From the monthly archives:

January 2009

Sprint announced today a new pink color for its popular Instinct EVDO handset. This new Instinct is currently being priced around $100 with a two-year contract and mail-in rebate.
The new Sprint Instinct is the same as previous Instinct models except for the body color option. It offers a variety of features, including visual voicemail allowing [...]

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One of Sony Ericsson’s newest Walkman mobile phones got one its first public showings at the Consumer Electronics Show this week. It is the W508 and it should be available in different global markets in the second quarter of the year.
The W508 is noted by Sony Ericsson as being customizable via eight different covers which [...]

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Nokia is bringing a new unlocked messaging-style mobile to the United States in coming weeks. It is the E63 and it will cost around $280.
The Nokia E63 is a QWERTY smartphone running the open source operating system Symbian S60 3rd Edition. It runs on 3G networks and can have two home screens set for it, [...]

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One of the new phones being showcased by Nokia this week is set for a later this month debut with T-Mobile. It is the Nokia 7510.
The Nokia 7510, exclusive to to T-Mobile in the United States, is a little bit of a stylish number with lights and an external display which remain hidden until needed [...]

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Another new mobile unveiled by Motorola at CES this week is the Internet tablet-like MOTOSURF A3100. This touch tablet unit should be available in the first quarter of this year, including in Asia and Latin America.
The A3100 sports a fully customizable home screen which makes use of icons that can be can be personalized to [...]

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HTC, often a maker of Windows Mobile devices for American cellular carriers, sometimes slips an unlocked, HTC brand specific phone into the U.S. market. Such is the case with the newly announced HTC S743, which will be available sometime in the first quarter of the year.
The HTC S743 combines a 12-keypad design with a full [...]

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The world of mobile phones got a little more rugged at the Consumer Electronics Show this week as Motorola unveiled a new tough cell phone to be made available through AT&T. It is called the Tundra and it prices around $200 when it hits retail January 13.
The Motorola Tundra is a rugged 3G clamshell mobile [...]

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A new Windows Mobile smartphone which is GPS enabled is being made available from Pharos Science & Applications. This unlocked mobile – the Traveler 137 – will be available sometime in the next few months for around $600.
The Traveler 137, said Pharos, comes in a slender design and sports a 3.5-inch touchscreen display. It is [...]

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Motorola bets some of its users will fall for the notion that if a mobile is made of recycled water bottle plastics it is worthy of being purchased. The mobile phone manufacturer’s eco-friendly phone is the MOTO W233 Renew.
The MOTO W233 Renew is the world’s first mobile made out of the water bottles people once [...]

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Altec Lansing has on its hands a couple of new Bluetooth stereo headphones for use with music-enabled mobiles. They are part of its Backbeat series – the Backbeat 906, pricing around $130 with an included Bluetooth adapter for devices which do not have Bluetooth built-in, and the Backbeat 903, pricing around $100.
The Backbeat headphones provide [...]

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