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Nokia Announces 8600 Luna
 Nokia today announced the 8600 Luna, a mid level fashion phone running on the Series 40 platform. The 8600 is a stylish handset in the slider form factor. A quad-band world phone, it has a 2 megapixel camera and QVGA screen that supports 16 million colors. When closed the 8600's keypad is visible through a layer of opaque smoky glass from the front. The Luna is the latest in Nokia's lineup of fashion phones that includes the Nokia 8800 Sirocco Edition. Nokia has made aggressive moves in the fashion phone market over the past few years.
Heikki Norta, a Senior Vice President said "An obsession to every detail marked each step in the development process of the Nokia 8600 Luna. We took painstaking effort to ensure that the experience delivered by every surface - from the smoothness of glass against the face to the warmth of stainless steel in the palm to the superior tactile feedback of the keypad - would surpass any and all expectations,". The Nokia 8600 is expected to be available during the 2nd quarter of of 2007 at an estimated price of 700 Euros. There is no word on availability in the United States.
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by Alfredo Padilla
May 31, 2007
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Nokia Announces New N-Series Models
 August 26, 2008 - Today Nokia announced three N-series smartphones: the N85, N79, and the North American version of the N96. All of these smartphones will be capable of utilizing AT&T's 3G network, demonstrating that Nokia is continuing to roll out high-end devices that support U.S. high speed networks.
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by Marianne Schultz
August 26, 2008
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Cell phone industry gathers in Barcelona
 February 11, 2008 - This week in Barcelona the wireless devices industry has gathered for its biggest event of the year the Global World Congress. As expected manufacturers and other wireless industry players have made announcements and released handsets at a dizzying rate. The biggest story of the event so far may be Sony-Ericsson's move into the Windows Mobile space with the Xperia X1 handset. Microsoft also made news by announcing that they have purchased Danger Inc., responsible for the Sidekick line of smart phones popular with young people.
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by Alfredo Padilla
February 11, 2008
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ITC Judge Rules Against Qualcomm For Nokia
 Dec 13th 07 – An International Trade Comission (ITC) judge has just ruled against Qualcomm in the latest in a series of legal setbacks for the company. The case concerns three patents Qualcomm claimed Nokia was infringing upon. The patents focused on how cell phones manage power to extend battery life. The judge found in his initial determination that “there is no violation” (the determination can be read here as a PDF file).
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by Richard Baguley
December 13, 2007
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Apple negotiations with Chinese carriers on iPhone off to rocky start
 Reports from several sources have indicated that attempts to bring Apple's iPhone to the Chinese market have encountered some obstacles. The biggest stumbling block seems to be Apple's insistence on receiving a portion of iPhone user's subscription fees. Apple has signed deals with several carriers worldwide that provide them with up to $18 per month per subscriber in income on top of any profit arising from the sale of the iPhone. Chinese carriers have been very reluctant to agree to such a revenue sharing deal, with one Chinese executive telling Reuters that: "[O]ur business model does not entail sharing revenue with terminal producers -- we don't share revenue. That's a Chinese rule,".
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by Alfredo Padilla
November 30, 2007
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Kyocera to buy out Sanyo's cell devision
 January 21, 2008 - Kyocera are buying out Sanyo's cell phone division for 50 billion yen (approx $375 million). The deal, which will go into effect on April 1st of this year, means that 2,000 Sanyo cell phone division employees will be transferred to Kyocera. The company also retains the right to use the Sanyo brand, and also gets resources related to handset R&D, marketing, and a portfolio of patents that Sanyo owned.
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by Mark Brezinski
January 21, 2008
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Chinese Network To Roll out 3G
 China is going 3G. The Chinese government has just awarded the first license to build a 3G network in the country, where cell phone use is growing at a remarkable rate (there were 334 million cell phone users in china in 2004, according to infoplease). The first license was awarded to China Mobile, the state-sponsored cellular network, who willb e spending $5.2 billion to build and upgrade their existing network. More licenses expected to be awarded to other companies soon. But you won’t be able to take your US 3G phone and roam over there; the network will be built using the TD-SCDMA standard, which isn’t compatible with the CDMA or GSM standard used in the USA.
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by Richard Baguley
March 21, 2007
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iPhone Now Available In France
28th Nov 07 – The final piece of the iPhone pricing puzzle has fallen into place in Europe: the French network Orange announced that it will be offering the iPhone to its customers for €649 Euros (approx $963) from today. But unlike the other European networks that are carrying the phone, Orange will be allowing their users to unlock the iPhone for an additional €100 (approx $149). Orange are also offering the iPhone to their existing customers for €399. The calling plans for the iPhone start at €49 a month.
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by Richard Baguley
November 28, 2007
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Pantech Refreshes World's Smallest Camera Flip Phone
CTIA, Orlando, March 26, 2007 – Pantech Wireless is flaunting its stuff at this year’s CTIA show with the announcement of five new North American mobile devices including the flashy C3b, which they claim is the world’s smallest camera flip phone.
The Pantech C3b follows up the C3 by adding Bluetooth wireless. The C3b and older C3 both have camera, multimedia messaging, and mobile email capabilities and have a variety of changeable colored face plates to customize to users’ personalities.
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by writer
March 26, 2007
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EU Could Cap Roaming Charges
 March 15, 2007 – Europeans travelling around the continent could see the end of high roaming phone charges with new proposed regulations announced for the summer in the European Union, according to a Reuters report today. EU ministers proposed a cap for mobile roaming charges and agreed that a price limit should apply to all mobile customers in the European Union.
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by Karen Cheung
March 15, 2007
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Sony Introduces W660 Walkman Phone with Speakers
 March 14, 2007 – Sony UK added the Walkman W660 to their product line, heightened with the launch of the Snap-on Speakers MPS-75 that will allow users to listen to their music out loud. Pricing has not yet been announced, but the Sony W660 and MPS-75 will be available during the second half of the year.
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by Karen Cheung
March 14, 2007
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Sony Introduces W660 Walkman Phone with Speakers
March 14, 2007 – Sony UK added the Walkman W660 to their product line, heightened with the launch of the Snap-on Speakers MPS-75 that will allow users to listen to their music out loud. Pricing has not yet been announced, but the Sony W660 and MPS-75 will be available during the second half of the year.
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by Karen Cheung
March 14, 2007
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Motorola Launches New Razr
 Motorola today launched the Razr v2, the latest iteration of its popular Razr lineup of phones. The new version sports an updated Linux/Java operating system, 2 megapixel camera and an innovative touch sensitive exterior screen that simulates the feeling of real button presses. Motorola has seen a steady decline in its profits and market share. Despite selling 98 million Razr phones Motorola has been hurt by the rapidly decreasing average sale price of these phones.
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by Alfredo Padilla
May 15, 2007
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Samsung Announces WiBro Devices
 Samsung today announced three new devices for Korea that will run on the next generation WiBro network that is being built up around Seoul. WiBro allows for maximum data throughput of between 30 to 50 Mbps. The WiBro network being rolled out in Korea currently provides around 13Mbps of data throughput.
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by Alfredo Padilla
April 12, 2007
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HTC Wants You To Touch
.jpg) 5th June 2007 - HTC just unveiled their answer to the iPhone; the HTC Touch is a new phone that was just announced in London based on the Elf design that uses a new touch screen interface called TouchFLO. This allows a user to control the phone by dragging a finger across the touch sensitive 2.8-inch LCD screen. To select a program in the interface, you just touch the screen. To move the interface to another screen, you flick your finger across the screen. HTC has an interactive demo of how the new interface works on their site.
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by Richard Baguley
June 05, 2007
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Verizon Launches Blackberry 8830 With World Roaming
 Verizon Wireless today announced in a press release that they will be carrying the Blackberry 8830, which will use both Verizon's CDMA technology and international GSM bands for world roaming. The support for GSM networks will be limited to the 900/1800 bands, which means the phone won't work on domestic GSM networks like Cingular or T-Mobile. These bands are used widely in other parts of the world and will allow users of the 8830 to use their phone for both phone calls and email when traveling in over 150 supported countries.
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by Alfredo Padilla
April 25, 2007
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Sony Ericsson Announces P1 Smart Phone
 8th May 2007 - Sony Ericsson has just announced their latest weapon in the smart phone war; the P1. The new phone replaces the venerable P990 in their lineup and boasts a 3.2 megapixel camera and a new keyboard design that they claim combines a QWERTY keyboard with a keypad. The phone also includes support for the GSM 900, 1800 and 1900 wireless bands, but the only high speed data connection is the 2100MHz UMTS band, which isn’t used in the US.
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by Richard Baguley
May 09, 2007
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Nokia Announces New N-Series Models
August 26, 2008 - Today Nokia announced three N-series smartphones: the N85, N79, and the North American version of the N96. All of these smartphones will be capable of utilizing AT&T's 3G network, demonstrating that Nokia is continuing to roll out high-end devices that support U.S. high speed networks.
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by Marianne Schultz
August 26, 2008
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Nokia Announces New N-Series Models
August 26, 2008 - Today Nokia announced three N-series smartphones: the N85, N79, and the North American version of the N96. All of these smartphones will be capable of utilizing AT&T's 3G network, demonstrating that Nokia is continuing to roll out high-end devices that support U.S. high speed networks.
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by Marianne Schultz
August 26, 2008
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