Motorola v620. Live pictures
Standard kit:

Headset
Manual
Battery
Disk with software
Cable for synchronization (USB)
Charger

Motorola started selling its v-series phones more than a year ago. They were so similar that the variety in the line was so poor and concerned design more than the menu and hardware architecture. The triplets as v300, v500 and v600 are [...]

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Philips 568. Live pictures
Standard kit:

Headset
Charger
Manual

Philips has focused all its efforts on promoting models in a middle-price segment and that is a prior decision. Many models of the segment are youth and the company doesn’t hide it intends them this way. But [...]

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UPDATE: The Samsung P777 can be purchased from Cingular through Wirefly for just $199…
Details surrounding the Samsung SGH-P777 are starting to make there way across the usual channels. While still technically unannounced (though mentioned in some marketing material), the Samsung P777 is expected by industry insiders to launch on Cingular Wireless midway through the first [...]

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Samsung has announced that it will show off fewer mobile phones at upcoming trade shows (like CES and CeBIT) so competitors won’t be able to copy as quickly. It’s not known if other handset makers will follow suit.
Companies’ copying of each other’s handset designs and functions has cut profitability in the industry and undermined competitiveness, [...]

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Samsung has announced that it has shipped 20,000 SCH-A890 mobile phones to Verizon Wireless. Features of the Samsung A890 include:

EV-DO high-speed wireless (it will be the third EV-DO handset).
1.3 megapixel camera with flash
3D interface

Verizon is expected to begin shipping the first EV-DO compatible mobile phones in January though it is not known of the Samsung [...]

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Nokia 9300. Live pictures
Review Nokia 9300. Part II
Standard kit:

Handset
Charger
Dok-station
64 MB ฬฬั card
Headset
Manual

Nokia may be considered a founder of communicators as a special class of devices. Today many devices are called this way but first a phone equipped with [...]

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The Wall Street Journal says [paid subscription req.]that Time Warner Cable is close to inking an agreement with Sprint to become a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO). While the story isn’t new (MobileTracker has been covering this rumor since June) it appears the negotiations have gotten more serious. The deal is not yet final, and [...]

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US wireless carriers are working to add more network capacity around Washington D.C. in preparation for the Presidential Inauguration. New to this Inauguration is widespread use of camera phones–analysts expect lots of MMS messages to be flying out of the city on January 20th. There are also the many BlackBerry addicted VIPs which D.C. is [...]

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At least one analyst is expecting 2005 to be the year that mobile phones with MP3 playback become mainstream. MP3 ringtones are not an uncommon feature today, but handsets with quality playback for more than a ringtone is few and far between (including an actual headphones jack would do wonders for most phones).
Korean phone makers [...]

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The FCC may auction off more wireless spectrum intended for 3G access as early as 2006.
The bands to be auctioned include 1710-1755 Megahertz and 2110-2155 MHz. The agency said it would try to sell licenses for airwaves in the 1432-1435 MHz band in July or August 2006.

Another auction starts on January 26th 2005. T-Mobile USA [...]

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The LG F9100 was approved today by the FCC. Inside the approval documents were the usual details. The LG F9100 has a focus on IM and looks to be a competitor to the slow-to-market Motorola A630.
Features of the F9100 are still a little light, but are confirmed to include:

Slide out QWERTY keyboard (see photo)
IM, including [...]

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Information on the Motorola V635 has been posted onto the FCC’s website. The Motorola V635 is an update to the Motorola V620 which was itself an update to the Motorola V600.
Features of the V635 include:

EDGE high-speed data
Color external display
Megapixel camera with flash
TransFlash card slot for extra memory

The Motorola V635 keeps all the features of the [...]

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According to the Financial Times, T-Mobile USA parent company Deutsche Telekom has ruled out a possible T-Mobile acquisition, such as T-Mobile buying Nextel (a rumor we highlighted earlier this month).
Kai-Uwe Ricke, chief executive of Deutsche Telekom, has ruled out making acquisitions or stepping up investments for its US mobile phone business in spite of the [...]

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Ericsson has inked a contract to provide the indoor network for the world’s tallest building–Taipei 101. The building got lots of press last weekend due to famed French free climber Alain Robert scaling all 101 floors. Such a large building poses a big problem for cellular access, but the network is going to be top [...]

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You can put in your nomination for the cell phone of the year in the first annual Engadget awards. There were a ton of new cell phones this year, so it’s a wide open game. According to the rules, the phone has to be new this year and actually shipping somewhere in the world (not [...]

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