July 3rd, 2008 / 1 Comment » / by admin
It was only a matter of time before the Samsung Instinct was picked up by a Canadian Wireless Carrier and today MobileSyrup broke the news of the move across the border. It appears Canadian Wireless carrier Bell Mobility will soon begin offering the for $149.95 with a 3 year contract.
You don’t like commitment you say, you don’t even let your girlfriend sleep over let alone have a key to your apartment, no problem at all, Bell Mobility will gladly let you take one for $449.95 with no commitment whatsoever.
The big difference between the Sprint version and this one, no stupid yellow tinge, thank goodness!
Posted in: Bell Mobility, New Phone Releases, Samsung
Tags: Bell Mobility, Samsung Instinct
July 3rd, 2008 / No Comments » / by admin
Telus is picking up the HTC Touch Diamond and turning it into a CDMA Device, better yet, the unit will feature EV-DO access for those looking to cruise the internet at high speed data rates. The cost of the device is $149.99 Canadian, of course it will require the ever so infamous 3 year Telus contract.
Data plans for the unit will cost $15 for Email and Instant Messaging, and $30 for those services plus web browsing, which isn’t bad if you compare that to the Rogers Wireless iPhone 3G Plans.
The real question here in the United States is, where is Alltel, Sprint, and Verizon when it comes to this ultra hip Windows Mobile 6.1 device. It may not be an iPhone killer, but its pretty damn cool.
Posted in: New Phone Releases, Telus
Tags: HTC, HTC Touch Diamond, Telus, Touch Diamond CDMA
July 3rd, 2008 / No Comments » / by admin
Imaging sitting in your car driving down the street when the mood for Pizza hits you, in areas like California where there are hands free laws you can’t simply look at your device and type in the name of the restaurant you want to find, but that’s okay, thanks to Blackberry devices with Google Maps, now customers can hit their voice recognition button on the side of their devices and simply speak what they are looking for my name or location. If you aren’t getting the concept i’ve included a simple pic from Engadget to better explain how simply it works.
Posted in: Blackberry, Cellular Technologies, Google
Tags: Blackberry, Google Maps, Mapping Software, Voice recognition
July 2nd, 2008 / No Comments » / by admin
Keeping with their tradition of cheap to acquire cell phones Virgin Mobile today released for sale the UTStarcom device known as the Arc. The Arc is a flip phone that features some impressive components given the extremely cheap price tag. The Arc ships with a VGA camera, Bluetooth connectivy, and even a Dual color display offering. The device ships in a red/black color scheme and overall given the price tag it looks like a nice entry level option for the budget minded.
Posted in: New Phone Releases, Virgin Mobile
Tags: Arc, Utstarcom, Virgin Mobile
July 2nd, 2008 / No Comments » / by admin
If the Blackberry Curve 8350 rumors are in fact true Nextel customers will soon be typing away on the first rugged looking Blackberry to hit the market from manufacturer Research in Motion.
The unit will support the iDEN Network, will offer push-to-talk features as far as I can tell, and will even support WiFi which Blackberry has finally begun to push for on a larger basis. The device will however not feature a full qwerty keyboard, instead relying on 20 key configuration with two letters per key.
Some rumors are putting the release date as early as the end of 2008, while other reports are showing a 2009 release date.
Posted in: Blackberry, New Phone Releases
Tags: Blackberry, Blackberry 8350, Blackberry Curve, Blackberry Curve 8350, Research in motion
July 2nd, 2008 / No Comments » / by admin
The hideous original pink color on the RAZR 2 is gone, no longer will men cringe at the site of the device, quite the opposite the black on the the Motorola RAZR2 V9X looks great with its black glossy finish.
But the unit doesn’t stop there. The V9X also features AT&T Navigator services via the Telenav system.
In fact the Telenav will even guide you along your way using the secondary outer display. The unit is also expect to use Video Share capabilities.
We’ll post the full specs for the device on our Cell Phone Reviews side of the site shortly.
Posted in: Motorola, New Phone Releases
Tags: Motorola, New Devices
July 1st, 2008 / No Comments » / by admin
With the iPhone 3G release just around the corner AT&T today announced the companies new pricing structure for iPhone 3G plans.
For new AT&T customers the price of grabbing an 8GB version will run $199 while a 16GB version will cost $299. On the flipside “early upgraders” will pay considerably more for their new iPhone 3G with a starting pricetag of $399 or $499 for a 16GB version. Plus upgrading AT&T Customers will have to pay an $18 upgrade fee, and resign a new two year contract from the time they receive the new iPhone 3G.
Of course you don’t have to sign a contract, AT&T will gladly give you the device for $599 with 8GB or $699 with 16GB.
The iPhone 3G plan you choose will not affect pricing, although AT&T does seem to be making a push for unlimited plans for new and existing customers.
Continue reading to see the plan breakdown as provided by Engadget.
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Posted in: AT&T Wireless, New Phone Releases, iphone
Tags: AT&T, iphone, iPhone 3G, iPhone Pricing
June 30th, 2008 / No Comments » / by admin
Unlike T-Mobile who announced rate increases for text messaging today, Alltel Wireless has actually brought about some good news. The wireless carrier is now offering text packages for “My Circle” Subscribers.
The My Circle Messaging Plan will come at minimum cost of $7.99 for unlimited “My Circle” text messages and 400 non-circle messages, and will end with an “All Encompassing” $19.99 pcakage that will include unlimited messaging to everyone.
The plans are available immediately so be sure to head on over to Alltel.com or call and upgrade today.
Posted in: Alltel
Tags: Alltel, Text Messaging, Text Messaging Rates
June 30th, 2008 / No Comments » / by admin
If you’re still using text messages without a text plan, and you happen to be a T-Mobile customer you may soon be in for a rude awakening, following what T-Mobile calls industry standards, the wireless telecom is bumping their per message rate from $.15 to $.20 on August 29th. Whether this is a push to get their customers to pay for text messaging plans or not doesn’t really matter, what does matter is that its another hit to the pocket book.
Posted in: T-Mobile
Tags: T-Mobile
June 29th, 2008 / No Comments » / by admin
With a $39 million dollar buyout offer accepted by SK Telecom Virgin Mobile this week instantaneously became the only “big player” in the MNVO market, a sector of the wireless telecom industry that has watched big players such as Amp’d Mobile, and critically lauded prepaid operators such as Disney Mobile exit the market after filing for bankruptcy this year and in Disney’s casing stunning investors by simply choosing to dissolve the company.
It doesn’t surprise me that Virgin Mobile USA made the move, especially given their aggressive moves in the market over the last 6-12 months, what does surprise me is that Virgin Mobile has not only acquired the companies 177,000 customers, but will continue to offer PostPaid plans.
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Posted in: Virgin Mobile
Tags: Helio, Merger, MVNO, Virgin Mobile
