The BlackBerry Bold 9900 has gone on sale in the UK, with Vodafone offering the smartphone in-store from today. Priced from free on new agreements at £34.17 or above, the Bold 9900 has a full QWERTY keyboard, touchscreen display and a 1.2GHz processor, as well as a copy of BlackBerry 7. Vodafone tells SlashGear that pre-order customers should begin receiving their Bold 9900 from today.
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Vodafone 555 Blue takes Facebook mobile (with some cut corners)
Vodafone has outed its new "Facebook phone", the Vodafone 555 Blue, a QWERTY featurephone that promises to be a low-cost way to access the popular social network while on the move. A QWERTY candybar, the 555 Blue has a 2.4-inch non-touch display and a dedicated Facebook button that can be preset to either sharing photos, links or something else. Best of all is the price, which Vodafone says should be under €100 (£88/$145) on a prepaid tariff.
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HTC Status hits AT&T for $50, hopes you tell your Facebook friends
HTC's QWERTY Facebook phone has gone on sale in the US, with AT&T offering the HTC Status for just $50 with a new agreement. The Android handset - which we reviewed as the HTC ChaCha - has a 2.6-inch 480 x 320 touchscreen above a very usable QWERTY keyboard, and offers a dedicated Facebook button designed to make sharing to the social network more straightforward.
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ASUS Eee Pad Slider delayed until Fall
ASUS UK has indicated that launch of the Eee Pad Slider has been delayed, with the converting Honeycomb tablet now expected sometime in the Autumn (aka Fall) rather than August as previously promised. According to the company's Facebook page, the "Eee Pad Slider will be coming to the UK this Autumn" and ASUS will "confirm dates and pricing later in July."
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Verizon DROID 3 by Motorola gets officially official
As expected, Verizon has officially announced the DROID 3 by Motorola, which we saw sprout up on the company's site in recent hours. The keyboard-equipped handset is, Verizon claims, the world's thinnest QWERTY smartphone, and offers a 4-inch qHD 960 x 540 touchscreen, slide-out 5-row 'board and 8-megapixel camera with 1080p Full HD video capture.
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Verizon DROID 3 by Motorola detailed: $200 imminently?
Verizon's DROID 3 by Motorola has begun to show up across the carrier's site, though is not yet available for online ordering. The QWERTY smartphone - billed as the thinnest full-keyboard smartphone ever - is listed both on the DROID DOES mini-site, complete with full specifications.
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Nokia E6 Review
BlackBerry may be the name associated with QWERTY messaging phones, but there’s a vocal cadre of Nokia users all too keen to talk about the merits of the Finnish company’s keyboard-blessed candybars. The E72 met with mixed reactions, failing to quite capture affection the way its E71 predecessor did; now we have the E6 (aka Nokia E6-00), pairing keyboard and touchscreen and offering a taste of the latest Symbian flavor, Anna. Is the E6 enough to distract us from the rapid approach of Nokia’s first Windows Phones? Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.
Samsung Gravity Smart Hands-On and Unboxing
I’m back today with my lucky hands on another mid-rage device from Samsung that will be on T-Mobile. We have the “cute” Samsung Gravity Smart Android Slider for you all to check out today. While the Gravity Smart wont replace the Sidekick it is a nice little phone for those that love to text, or just love hardware keyboards on their phone. It is a sleek design with nicely rounded edges, the build quality is decent but the back cover leaves something to be desired. It’s no Galaxy S 4G but then again this device is not the most expensive on T-Mobile either.
T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide official: QWERTY Android with boosted camera
T-Mobile has officially announced the myTouch 4G Slide, the carrier’s latest Android smartphone and another QWERTY handset from HTC. Packing HSPA+ connectivity for T-Mobile USA’s 4G network, the myTouch 4G Slide has a 3.7-inch WVGA touchscreen and an 8-megapixel camera; it’s that camera which the carrier is most proud of, though, with improved low-light performance thanks to a new f/2.2 wide aperture lens and a backlit sensor, along with the claim of zero shutter lag and in-camera HDR.
Nokia N950 confirmed for MeeGo devs: 4-inch QWERTY slider
Nokia's N9 certainly looks like the device to reignite complaints over the company bypassing MeeGo, but what if you're a developer and you want some physical QWERTY goodness too? The Nokia N950 developer device has also been quietly announced, a 4-inch LCD TFT 854 x 480 slider with a tilting screen, the same 1GHz OMAP3630 processor and PowerVR SGX530 graphics as the N9, and what we're guessing is a form-factor very similar to the much-leaked photo shown here.
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PsiXpda planning Psion 5mx-style QWERTY Android MID
PsiXpda, who you may remember channeled some classic Psion nostalgia for their UMPC in late 2009, is planning a second attempt on the companion device market with a design that sticks more faithfully to the fondly-remembered Series 5mx. Founder Paul Pinnock told Reghardware that, while the PsiXpda sold out its (admittedly tentative at just 2,000 units) production run, the new model will use Android and have a more imaginative form-factor.
Nokia E6 Shows Up On Amazon For Pre-Orders
The Nokia E6 may be one of the last of its breed, before Nokia starts pumping out Windows Phone 7.1 Mango devices. The Nokia E6 runs Symbian Anna OS with lots of Ovi-branded apps and is perhaps Nokia's attempt to continue the legacy of its much-loved QWERTY smartphones. The device has been talked about for some time and has now popped up on Amazon for pre-orders.
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