AT&T just launched a new QWERTY texting-friendly phone – the Samsung A767 Propel. It comes in four cool color combinations. It’s $79.99 with a two year contract, that is with a $50 mail-in coupon as well. So, the real price is $129.99. Without a contract the phone is $279.99. It’s not the cheapest phone, but it looks pretty cool and is chock full of features. It has 3G speed if you are in an area that supports it. Throw in a 1.3 megapixel camera, full texting, mail, etc… and you have a solid, modern phone. If this sounds like a cool phone to you, check out your local AT&T retailer.
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Blackberry OS 4.5 is expected to be released sometime in the middle of this month. Â This update will include things like:
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- Video recording
- Media player updates
- Ability to update Office docs
- HTML e-mails
- Automatic login via wi-fi (for some devices)
Starting in mid-October, devices will come pre-loaded with 4.5. Â For the rest of you, this will simply be a free update.
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It’s just a rumor right now, but it appears that a tethering plan may be coming to the iPhone after all.
Despite being up in the app store briefly (a few times), NetShare app was eventually pulled because it didn’t comply with the TOS. Now it seems that AT&T may be in talks with Apple to provide this service to their users. Gizmodo has the brief e-mail exchange between a Gizmodo reader and (allegedly) Steve Jobs. In short, Jobs says they’re working on it. We’ll see…
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The forthcoming HTC Touch Pro reportedly will be dubbed the “Fuze” with AT&T. There is still no release date yet, but PHONE Magazine says it’s coming “sooner rather than later”. I’m a sucker for any phone with a slide out QWERTY, so this one is on my radar.
Also, the HTC Dream, long rumored to be the first phone powered by Google’s Android OS, may be coming out on November 10. The phone has just received FCC approval, with confidentiality until November 10, 2008. This seems to imply that the phone will be released on that day.
It was earlier thought to be coming in September or October, but this isn’t too bad — as long as that’s the release date.
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When they first announced their partnership, it was a two year deal. Now AT&T has extended their exclusive contract with Apple for an extra year, pushing it to 2010.
According to Electronista, AT&T insisted on the extension if Apple wanted them to offer the $199 price point. Apple agreed, and now it’s at least two more years before Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon customers can get the phone (jailbreaks aside, of course).
I’m with AT&T already, so it doesn’t affect me, but I still don’t like it. I’d rather see the phone be open to all.
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There’s been a ton of news today about the new iPhone, so I thought I’d try to give a brief summary:
The good
- July 11 release
- 3G, as expected.
- GPS. There are already some great looking applications to take advantage of it.
- $199 for the 8 gig model, $299 for the 16 gig. They both require a two-year contract from AT&T.
- 300 hours of standby time
- 5-6 hours of browsing
- 7 hours of video
- 24 hours of audio
- Talk time is 5-10, depending if you’re using 3G or not.
- A ton of new apps you can download.
- Slightly modified design — thinner body, more tapered edges
- Free upgrade to version 2.0 for existing iPhones, though they obviously won’t get 3G or GPS. $9.95 to upgrade your iPod Touch.
The bad
- Still no MMS. Why?
- No native video support, though I presume that you’ll be able to download an app to handle it.
- No 32 gig version.
- No front camera for live video chat, as was suggested in a few places.
- Same camera on the back. I was expecting an upgrade there.
All in all it looks to be a very solid update, but nothing remarkable. I was very impressed by the $199 price, but that’s tempered a bit now that I know it requires a two-year contract.
Now, do I try to get the new iPhone or do I keep using my N95?
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The LG Voyager (previously called the “Verizon Voyager” in many places) will be coming to Sprint and AT&T. The phone is expected “within this year”. It had better hurry, because there are a lot of other (better) phones coming out pretty soon too. No word on pricing, but I would expect somewhere around the $300 mark.
Also no word on the operating system. The Verizon version is running a Verizon-flavored OS. I don’t know if those phone will see Windows Mobile or something else. We’ll probably find out soon enough.
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It looks possible. While showing off the X1 at CeBIT in Germany earlier this week, some sharp-eyed viewers noticed an AT&T logo on the screen.
IntoMobile muses a few questions:
- Are they trying to indirectly pitch AT&T through the media?
- Or is the deal already done and they’re just waiting for the release?
Only time will tell, but as an AT&T customer I sure hope it’s true!
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