Sprint Nextel has officially made the UTStarcom PPC-6700 available for the general public. Prior to today sales were limited to business channel customers. The PPC-6700 is a Windows Mobile 5.0 device made by HTC with a long feature set:

416MHz Intel CPU
EV-DO, WiFi and Bluetooth
QWERTY keyboard
miniSD card slot
1.3 megapixel camera

Sprint.com is selling the PPC-6700 for $449.99 […]

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In conjunction with the launch of Power Vision, Sprint Nextel today became the first US wireless carrier to launch its own music store. The Sprint Music Store offers more than 300,000 songs that can be downloaded directly to a mobile phone over-the-air. The songs can then be downloaded to your PC.
However, at $2.50 a […]

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In a blow to cell phone manufacturers and carriers, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would not hear an appeal concerning the legality of class action lawsuits arguing that the phone makers have known and hidden health risks.
The debate of whether or not mobile phones cause any health risks has gone on for years […]

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The long awaited Motorola i870 has officially been announced by Motorola. The feature packed handset is the first in the US to ship with a antimicrobial coating (this is more popular in Asia).
Other features of the Motorola i870 include:

WiDEN high-speed data
1.3 Megapixel Camera with video capture
Music player with external playback controls
microSD (TransFlash) memory card […]

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As expected, Sprint has unveiled its consumer EV-DO service dubbed Sprint Power Vision. Power Vision covers high-speed data access for handsets, as opposed to through a laptop PC card.
Pricing looks like:

The Power Vision Plus Pack - Entry level, unlimited EV-DO data and includes streaming music and news (ABC News/SIRIUS Hits 1).
Power Vision Access Pack - […]

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BlackBerry enthusiast site PinStack posted an image of a Cingular ad for the upcoming BlackBerrry 8700c. While we can’t be sure it’s for real, the amount leaking around the 8700 makes it a sure bet even if the ad is a fake.
Specs of the BlackBerry 8700c include:

Quad-band GSM plus EDGE high-speed data
Bluetooth
320 ร— 240 […]

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A group of major industry players filed a complaint to the Complaints to the European Commissionto investigate anti-competitive behavior by Qualcomm concerning patents on WCDMA tech. Broadcom, Ericsson, NEC, Nokia, Panasonic, and Texas Instruments state:
Qualcomm is violating EU competition law and failing to meet the commitments Qualcomm made to international standard bodies around the world […]

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Panasonic X200. Live pictures
Standard kit:

Handset
Manual
Charger
Strap

Having released several similar models Panasonic stressed their difference with design. In case of Panasonic X200 and X400 we deal with the same device in different form-factors. And if the elder model is a clamshell then the younger one is designed in a traditional form-factor. The manufacturer attracted attention with […]

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Research group NPD Group said Wednesday that the US mobile phone market grew again during the third quarter. The top manufacturers by market share in the US are as follows:

Motorola
LG
Nokia
Samsung
Sanyo
Kyocera
Sony Ericsson
UTStarcom/Audiovox
Siemens/BenQ

Overall Americans purchased 31.6 million mobile phones for over $2 billion.

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According to a report on Sprint enthusiast site PCS Intel, Sprint Nextel is planning on selling its iDEN network to the federal government. No worries for existing Nextel users though since this deal won’t go down until around 2010.
Even more interesting, the report goes on to say that in exchange for all the spectrum […]

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