This Ping app by the guy who made PushGmail is a mix between text messaging and instant messaging. What you need to know is that it’s free and it’s fast.
Ping is designed to look like the SMS app, and behaves much the same way. The messages you send arrive at the recipient’s screen instantly—similar to [...]

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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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Samsung today announced the Instinct S30, a successor to the Instinct. The Instinct S30 (model number SPH-M810) is more streamlined than the orginal, and will be available in two colors: “Cobalt Metal” and “Touch of Copper”. The S30 will come with Opera Mini 4.2, calendar sync, IM, and an upgraded memory card slot supporting 32 [...]

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Nokia’s Ovi Contacts application, which ties-in with the default Contacts application, in Symbian Series 60 phones, running on Feature Pack 2, and enables you to see where your contacts are and, what they are currently up to, via Instant Messaging, has been updated.
The new release of the Beta doesn’t add a host of improvements, but, [...]

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Today T-Mobile announced its line-up of new devices for the holiday shopping season. Among the bunch are two new Samsung handsets.

Behold: This touch-based phone has a full-QWERTY on-screen keyboard with haptic feedback, and a 5 megapixel camera with flash that can capture video. It has quad-band GSM/EDGE radios as well as 1700/2100MHz 3G radios, which [...]

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T-Mobile has added the entry-level Nokia 1680 to its lineup of phones. The 1680 is a bar-style phone that has a VGA camera with video capture, speakerphone, and basic SMS, MMS and IM messaging features. It costs $15 after rebate with new agreement and is available through T-Mobile’s Web site.

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Verizon this morning added an unusual slider media phone that combines some budget and mid-range features in the same device. The Samsung Sway is capped at 1X RTT for data and so needs to use USB to sync with Verizon’s V CAST Music store rather than download over EVDO. However, the phone counters this with [...]

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Today HTC, T-Mobile and Google announced the first phone running the Android platform, the G1. The G1 has a touch screen that swivels out to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard. The G1 is highly integrated with Google’s services, and includes one-touch access to Google Maps Street View, Gmail, YouTube and others. It has a track [...]

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The long-rumored Helio Ocean 2 has finally shown in concrete form courtesy of an FCC filing made public today. Appearing under the codename OZII, the Pantech-made dual slider matches earlier leaks and appears to primarily change the looks of the original Ocean as well as improve the software; aside from chromed trim, the device would [...]

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Today AOL and Research In Motion announced that AOL’s AIM instant messenger program will now be available on all BlackBerry models. The native AIM app will allow users to send and view photos on the phones as well as many other desktop IM functions. BlackBerries will also add ICQ and AOL Mail compatibility. The AOL [...]

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The Samsung Web site recently provided some details about the A137. The very basic, entry-level flip phone has dual-band GSM/GPRS 850/1900 MHz radios, Bluetooth and a-GPS. It can play MP3s, and also has simple SMS, IM and email features. It has AT&T branding and lists some of AT&T’s branded services, such as MEdia.Net. AT&T, however, [...]

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Don’t know how a WinMo 6.0 iPhone clone can be “110% iPhone.” But the writeup in PMPToday mailbox says the phone is so “robust,” the tag is justified. Very well. Specs include a 3.2-inch multi-touch screen, WiFi connectivity, 1.3 MP camera (with video recording) and pocket PC functionality (i.e. edit Office files). This is also [...]

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Today MetrocPCS announced the addition of the Samsung Messager to its lineup of phones. The Messager is a sideways slider with full QWERTY keyboard. It has a 1.3 megapixel camera, SMS, MMS, email and IM messaging capabilities, Bluetooth and speakerphone. It also has an external micro SD slot that supports cards up to 2GB. Pricing [...]

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Microsoft and Billionaire financier Icahn had a chat last week and the message to Yahoo is that Microsoft is still interested to reopen talks if Yahoo elects a new board.
Meanwhile The Times Online reports that Yahoo is talking again with Time Warner to fend of a Microsoft takeover.

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T-Mobile’s Sidekick Slide Scarlet, the new color variant of the messaging-friendly handset, has gone on sale today as expected. With a QWERTY keyboard, slide-up QVGA screen and GSM/GPRS/EDGE data connection, the Slide’s key skills lie in its preloaded AOL, MSN and Yahoo! IM clients, together with support for POP3 and IMAP FETCH email. [...]

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