Today the Motorola VE440 became available for sale from MetroPCS. This monoblock-style phone is billed by Motorola as a music phone and has dedicated music keys, a 3.5mm headset jack, stereo Bluetooth, and support for microSD cards up to 8GB. The VE440 is a tri-band 800/1700/1900 CDMA device that is limited to 1x data but [...]

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On Samsung’s web site, the R560 Vice, which is for sale in Canada, appears with MetroPCS branding on it. The name “Messager” appears below the phone pictured on the Samsung site. It resembles the Samsung R450 Messager, which was sold by MetroPCS. The phone seen on the Samsung site is a sideways slider that has [...]

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The Toshiba TG01 smartphone, notable for its use of a high-powered 1GHz Snapdragon CPU from Qualcomm, has appeared on the FCC website. Unlike the usual FCC listings, the TG01 tested in this case is a production-ready device with support for CDMA networks and not a prototype, indicating it will very soon launch at either Sprint [...]

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Today Cricket announced the Personal Communications Devices TXTM8, a messaging phone with full QWERTY keyboard and tri-band CDMA radios. The TXTM8 has Cricket’s customizable homescreen, which lets users access web content, such as the weather and news. Other features include a 1.3 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, music player and support for microSD storage cards. The [...]

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Documents seen on the FCC site today reveal a new phone from Casio. The drawings mark the phone as the G’zOne Rock, and it carries CDMA EVDO Rev. A and Bluetooth radios. Based on the rendering of the device in the FCC documents, it appears to be a clamshell, as were previous G’zOne models. Verizon [...]

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Today Research In Motion announced the BlackBerry 9630 Tour, a new QWERTY-equipped device that supports both CDMA EVDO Rev. A and quad-band GSM/EDGE plus 2100MHz HSDPA networks. The Tour also comes with a 3.2 megapixel camera with flash, autofocus and video capture. The Tour has a full HTML web browser, 3.5mm headset jack, Bluetooth 2.0 [...]

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Today documents on the FCC web site revealed few details about an unannounced phone from Huawei. The M750 has tri-band CDMA 1x radios with support for AWS bands, Bluetooth and a 1.3 megapixel camera. The M750, which appears with MetroPCS branding on it, could be a touch phone, but that’s indeterminate based on the FCC [...]

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Much has been said of the Palm Pre and the handset itself hasn’t even been released yet. Well there’s more to whet your appetite before its imminent launch on the American CDMA network, Sprint. A series of pictures has leaked onto the internet showing the box and packaging for the Pre. Enjoy another chapter in [...]

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Samsung and MetroPCS today announced the Tint R420, a basic clamshell phone with user-changeable front and back covers. Other features include ChatLINK push-to-talk, Bluetooth, camera, color outer display, and GPS navigation. With tri-band CDMA, the Tint supports the AWS CDMA networks in MetroPCS’ newest covered cities. The Tint is available now in select locations for [...]

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Apple “is conducting high-level discussions with Verizon Wireless to sell a version of the iPhone that would work on Verizon’s network,” according to the New York Times. Talks heated up two weeks ago. The phone could be available next year. It is not clear if the first model would be CDMA or LTE, although sources [...]

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Today Alltel announced that it will soon sell the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230. This is a CDMA variant of the Flip, which was first introduced as a GSM phone in 2008. Basic features include a 2 megapixel camera, trackball with SureType keypad, 16GB microSD support, Wi-Fi and stereo Bluetooth. It will cost $80 after rebate [...]

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The Samsung Smooth flip phone has quietly appeared at wireless provider Verizon. The entry-level handset has basic features, including a VGA camera with a night shooting mode, a Bluetooth connection and a speakerphone. The dual-band CDMA handset has access to the provider’s VZ Navigator service, and is capable of browsing the web, checking e-mail and [...]

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Documents seen on the FCC provide some information about an Nokia device that is a dual-slider. The phone has design language similar to Nokia’s N Series multimedia devices and has similar features, according to the draft user manual. The FCC confirms that it has CDMA EVDO Rev. A and Bluetooth. The draft user manual says [...]

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Today Kyocera announced two new entry-level devices. Both use CDMA technology.

G2GO M2000: This evolution of the M1000 is a sideways slider with full QWERTY keyboard. It has a 2.4-inch QVGA display that auto-rotates with an on-board accelerometer. It also carries a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, numerous voice-activated features, and supports microSD cards up to 8GB.
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“I’m not sure Moto should compete with the Apple iPhone at this point in time, but looking at the home screen of the Motorola Evoke QA4, it’s undeniable they want to take a piece of the iPhone market share, specifically that segment that needs navigation features on their phone. The Motorola Evoke QA4 has a [...]

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