Cingular announced that it is carrying Research In Motion’s BlackBerry 7280 and 6280 mobile devices. We mentioned the BlackBerry 7280 in October 2003. It sports a color display, which sets it apart from most other RIM devices. The 6280 is monochrome.
Pricing is quite low: $299 for the 7280 and $249 for the 6280.

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As part of a rash of announcements [see 1, 2], Motorola has announced its newest 3G handset–the A1000. The phone attempts to meld raw power with sex appeal.

Video conferencing capabilities
Word, Excel, Powerpoint and PDF document viewing capabilities
1.2 mega pixel digital camera with 4x digital zoom
Capture and playback with MPEG4 and MP3 files and dual-audio speakers
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Motorola announced another addition to its smartphone line up–the MPx. Others in the series have had numbers (e.g. 200, 100), the Motorola MPx. What it lacks in a flashy name, it makes up for in features:

Microsoft Windows Mobile OS
QWERTY keyboard
2.8 inch, 16-bit color displa
Up to 1GB of memory
1.3 mega pixel camera with flash
WiFi / Bluetooth

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Motorola has announced the MPx100. The phone uses Microsoft’s Windows Mobile OS and sports a candy bar form factor. Unlike the MPx220, the MPx100 includes Bluetooth and a camera. The specs are as follows:

Windows Mobile Outlook email and PIM synchronization
Pocket Internet Explorer
Java
IrDA / Bluetooth
Up to 512MB of expandable memory
1.3 mega pixel camera with flash
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Openwaved teamed up with Microsoft to build software that allows users access to their Hotmail and MSN Messenger accounts while on the go. It’s not uncommon for AOL’s AIM program to be installed on mobile phones, so this is a big deal for Microsoft who’s MSN Messenger is only available on Microsoft powered smartphones. However, […]

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In more smartphone news, Panasonic has released a Symbian powered handset called the X700. The sleek clamshell design houses a camera with flash, Bluetooth and a miniSD card slot for memory expansion. Look for it in Europe starting this fall.

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The Constra Costa Times has a piece on the newest way for students to cheat–camera phones. We briefly mentioned this in December 2003
“Jan Burten, a math teacher at College Park High in Pleasant Hill, was shocked when a student showed her a cell-phone picture of a test question from another class last fall. The student […]

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All the wireless big wigs are in Cannes for the 3GSM World Congress. The recent rash of announcements (e.g. Motorola MPx, Nokia Communicator 9500) are all from this conference. While MobileTracker is not attending this year, we present you more information on the event:

Our friends at PhoneScoop have a page covering the conference, expect more […]

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Sony Ericsson has teamed up with Sony Music to provide high quality musical ringtones. This month the top 10 ringtone service, called Pre-play, will be launched in Sweden for the T630. Shortly after, Pre-play should be launched globally.

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Orange has announced some details about its upcoming 3G service. Slated to start later this year, the comapny hopes to have 3 handsets to launch the network with. Two data cards are also part of the plan, which will take a stab at rival Vodafone who recently started 3G data services.

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