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Samsung Glyde Touch Screen Device Launched for Verizon
Verizon Wireless today announced that the Samsung Glyde will be available on May 9. The Glyde is a multimedia and messaging phone that offers a compact, touch-screen device with a full QWERTY keyboard. The Glyde integrates a 2.8-inch touch-screen with tactile response and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. It comes equipped with Verizon Wireless' services such as VCAST Music and Video. With VCAST Music, users can access more than 3 million songs that can be purchased and downloaded to the Glyde. VCAST...

Apple Inks Latin American Deal for the iPhone
America Movil, the top mobile phone operator in Latin America, said today that it has inked a deal to bring the Apple iPhone to more than a dozen countries starting later this year. Mexico-based America Movil, which operates in 16 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as the United States, did not disclose financial details - including whether it would be the exclusive iPhone provider in the targeted countries. Apple has so far struck exclusive deals for the iPhone with AT&T i...

Best Buy Puts $2.1 Billion into European Cell Phone Retailer
Best Buy, the world's largest consumer electronics retailer, is paying $2.1 billion for a 50 percent stake in Europe's largest cell phone retailer, the companies announced today. The joint venture will sell consumer electronics in Europe and the United States, through Carphone Warehouse's 2,400 existing stores as well as online. The companies also said they would introduce Best Buy stores across Europe. Best Buy International's chief executive, Robert Willett will be the chairman of the joint ve...

Verizon Wireless GPS Navigation Adds Real-Time Traffic Data
Verizon Wireless announced today the launch of VZ Navigator (Version 4), the newest version of its navigator service now able to access traffic incidents on major roadways, obtain traffic updates and find detours around traffic congestion and accidents. VZ Navigator (Version 4) will initially be launched in 75 cities with more cities added in the coming year. The features will include 3D perspective view of maps, movie and events finder, weather reports and forecasts, and gas prices at nearby ga...

BlackBerry Curve 8330 Launched for Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless today announced the availability of the BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone on May 12. The BlackBerry Curve is the smallest and lightest full-QWERTY BlackBerry smartphone, offering multimedia capabilities and services, allowing customers to stay connected to work, family and friends while on-the-go. The BlackBerry Curve 8330 includes the following capabilities and key features: - BlackBerry Internet Service - access up to 10 supported POP3 and IMAP personal and corporate email acco...

Sprint Nextel, Clearwire Form WiMax Group with Google
In a major bet on WiMax wireless Internet, Sprint Nextel and Clearwire said today they would combine their networks in a new company with investment from Google, Intel and others. The new company, which will retain Clearwire's name, will deploy a nationwide WiMax network, which promises faster speeds than the latest cellular networks for movies, games and other data services. WiMax promises to blanket entire cities with Web access for laptops, cell phones and other wireless devices at fast speed...

HTC Touch Diamond Flagship Unveiled, Challenges Apple iPhone
Taiwan-based smartphone maker HTC unveiled a new flagship phone today with a touch-screen display and applications for viewing content from websites such as YouTube and Google Maps. High Tech Computer (HTC) said its Touch Diamond phone would offer high-speed mobile Internet access using HSDPA and HSUPA, upgrades to existing third-generation networks that boost data transmission speeds. After years of manufacturing handsets for other companies, HTC has begun asserting its own name with high-end s...

T-Mobile Brings 3G Wireless to NYC; Other Markets to Follow
T-Mobile said today it launched its first commercial high-speed wireless service in New York City, and plans to expand the service to 20 to 25 other major U.S. markets by the end of the year. The new service, based on a high-speed technology known as HSDPA, will boost T-Mobile Web speeds by about four times initially, with another doubling of data speeds once the company comes out with a new HSDPA phone in the third quarter. T-Mobile said its initial data speeds for the service will range from 2...

AT&T Mobile TV Service Launches, Rivaling Verizon
AT&T plans to offer a new mobile digital TV service this Sunday, including full-length shows and some movies, and will charge $15 per month for 10 channels. Operated by Qualcomm, AT&T will have two exclusive channels on the service, it said Thursday. AT&T already has a mobile video service called CV, which is based on different technology. It works like Internet video, providing short clips on demand. "AT&T Mobile TV is more than a new entertainment service - it is an experience ...

AT&T to Cut the Price of Apple's New 3G iPhone
AT&T is preparing cut the price of the 3G iPhone by as much as $200, bringing the price of the 8GB memory 3G model down to $199 for customers who agree to sign a two-year contract. The $200 rebate or subsidy would be limited to AT&T customers and not available through Apple's stores. Average iPhone users have around double the typical U.S. monthly spend, making it easier for AT&T to finance higher subsidies. If the handset is sold with a subsidy, then the activation process will need...