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BlackBerry Curve 9360 Coming to AT&T 11/20 $29.99

11/02/201111/02/2011 by Bryan Johnston

AT&T is releasing the new BlackBerry Curve 9360 smartphone, an upgrade of the Curve series as an option for messaging-intensive and socially active consumers and business users on November 20 for $29.99 with a contract.

The new BlackBerry Curve 9360 has a comfortable keyboard and an optical trackpad for easy, one-handed navigation.

The BlackBerry Curve 9360 features a 2.44-inch hi-resolution display and includes a 5MP camera with flash and video recording. Upgrades include a faster processor, increased memory, and up to 2x the network speed of previous BlackBerry Curve models from AT&T. A non-camera version will also be available.

HTC Vivid with Vivid 4.5" Touchscreen, 4G LTE @ AT&T November 6

10/31/2011 by Lynn Walford

Along with the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket, AT&T also announced the HTC Vivid 4G LTE smartphone for its 4G LTE network with a November 6 release date.

The HTC Vivid has a dual core 1.2 GHz processor, 4.5" qHD touchscreen, enhanced 8-MP camera and 16 GB of on-board memory, microSD expandable to 32 GB. Features are very similar to the HTC Amaze except it will access AT&T's 4G LTE network.

The Vivid camera has a 28mm, f/2.2 lens and 1080p HD (1920 x 1080 pixel) video recording along with video editor and slow motion playback. According AT&T photos, it will come in white and black.

The HTC Vivid also has HTC Sense with a customizable lockscreen, news/weather/updates widget, animations and social media integration.

Samsung Galaxy SII Skyrocket to Skyrocket with LTE @ AT&T 11/6 Release Date

10/31/201110/31/2011 by Lynn Walford

AT&T and Samsung announced today the next member of the Samsung galaxy, the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket with 4G LTE and other features that out-class other smartphones on the AT&T network with the highest price tag of $249.99 with a contract. The release date online and in stores is November 6.

The most exciting features of the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket are fast 4G LTE access, a 1.5GHz dual-core processor and larger 4.5" Super AMOLED touchscreen which bests the Samsung Galaxy S II on AT&T that has a 4.3" touchscreen and 1.2GHz dual-core processor.

The Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket also features Android Gingerbread (2.3.5), 8-megapixel rear-facing camera with LED flash, with 2-megapixel front-facing camera, 1080p HD video recording, 16 GB of on-board memory, microSD expandable to 32 GB, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

iPhone 4S Sold-Out - How to Get iPhone 4S on Friday 10/14 Preorder BestBuy 2Day Best Bet?

10/13/201110/13/2011 by Lynn Walford

The iPhone 4S is sold-out for preorder in many models and you can't get a hold of one until weeks away if you order online. How can you get an iPhone 4S when it goes on sale on Friday?

Today, we did a spot check of carriers preorders for the iPhone 4S. Verizon Wireless still had iPhone 4S available for presale but with a delivery date of October 28. AT&T is still taking preorders and shows 21-28 days shipping for the all models of the iPhone 4S. The Sprint website shows that the 16GB model sold-out and it will be in stores on October 14, Friday.

Carrier stores, Best Buy and RadioShack may be your best bets for nabbing an iPhone 4S on Friday.

AT&T Ralph de la Vega New Era of Technology

10/11/2011 by Lynn Walford

AT&T's CEO Ralph de la Vega spoke at CTIA, today. Here are some highlights from his talk:

The indusry has crossed the threshold" of a mobile revolution with the deployment of social networking, acceleration of cloud computing, skyrocketing of mobile applications, and advances in mobile devices and networks.