The Nokia 6165 is another freshly announced CDMA clamshell. It joins the 2855 which was also announced today.
Features of the 6165 include:

Bluetooth and USB
Megapixel camera
Streaming video

The Nokia 6165 is expected to ship in the first half of 2006.

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As part of a CDMA phone introduction, Nokia today announced the 2855. Nokia isn’t known for its CDMA handsets and makes very few clamshell phones, but the 2855 is a CDMA clamshell.
Features of the phone include:

Bluetooth
128 × 160 pixel 262K color display
speakerphone
MP3/AAC ringtones

The Nokia 2855 is expected to ship in the first half of […]

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Nokia announced two CDMA handsets for growth markets, the 1255 and 2355. Since the phones are targeted at low-income areas, the feature sets aren’t terribly impressive.
Nokia 1255

Weighs just 80 grams
Stopwatch and countdown timer
250 contact phonebook

Nokia 2355

Clamshell design
Speakerphone
Polyphonic ringtones
128 × 128 pixel 65K color screen

Both the Nokia 1255 and Nokia 2355 are expected to be […]

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The bashing of Motorola’s ROKR phone continues with the November issue of Wired magazine dedicating the cover story to what went wrong with the device. Reviews of the ROKR have been decidingly poor, including our own just last week.
The Wired article lays out several areas of blame, including Apple’s unwillingness to compromise along with […]

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Two new EV-DO phones are being shown off on Sprint’s website despite not having been officially launched. There is no link to the phones in the webstore yet, but clever users successfully guessed the URLs for the soon-to-be released phones. The phones are Samsung’s SPH-A940 and Sanyo’s MM-9000 (shown at right).
Samsung A940

EV-DO
2 megapixel camera
microSD […]

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T-Mobile Germany announced the successor to the MDA III, the MDA Vario. The device is based off the HTC Wizard and should cost less than the MDA III.
Features of the MDA Vario include:

240×320 (QVGA) screen
Windows Mobile 5.0
GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz plus EDGE
Bluetooth and WiFi
1.3 megapixel camera

The MDA Vario is expected to begin shipping this […]

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LG today announced the UL-U880, the world’s thinnest 3G phone. Along with a whole host of features, the U880 is decked out for music. Since it’s a 3G handset, don’t expect it to ship in the US but it’s interesting nonetheless.
Features of the LG U880 include:

Dimensions: 98.8mm x 49mm x 18.2mm
176×220 screen with 262K […]

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Cingular customers can now gain access to their existing email or IM accounts from AOL, MSN and Yahoo! through a new set of Java applications. Phone compatibility varies for email and IM, but most Motorola phones can access both. The applications are free but service charges still apply. Instant messages are billed as text messages […]

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Sprint Nextel is reportedly in talks with the top three US cable providers to offer wireless service as part of package deals (phone, internet and cable). Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Cox Communications would be able to add wireless service to their packages, which currently only offer VoIP for voice communication. Pricing for the […]

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Reuters is reporting on some drama today with the NTP versus Research In Motion patent infringement case. According to NTP a stay was denied and the injunction to halt BlackBerry service is back on the table:
A U.S. District Court will be asked to reconfirm an injunction that could shut down Research In Motion Ltd.’s […]

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