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Dell Mini 3iX hits the FCC with WiFi and US 3G

Will Park — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:26:04 +0000

We recently saw the Dell 3ix pop up in Brazil with WiFi and support for wireless frequencies used in the US, indicating that Dell’s Android handset would make it to The States. Today, we have confirmation that the Dell Mini 3iX is indeed headed to AT&T (NYSE: T) (likely in Q1 2010). The FCC has just given its blessing to Dell’s first Android phone, complete with 3G support on the 850Mhz and 1900Mhz frequencies used by AT&T.

The Chinese Dell Mini 3i lacks WiFi to comply with China’s oh-so-reasonable censorship laws, but we’re happy to say the US-bound Mini 3iX will have full WiFi support. It’ll be running a vanilla Android build of some sort (hopefully Android 2.0 “Eclair”) and will feature a 3.5-inch touchscreen, 3-megapixel camera, GPS, 3G data and a microSD card slot.

As for pricing, we’ll have to wait and see. With Verizon (NYSE: VZ)’s Droid and Droid Eris launched today, T-Mobile (NYSE: DT)’s Behold II on the way, and Sprint (NYSE: S)’s HTC Hero already on market, the Dell Mini 3iX has some stiff competition. Hopefully that will mean a cheaper price point.

[Via: UnwiredView]

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AT&T To Launch White BlackBerry Curve 8900?

James Falconer — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:18:48 +0000

So, not only do we have the new Storm2, the Bold 9700 and the Tour 9630 to gobble up on the market these days… It’s looking like AT&T (NYSE: T) may be slapping a new coat of paint on the Curve 8900 to push it out the door. Earlier this morning via BGR, I noticed said White BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) Curve 8900. Of course, no pricing or launch details were made available, but what do you think? The 8900 is a solid device, would you pick one up in the new white livery when it becomes available? Or are the new offerings from RIM simply to good to go back to that ‘old’ 8900?

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Two Samsung devices, Mythic and Flight, hitting AT&T on November 8th

Dusan Belic — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:57:24 +0000

AT&T (NYSE: T) is adding two new touchscreen-equipped Samsung devices to its offering – Mythic and Flight, both which will be available on November 8th.

The first of the two, pictured on the left, comes with 3.3-inch display, 3.2-megapixel camera, Samsung’s well-known TouchWIZ UI, 3G, GPS, Bluetooth, and the ability to sing along AT&T Navigator, AT&T Mobile Music and AT&T Mobile TV services. The price is $199.99 on a contract after a $50 mail-in rebate.

As for the Samsung Flight, it’s a non-3G device that sports GPS, 2-megapixel camera, smaller touchscreen, and supports AT&T Navigator and AT&T Mobile Music services. This one’s obviously cheaper device, hence AT&T is asking $99, again on contract and after a rebate…

[Via: Unwired View]

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AT&T to offer the 8GB iPhone 3GS for $99?

Dusan Belic — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:54:56 +0000

File this under “so not confirmed,” but it seems AT&T (NYSE: T) has found a way to fight Verizon (NYSE: VZ)’s attack of the Droids. Apparently, the carrier will offer its best-selling iPhone 3GS 8GB for $99. For that price, they may have a chance in the upcoming Christmas season. I can already see the commercial – hundred bucks buys you access to hundred thousand apps, beat that Verizon.

As I said, it’s not confirmed but definitely sounds logical. We’ll see…

[Via: BGR]

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AT&T’s Samsung Jack blessed with Windows Mobile 6.5 update

Dusan Belic — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:33:25 +0000

AT&T (NYSE: T)’s Samsung Jack is blessed with the Windows Mobile 6.5 update. The Korean giant announced the upgrade saying existing owners of the full QWERTY keyboard-equipped device will be able to experience the improved UI latest Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)’s mobile OS brings, better Pocket Internet Explorer, access Windows Marketplace, and also get free access to AT&T hotspots around the country.

And that’s about it. To upgrade your Jack, simply follow instructions on Samsung’s website.

[Via: Unwired View]

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Nokia, plus almost every major international operator, agree on a standard for voice + SMS over LTE

Stefan Constantinescu — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:47:44 +0000

LTE, Long Term Evolution, 4G, whatever you want to call it, was designed to be a complete IP based system. Many of you may be surprised to hear this, but when LTE became a standard, it only supported data. That’s right, 4th generation networks didn’t have an interoperable standard for voice and SMS. Several solutions have been proposed, and I’ve extended my support to VoLGA, but it looks like Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has decided IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) will be the way going forward.

Who supports the decision? AT&T, Orange, Telefonica (many of you know them as O2), TeliaSonera, Verizon (NYSE: VZ), Vodafone (NYSE: VOD), Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU), Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE). That’s a lot of companies. Their posse is called “One Voice Initiative” and now that the big boys have all decided on a standard, progress towards getting LTE networks up and running will start to pick up. Verizon and TeliaSonera are competing to see who will launch the world’s first commercial LTE network in 2010, but it’s going to quite a ways off until 4G coverage is equal to the current 3G footprint.

If anyone can point me (and IntoMobile readers) to a blog post or a book that explains how IMS works, that would be greatly appreciated. I’ve always avoided the standard since I thought it would never fly. Oh how wrong I am now.

Update: The One Voice spec has been published, check it out [PDF] if you’re a network engineer.

[Via: Press Release]

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Want Verizon Wireless 3G coverage ads? AT&T’s got a lawsuit for that!

Will Park — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:52:41 +0000

If you’ve glanced at your TV recently, chances are good you’ve seen those Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Wireless ads mocking AT&T (NYSE: T) for having an allegedly spotty 3G network. The TV commercials play off those “there’s an app for that” iPhone ads, declaring that “there’s a Verizon Wireless 3G coverage map” to show you just why Verizon’s 3G network is better than AT&T’s. Today, AT&T reacted to the ads by filing a lawsuit against Verizon Wireless, asking the court for a temporary restraining order against Big Red’s ad campaign. “Verizon has stepped over the line of legitimate comparative advertising,” said AT&T.

The lawsuit, filed in Atlanta federal court, is aimed at stopping Verizon from using their “misleading” ads. At issue are the 3G coverage maps that Verizon is using to show AT&T’s 3G coverage area. AT&T claims that the white/blank areas of the coverage maps are misleading consumers into thinking that AT&T has no coverage whatsoever in those blank area. The company argues that AT&T customers can “fully use their wireless devices outside of a ‘3G’ coverage area and undisputedly have coverage in areas depicted by white or blank spaces on the maps used in Verizon’s advertisements.”

AT&T is asking for a temporary restraining order against VZW, until the court can pin down dates for injunction hearings.

What say you, reader? Is AT&T just trying to run damage control on a fair ad? Or has Verizon Wireless gone too far with their commercials?

[Via: Reuters]

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Asphalt 5 Races To iPhone App Store; Want a Free Copy? [Update]

Daniel Perez — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:48:47 +0000

We previously mentioned Gameloft’s Asphalt series when Asphalt 4 made its way to the N-Gage as well as on Verizon’s V-Cast service. Gameloft teased us at this year’s WWDC ‘09 with news they were bringing Asphalt 5 to the iPhone App Store later this year. Gameloft finally delievered as Asphalt 5 is now available for purchase on the iPhone App Store.

Asphalt 5 features over 30 cars from such notable manufactures as Lamborghini, Ferrari, and Audi that are fully customizable and more than 12 different locations you can race in. There are also 8 different racing events to take part in such as Cop Chase, Drift Contest, and Time Attack. When you think you’ve mastered Asphalt 5, take on some of your friends via Bluetooth or players from around the world via Wi-Fi connection.

To celebrate Asphalt 5’s release, Gameloft was gracious enough to send us THREE $10 Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iTunes gift cards so you can purchase Asphalt 5 and have some left over to purchase some of the other titles from Gameloft (might I recommend Earthworm Jim or Dungeon Hunter?) Want to win one of the three $10 iTunes gift cards? Here’s how to enter:

Leaving a comment below (please leave an accurate email address so I may contact you if you win)
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This giveaway will be going on for the next 24 hours, so be sure to get your entry in by Nov. 4th, 2009 at 3:00PM EST. While you’re waiting for the contest to be over, be sure to check out the trailer below of Asphalt 5 to see the game in action! Also, be sure to follow @Gameloft to get up-to-the-minute updates on their future games!

[UPDATE: The contest has officially come to a close. Thanks to all who entered and please be sure to check back often as we have some super sweet stuff to giveaway reeeeeal soon.]

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AT&T Slapped with Another iPhone MMS Class Action Suit

Simon Sage — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:40:50 +0000

In the middle of August, AT&T (NYSE: T) was on the receiving end of a class action lawsuit in Louisiana for not enabling MMS on the iPhone as they said they would by the end of the summer. Even though it ended up arriving September, another suit has bubbled up in Alabama. iPhone owner Clyde Bernard Franklin is launching the class action lawsuit on behalf of all Alabamans who picked up Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)’s smartphone on or after July 1 of last year and is seeking punitive and compensatory damages under the Alabama Deceptive Trade Practices Act. It’s a little late to be going after AT&T for this now, but you can hardly blame somone for trying to squeeze a few pennies out of them, considering the latest sales numbers.

[via MacNN]

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Guerrilla Bob Will Take No Prisoners When He’s Released on the iPhone

Daniel Perez — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:53:51 +0000

Angry Mob Games‘ upcoming top-down, twin-sticks shooter Guerrilla Bob is one badass looking game. The main character wears a beret, has tons of weapons, and is named ‘Bob’. That right there is the recipe for badass, folks.

Guerrilla Bob will take players across a number of locations like canyons, deserts, and deserted towns. Along the way, he’ll most likely meet some opposition as well as “epic boss battles”. The game will also include multiple levels of difficulty, scoring system, and online leaderboards so you can compare with your friends who the best Bob is!

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AT&T: Our network is fine, really, can you pretty please tell your readers that?

Stefan Constantinescu — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:16:33 +0000

AT&T’s marketing machine is in damage control mode right now. Remember that post I wrote a few days ago about AT&T’s network sucking because the company didn’t configure it properly?

Check out the email I just got:

Hey Stefan,

Saw your post and wanted to get you a response – we don’t think there’s any merit to the observation you passed along. Would you mind adding this to the post? Feel free to attribute to me or the company …

Also, noted your comment about cell sites – we’ve talked publicly quite a lot about the improvements we’re making to the network (7.2 rollout, increased backhaul to our sites, etc.) – but we also said we plan to add more than 2,000 sites this year.

Thanks,
Seth Bloom
FH for AT&T Corporate Communications

“The AT&T (NYSE: T) wireless network is designed and engineered to deliver the highest possible levels of capacity and performance. Our standing as the nation’s fastest 3G network is validated by multiple third-party testing organizations on the basis of millions of drive tests annually.”

“We believe that recent online speculation regarding AT&T wireless network configuration settings is without foundation. Allegations in these posts regarding packet loss network settings are incorrect.”

To which I simply replied:

I’m not going to copy and paste your marketing message to my blog post. Good luck getting other blogs to follow your request.

Take Seth’s message with a few hundred kilos of salt. If you’re an iPhone customer, or just a plain AT&T customer experiencing network issues, leave a comment below.

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NBA Live iPhone Released; Live Out Your Hoop Dreams While On The Go

Daniel Perez — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:19:25 +0000

Earlier this month, EA Mobile mentioned NBA Live was making its way to the iPhone platform later this month. As we all know, time does fly, and thus explains NBA Live finally releasing on the App Store.

NBA Live is a great effort by EA to bring its popular basketball game franchise to the iPhone. Players are controlled by touching the left side of the screen, which pops up a virtual control stick onto the screen. You then tilt your finger in the direction you want your player to move to. If you’re in possession of the ball, you can either shoot or pass. Depending on your momentum and how well you’re covered by a defending player, you can even perform a variety of dunks with a flick of your thumb. While on defense, you can steal or attempt to block a shot by jumping.

NBA Live features all 30 NBA teams, players, and accurate stats. Multiple game modes allow players to either play a quick game in Exhibition Mode, or dedicate themselves to a full season of play in Season Mode. Player models and animations are pretty detailed as well, considering the platform its running on. All in all, NBA Live is a title basketball loving iPhone owners should absolutely consider owning.

[iTunes Link]

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Does AT&T’s network suck because the company didn’t configure it properly?

Stefan Constantinescu — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:03:52 +0000

Brough Turner, who has been working in the telecommunications industry since 1983, has a hypothesis: AT&T’s wireless network has configuration problems. He believes that the size of the buffer in “the last router between the high capacity core network and the actual over-the-air data path to a subscriber” is configured improperly, and that it is causing ping times to either be very good, under 200 milliseconds, or horrible, in some cases reaching as high as 8 seconds. Many iPhone users can attest to this on AT&T, it either works wonderfully or doesn’t work at all.

I find it odd that of all the countries that have GSM technology, America has not figured out how to properly implement a wireless network properly. Now I know the argument for the iPhone failing in big cities is conjestion, but this recent tweet from Eric Zeman, Editor at Phone Scoop, is telling:

Friend of mine just called me from Shanghai. China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) kept his call connected through his entire commute of 25 miles.

In 2007 Shanghai had a population density of 13,400 people per square kilometer. It ranked as the 10th most dense city in the world. The most dense American city is Los Angeles with 2,700 people per square kilometer; it ranks 90th. Why is it then that the Chinese can figure out how to use GSM, and the Americans can’t? Seriously, I’m always blown away when I hear horror stories about people finding “dead zones”. The closest thing to a “dead zone” I found in Finland was on a summer holiday in a cabin with a few of my friends in the middle of no where. I had full signal, but mobile data wasn’t supported so I had to rely on voice and SMS instead of email and Twitter.

Brough isn’t saying AT&T doesn’t have enough cell towers up. That’s a given. What he is saying is that the towers that are already up, the wireless network itself, isn’t setup properly. I wouldn’t be surprised if he was right.

[Via: Slashdot]

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FCC passes another Motorola Droid, this time with full AT&T 3G support!

Will Park — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:53:21 +0000

The Motorola Droid has so far only been confirmed for Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Wireless. In fact, the Droid could become a fantastic hit for Verizon when it launches later this year. But, that doesn’t necessarily mean Verizon will be the only carrier to offer Motorola (NYSE: MOT)’s high-end Android smartphone. Just last week we saw the Motorola Droid pass through the FCC with GSM frequency support, signaling Motorola’s intent to bring the Droid/Sholes/Tao to GSM networks. Today, the folks over at MobileCrunch have been tipped to some solid evidence that a GSM Motorola Sholes/Tao is headed to AT&T (NYSE: T) with full 3G support!

That’s good news for those you of out there impressed enough by Motorola’s Sholes to give the ailing mobile phone maker another chance at glory, but not willing to be tied to Verizon’s CDMA network. A GSM version of the Motorola Sholes probably won’t launch on AT&T with the Droid brand, but should hold onto all the good stuff that makes the Sholes a formidable player in the Android space – 3.7-inch touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera (with flash), 3G data, WiFi and GPS.

And, seeing as how AT&T’s version of the Motorola Droid will support the same 850/900/1800/1900Mhz bands that Rogers (NYSE: RCI) uses for their 3G network up in the Great White North, our Canadian friends have something to look forward to too!

FCC Motorola Droid with AT&T 3G support

[Via: MobileCrunch]

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BlackBerry Bold 9700 gets some love from the FCC

Will Park — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:42:32 +0000

The BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) Bold 9700 is just about ready to give CrackBerry addicts in the US a new BlackBerry Bold handset to lust after. Following on RIM’s official unveiling of the trackpad-toting “Onyx” smartphone, the FCC has approved the BlackBerry Bold 9700 for the US. The Bold 9700 unit tested by the FCC apparently featured frequency support on the WCDMA Band IV, which is the same AWS spectrum used by T-Mobile (NYSE: DT) for its 1700Mhz 3G network. We already knew the Bold 9700 would make its way to AT&T and T-Mobile, so this isn’t new news, but it sure is exciting to see the next-gen Bold getting ready to go live.

The Bold 9700 takes the original Bold 9000’s already impressive design and kicks it up a notch. We’re talking faster processor, more application memory, a slimmer form-factor, and a new optical trackpad in place of the trackball that RIM loves to use. That should make for a more enjoyable, and lag-free, BlackBerry experience.

The Bold 9700 also comes pre-loaded with BlackBerry OS 5.0, which Simon had the pleasure of playing with on the Storm2. You’ll still get the same class-leading QWERTY keyboard that first debuted on the Bold 9000, and the same high-resolution HVGA display that made the Bold 9000 a worthy multimedia smartphone – just in a smaller, more refined package.

FCC’s BlackBerry Bold 9700 approval

[Via: Ubergizmo]

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AT&T posts biggest iPhone sales quarter yet, impressive financial results

Will Park — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:53:39 +0000

The iPhone has been good to AT&T, and the most recent quarter shows why. AT&T (NYSE: T) today posted their Q3 2009 financial results, announcing that they activated a record 3.2 million new iPhones in that quarter alone. The announcement follows on Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)’s own financial results that had the iPhone maker selling more iPhone this past quarter than ever before. What’s more, AT&T says that 40% of their subscribers came to the carrier for the iPhone.

Apple’s iPhone has been really (really) good to AT&T.

AT&T also managed to cut churn (ratio of new subscriber additions to customers leaving AT&T) to its a record low rate of 1.4%. At the same time, AT&T’s overall ARPU (average revenue per user) increased 3.8% compared to the same quarter last year, hitting $61.23. The all-important data ARPU increased 1.7% to reach $18.37.

Now chew on this. AT&T added 4.3 million devices to their post-paid network. The iPhone accounted for 3.2 million of those new devices – the iPhone comprised more than 74% of AT&T’s new device additions. AT&T must love the iPhone.

AT&T also highlighted its ongoing 3G network improvements. AT&T is expanding its 3G network with about 4,400 new 3G sites rolling out over 370 markets by year’s end. And, the carrier’s push to migrate 3G services to the 850Mhz spectrum is more than 90% complete and should be finalized by the end of 2009.

But, regardless of how much the iPhone may have helped boost AT&T’s bottom line, there’s no denying that the carrier’s 10% wireless revenue growth is impressive. AT&T made $12.4 billion, with $10.3 billion in costs. That’s a lot of cash.

It should be interesting to see how the end AT&T’s iPhone exclusivity affects future quarterly results.

[Via: AT&T]

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Pantech Reveal Lands on AT&T

Simon Sage — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:28:35 +0000

AT&T has announced a new, cheap slider from Pantech that has a standard number pad on the front and a full, portrait, slide-out QWERTY keypad.The aptly-named Reveal also includes GPS services, 3G speed, and a new browser (Opera Mini, I believe – they were showing it off at CTIA). If you’re thinking of grabbing one, Pantech is giving away one Reveal a day for the next five days – all you have to do for your chance is become a fan on Facebook and leave a wall post. Otherwise, the Reveal will be running for $79.99 (or free) on a two-year contract.

[via BusinessWire]

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Who Wants A Free Copy of Earthworm Jim on the iPhone? [Update]

Daniel Perez — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:29:20 +0000

Are you a fan of games from the 90s that star earthworms that battle evil while wearing a robotic suit? Do you also enjoy playing games on your iPhone for countless hours until your battery is completely bone dry? If you answered yes to both of these questions, then this post is for you!

Gameloft announced today the release of the iPhone / iPod Touch version of Earthworm Jim. The game originally was released in 1994 for the Super Nintendo & SEGA Genesis consoles, and now you can relive the 16-bit, side-scrolling glory days through your iPhone / iPod Touch. Earthworm Jim stars Jim, who was once an ordinary earthworm until a suit dropped from outer space onto Jim, which then mutated him into a hero.

Run, gun, swing from hooks with your head, launch cows, bungee jump, rocket through speed levels and more!
Face 12 types of enemies and 9 bosses.
4 different styles of gameplay: Side-scrolling run & gun, space racing, bungee jumping and underwater levels
10 original environments divided into 16 levels
4 levels of difficulty, including the challenging mode of the original game
The re-mastered cult soundtrack
iPod library access to play your favorite tracks while playing the game.

As a special treat, Gameloft has supplied us with a US iTunes code to download Earthwork Jim for the iPhone / iPod Touch for free! Since I’m in a good mood, I’ll be giving it away to a lucky reader. You’ve got two ways of entering:

Commenting on this here article
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The contest will officially end at 6:00pm EDT / 3:00pm PDT and I’ll contact the winner either via email or Twitter DM (depending on who is chosen).

[Update: The contest is now officially over. The winner has been chosen and the code has been sent to them. Thanks for playing!]

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BREAKING: AT&T suing LCD makers for alleged price fixing during 1996

Stefan Constantinescu — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:09:01 +0000

This just hit the Dow Jones Newswire, emphasis added by me:

AT&T has sued AU Optronics, LG Display, Samsung Electronics and other liquid-crystal display makers alleging price-fixing in the LCD market.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, alleges a “long-running conspiracy” from Jan. 1, 1996, to Dec. 11, 1996, to fix, raise, stabilize and maintain the prices of LCD panels.

The complaint, filed by AT&T and its BellSouth and Pacific Bell units, Southwestern Bell Telephone and others, alleges the LCD makers formed an international cartel to illegally restrict competition in the U.S. for LCD panels.

South Korea’s LG Display, Sharp and Chunghwa Picture Tubes agreed last November to pay $585 million in criminal fines in a U.S. Justice Department probe of illegally price fixing on LCDs used in flat-screen televisions, cellphones and other devices. LG, Sharp and Chunghwa are all defendants in the AT&T lawsuit.

A unit of Japanese electronics manufacturer Hitachi agreed in March to plead guilty to price-fixing charges and pay a $31 million fine. Hitachi isn’t a defendant in the AT&T case.

The lawsuit claims AT&T purchased more than 300 million mobile wireless handsets for resale during the conspiracy period and the price of handsets containing LCD panels were artificially inflated as a result of the conspiracy.

A Sharp spokesman declined comment Wednesday. Spokespersons for LG, AU Optronics, Samsung and Chunghwa didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment Wednesday after normal business hours in Asia.

Ummm, call me a daft prick (because I am), but isn’t it 2009 … a full 13 years after the alleged conspiracy theory took place?

[Hat tip to Phone Scoop]

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BlackBerry Bold 9700 (Onyx) Now Official

Simon Sage — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:00:10 +0000

RIM’s new flagship device, the BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) Bold 9700, has been officially announced. If you’ve been following the latest leaked videos and pictures, you’d already know a fair bit about this device (including that it’s coming to AT&T, T-Mobile, Vodafone, Bell, Rogers, telus and maybe even wind) but here’s a spec run-down anyway:

3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, image stabilization, video recording, flash and 2 x zoom
122 g, 109mm x 60mm x 14.1mm
2.44″480 x 360 display
New 624 Mhz processor, 256 MB of flash memory
Wi-Fi with UMA support, A-GPS, Bluetooth (incl. A2DP)
3.5mm headphone jack, microUSB jack, and microSD memory card slot supporting up to 32 GB
Optical trackpad
1500 mAh battery with 6 hours of talk time or 19/15 days standby (GSM and UMTS, respectively)
1900/1800/900/850 MHz on GSM, 2100/1900/850/800 Mhz or 2100/1700/900 Mhz on UMTS

For those currently rocking the original BlackBerry Bold 9000, upgrading to this bad boy would provide you not only with added application memory, processor speed, and an upgraded camera, but extra style by way of the optical trackpad, slimmer dimensions, and overall revamped style. Don’t worry, the keyboard you know and love has changed very little, and the leather backing is still there, if you’re into that kind of thing. Anyone who had passed up on the 9000 because it looked like a fatty next to the Curve will probably be reassessing their options this go-around.

OS 5.0 is also included in the new Bold, some of the improvements from which we’ve seen in the Storm2. A lot of the really cool enterprise stuff, like flags and remote e-mail lookup will be available for those companies who have upgraded their BES to 5.0 and have devices like the Storm2 9550 and Bold 9700 among their employees; in good time, though, OS 5.o will likely find its way to the most recent BlackBerry models.

There’s no official info on carriers or pricing, but they are expecting it to be picked up in November, just in time for Christmas.

[BlackBerry Bold 9700 Official Site]

UPDATE: Rogers (NYSE: RCI) has confirmed that they’ll be offering the 9700 for $299.99 on a three-year plan. T-Mobile and AT&T will both be selling the Bold for $199.99 on a two-year term. Bell and Telus have also confirmed the 9700; although with no price point, they’re saying November.

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