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Virgin Mobile releases TNT! (their exclamation point, not ours)
05.07.2008 21:12
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Filed under: Handsets, Virgin Mobile, Kyocera, MVNOs, CDMA If the Arc's a little too rich for your blood, Virgin Mobile's gone ahead and released another handset this week that should fit the bill nicely. The TNT! is a Kyocera-sourced flip with a color primary display, banner-style monochrome secondary display, speakerphone, basic web access, and not much else -- but if you're just looking for a way to blow through some of those prepaid minutes you've got lying around, that's pretty much all you need. It's available now for $19.99.[Thanks, Mike]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Motorola ROKR E8 comes to Rogers by way of Best Buy
05.07.2008 15:14
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Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, Rogers Wireless, GSM, EDGE Alright, Rogers customers, stop your poutin' that your friends south of the border on T-Mobile got the ROKR E8 and you didn't -- because yeah, now you guys have it too. Best Buy is now offering the E8 on Rogers for $149.99 CAD (about $147) on one of those crazy three-year deals, and since local stores are stocking it, you'll be able to freak out your friends with the morphing keypad before the day's out. Get to it![Via MobileSyrup]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Huawei's potential investors get pared down to five
05.07.2008 09:19
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Filed under: Others Word on the street has China's Huawei having selected the five finalists for bidding on a 50 percent stake of its mobile division, a stake that the company hopes will net a solid $2 billion based on a $4 billion valuation. All five of the remaining bidders are private equity firms, suggesting that unless they're concealing their interests through an intermediary, the plethora of carriers rumored to have an interest have all dropped out of the running (or never showed up to begin with). The contenders at this point include Bain Capital, Goldman Sachs, Kohlberg Kravis Robers & Co., Silver Lake, and AEA Investors -- all companies we suspect would have no trouble cutting a $2 billion check that wasn't made out of rubber. Maybe we can settle this the old-fashioned way, with a potato sack race? Just a suggestion.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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FCC Fridays
05.07.2008 00:23
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Filed under: Features We here at Engadget Mobile tend to spend a lot of way too much time poring over the latest FCC filings, be it on the net or directly on the ol' Federal Communications Commission's site. Since we couldn't possibly (want to) cover all the stuff that goes down there, we've gathered up all the raw info you may want (but probably don't need). Enjoy!PhonesRead - Samsung SGH-i908ERead - Huawei U1005Read - Ezze Mobile M3EQPeripheralsRead - Motorola H780Permalink | Email this | Comments
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