Radio Shack, or ‘The Shack’ as they’d like to be called, is offering a fine plethora of sales for Black Friday.  Shoppers be on alert since some sweet, sweet handsets are going on sale here, so make sure you’re wearing running shoes, or you could end up like Mrs. Avery up there.  Don’t worry, all she broke was her hip, ankle, femur, wrist, skull, clavicle, and nose.  But she saved a bundle!

• BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) Curve 8520 – Free with 2 year contract
• Gigaware High Power Docking Speaker For iPod – $49.99
• LG Xenon – Free with 2 year contract
• Motorola (NYSE: MOT) CLIQ – $79.99 (with 2 year contract)
• Motorola i776 – $69.99
• Nokia (NYSE: NOK) 2720 No-Contract Mobile Phone – $9.99
• Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pixi – $99.99 (with 2 year contract)
• Palm Pre – $99.99 (with 2 year contract)
• Plantronics E210 Bluetooth Headset – $19.99
• Sandisk 2GB Memory Stick PRO Duo – $9.99
• Sandisk 2GB Type-M xD-Picture Card – $9.99
• Sandisk 4GB MicroSDHC Card – $9.99
• Sandisk Standard SDHC Card – $9.99
• Samsung Impression – $29.99 (with 2 year contract)
• Samsung Instinct S30 – Free with 2 year contract
• Samsung Mantra Cell Phone – $29.99
• Snap-On Covers for iPhone 3G or Blackberry Curve 8300 – $9.99

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For those of you who are making the pilgrimage to Best Buy Friday morning, I hope you did some working out beforehand as trying to pick up a TV or a refrigerator without any kind of preparation will not end well.

If you’re anything like me, years of being a hermit has turned your body into a soft, delicate pile of pudding.  So why kill yourself when Best Buy has a great number of handsets for sale on Black Friday.  If you can lift a bag of potato chips from your lap, then lifting these handsets should be cake!

• AT&T Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) W518a – Free with 2 year contract
• BoostMobile Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Clutch i465 – $59.99
• DLO Jam Jacket For iPhone – $9.99
• Jabra BT-2080 Bluetooth Headset – $19.99
• LG Chocolate Touch From Verizon – Free with 2 year contract
• MiFi 2200 By Novatel Wireless – Free with 2 year contract
• Mobile Broadband Card 598U By Sierra Wireless – Free with 2 year contract
• Motorola DROID – $199.99
• Motorola i465 Boost Clutch – $59.99
• Motorola H710 Noise-Canceling Bluetooth Headset – $39.99
• Motorola S9 HD Stereo Bluetooth Headset – $49.99
• Net10 Samsung T401G – $39.99
• Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre – $79.99 with 2 year agreement
• Sandisk 8GB MicroSDHC Memory Card – $19.99
• Sandisk 8GB SD Card – $19.99
• Sprint BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) Curve 8330 Smart Phone – Free with 2 year contract
• Sprint Samsung Instinct S30 – Free with 2 year contract
• T-Mobile Motorola Renew Phone – $7.99
• Verizon Wireless DROID – $199.99 with 2 year contract
• Verizon Wireless Motorola Rival – Free with 2 year contract
• Virgin Mobile Kyocera (NYSE: KYO) X-tc – $49.99

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Ah, Thanksgiving.  The time where families come together to share a delicious meal and be thankful for all of life’s blessings.  Once Thanksgiving is over, that’s where the holiday shopping season begins.  Black Friday is known across America as the Friday after Thanksgiving where retailers drop prices on a lot of popular merchandise in order to get you into their stores.  Between today and tomorrow, we here at IntoMobile will be highlighting some Black Friday mobile deals that we feel would help you in planning your holiday shopping.

First up, we have Amazon’s Black Friday sales.  If you’re the type to do your holiday shopping online, they have an impressive array of deals for Black Friday:

• BlackBerry Bold 9700 – $149.99 with new T-Mobile (NYSE: DT) service plan
• Blackberry Curve 8900 – $0.01 with new AT&T (NYSE: T) service plan
• BlackBerry Storm2 9550 – $149.99 with new Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Wireless service plan
• BlackBerry Tour 9630 – $49.99 with new Sprint (NYSE: S) service plan
• HTC Pure Windows – $0.01 with new AT&T service plan
• LG Xenon GR500 – $0.01 with new AT&T service plan
• Motorola TalkAbout Earbud with Microphone for All Series – $12.05
• Plantronics Discovery 975 Bluetooth Headset – $84.99
• Plantronics Voyager PRO Bluetooth Headset – $70.00
• Samsung Moment M900 – $79.99 with new Sprint service plan

Additionally, you MIGHT want to come back next week as we have something special planned for our readers.

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Sprint (NYSE: S) users with BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) and Android smartphones can now use YouMail-powered visual voicemail service free of charge. You know how it works, right? Just like on the iPhone, plus more:

• You can scroll through incoming voicemail messages to see caller information including caller name, time of call, and length of message
• Play voicemails by simply clicking on them
• Share and forward voicemails as an email or post to a blog
• Delete, archive or save voicemails, forever

In order to use YouMail on your phone, you’ll need the YouMail application. Search for it in the BlackBerry App World or Android Market, depending which device you use. Then go to YouMail’s website, sign up for a YouMail account and follow the brief instructions for forwarding unanswered calls to YouMail. It’s that easy.

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An over-the-air software update for the Sprint (NYSE: S) Hero is now available, the biggest change being a fix to SMS and daylight savings time bugs. There’s no documented changelog, but if you notice anything different, feel free to drop a comment. If you didn’t automatically recieve the option to update to 1.56.651.2, go to Settings, About, System Updates, then Firmware Update.

[via BGR]

Update: Oh, snap. Official change log here.

Feature Updates and Enhancements

HTC Hero Software Enhancement SW 1.56.651.2 provides feature updates and enhancements to address the following:
• Improvement to camera picture quality
• DST (Daylight Savings Time) issue addressed
• Unable to receive SMS due to full memory
• Memory leak when Bluetooth is in connecting state
• 3.5mm mono when not using headset with mic
• Dialer application causing excess battery draw

Important note: Dedicated Mute/Speaker buttons have been added to the Talk screen

Verification of updates:
To verify the customer has the updated build after the update:
1. Press Menu, Tap Settings
2. Flick Up, Tap About Phone
3. Scroll up and check Software version: After update 1.56.651.2

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Cash-strapped webOS hopefuls and deal seekers alike, take note: Amazon is offering Sprint (NYSE: S)’s Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pixi for just $25. The entry-level webOS smartphone hasn’t been on market for more than a week and we’re already seeing the handset hovering dangerously close to “free with contract” territory. As it stands, Amazon will sell you the Palm Pixi for $24.99 when you purchase it with a new 2-year wireless contract through Sprint.

Remember, though, the Palm Pixi’s entry-level price comes with compromises. The 2.6-inch capacitive touchscreen is smaller than the Palm Pre’s display. The 2-megapixel camera falls short of the Palm Pre’s 3-megapixel shooter. And, WiFi isn’t an option. Still, you get GPS, 3G data, 3.5mm headphone jack, and 8GB of onboard storage.

If that’s enough to get you to make the jump, here’s a link to Amazon’s $25 Palm Pixi.

Amazon’s $25 Palm Pixi

[Via: Engadget]

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In case you missed it, yesterday was Palm Pixi launch day in the US. The new webOS powered ‘mini Pre’ is available for $99.99 on a 2-year contract after $100 mail-in rebate on Sprint (NYSE: S). Ugh, yes, another mail-in rebate!

For the whole skinny head over to Sprint. You’ll need to enter your zip code… Do what I do and enter the standard ‘90210′. Just for fun.

Note: $100 a little too rich for your blood? Check out Will’s post on a $30 option >

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A new Motorola (NYSE: MOT) iDEN clamshell has been spotted at the FCC. It’s the Moto i680, which aside from its “rugged nature” and an iDEN radio (800/900 MHz), also comes with two screens (internal and external), camera with flash that can take both photos and videos, Bluetooth, media player, headset jack, microSD memory card slot. In addition, support for PTX services is also included.

The only problem is the look and feel, which is super outdated, though I’m guessing those who search for a rugged device won’t mind. Neither Sprint (NYSE: S) nor Motorola have released any official information about the i680 at the time of this writing…

[Via: PhoneScoop]

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The Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pixi is due to hit market on Sunday, November 15th. Following on the slider-style Palm Pre, the Palm Pixi will launch as Sprint (NYSE: S)’s second webOS-powered smartphone. It’ll feature the same touchscreen and gesture-support we first saw on the Palm Pre, but trades screen size for a slate-style QWERTY keyboard and does away with WiFi. Big Yellow will be asking $100 for the Pixi when purchased with new 2-year contract, but savvy webOS fans like you won’t have to pay full retail. LetsTalk.com is offering the Palm Pixi (with new contract) for just $30 on pre-order. If you’re willing to put up the money on pre-order and wait for the Pixi to ship to your door, this is one hot deal.

There’s a lot competition in the smartphone space right now. Android phones abound, and the iPhone is still going strong. webOS has yet to really hit it big in the US, but at just $30, the Palm Pixi makes a strong case for picking the webOS as your next smartphone platform of choice.

The Palm Pixi features a 2.6-inch capacitive touchscreen, 2-megapixel camera, GPS, 3G data, 3.5mm headphone jack, and 8GB of onboard storage. You don’t get WiFi, but as long as you’re within reach of Sprint’s network, you’ll get 3G data speeds. It’s a tradeoff that might be worth the discounted $30 entry fee.

Pre-order your Palm Pixi for $30 here.

[Via: Brighthand]

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Well what do we have here? A Palm Pixi sighting… at a Walmart? Yeppers, that’s exactly what we’ve got. PalmTwit reader Tom sent this in just awhile ago, while doing some late night shopping at a Walmart in Tennesee. The picture clearly reveals the Pixi, pressed up against the display case, just trying to get out! Apparently the device was listed for $400 retail, but no other on-contract pricing was available, as the device wasn’t in their system just yet.

While Sprint is due to release the Pixi on us this Sunday ($100 on 2-year contract), don’t be surprised if places like Walmart release the thing just a bit earlier. It happens… and by the looks of things it may happen again with the Pixi.

Stay tuned.

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Want some extra cash to blow at Walmart? What if I told you Wally World was giving away $100 gift cards with any BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) purchase from November 14th through the 21st? According to the good folks at Gizmodo, that’s exactly what is going to happen.

The new deal will be both valid in-store and online, but will require your purchase come complete with a 2-year contract. If you were planning to pick up a new BlackBerry anyways, the 14th through the 21st would be a good time to do it. $100 in your pocket to blow on holiday gifts or just treats for yourself could never be a bad thing.

Below is the list of BlackBerry devices up-for-grabs at Walmart:

• AT&T (NYSE: T) Curve 8310
• AT&T Bold 9000
• Sprint (NYSE: S) Curve 8330 (Red & Titanium)
• T-Mobile (NYSE: DT) 8520 (Black, White, and Frost)
• T-Mobile Pearl 8120 (Emerald)
• Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Storm
• Verizon Storm2

Go ahead, start pre-planning your BlackBerry shopping over at Walmart.

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When times gets tough, big corporations get to slashing jobs. Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel knows this all too well. Following a round of job cuts that gave thousands of Sprint Nextel employees the dreaded pink slip, Sprint has announced that it plans to lighten their employee-load by another 2,000 to 2,500 by the end of the year.

The depressed economy has proven to be another obstacle to the  No. 3 US wireless carrier’s push to return to profits. Sprint recently reported a Q3 loss of $478 million, despite the carrier’s snazzy new smartphone lineup that includes headlining devices like the HTC Hero and the Palm Pre.

Sprint is also still struggling to get their WiMAX network deployed nationwide. With controlling stake in WiMAX operator Clearwire, Sprint is betting that their 4G WiMAX network will help turn things around. Sprint Nextel is reportedly putting up an additional $1.176 billion to help Clearwire build out its nationwide 4G WiMAX network in the US. That’s going to put a serious dent in Sprint’s pocketbook.

Sprint’s upcoming job cuts are aimed at saving the company $350 million in annual expenses, but will cost the company $60-$80 million in severance pay this quarter.

[Via: WirelessWeek]

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Clearwire finally looks poised to go nationwide with their 4G WiMAX network. The company announced today that it has secured an additional $1.5 billion in funding from its partners to help build out the Clearwire network. Clearwire has been pushing to get their 4G WiMAX network up and running throughout the US, but it’s been a slow process. It takes a lot (seriously, a LOT) of money to build out wireless network infrastructure, money that Clearwire doesn’t necessarily have on tap. Sprint (NYSE: S), somehow, does have the money.

Most of the $1.5 billion comes from Sprint Nextel, which is putting up $1.176 billion in additional funds. Despite quarterly losses that just keep adding up, Sprint is fully invested in the Clearwire network. Sprint has majority interest in Clearwire. The carrier donated its own WiMAX assets to Clearwire as part of a deal that would allow Sprint to use Clearwire’s WiMAX network for its own 4G wireless broadband service. And, with their wireless voice business hurting, Sprint really needs WiMAX to be a success.

In comparison, big-name backers like Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Intel will be giving Clearwire $196 million, $103 million and $50 million, respectively. In that light, it’s clear that Sprint is committed to pushing WiMAX to every corner of the US. Let’s just hope it works out.

[Via: paidcontent]

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Sprint (NYSE: S) is the latest operator to offer Dell’s netbook – Inspiron Mini 10. The carrier is asking $199.99 for the computer on a Mobile Broadband plan and a two-year service agreement, after a $100 mail-in rebate. Of course, the netbook comes with built-in EV-DO Rev. A modem which should provide average upload speeds of 350-500 kbps and download speeds of between 600 kbps and 1.4 mbps.

As you probably know, the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 comes with a 10.1-inch screen, WiFi, 160 GB hard drive, 1.3-megapixel camera, Windows XP Home, Intel Atom CPU, card reader and Bluetooth…

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Yeesh, Verizon (NYSE: VZ)’s been busy: the Motorola droid, the HTC Eris, and now a new BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM). A simple CDMA version of the touchpad-toting Curve currently available on T-Mobile won’t exactly steal the thunder from Verizon’s other announcements, but based on our review of the 8520, the new Curve is a stable, if pared-down, BlackBerry with a few new stylistics twists. Sprint (NYSE: S)’s picking up the 8530 as well, and yes, both have Wi-Fi, a 2 megapixel camera without flash, optical trackpad, and 320 x 240 display like the original, but has the added bonus of 3G over EV-DO. Sometimes I wish BlackBerrys kept their cool codenames, like Aries in this particular case, especially now when there are three distinct families of Curves. In any case, you can sign up for notifications of Sprint’s version, or hold out for Verizon’s which will run $99.99 on contract after rebates, and be available November 20.

[via RIM, BusinessWire]

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Existing and potential Sprint (NYSE: S) customers, this one’s for you. The CDMA/WiMAX carrier has started selling two new devices – Samsung Moment and Sanyo (OTCPK: SANYY) SCP-3810.

The first of the two we’ve already covered before – it’s an Android-powered, full QWERTY keyboard-equipped smartphone that prides itself with a 3.2-inch HVGA AMOLED touchscreen, GPS, 3.5mm headset jack, 3.2-megapixel autofocus camera with flash, and 800MHz CPU. Sprint is asking $179.99 for the Moment, with a contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate.

As for the other device, Sanyo SCP-3810, it’s a low-end clamshell with specs that include 2.4-inch QVGA screen, 1.3-megapixel camera, GPS, Bluetooth, web browser. The price is $0, with a contract and after a $50 mail-in rebate. The phone is available in two colors – Regal Red and Black Onyx.

[Via: Unwired View]

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bCODE MediaPlane 220

Provider of mobile wallet scanning platforms bCODE is teaming up cinema innovator Screenvision and Sprint (NYSE: S) to create the world’s largest mobile coupon redemption network. Under the deal, bCODE will provide its SMS-based secure scanning mobile wallet platform, and Sprint will market the service to its customers who will be able to receive special concession stand savings via mobile couponing in 500 participating movie theaters in Screenvision’s nationwide network.

The service is already available in more than 50 DMAs across the country — including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Houston and Dallas. In early 2010, more than 900 theaters will have bCODE service available.

As for how it works, here’s an excerpt from the press release:

The bCODE service consists of mobile coupon delivery and an interactive touch-screen mobile marketing device. A bCODE is a secure and encrypted text message (SMS) that can be scanned easily. The bCODE message is the result of a proprietary algorithm transmitted across technology that’s standard in more than 99.7 percent of the world’s mobile phones. Consumers receive bCODE text message incentives and offers on their mobile phone that they can then redeem at a MediaPlane. The MediaPlane is a sleek, interactive touch-screen mobile marketing device that reads the bCODE and provides digital content, offers and entertainment. The MediaPlane reliably scans bCODEs from mobile phones, redeems the coupon and prints their point-of-sale redemption ticket. The MediaPlane is available in a counter top version and a wall-mounted flat screen version, with a thin form factor and low-impact footprint.

Finally, if you like watching movies and you’re on Sprint, to sign-up for the service simply text the word “Sprint” to “22633″ (bCODE), and take it from there.

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Of the nation’s three largest wireless networks, Sprint (NYSE: S) is the underdog. The third-largest US wireless carrier has been losing customers consistently over the past several quarters, despite compelling hardware offerings like the Android-powered HTC Hero and Palm Pre. But, things are looking better for Sprint. The carrier’s Q3 2009 financial results highlight the lowest customer defection rate in a long time, and customer service performance has been steadily improving.

The most recent quarter had Sprint losing 801,000 of its most valuable post-paid subscribers to other carriers. That’s a definite improvement, but still left Sprint with losses of $478 million in the quarter, compared to a $326 million loss in the year-ago quarter. Revenues slipped to $8.04 billion, missing Wall Street’s projection of $8.09 billion.

Sprint has been making changes to its customer service policies as part of a company-wide effort to improve the carrier’s image and service quality – issues that Sprint believes has been hurting how customers perceive Sprint as a wireless carrier. But, the change has been slow to catch on with consumers.

No one knows what’s going on with Sprint. But, it’s clear that Sprint’s big-money bet on WiMAX as the mobile broadband technology of choice for the foreseeable future has yet to transform the company into America’s premier data-centric wireless provider. Sprint seemingly can’t keep up with AT&T (NYSE: T) or Verizon (NYSE: VZ) in the wireless voice game, but the mobile broadband market has yet to take on a clear leader. Perhaps choosing LTE would have been a better idea?

Sprint’s press release

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Those of you who were getting comfortable with the breadth of Sprint (NYSE: S)’s Simply Everything plan and partaking in the odd smartphone tethering will be in for a rude interruption.  Some heated discussion on the Sprint forums has revealed that phone as modem service is no longer available for Simply Everything customers, although a Sprint employee vehemently defends the decision, saying that PAM has always been an add-on, and anyone tethering up until now was doing so outside the purview of their contract. Sprint VP David Owens has confirmed the change and that there won’t be a PAM add-on available for Simply Everything any time soon. There are always workarounds, like My Tether for the Pre, and TetherBerry for BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM), but that’s more work than a lot of users would like to put in; clearly Sprint is more interested in hawking their mobile broadband access through WiMAX routers. It’s disappointing news for many customers, but it’s hard to blame Sprint for pushing 4G.

[via SlashGear]

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Well folks the Pixi promo clips are ready. We have two videos to show you. The first one is from Palm (NSDQ: PALM), whereas the second (dull) one comes from Sprint (NYSE: S). Nothing too spectacular – but good enough for bargain-hunting webOS fans. Enjoy!

P.S. The second clip follows after the jump.

[Via: gadgetsonthego]

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