Boost has begun trials of new unlimited calling plans in select Texas and California markets. Instead of using its customized iDEN handsets, the service is only available over Sprint’s CDMA network using a Motorola C290. Because it is using an entry level CDMA phone, subscribers won’t be able to use walkie [...]

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Sales package:

Handset
Charger
Battery
User Guide
Wired stereo-headset HP-62 (only for the K220i)

The entry-level segment of SonyEricsson generates good sales thanks to ODM-products, although the company does not strive for heavy advertising campaigns for such offerings or excessive demand for them. The reason is nothing new: these devices differ too much from those coming from the mid price-bracket, sport [...]

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Nokia today announced the 5700, a twisting smartphone that appears to be a cross between the 5300 XpressMusic sold on T-Mobile and the 3250, which was the first Nokia to feature this rotating design. It also runs S60 like the 3250, this time using version 3.1. The 5700 features a large [...]

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AT&T (Cingular) chief technology officer Kris Rinne confirmed in an interview that AT&T will be upgrading its 3G wireless broadband with high-speed uplink packet access (HSUPA) in the middle of 2007. The update to high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) improves speeds both on the up and down links. The combined [...]

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Pantech this week announced a new lineup of GSM and WCDMA phones for the US, to replace and extend the current models offered for Cingular.

C600: A small clamshell 3G phone with an internal antenna. Features include EDGE, dual-band WCDMA, a microSD memory card slot, stereo Bluetooth, and a VGA camera. Available [...]

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Verizon Wireless and Adobe have partnered to offer subscribers enhanced data services through Adobe’s FlashCast product. The technology will provide subscribers with a new way to interact with their data services by animating the user interface. The enhanced user interface will provide users with more immediate access to the information they [...]

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UTStarcom today announced two new entry-level clamshell CDMA phones:

7026: A basic phone with an internal antenna, color STN display, speakerphone, and BREW for downloadable games and content.
7076: Similar to the 7026, but adds an external display and a VGA camera.

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CTIA 2007 — One of the more interesting new devices at CTIA is the Samsung UbiCell base station. A small white box that looks like a WiFi access point, the UbiCell is actually mini cell tower designed for CDMA 1x networks. The device connects to a mobile network through a broadband connection and is [...]

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CTIA 2007 — During a keynote speech at CTIA, an AT&T executive noted announced that it has collected information from a million people who want to be contacted when the Apple iPhone begins shipping in June. The company isn’t taking pre-orders, so it’s hard to tell if the demand is from probable (and able) buyers [...]

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Today T-Mobile announced the newest version of the Sidekick. The 2008 model has a smaller footprint than previous generations of the Sidekick, but it retains the familiar, swivel-out screen, controls and track ball. The stand-out feature are the Sidekick’s interchangeable shells. Customers will be able to use the T-Mobile web site to design their own [...]

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Samsung this week announced the “UbiCell” - a femotcell product - in both CDMA and WCDMA versions. Femtocells are cellular base stations the size of a wi-fi access point that provide cellular coverage in the home. Sprint is currently wrapping up a trial of the CDMA UbiCell, and plans to launch [...]

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Sprint announced the Sanyo 7050 yesterday, which was previously revealed in FCC filings. In addition to the specs reported earlier, this entry-level clamshell is ruggedized to meet Military Spec 810F, which is protection against shock, dust, and vibration. The 7050 feature Bluetooth, Speakerphone, ReadyLink PTT and 1x RTT data. In addition [...]

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CTIA 2007 — LG has become the latest mobile phone manufacturer to partner with Google. The handset maker will begin to introduce new models that come pre-installed with Google applications such as Google Maps, Gmail and Blogger. There will also be one click access to Google’s search site via an icon on the home [...]

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Live photos of Samsung E250

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This week at CTIA, HTC is showing off two new CDMA Windows Mobile devices publicly for the first time. Both devices will ship with Telus in Canada in the 2nd quarter, and in the US around mid-year. Both will sport EVDO Rel. 0 initially, although they are software-upgradeable to support Rev. [...]

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