A new phone from PCD (formerly UTStarcom) was seen this week at the CTIA trade show. The TXT8030 is a bar-style phone that is unique in that it twists in the middle. On one side of the bottom is an angled, full QWERTY keyboard for messaging, and on the other side is speakers and music [...]

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Verizon Wireless has made the UTStarcom Blitz available for sale via its web site. This messaging-focused device has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 1.3 megapixel camera with dedicated camera key and self portrait mirror. It has a 2.5mm headset jack, but includes stereo Bluetooth and a slot supporting microSD cards up to 4GB. The Blitz [...]

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Beginning Saturday, March 8, Cricket will make the UTStarcom CDM7126 available for sale in Tulsa, Okla. The CDM7126 is the first phone to include CDMA 850/1900 and 1700 AWS bands, making it the first tri-band CDMA phone. It is a basic clamshell with Bluetooth, 1xRTT data and indicator lights on the outside rather than an [...]

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The UTStarcom CDM-7126 recently cleared the FCC’s approval process. This is the first phone to support CDMA 850/1900 and 1700 AWS bands, making it the first tri-band CDMA phone. This phone can be used by carriers such as Cricket, MetroPCS and US Cellular, which all have AWS spectrum purchased in the 2006 auction. Otherwise, the [...]

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UTStarcom announced a new cellular phone called the CDM8630 today aimed at the older adult market. The phone features a large easy to read screen type, clearly labeled number pad, ten one touch-dialing entries and a special in case of emergency dialing directory.
“The CDM8630 was specifically developed with senior-aged consumers in mind, meeting their needs [...]

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  The Super Slice from UTStarcom is an updated version of the Slice. Along with altered styling, this bar-style phone adds Bluetooth, a VGA camera and Vigin’s new user interface. It carries over the speakerphone and access to Virgin’s digital content. It will cost $59.99 and should be available at retailers as [...]

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UTStarcom today announced two new entry-level clamshell CDMA phones:

7026: A basic phone with an internal antenna, color STN display, speakerphone, and BREW for downloadable games and content.
7076: Similar to the 7026, but adds an external display and a VGA camera.

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Adding to its rank of phones for the North American market, UTStarcom debuted the very small CDM8935 clamshell phone at CES today. Its small size does not imply that it is small in stature, though. Measuring less that 4 cubic inches and weighing in at less than 3 ounces, the 800/1900 [...]

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CES 2007 – UTStarcom isn’t known for having many “est” titles (that’s Samsung’s role), but the new UTStarcom CDM8935 is one of the smallest camera phones around. It’s tiny in every direction, the total volume is less than four cubic inches.
Features of the CDM8935 include:

Small size: 3.3×1.7x.7″
128×128 pixel screen with 262k colors
Speakerphone
VGA camera

UTStarcom hasn’t [...]

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Calling it it one of the slimmest cell phones for the U.S. market, UTStarcom has released the CDM8960, a new CDMA-based EV-DO capable camera phone. Though the announcement didn’t say anything about carrier partnerships, its 800/1900 MHz dual-band CDMA core slates it for Sprint, Verizon Wireless or Alltel.The CMD8960 boasts a [...]

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Virgin Mobile USA has started a soft launch for the UTStarcom Slice. The Slice moniker is Virgin Mobile’s work, UTStarcom called the handset “PCS-1400″. Like most handsets on Virgin Mobile, the Slice focuses on being affordable. But the slim handset still offers a decent feature set for the price.
Features of the UTStarcom Slice include:

Slim [...]

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Sprint Nextel launched the UTStarcom CDM-120, an entry-level CDMA handset. The phone should also be launching on Verizon Wireless shortly.
Features of the CDM-120 include:

128 × 128 pixel screen with 65k colors
Speakerphone
Voice activated dialing

Sprint is selling the CDM-120 for free with a service activation and $149.99 in instant savings.

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CTIA 2006 — UTStarcom unveiled its new flagship low-end phone for North America, the CDM7025. The handset has been approved for launch by Sprint and should be OK’d by Verizon Wireless shortly.
Features are light, but that’s the idea:

1.5″ 65K color screen
MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone

Pricing for the CDM7025 was cited as $80-$99 pre-subsidy. UTStarcom announced a higher-end phone [...]

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CTIA 2006 –UTStarcom unveiled a mid-tier flip phone this morning dubbed the CDM7075. While it only features a VGA camera, the CDM7075 is being touted as an imaging phone that will change people’s mind’s about using a camera phone.
Features of the UTStarcom CDM7075 include:

1.8″ 65K color CSTN
Speakerphone
32MB/8MB Flash/RAM
MP3 ringtones
VGA (330K) CMOS camera

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CES 2006 - Verizon Wireless announced this morning that it will begin carrying the UTStarcom XV6700. It’s the first Windows Mobile 5.0 device for Verizon Wireless, though Sprint Nextel already launched the device late last year.
Features of the XV6700 include:

EV-DO
64MB RAM / 128MB ROM
MiniSD card slot
Bluetooth
WiFi
QVGA screen
Slide out QWERTY keyboard
416MHz Intel CPU

The XV6700 is [...]

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