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Magic is in the air up north, and so is swine flu.
Simon’s back after a nasty run-in with a non-pork-related flu, and managed to rally in time to go to the Rogers’ HTC Magic and Dream launch event in Toronto. Android sure took its sweet time coming to Canada, so Will and I speculate a bit on the timing and iPhone considerations, but lots of other news went down over the last two weeks. AT&T’s ’09 lineup got completely spilled, and we run down some of the new handsets, like the BlackBerry Magnum and some frumpy-looking Nokias. Of course, the Palm Pre launches tomorrow on Sprint, and we take one last stab at how the stock situation will affect the launch, as well as consider some of the early reviews.
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Headlines
Joshua Jackson Christens Rogers’ Android Foray with HTC Magic and Dream
New 16/32 GB iPhones Appear in Carphone Warehouse Inventory
Nokia’s Ovi Store officially opened for business!
AT&T Lineup Leaked: 3G BlackBerry Pearl, Palm Eos and Android-Bearing Lancaster Confirmed
Sony Ericsson blitzes the unlocked market with Sony Ericsson W995a Multimedia Phone!
Sprint corporate stores stocked for Palm Pre launch day!
Sprint confirms Palm Pre exclusivity through 2009
Rumors
Box Art Reveals 3 Colors for the T-Mobile myTouch 3G
BlackBerry Tour 9630 Spec Sheet Leaked
HTC Ozone Spotted on the way to Verizon
Rogers Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 Coming for $599 Outright?
Is this the Sony Ericsson Xperia 2?
Has the new iPhone been spied in the wild?
Picture Proof: HTC Dash 3G for T-Mobile
Have you heard of Samsung m850 Dash?
New iPhone icon shows up in iPhone OS 3.0 beta SDK!
Samsung C5510 and S6700 Sliders Coming this Summer
Pantech Aladdin and LG Monaco Coming to AT&T
Nokia N900 Rover is the Finnish giant’s next Internet tablet device?
AT&T’s upcoming line-up reveals 3 Samsung phones: Infinity, Pivot and Trinity
BlackBerry Onyx Caught on Camera
4 Nokia phones coming to AT&T: Grouper, Thresher, Snapper, and Mako
HTC Touch Pro2 for Verizon caught in the wild, too!
Two Motorola devices, Sawgrass and Android-powered Heron, coming to AT&T?
First Shots of the BlackBerry Curve 8530 ‘Aries’
Releases
Vertu Ascent Ti Damascus Steel may not be Sonim but it’s tough nevertheless
Verizon Launching BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 June 19th ($129.99 on 2-Year Deal)
Oh (HTC) Snap! Now available in UK.
TELUS Unveils Samsung ‘Renaissance’ R540
TELUS Launches LG 5500 Flip Phone
QWERTY-equipped Mobiado Grand 350PRL unveiled
Jitterbug J is an updated version of Jitterbug for everyone, not just old folks
Sony Ericsson announcing “eco” phones June 4th
Samsung Pixon 12 M8910 unveiled in all its 12 megapixel glory
Vodafone gets to exclusively launch the Nokia 6730 classic
LG GW520 ‘Calisto’ Coming to UK Carriers in June
Sony Ericsson announces three new phones: Yari, Aino and Satio!
LG Glance, LG enV3 and LG enV Touch get official for Verizon Wireless
AMOLED screen-equipped Samsung S5050 coming for the summer
General Mobile’s Dual-SIM DSTL1 Android smartphone confirmed for June release
SaskTel BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 is Here
Samsung S5200 coming to the Netherlands, other countries
HTC Touch Pro2 available online!
O2 bringing GSM Palm Pre to UK!
Cricket adds Motorola QA4 Evoke
Toshiba TG01 Announced for Spain and Japan
BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 Now Available on Cellular South
Motorola A1200R is A1200 MING with widgets for Argentina
Low-end slider Samsung t239 coming to T-Mobile USA
Philips Xenium X550 is a decent candybar with great battery life
Rogers Welcomes the 8.1 Megapixel Sony Ericsson C905 Cyber-Shot
P.S.: If it sounds like I’m a huge jerk and cutting off Will a bunch in the first part, it’s because our Skype connection was out of sync, honest.
About The Author
Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
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