Regional carrier ALLTEL today announced plans to spin-off of its wireline business with existing wireline provider VALOR Communications Group. This will allow the company to focus on its wireless service and become a more attractive target for acquisition.
A few notes about the deal:

VALOR Communications will assume approximately $4.2 billion in ALLTEL debt
Transaction is Tax Free […]

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The ugly legal battle between Research In Motion and NTP concerning some patents continues to provide angst to investors, there’s news today of yet another rejected settlement offer. Forbes is reporting that NTP will settle for 5.7% of RIM’s revenue through 2012. In the last fiscal year RIM reported revenue of $1.35 billion, making […]

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The company of Samsung started creating a new “slim” line in a big way after a great success of Motorola RAZR and the announcement of a blade-series on the 3GSM congress in February. And a desire to stand out and create products unlike of those announced was placed at the head. All the solutions based […]

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Mobile phone game maker Jamdat Mobile will be acquired by game giant Electronic Arts for $680 million. That is a 19% premium over the last closing price for shares of Jamdat. Some of Jamdat’s more popular titles include: Tetris, Bejeweled, and Jamdat Bowling and Need for Speed. EA plans to bring some of its flagship […]

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The Motorola Q has been confirmed to be picked up by Verizon Wireless. There have been rumors of such a deal since shortly after the device was announced, but a unit displayed at a Microsoft summit clearly featured the Verizon Wireless logo.
Verizon Wireless is also going to be the exclusive launch partner for the […]

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Sprint Nextel today launched the Sanyo MM-7500. It’s the first handset from Sprint to use Qualcomm’s uiOne technology for themes. Thanks to uiOne almost every aspect of the UI can be changed. An expanded selection of themes will be for sale from Sprint in 2006.
Feature wise the Sanyo 7500 sports:

EV-DO high-speed data
ReadyLink push-to-talk ready
MP3/AAC […]

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Motorola today announced a special limited edition version of the RAZR V3i that sports a shiny gold exterior. Dolce & Gabbana is the exclusive retail partner for the phone and there will only be 1000 units made.
Features of the Motorola goldRAZR remain the same as the regular V3i:

1.23 megapixel camera
iTunes
262K internal display
microSD slot
Bluetooth

Pricing for […]

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Package:

Handset
Battery
Charger
Stereo headset
USB-cable
Memory card for 128 MB
CD with software
Manual

The appearance of Voxtel 3iD had a positive influence on the popularity of the trade mark. And surely the release of the first 3MP camera phone happened in favour of the company. However Voxtel will not stop on this point, and we’ll certainly see many interesting […]

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Verizon Wireless has launched the Motorola V325, an entry-level handset that’s similar to the V265 that Verizon already carried. Even though the handsets are very similar, the V265 doesn’t appear to be discontinued.
Features fo the V325 include:

176 × 220 pixel 65K color screen
VGA Camera
BREW

The Motorola V325 is available now and costs $79.99 after […]

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Verizon Wireless just announced the Motorola RAZR V3c this week and it’s already on sale, WireFly.com is featuring the handset for $99 after rebate. That’s half the price as direct from Verizon Wireless and all orders should begin shipping on Monday.
To recap, the V3c sports:

CDMA radio with EV-DO 3G data
1.3 megapixel camera
30MB memory
Bluetooth

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