Miracle TDG-9920. Live pictures

Standard kit:

Handset
Charger
Manual
Headset
Disk with software
Cable for synchronization with PC (ัฮฬ)

A customary user of the majority of European countries knows at least 7-8 mobile phone manufacturers and others arouse his suspect. Asian manufacturers are treated this way the most, besides the companies are not widely [...]

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Samsung became very often to release new models, especially that concerns new models of clamshells appearing on the shelves every month. The majority of the devices are positioned in the high-end price segment and thus low-end models are of greater interest. Let’s remember Samsung X450 that didn’t seem to compete seriously with already introduced [...]

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Cingular today announced its 3G plans, an expected announcement after the AT&T Wireless takeover (Cingular now has ample spectrum for advanced data services). The UMTS/HSDPA third generation network will offer average data speeds between 400-700 kilobits per second (Kbps), and bursts to several megabits per second on capable devices. Nokia, Motorola and LG should all [...]

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Telus is shipping the world’s first commercial Fastap handset, the Fastap LG 6190. Fastap is a unique keyboard layout the combines a typical number based format with a full alpha keyboard (though not in QWERTY format). A deal between Digit Wireless (maker of Fastap) and LG has been in the works since March.Features of the [...]

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Early next year, the Wall Street Journal will begin offering content formatted for mobile devices. For $3.99 a month (nothing is free on Wall Street) subscribers will have have:

Interface for navigating through news categories, stocks, bonds, commodities, futures and indices.

Financial-news coverage from The Wall Street Journal Online with a focus on the U.S., Asia, Europe [...]

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Sprint PCS has launched the Samsung RL-A760. The A760 is the first phone to support VoiceSMS [more info]. Features of the phone include:

128 x 160 pixel 65K color STN display
ReadyLink Push-To-Talk
Voice calling
Voice SMS

Expect to pay $49.99-$79.99 for the Samsung A760 with a new contract but without rebates.

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USA Today featured a Snapshot in today’s Life section that shows how many Americans use non-voice features on their mobile phones. Here’s the breakdown:

Text messages - 27%
Downloaded ringtones - 14%
E-mail - 11%
Internet - 9%
Photography - 9%

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In case you missed something in the past week, here are all the big stories: (In chronological order)

The Motorola V260 shipped on Verizon Wireless
Deal: Motorola RAZR V3 for $369.99
Cingular plans to cut 10% of workforce due to the merger with AT&T Wireless
Cingular began a soft launch of the Nokia 7610
Verizon Wireless launched the Kyocera KX2
Number [...]

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Cingular Wireless will soon launch the Siemens X66. The X66 (AKA SX66) was first thought to be launched by AT&T Wireless, but the device didn’t ship before the merger.
Features of the Siemens X66 include:

Windows Mobile OS
VGA camera with video recording
Wifi/Bluetooth/IR
240 x 320 pixel TFT with 65K colors
Mini slide out keyboard
MMC/SD cardslot

An exact launch date for [...]

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Briefly–NTT DoCoMo today announced that it will stop operation of its second generation cellular network in 2012. Currently 80% or 40 million DoCoMo customers are on the 2G network. While the company offers a host of 3G handsets [see archive], they are more expensive.

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Diehard Treo fans who pre-ordered their Treo 650s were dismayed to find that despite having the same amount of memory as the Treo 600, the Treo 650 cannot fit the same amount of data. A technical entry on the company’s support site details the problem and suggests to plan on your files taking up 33% [...]

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As part of the AT&T Wireless takeover, Cingular is divesting a small portion of AT&T Wireless equipment in a sale to Alltel. Alltel has agreed to purchase $170 million worth of AT&T Wireless spectrum and network assets from Cingular.
The sale was made to comply with conditions set by the FCC and DOJ. Markets in Oklahoma, [...]

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Tomorrow morning from 6am-12pm BestBuy stores will run a post-Thanksgiving day sale. In the sales circular BestBuy is advertising the Motorola MPx220 for $349.99 and a $300 mail-in rebate, bringing the final price down to just $49.99. This makes the deal much lower than the previous MPx220 deal we featured, $199 at Amazon.com.

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Pantech GB300. Live pictures
Standard kit:

Handset
Battery
Charger
Manual
Headset

Pantech had no any low-end models in its product line till recently and this fact prevented from increasing its share in the market. Thus the appearance of GB300 was predictable in some kind. The manufacturer intends the device for youth and stresses it in the ad. The design [...]

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Today marks one year since local number portability was enabled for the top 100 markets in the United States. According to the FCC, over 8 million people have changed carriers but kept their numbers in that time.
Also according to the FCC, about 750,000 people have changed a landline number to a mobile phone.
To read more [...]

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