Best of MWC Day 0 and 1 (photos) +3 more See all photos BARCELONA, Spain–Mobile World Congress 2011 is off and roaring, as we finally get a chance to have some hands-on time with a few of the products announced this past weekend. But it’s not all just handset coverage; Barcelona has also become a …
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Doro has introduced a few new basic handsets in conjunction with Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. They are the PhoneEasy 615, the PhoneEasy 610, the PhoneEasy 680, and the PhoneEasy 682. Even though Doro usually makes superbasic phones with the elderly in mind (see our reviews of the Doro PhoneEasy 345 and the Doro PhoneEasy 410), the company has received …
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AT&T has started a new plan today that will allow AT&T subscribers to make unlimited voice calls to any mobile number, regardless of carrier. This is similar to Sprint’s unlimited mobile-to-mobile plan. The Any Mobile Number plan will be effective this Thursday, and requires a minimum of a $20 a month unlimited messaging plan plus an existing voice plan. This …
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Good news, T-Mobile lovers! All T-Mobile phones will be offered for free at T-Mobile retail stores this Friday, February 11, and Saturday, February 12, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Of course, you have to sign up for a new two-year contract, so it’s not completely free. But it’s still a great deal, especially if you want a fancy new …
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It’s yet another busy week in the mobile world, with the Google launch of the Android Market Web store, a preview of a 3D smartphone from LG, and a couple of 4G phones from T-Mobile and AT&T. Oh, and apparently we’re a Triple Crown contender in the Kentucky Derby! Sort of. Now playing: Watch this: Dialed In 160: We’re a …
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If you use your phone primarily for making calls, you might not need unlimited text and data services. If so, you might be the sort of customer who would buy Virgin Mobile’s latest handset, the Kyocera S2100, recently launched under its cheaper PayLo prepaid service. The S2100 is as basic as it gets, with only a VGA camera and Bluetooth, …
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Welcome to the 411, my column answering all your questions about cell phones and cell phone accessories. I receive plenty of questions about these subjects via e-mail, so I figured many of you might have similar queries, too. At times, I might solicit answers from readers if I’m stumped. Send your questions and comments to me at [email protected]. If you …
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Yes, Android fans, there is yet another LG Optimus phone, and this time it’s for Virgin Mobile. Virgin Mobile recently announced via its Facebook page that it’ll be releasing the LG Optimus V starting tomorrow. If the phone seems like deja vu to you, that’s because the LG Optimus V is essentially the same as the LG Optimus S for …
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As we speculated last week, LG is indeed going to unveil a 3D smartphone at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Much like the Nintendo 3DS, the LG Optimus 3D won’t require glasses for 3D viewing. LG promises a “complete platform for a one-of-a-kind experience” as well as HDMI and DLNA connections for content sharing, presumably to a 3D-capable …
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CrackBerry recently released a few leaked photos of what looks like a BlackBerry Curve Touch. Indeed, it’s quite Storm-like in appearance, with no keyboard in sight. According to the specs, the CDMA version will have an 800MHz Qualcomm MSM8655 processor, a 3.25-inch HVGA screen, a 5-megapixel camera with HD video, 1GB storage with microSD slot, 512MB of RAM, GPS, and …
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