AT&T will be offering three basic plans for the iPhone. Each plan includes visual voicemail, 200 SMS text messages, roll-over minutes, unlimited mobile-to-mobile calling, and unlimited data. The plans cost $60, $80, and $100 for 450 minutes, 900 minutes, and 1,350 minutes of calling time, respectively. The $60 plan includes 5,000 […]

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Sprint today announced the LG Muziq, the successor to last year’s Fusic music phone. The Muziq retains all the same features of the previous model while updating the looks. It has a sleeker shape with an internal antenna. The music control pad on the cover has also been updated to a […]

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Dobson Communications, the largest remaining carrier using the Cellular One name, is considering selling its network. The firm has reportedly hired Morgan Stanley to explore the possibility, however this does not guarantee the company is up for sale. Alltel, another large regional carrier which purchased fellow Cellular One licensee Western Wireless, […]

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Vodafone shareholders could convince the European carrier to sell some of its stock in Verizon Wireless. When it joined with Verizon to form Verizon Wireless, Vodafone was given until August 9, 2007 to sell up to $10 billion of stock in the venture. At current value, that would be approximately 7% […]

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Documents seen on the FCC site today revealed the Sanyo SCP-8500, or Katana DLX, another addition to Sanyo’s line of skinny phones for Sprint. This clamshell will offer EV-DO data, Bluetooth and a microSD card slot. Based on the drawings, it also has dual displays and a camera. It loses 3.8mm […]

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Nuance, a voice recognition software company, has agreed to buy Tegic from AOL. Tegic is responsible for T9 predictive text input which is used in the majority of phones sold in the US with numeric keypads. Despite its lion’s share of the market, Nuance has revealed that Tegic is not profitable, […]

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The FCC has revealed a second Chinese produced handset for MetroPCS, this one from ZTE. The ZTE C88 is a mid-level feature phone that runs CDMA 1x. This black clamshell has an internal antenna and bears a slight resemblance to the Motorola RAZR when closed. It includes two color displays and […]

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Apple has announced the iPhone will have longer battery than initially expected, with talk time increased to 8 hours and media playback times enhanced as well. The company also announced the front surface has been upgraded to a durable, scratch-proof glass, similar to what Motorola uses on several of its flagship […]

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In a move Nokia hopes will help to streamline managing the company and bring new products to market quicker, it is reorganizing its internal structure. There will be two major divisions, Devices & Services, and Nokia Siemens Networks. Each will report financial results separately. The Devices & Services division will be […]

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Chinese manufacturer Huawei will soon be entering the US market. The FCC today revealed the M318, a bare-bones CDMA 1x clamshell with MetroPCS branding. The phone does not have a camera or Bluetooth. Simple, entry-level phones such as this are often how Asian manufacturers enter the US market. After some time, […]

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