When the T-Mobile G1 was first unveiled the main color for the phone was white (as you can see if the G1 profile page on this site). When the phone officially went on sale the only colors available were black and brown. Go figure? Well now the white G1 is available. If you weren’t one of the first to run out a buy the G1 now here’s your chance to impress all your friends. You can be one of the few that actually has the white version.
To say that Verizon is tearing it up this holiday season would be a huge understatement. It seems like all the great phones coming out are all being added to the Verizon line-up. We told you about the Touch Pro earlier and now Verizon has announced they will be getting the Samsung Omnia. In fact, the Omnia will go on sale online and at Verizon stores starting December 8th for a price of $249.99 after a $70 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.
The Samsung Omnia runs on the Windowns Mobile 6.1 Professional Operating System. The Samsung Omnia is an all-in-one smartphone with Samsung’s TouchWiz™ user interface which has specially designed widgets to customize and personalize the way you use the phone. The Samsung Omnia also features a full on-screen QWERTY keyboard for fast text messaging, mobile IM and e-mail messages. The haptic feedback on the touch screen provides subtle vibrations to confirm selections; and an optical mouse provides easy navigation with the swipe of a finger. The Samsung Omnia supports Opera 9.5 Mobile Browser for a smooth Web browsing experience.
The Samsung Omnia is also has a 5.0 megapixel camera with digital zoom and power LED flash, camcorder, stereo Bluetooth® wireless technology and Wi-Fi technology that helps customers capture special moments and stay connected to friends and family anytime, anywhere.
If you’re looking for a great touchscreen phone this holiday season then check out the Samsung Omnia.
You might recall that a few years ago Nokia introduced the 6260. The 6260 was a flip phone. Fast forwarded a few years and now we have the Nokia 6260 Slide. The 6260 Slide is a much different phone then its predecessor. The 6260 Slide is a sleek slider phone with a ton of great features. The 6260 Slide includes a 5 megapixel camera, 200 MB of built-in memory, microSD card slot, Bluetooth, MP3 player with FM radio and GPS capabilities. The 6260 Slide has impressive data capabilities. The phone not only runs on 3G networks but it also has the ability to connect to wi-fi spots. The 6260 Slide is scheduled to start shipping throughout Europe in the beginning of 2009 with a price of 299 Euro. No word yet if the 6260 Slide will make it on the shelves of any US carriers. Stay tuned!
Verizon announced today that they will be carrying the HTC Touch Pro. The Touch Pro will officially go on sale December 1st. Verizon will be joining Sprint as the only other carrier selling the HTC Touch Pro. If you’re a Verizon Wireless customer you definitely have a lot of smartphone options to choose from.
The HTC Touch Pro is available for $349.99 after a $70 mail-in rebate and a new two-year customer agreement. The data plan is an additional $29.99. Better make this phone part of your Christmas list at those prices.
The Blackberry Storm went on sales last week and Verizon is reporting that the Storm is officially sold out, both at stores and online. The expected delivery date of the next batch of Storm’s won’t be until December 15th. That doesn’t mean that you can’t get your hands on one right now. As you might expect there are pages of Blackberry Storms for sales on eBay. If you missed the rush and you want to spend a little extra cash then you can get your hands on a Blackberry Storm today.
It’s November and the biggest storm of the year is here, the Blackberry Storm that is. The Blackberry Storm officially went on sales at Verizon stores across the country and on their website. You’ve all seen the commercials and now the time has come. For $200 and a two year contract the Storm can be yours! If you’re already a Verizon customer and not ready to sign a new 2 year contract you can find the Storm on eBay.
I’m sure you all remember the original LG Prada phone. Not only was it a sleek fashion phone, but it also was fully touchscreen. The successor to the original Prada phone was announced today and it’s called the LG Prada (KF900). You would think they would call it the Prada 2 or something of that nature. The only difference in name is the model number, KF900. The new LG Prada still has a great sleek look with a touchscreen interface, but this time around LG added a full QWERTY slider keyboard. Here are a couple excerpts from the press release:
The latest edition of the PRADA Phone by LG (Model: LG-KF900) offers a collection of technical upgrades catering to today’s highest mobile needs. In the outer peripherals, new handset preserves the same original minimalist exterior that has now become a key design inspiration of touch screen handsets worldwide. A defining modification for the new handset involves a set of aesthetics keys that slide out to form a more professional look that not only grazes an elevated level of sophistication, but is also a highly efficient communication tool that complements the latest PRADA Phone by LG’s technology.
The handset’s user interface also receives a powerful improvement with LG’s latest active flash UI technology and haptic feedback on touch input enhancing the experience of the phone’s exclusive contents offerings. Dynamic upgrades to the software is well complimented by hardware extensions that include 3G capability with HSDPA up to 7.2 Mbps and advanced 5 megapixel camera featuring slow motion video recording and DivX playback. Other features include Wi-Fi, full HTML browser, and video calling capabilities.
This time around, LG and PRADA reinvents mobile trend with another stunning offering, the ‘PRADA Link’ (Model: LG-LBA-T950). Expected to release with the new handset, this sleek and elegantly packaged digital timepiece is a Bluetooth device that can remotely monitor phone calls as well as read full SMS text messages without having to extract the phone from a bag or pocket. Extending the handset’s luxurious exterior beyond the device itself is a new wearable type accessory; the PRADA Link not only revolutionizes the conventional methods of mobile communication, but adds practicality and convenience to a fashionable statement.
The new PRADA Phone by LG and the PRADA Link will be available with a starting price of 600 Euros and 299 Euros, respectively. The products can be purchased through major mobile dealerships in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, and other countries in Europe. Please contact your local operator for details on the handset’s availability in your area.”
I’m sure we’ll be seeing the LG Prada on eBay in no time. It’s a GSM phone so you can expect to use unlocked versions here in the US. My bet is that it will probably never be officially released for any US carriers.
Today AT&T launched the LG Incite. The Incite is a beautiful full touchscreen phone. The Incite has a sleek design along with a 3 megapixel camera, wi-fi, gps, microSD card slot, bluetooth and much more. The Incite is available now in AT&T retail stores nationwide and online at www.wireless.att.com for $199.99 with a new two-year agreement and mail-in rebate. Here is the press release from AT&T:
“The LG Incite boasts the latest in wireless communications technology, with domestic and international 3G capabilities, built-in aGPS and Wi-Fi® (802.11 b/g) and Bluetooth 2.0®. The LG Incite is equipped with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, Microsoft Office Mobile and Microsoft ActiveSync 4.5. The Incite, the first of its kind for LG Mobile, offers Windows Media Player 10.
LG Incite looks as good as it sounds: a sophisticated, sleek design, a crystal-clear 3-inch touch screen and a 3.0 megapixel camera and camcorder that enables consumers to send and enjoy memories at the touch of a button. Users have a choice of on-screen virtual keyboards — a full, QWERTY keyboard in landscape mode and a 20-key keyboard in portrait view — with haptic keys that provide vibration feedback. The Incite also offers users choice in terms of screen navigation by simply using their fingers to move through the Incite’s friendly user interface, the scroll button to the upper right of the screen or the included stylus. A configurable, drag-and-drop favorites menu provides quick access to the applications that matter most to the user.
The Incite is pre-loaded with everything you’d expect, including AT&T Navigator, powered by TeleNav, featuring turn-by-turn voice and on-screen directions with colorful 3-D moving maps that can be used in vehicles or while walking. AT&T Navigator also features traffic alerts, re-routing and other location-based services. There also is business and personal e-mail access through Microsoft Direct Push and AT&T’s Xpress Mail service, instant messaging and AT&T Mobile Music service, which provides fast access to downloadable music from eMusic®.
Store all your favorite songs with the microSD Memory Port with up to 16GB of support. Bluetooth 2.0 capabilities allow consumers to wirelessly access music through stereo headsets, transmit data to other Bluetooth-enabled devices and make calls hands-free anytime. The Incite also features AT&T Video ShareSM, the first-ever service in the U.S. that allows users to share live video over wireless devices while participating in a voice call.
“LG Mobile Phones has done an outstanding job in its first offering in the U.S. smartphone arena with the LG Incite, and AT&T is pleased to the be first U.S. carrier to offer an LG smartphone,” said Michael Woodward, vice president, Smart Devices for AT&T’s wireless operations. “It is a great looking smartphone with powerful capabilities that will provide our customers with a new and outstanding choice in our Windows Mobile smartphone portfolio, which is the broadest in the industry.”
Ehtisham Rabbani, vice president of Marketing and Product Strategy for LG Mobile Phones, said: “LG is excited to offer a phone with a different capability than anything we’ve offered in the U.S. thus far. As a leading provider of handsets, LG constantly looks toward the future and strives to incorporate the newest technologies as they become available to our consumers.”
The Incite also supports Microsoft’s System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008, an enterprise-grade mobile solution for managing and protecting Windows Mobile 6.1 phones. Mobile Device Manager helps companies provide its mobile workers with software updates and applications over the air, as well as security-enhanced access to company data. The Incite operates on AT&T’s 3G BroadbandConnect network, which currently is available in more than 320 major metropolitan areas in the U.S. and, by year-end, AT&T expects to offer the service in nearly 350 leading U.S. markets. In addition to 3G connectivity, the Incite is also designed to connect seamlessly with AT&T’s nationwide¹ EDGE network, which is available in more than 13,000 cities and towns and along some 40,000 miles of major highways. When abroad, customers can use the Incite to make a phone call in more than 200 countries and access data in more than 150, including more than 60 with 3G networks. AT&T has the broadest international wireless coverage of any U.S. carrier.”
The HTC Touch Diamond officially went on sale today for Alltel customers. The Touch Diamond first hit the US scene on Sprint and now its made it’s way to Alltel. Alltel customers should be rejoicing with this latest edition to the Alltel phone lineup. The phone is available both online at Alltel.com and at Alltel retailers for $249.99 with a two year contract.
I was watching the nightly news yesterday and there was a short story on Barack Obama and his Blackberry. Throughout his campaign and I’m sure well before that Obama has used a Blackberry. The piece talked about how the secret service will not allow Obama to use his Blackberry once he becomes President. The story cited security reasons. On top of that they said he may not even be able to use email anymore. Could you imagine not being able to use your Blackberry (or other smartphone) or email for at least four years? That alone would make me not what to run for the presidency (not like anyone was pushing me to do so). This begs the questions, what would you do if you couldn’t use your Blackberry or email for four years?
