BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 Smartphone

October 13th, 2008

T-Mobile USA today announced the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone-the first BlackBerry flip phone-is now available in the U.S. In addition to the new flip design, the BlackBerry Pearl Flip also provides an advanced multimedia experience through video recording and playback, a 2.0 megapixel camera with digital zoom, stereo Bluetooth support, and an easily accessible external memory card slot.

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The combination of rich multimedia capabilities and RIM’s powerful mobile e-mail solution together with support for text messaging, picture messaging, enhanced Web browsing and built in Wi-Fi makes the BlackBerry Pearl Flip ideal for balancing a busy lifestyle by enabling customers to share pictures, check the latest sports scores or access social networking sites, including Facebook and Flickr.

Key features of the BlackBerry Pearl Flip from T-Mobile include the following:

  • First BlackBerry smartphone to offer popular flip design
  • Wi-Fi-enabled (802.11 b/g) supporting Wi-Fi calling and fast Web browsing
  • Support for Unlimited HotSpot Calling
  • T-Mobile’s myFaves support to stay in touch with those who matter most, with quick, one-click access for instant messaging, e-mailing, texting or calling to your Fave 5 from the Home Screen
  • SureType keyboard
  • 2.0 megapixel camera with built-in flash LED and video recording (requires microSD card)
  • media player for pictures, music and video with full-screen video playback
  • Stereo Bluetooth support (A2DP/AVRCP) and 3.5mm stereo headset jack
  • Internal QVGA 2.4-inch diagonal screen, 320 x 240 pixels and supporting 65K colors
  • 128 MB of flash memory, 256MB microSD card included, and support for up to a 16 GB microSD/SDHC card
  • Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE/Wi-Fi network including support for international roaming
  • Dimensions: 3.9″ x 1.96″ x 0.68″
  • Weight: 3.6 oz

The BlackBerry Pearl Flip is now available in Black color and will be also available in red in the coming weeks.

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