Today documents seen on the FCC web site provided details about an unannounced messaging phone from Alcatel. The OT-800A Tribe is a tri-band GSM/EDGE 850/1800/1900 device that has Bluetooth 2.0 with support for A2DP. The draft user manual notes features such as an accelerometer, 2 megapixel camera with video capture, microSD slot, radio, music player [...]

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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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Documents became public today on the FCC web site that detail an unannounced Nokia phone for AT&T. The Nokia 6750 “Mural” is a clamshell phone with dedicated music keys and an outer display hidden behind a mirrored shell. Documents confirm 3G in the 850/1900 bands that AT&T uses. Also confirmed are a memory card slot, [...]

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President Barack Obama has announced his intent to nominate democrat South Carolina Public Service Commission member Mignon Clyburn to be a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission. The nomination will need to be approved by Congress. Clyburn’s nomination would fill one of the vacant seats, though three still remain.

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The FCC has recently approved the Sony Ericsson W518a, a clamshell Walkman phone similar in most respects to the W508a bound for AT&T’s network. Confirmed specs include quad-band GSM/EDGE, dual-band 850/1900 HSDPA, GPS and Bluetooth radios. It also has two displays, a camera and external music controls. The draft user manual mentions a number of [...]

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The Motorola A4500 for Verizon has been revealed in documents on the FCC web site. This slab-style smartphone is similar to the Q9m/Q9c, but with numerous upgrades, including quad-band GSM world roaming, Wi-Fi, fingerprint scanner, and a 2-megapixel camera. Features in common with the Q9m/Q9c include EVDO data, stereo Bluetooth, memory card slot, voice command, [...]

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Documents seen on the FCC web site reveal details about the Sony Ericsson CS8. The CS8, which appears to be a re-badged C905, is a slider with an 8.1 megapixel camera. The FCC confirms that it has quad-band GSM/EDGE radios, as well as 1700 UMTS, which supports T-Mobile’s 3G network. Other radios include Wi-Fi, GPS [...]

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Documents for the LG CF750 became public on the FCC web site today. The CF750 is identical to the “Secret” phone marketed globally, including hidden touch D-pad, 5 megapixel camera, and carbon fiber back plate. Pictures also confirm that the CF750, which is a slider, has dedicated music controls. The draft user manual mentions AT&T [...]

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Documents seen on the FCC web site show that the agency recently approved a new device from Sharp that has support for 1700MHz AWS spectrum on board. T-Mobile uses the 1700MHz spectrum for its 3G network and is known as the carrier to support Sidekick devices. The device, model number PV300, has GSM and Bluetooth, [...]

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U.S. senators Olympia Snowe from Maine and Bill Nelson from Florida have proposed an addendum to the CAN-SPAM law that would also make mobile SMS spam illegal. By enacting the law, the FCC would be granted the power to prosecute those who use SMS to spam mobile phone users. The M-SPAM Act would prohibit marketers [...]

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Documents seen on the FCC web site reveal some information about a new HTC phone apparently bound for T-Mobile’s network. The SAPP300 has been approved with 1700/2100MHz WCDMA, as well as quad-band GSM/EDGE, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Sapphire (”SAPP”) was the internal codename used for the HTC Magic, which was announced in February at the Mobile [...]

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Today Samsung published some information on the SGH-a877 Impression. This sideways slider has a 3.2-inch AMOLED touchscreen and a full, physical QWERTY keyboard with four rows. Samsung confirms that the a877 has an accelerometer and will auto-rotate when turned on its side. FCC documents confirm that the a877 will have at least dual-band GSM/EDGE/WCDMA and [...]

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Documents seen on the FCC site provide details about an unannounced Motorola phone. The QA4 is a slider that also features a touch screen for user input. It has tri-band 850/1700/1900 MHz CDMA radios, including EVDO, aGPS and stereo Bluetooth. A camera of unknown quality is visible in the pictures of the QA4, and the [...]

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Sprint sent a letter to President-elect Barack Obama and his incoming administration requesting that $2 billion be set aside specifically for a wireless network serving the nation’s first responders. According to Reuters, “Sprint’s plan calls for 100 satellite-based light trucks that would respond to emergencies, and 100,000 or more mobile handsets and equipment at up [...]

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Today new documents seen on the FCC site revealed an unannounced phone from Samsung. The R470 is a dual-band CDMA clamshell with Bluetooth. Photos reveal that the R470 has a dedicated camera key, USB port, microSD slot, dual displays, headphone jack, external control pad, and external speakers. The draft user manual references “easyedge”, which is [...]

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