Nicole Lee

AT&T to roll out 3G MicroCell nationwide starting in April

AT&T 3G MicroCell will be available nationwide. AT&T LAS VEGAS–After months of trial tests in select parts of the country, AT&T announced Wednesday that it’ll begin rolling out its 3G MicroCell femtocell solution nationwide beginning in mid-April. Yes, that will include San Francisco and New York City, two of the more maligned cities when it comes to AT&T coverage. …

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Verizon unveils the LG Cosmos

Hot on the heels of Monday’s LG Remarq announcement by Sprint, Verizon announced yet another LG messaging phone Tuesday, dubbed the LG Cosmos. Though it doesn’t have quite the same green cred as the Remarq, the Cosmos does have a similar slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Features include the typical text and multimedia messaging, plus a speakerphone, Bluetooth, GPS, voice command, automatic …

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Hands

CTIA 2010: LG Remarq (photos) +3 more See all photos As soon as the show floor opened at CTIA, we dashed over to the LG booth to take a look at its new eco-friendly phone, the LG Remarq. LG boasts that the Remarq is made of 19 percent recycled plastic and 87 percent of its parts are recyclable once you …

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BlueAnt unveils new T1 headset

BlueAnt just upped the ante in the Bluetooth headset wars with the BlueAnt T1, which it announced prior to the start of CTIA 2010. The headset promises a few upgrades over the BlueAnt Q1, like Wind Armour Technology, which promises to deliver clear audio in wind speeds up to 22 miles per hour. The T1 is also meant to be …

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Top

Messaging phones retain their popularity, thanks to the legions of text-happy people everywhere. These handsets are phones with full or partial QWERTY keyboards, but that are not classified as smartphones. That doesn’t mean they’re dumb, though–many of them have high-end multimedia features, too. Here’s a look at the top-10 best messaging phones that have come our way recently. Top-10 messaging …

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Phones you can’t get on a U.S. carrier

Phones you can’t get on a U.S. carrier (photos) +7 more See all photos Sadly, the U.S. is often behind the times when it comes to handsets and mobile technology. Our European and Asian brethren usually get first dibs on all the cool gear, and sometimes, we won’t even see it at all. Sure, we can get some of the …

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Samsung Stunt now on Cricket

Cricket Wireless has just introduced a brand new basic phone in its lineup, the Samsung Stunt. The phone is identical to the Samsung Stunt that launched with MetroPCS not too long ago. Though it’s pretty basic, it does offer a few niceties like Bluetooth and voice command. The price is rather nice as well–it’s $99.99 without a contract.

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Samsung Trill brings the music to U.S. Cellular

Samsung Trill photos +7 more See all photos If the Samsung Trill looks familiar, we don’t blame you. It is almost the spitting image of the Samsung Trance from Verizon Wireless, except for the navigation keys. The Trill is also from U.S. Cellular, so it won’t benefit from the Verizon V Cast Music service. Still, it’s a pretty good music …

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Samsung Freeform coming to U.S. Cellular

Samsung Freeform for U.S. Cellular Samsung The Samsung Freeform, which was once only available on the slowly disappearing Alltel network, is now available on U.S. Cellular, a regional carrier. The Freeform is a pretty simple messaging phone with a full QWERTY keyboard. It has a 1.3-megapixel camera and a 2.2-inch display, a music player, stereo Bluetooth, GPS, and a microSD …

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Virgin Mobile boosts its Broadband2Go

Not even a year after Virgin Mobile introduced Broadband2Go, its pay-as-you-go broadband service, it is now expanding it with even more data while still keeping costs low. Novatel USB broadband modem Virgin Mobile USA The $60 plan, for example, now offers 5GB, when it was 1GB previously. You now get 1GB for $40, and the 300MB for $20, though you …

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