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giffgaff MVNO launches: free credit for helpful behaviour

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Nov 25th 2009 No Comments

giffgaff honeypot New UK MVNO giffgaff have launched their “mutual giving” service, and while the real meat of the virtual carrier is in its system of rewarding helpful behaviour with free calltime, there are some appealing prices too for those obsessed with the bottom line. giffgaff – who use the O2 network – are offering a free SIM (presuming you top up with £10 straight away) and then £0.08 ($0.13) per minute calls and £0.04 ($0.07) SMS; calls in-between giffgaff SIMs are free, and data is also free until the MVNO can figure out a reasonable price plan.

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AT&T announce HP iPAQ Glisten 3G WinMo world-phone

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Nov 24th 2009 No Comments

att hp ipaq glisten You have to give HP and AT&T some credit: it takes guts to call your new smartphone the HP iPAQ Glisten. Kicking off with a name that turns some peoples’ stomachs doesn’t seem like a particularly clever plan, but AT&T are hoping that the specifications of this particular 3G world-phone will help them see past the unusual moniker.

The iPAQ Glisten gets an AMOLED touchscreen display, Windows Mobile 6.5 OS and a 3.1-megapixel camera, together with both WiFi and GPS. They’ve also packed it with all the 3G bands you’ll need not only in the US but while traveling too, though you’ll obviously have to deal with AT&T’s roaming rates as well.

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Samsung Omnia II hitting Verizon December 2nd

By Chris Davies on Monday, Nov 23rd 2009 No Comments

SCH i920 left 170x350 custom It comes as little surprise, given that we knew a release date from sneak-peaks into the carrier’s own systems last week, but Verizon have officially announced that the Samsung Omnia II will drop come December 2nd. The Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone will be priced at $199.99 (after a wretched $100 mail-in rebate) presuming a new two-year agreement, which nets you a 3.7-inch AMOLED WVGA touchscreen, EVDO Rev.A, WiFi b/g and a 5-megapixel camera.

There’s also Samsung’s “3D cube” UI, which we’re still less than convinced by, together with Bluetooth and a microSD card slot; Samsung also gave the Omnia II its own 8GB of internal storage. The usual Verizon app suspects are on-board, which includes V CAST Music, Rhapsody support, V CAST Video-on-Demand, V CAST Song ID, visual voicemail, VZW Tones and VZ Navigator.

Perhaps more interestingly, given that screen, is the support for DivX and Xvid video files, meaning the Omnia II might make for a decent PMP replacement. So, anybody thinking of picking up this touchscreen Windows Phone as an early Christmas present?

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HTC HD2 hits O2 from free

By Chris Davies on Monday, Nov 23rd 2009 2 Comments

UK carrier O2 has announced that, as of today, would-be owners of the HTC HD2 will be able to drop into their nearest O2 store and pick up the Snapdragon-based Windows Phone. The launch follows rival carrier Vodafone, who released the HD2 last Thursday. The HD2 is available from free on certain monthly contracts, though you should probably expect to be tied down for at least 18 months.

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Dell Mini 3i hits China Mobile later this month; specs confirmed

By Chris Davies on Monday, Nov 23rd 2009 No Comments

Dell may have come clean regarding their Mini 3i Android-powered smartphone earlier this month, but hard specifications for the touchscreen handset were tougher to come by. Happily a China Mobile press release has filled in some of the technical blanks, confirming that the Dell Mini 3i headed to their shores later this month has a 3.5-inch 640 x 360 16:9 display and measures 58.35 x 122 x 11.7 mm.

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Motorola MILESTONE gets second German carrier: Vodafone

By Chris Davies on Friday, Nov 20th 2009 No Comments

There’s nary a sign of the Motorola MILESTONE (the Euro-spec version of the Motorola DROID we’ve been so enamoured of) in the UK or indeed across the majority of Europe, but German buyers now have a plurality of choice should they want an Android 2.0 handset. Joining O2 Germany is Vodafone Germany, who are now listing the MILESTONE priced from €99 ($148) with a new contract.

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Dell Streak MID landing 2010 on AT&T claims paper

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Nov 17th 2009 No Comments

Having been spotted in prototype form last month, Dell’s Streak MID has received another shot of intrigue with Chinese rumor-monger Commercial Times claiming knowledge of both a manufacturer and a US carrier partner. According to their report, the Streak will be built by Qisda and released in the US with AT&T data in 2010.

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Samsung GO 3G netbook hits AT&T November 22nd [Updated with pricing]

By Chris Davies on Monday, Nov 16th 2009 No Comments

Remember the Samsung GO N310 which rocked up in the US back in July packing integrated 3G? Well, Samsung have taken their finest microfiber buffing cloth to the Atom-based netbook, and relaunched it with Windows 7 and AT&T 3G as the plain Samsung GO.

Update: AT&T have announced that the Samsung GO will retail for $199.99 (after rebates) and presuming a new, two-year data contract of $35 or more per month.

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Dell Mini 3i Android phone imminent for China; Brazil by end of 2009 [Updated]

By Chris Davies on Friday, Nov 13th 2009 No Comments

Dell has come clean with its Android smartphone plans, revealing it will be launching the Dell Mini 3i in China “in the coming days” while a Brazilian release will take place before the end of 2009. According to Dell Latin America’s Hans Erickson, China and Brazil have been prioritized above all other regions; he also revealed that the Chinese version of the Mini 3i – set to launch on China Mobile – will lack 3G, while the Mini 3i headed to Brazilian carrier Claro will get the high-speed connectivity.

Update: Dell’s official blog has confirmed the news, together with dropping strong hints that the company will be leveraging existing carrier relationships for embedded mobile broadband netbooks for future Mini 3i releases. Vodafone in Europe, Australia and New Zealand, and AT&T and Verizon in North America, are both name-checked. More photos of the Dell Mini 3i after the cut.

Update 2: And now the official press release is out; still no hard specifications.

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GSM Palm Pre hits Telcel on November 27th

By Chris Davies on Friday, Nov 13th 2009 No Comments

Palm have announced the next carrier for the Palm Pre, and if you’re in Mexico you’ll be pleased to hear it’s headed to Telcel stores on November 27th. In this case, the Pre will be the GSM model for North American frequencies, in this case quadband GSM/GPRS?EDGE and 850/1900 UMTS 3G.

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