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		<title>BlackBerry Thunder gets 9530 model designation on Verizon, October 13th release date?</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/08/08/blackberry-thunder-gets-9530-model-designation-on-verizon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Boy Genius</dc:creator>
		
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We just got a screen cap of the product inventory screen from a Verizon tipster. It shows that the BlackBerry Thunder, which we&#8217;ve all been reporting as a 9500-series device is correct. The specfic model &#8212; you guessed it &#8212; is the BlackBerry 9530 for Verizon. Would it be any other way? We were also [...]]]></description>
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<p>We just got a screen cap of the product inventory screen from a Verizon tipster. It shows that the BlackBerry Thunder, which we&#8217;ve all been reporting as a 9500-series device is correct. The specfic model &#8212; you guessed it &#8212; is the BlackBerry 9530 for Verizon. Would it be any other way? We were also told the launch date on Verizon is October 13th, and that coincides with our <a href="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/16/blackberry-bold-blackberry-thunder-release-information/" >previously leaked info</a> just marvelously. Now, is it the Thunder or Storm?</p>
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		<title>Sony Ericsson TM506 to be T-Mobile&#8217;s first HSDPA handset, welcomes back Sony Ericsson into their lineup</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/08/08/sony-ericsson-tm506-to-be-t-mobiles-first-hsdpa-handset-welcomes-back-sony-ericsson-into-their-lineup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Boy Genius</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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This one&#8217;s been floating around a little bit, but somehow, someway, Sony Ericsson is making a return to T-Mobile USA. Plus they&#8217;re the first HSDPA handset to launch, too! The specs are not incredible by any means, but for just an average phone, they&#8217;ll do just fine. Here&#8217;s a recap of the specifications:

2.0 megapixel camera
Tri-band [...]]]></description>
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<p>This one&#8217;s been floating around a little bit, but somehow, someway, Sony Ericsson is making a return to T-Mobile USA. Plus they&#8217;re the first HSDPA handset to launch, too! The specs are not incredible by any means, but for just an average phone, they&#8217;ll do just fine. Here&#8217;s a recap of the specifications:</p>
<ul>
<li>2.0 megapixel camera</li>
<li>Tri-band 850/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE (boo!)</li>
<li>Dual-band UMTS/HSDPA 1700/2100</li>
<li>Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP</li>
<li>microSD slot</li>
<li>Video recording</li>
<li>IM</li>
</ul>
<p>If you&#8217;re feeling up to it, you should be able to snag one come September 3rd, for a price not yet determined. Who&#8217;s going to be the first taker? Full size image after the break&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Sprint loses another 901,000 subscribers</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/08/06/sprint-loses-another-901000-subscribers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Karp</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sprint]]></category>

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Ok guys&#8230; we respect your determination, your dedication, and your staunch resolution to soldier on in the face of adversity. Seriously, we do. That said, it&#8217;s time for you to quit, Sprint. There&#8217;s simply no other way to put it. The most infamous losing carrier has released it&#8217;s quarterly earnings report, and things are not [...]]]></description>
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<p>Ok guys&#8230; we respect your determination, your dedication, and your staunch resolution to soldier on in the face of adversity. Seriously, we do. That said, it&#8217;s time for you to quit, Sprint. There&#8217;s simply no other way to put it. The most infamous losing carrier has released it&#8217;s quarterly earnings report, and things are not looking much better than they were last time around. Sprint lost 901,000 subscribers last quarter, amounting to a financial loss of $344 million or 12 cents a share. Sure, it&#8217;s a marginal improvement over the previous quarter&#8217;s results, but when you&#8217;re scraping the bottom of the barrel like this there&#8217;s really not much to rejoice about. There&#8217;s no telling how long the company can hold on, but considering a fire sale might be a necessary step before bankruptcy comes a&#8217;knocking. And you want might to save whatever image you have left by not having your CEO practically beg for your business in advertisements. Just a thought.</p>
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		<title>T-Mobile launches 3G in Las Vegas</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/08/06/t-mobile-launches-3g-in-las-vegas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Boy Genius</dc:creator>
		
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In case any of you living in Las Vegas were desperately waiting for T-Mo to pull the 3G switch, your day has finally arrived. As of this morning, T-Mobile has officially went live with 3G in Las Vegas. You&#8217;re still stuck with the standard run of the mill crappy handsets if you want to use [...]]]></description>
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<p>In case any of you living in Las Vegas were desperately waiting for T-Mo to pull the 3G switch, your day has finally arrived. As of this morning, T-Mobile has officially went live with 3G in Las Vegas. You&#8217;re still stuck with the standard run of the mill crappy handsets if you want to use a 3G one, but T-Mobile promised us they&#8217;ve got an HSDPA-capable device coming soon. Yay.</p>
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		<title>T-Mobile launches BlackBerry Curve 8320 Sunset, hawla</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/08/04/t-mobile-launches-blackberry-curve-8320-sunset-hawla/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Boy Genius</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[BlackBerry]]></category>

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Like our Best Buy ninjas in blue didn&#8217;t out this one already&#8230; Oh well. It&#8217;s always nice to see some more color choices on T-Mobile, though. We were getting pretty darn tired of the gold and titanium Curves. The phone will be available starting today at all T-Mobile retail stores and over the phone for [...]]]></description>
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<p>Like our Best Buy ninjas in blue <a href="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/02/best-buy-getting-sidekick-gecco-and-tony-hawk-blackberry-curve-sunset-on-7-27/" >didn&#8217;t out this one already</a>&#8230; Oh well. It&#8217;s always nice to see some more color choices on T-Mobile, though. We were getting pretty darn tired of the gold and titanium Curves. The phone will be available starting today at all T-Mobile retail stores and over the phone for $149.99 with a 2-year agreement. We&#8217;re waiting to hear back from T-Mobile to get confirmation of the OS, but we&#8217;re betting it&#8217;s going to run 4.2.2 even though our leaked doc says any BlackBerry launches <a href="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/06/28/blackberry-bis-25-presentation-os-45-not-coming-til-september/" >before</a> September will run 4.5. Here&#8217;s the full spec rundown in case any of you were MIA for the past year:</p>
<ul>
<li>GSM, GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi</li>
<li>Quad-band world phone 850/900/1800/1900 MHz</li>
<li>2.5” display, 320&#215;240 pixels, QVGA display with more than 65,000 colors</li>
<li>3.5 mm headset jack</li>
<li>Dimensions: 4.2 x 2.4 x 0.6 inches; 3.9 ounces</li>
<li>microSD slot supporting up to 4 GB of optional removable memory</li>
<li>2 megapixel camera</li>
<li>T-Mobile myFaves-enabled</li>
<li>Stereo Bluetooth® capability</li>
</ul>
<p>Larger pics after the jump as well as the press release!</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/wp-content/uploads/tmocurvesunsetlarge.jpg" ><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4478 aligncenter" title="tmocurvesunsetlarge" src="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/wp-content/uploads/tmocurvesunsetlarge.jpg" alt="" width="388" height="650" /></a></p>
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<p>The BlackBerry Curve 8320 in Sunset is enabled for Unlimited HotSpot Calling from T-Mobile (previously called T-Mobile HotSpot @Home) offering great mobile coverage and unlimited calling over any accessible Wi-Fi network and at all T-Mobile HotSpot locations across the country. When leaving home or a T-Mobile HotSpot, calls are seamlessly transferred onto T-Mobile’s wireless network, and the same is true for transferring calls from T-Mobile’s network onto Wi-Fi.</p>
<p>The BlackBerry Curve 8320 in Sunset includes a 2 megapixel camera, music and video multimedia player, a microSD expandable memory slot that supports up to 4GB of memory and stereo Bluetooth® as well as HTML Web browsing at Wi-Fi speeds, personal and corporate email and built-in spell check.</p>
<p>It will be available at select T-Mobile retail stores and online at www.t-mobile.com for $149.99 with a two-year service agreement.</p>
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		<title>AT&#038;T extends iPhone exclusivity until 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/08/03/att-extends-iphone-exclusivity-until-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 12:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Karp</dc:creator>
		
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AT&#38;T has just quietly let slip plans to extend their period of exclusivity on the iPhone for an extra year. Original scheduled to expire in 2009, the company will now spend an extra year as the exclusive distributor of the Apple iPhone in the United States. AT&#38;T&#8217;s head honcho Randall Stephenson noted that the iPhone [...]]]></description>
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<p>AT&amp;T has just quietly let slip plans to extend their period of exclusivity on the iPhone for an extra year. Original scheduled to expire in 2009, the company will now spend an extra year as the exclusive distributor of the Apple iPhone in the United States. AT&amp;T&#8217;s head honcho Randall Stephenson noted that the iPhone is &#8220;everything we hoped it would be,&#8221; and stated their plans to continue selling the device through the 2010 calendar year. While this is certainly music to Apple&#8217;s ears, we can&#8217;t help but wonder if AT&amp;T might benefit from playing their cards a bit closer to the vest and keeping some bargaining chips in their corner. Ah well&#8230;strategy is for chumps, right?</p>
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		<title>T-Mobile 3G launches on October 1st, officially&#8230;kind of</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/31/t-mobile-3g-launches-on-october-1st-officiallykind-of/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Karp</dc:creator>
		
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This one has been rumored for quite a while, but if a small piece of paper taped to the window if a T-Mobile store is to be believed, we now have semi-official confirmation that the carrier will be flipping the switch on its 3G network on October 1st. The high-speed data network should go live [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">This one has been rumored for quite a while, but if a small piece of paper taped to the window if a T-Mobile store is to be believed, we now have semi-official confirmation that the carrier will be flipping the switch on its 3G network on October 1st. The high-speed data network should go live in 27 of T-Mobile&#8217;s most populated markets, which is good news for anyone that&#8217;s growing a bit tired of their lowly EDGE connection (read: everyone). The carrier has been testing its 3G network in New York over the last several months, though we&#8217;re not aware of any similar tests in any other markets. Whatever the case, lets hope that they pull this off in conjunction with the release of some hot new handsets, as their current crop of 3G-capable phones is, well, awful.</p>
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		<title>T-Mobile Sidekick goes official, want to win our custom BGR shell?</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/30/t-mobile-sidekick-goes-official-want-to-win-our-custom-bgr-shell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Boy Genius</dc:creator>
		
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Probably the worst kept secret in recent Sidekick memory has been the new T-Mobile Sidekick, model 2008. From leaked codenames to screen shots, device slides, and even some live shots, if you&#8217;ve been paying attention, you&#8217;re certainly aware of the device. For some reason, if you&#8217;re not, here&#8217;s a quick rundown of the specs:

$149.99 with [...]]]></description>
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<p>Probably the worst kept secret in recent Sidekick memory has been the new T-Mobile Sidekick, model 2008. From leaked <a href="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/04/28/two-new-sidekicks-coming-to-t-mobile-this-summer/" >codenames</a> to <a href="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/05/03/sidekick-gekko-shows-its-face/" >screen shots</a>, <a href="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/16/t-mobile-sidekick-launching-july-30th-no-its-called-the-sidekick/" >device slides</a>, and even some <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/49409599@N00/2711725906/" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/flickr.com');">live shots</a>, if you&#8217;ve been paying attention, you&#8217;re certainly aware of the device. For some reason, if you&#8217;re not, here&#8217;s a quick rundown of the specs:</p>
<ul>
<li>$149.99 with a two-year agreement</li>
<li>Video recording</li>
<li>Spell check</li>
<li>Quick find</li>
<li>Improved browser</li>
<li>Enhanced IM</li>
<li>Bluetooth A2DP</li>
<li>2.0 megapixel camera</li>
<li>Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE</li>
</ul>
<p>We haven&#8217;t took much time to play around with the Sidekick just yet, but from our early findings, the keyboard seems to be a mix of the Sidekick 3 and the Sidekick LX, but the buttons are a bit smaller. We&#8217;re a little disappointed with the build quality on this one. If this phone doesn&#8217;t scream &#8220;CHEAP!&#8221; to you&#8230;you&#8217;ve got a serious problem. The 4 buttons on the front of the device (menu, jump, back, cancel) are difficult to press, and that&#8217;s not even getting into the buttons on the side like the volume keys and the power key. The miniUSB connector is on the top of the phone this time instead of the side, which makes a whole lot of sense, and we actually were surprised by how loud the speaker was. Still though, you might as well spring for the extra $100 and get an LX. Or a Slide. Maybe not a Slide. Motorola&#8217;s not getting any more Sidekick contracts anytime soon.</p>
<p>Seriously, we love you T-Mo, but it&#8217;s time to get in gear. When the Sideline line-up encompasses your hottest exclusive devices, you&#8217;ve really got an issue. The model designation of the Sidekick is even 2008, yet we can&#8217;t understand how this is being released in this day and age, and we would have loved to see a $50 price point. Heck, you can get a friggin&#8217; iPhone for $199. You might have to wait a couple weeks, but you still get an iPhone!</p>
<p>Since you can actually create your own shells for the new Sidekick online using a pretty cool configurator, T-Mobile was nice enough to hook us up with a customized BGR shell for the Sidekick. In typical BGR fashion, we&#8217;re giving it away. Yes, you can be that totally cool kid in school with the only BGR Sidekick in town. Just drop in a comment and you&#8217;re on your way! We&#8217;ll run this until Friday at 11:59PM. No, you don&#8217;t actually get to win the Sidekick. T-Mobile made us promise to send it back so they can trace our fingerprints and discover our identity.</p>
<p>UPDATE: Ok, screw it. T-Mobile hit us up to let us know that they&#8217;re sending us a brand new T-Mobile Sidekick to giveaway. So now you win the actual Sidekick <em>and</em> the BGR shell. How can you beat that?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/gallery/handsets/t-mobile-sidekick/" >Click on over to our T-Mobile Sidekick hands-on gallery!</a></p>
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		<title>Sprint and Palm add Bluetooth voice dialing to Treo 800w</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/29/sprint-and-palm-add-bluetooth-voice-dialing-to-treo-800w/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Karp</dc:creator>
		
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This thing hasn&#8217;t been out for more a week, and already Palm and Sprint have issued an update that enables a significant new feature. A new page over at the Palm support site has just gone live, noting the availability of a new patch that brings full voice dialing over Bluetooth support to Palm&#8217;s new [...]]]></description>
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<p>This thing hasn&#8217;t been out for more a week, and already Palm and Sprint have issued an update that enables a significant new feature. A new page over at the Palm support site has just gone live, noting the availability of a new patch that brings full voice dialing over Bluetooth support to Palm&#8217;s new king of the hill Treo 800w. Oddly absent from the first shipment of handsets, it&#8217;s still good to see both Palm and Sprint taking a proactive approach to delivering new features to their customers. Then again, both of these companies need all the help they can get to retain subscribers and users respectively, so any little bit might be too little too late.</p>
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		<title>New official HTC Touch Diamond ROM unlocks 850MHz band</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/27/new-official-htc-touch-diamond-rom-unlocks-850mhz-band/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Karp</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In a move that can only be described as rather odd, it seems that the original ROM that HTC released with the initial shipment of Touch Diamond handsets disabled the phone&#8217;s support for the 850MHz band. Strange, right? It&#8217;s not all bad news, however. The company has just released a ROM update for its North [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-4412" title="hand-htc" src="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/wp-content/uploads/hand-htc.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="195" />In a move that can only be described as rather odd, it seems that the original ROM that HTC released with the initial shipment of Touch Diamond handsets disabled the phone&#8217;s support for the 850MHz band. Strange, right? It&#8217;s not all bad news, however. The company has just released a ROM update for its North American customers, unlocking the full potential of the 850MHz EDGE band for AT&amp;T customers. Sure, this won&#8217;t bring you anything close to US 3G speeds, but with the absence of a full hardware refresh this is the next best thing. It makes the Diamond marginally more usable on our shores, and show that HTC is committed to ongoing improvement for their diminutive new touchscreen phone. We&#8217;re not sure how this is possible when an HTC employee specifically responded to our rant about the <a href="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/06/01/htcs-touch-diamond-and-raphael-dont-like-the-us/" >Touch Diamond not being a quad-band device</a>, but we guess this will do for now&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Navigate through foreign lands with the new version of AT&#038;T Navigator</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/22/navigate-through-foreign-lands-with-the-new-version-of-att-navigator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Karp</dc:creator>
		
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TeleNav Navigator AT&#38;T Navigator has recently been updated with expanded coverage for international navigation. You can now use your supported handset to find your way around any of 20 different foreign countries, all for the low price of $19.99/month. 20 countries isn&#8217;t the most comprehensive collection of nations we can imagine, but it&#8217;s a decent [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.jkontherun.com/2008/07/att-navigator-g.html" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/www.jkontherun.com');"><img class="size-full wp-image-4372" title="motorola-z9-phone-atnt-navigator" src="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/wp-content/uploads/motorola-z9-phone-atnt-navigator.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="320" /></a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">TeleNav Navigator</span> AT&amp;T Navigator has recently been updated with expanded coverage for international navigation. You can now use your supported handset to find your way around any of 20 different foreign countries, all for the low price of $19.99/month. 20 countries isn&#8217;t the most comprehensive collection of nations we can imagine, but it&#8217;s a decent start. The list includes a number of western European countries, as well as many locations near the Olympic sites in Beijing, China. $20/month isn&#8217;t bad, and until we can get some turn-by-turn support on our new iPhones, we&#8217;re pretty confident that <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Telenav</span> AT&amp;T Navigator is one of the best handset-integrated solutions out there.</p>
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		<title>New details emerge for Samsung BlackJack III</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/21/new-details-emerge-for-samsung-blackjack-iii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Karp</dc:creator>
		
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We&#8217;ve been hearing a lot of rumbling about this one for a while, and finally have something close to official confirmation about some specifics on the BlackJack III. The last child in the BlackJack family should be dropping on AT&#38;T in October running a full version of Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional with a 3 MP [...]]]></description>
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<p>We&#8217;ve been hearing a lot of rumbling about this one for a while, and finally have something close to official confirmation about some specifics on the BlackJack III. The last child in the BlackJack family should be dropping on AT&amp;T in October running a full version of Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional with a 3 MP camera, 528 Mhz processor, aGPS, Wi-Fi, HSDPA, and more. Sharp readers will note that this is, in effect, a rebadged version of the Samsung i788, which is a bit odd given the BlackJack&#8217;s current WM Standard market niche, but we suppose everyone has to grow up sometime, right?</p>
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		<title>Samsung BlackJack II soon available from AT&#038;T in pink and blue?</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/20/samsung-blackjack-ii-soon-available-from-att-in-pink-and-blue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Karp</dc:creator>
		
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Flipping a tired handset with a couple of new color choices is the oldest trick in the book, and it looks like Samsung and AT&#38;T are diving head first into a pink and blue abyss with a couple of new BlackJack II flavors. According to one of our tipsters, the two new models have begun [...]]]></description>
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<p>Flipping a tired handset with a couple of new color choices is the oldest trick in the book, and it looks like Samsung and AT&amp;T are diving head first into a pink and blue abyss with a couple of new BlackJack II flavors. According to one of our tipsters, the two new models have begun arriving in AT&amp;T stores across the country, both sporting a white front with either a pink or blue back casing. How cute. They&#8217;re apparently retailing for the same price as the black model, and should be available soon, though we&#8217;re not entirely sure when they&#8217;re officially going on sale. If pink and/or blue is your thing, however, you could probably track one down if you&#8217;re so inclined.</p>
<p>Thanks, Mike!</p>
<p>UPDATE: Added live pictures of both the pink and blue BlackJack IIs. Thanks Travis K. and Conrad!
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		<title>HTC finally releases Windows Mobile 6.1 update for Sprint Touch</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/18/htc-finally-releases-windows-mobile-61-update-for-sprint-touch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Karp</dc:creator>
		
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It&#8217;s been so long that we almost stopped caring, but HTC and Sprint have come through to deliver a welcome update to the Sprint Touch. Unofficial versions of this firmware have been floating around the web for quite some time, but if you&#8217;re the sort that doesn&#8217;t like to color outside of the lines, you&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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<p>It&#8217;s been so long that we almost stopped caring, but HTC and Sprint have come through to deliver a welcome update to the Sprint Touch. Unofficial versions of this firmware have been floating around the web for quite some time, but if you&#8217;re the sort that doesn&#8217;t like to color outside of the lines, you&#8217;ll be happy to know that the official Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrade for the Sprint Touch is now available directly from the HTC website. The changes and enhancements that come along with the WM 6.1 upgrade are old hat by now, but we&#8217;d still suggest updating your handset if you have the chance, as you&#8217;ll reap the benefits of EV-DO Rev. A, enhanced GPS functionality, an OEM version of Opera, and more. Hit the jump for more info!</p>
<p>[Via <a href="http://www.wmexperts.com/articles/official_wm_61_rom_for_sprint.html" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/www.wmexperts.com');">WMExperts</a>]</p>
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		<title>AT&#038;T Finally Offers Free WiFi for iPhone Customers</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/18/att-finally-offers-free-wifi-for-iphone-customers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zach Epstein</dc:creator>
		
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Really? No, wait. Ok now? Maybe. Ok how about now? Yeah, now. In a completely unexpected turn of events, AT&#38;T has just announced that it has begun offering free WiFi connectivity to iPhone users at more than 17,000 hotspots around the country. And yes, by &#8220;unexpected&#8221; we mean completely expected and overdue. Since AT&#38;T&#8217;s launch/pull/launch/pull [...]]]></description>
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<p>Really? No, wait. Ok now? Maybe. Ok how about now? Yeah, now. In a completely unexpected turn of events, AT&amp;T has just announced that it has begun offering free WiFi connectivity to iPhone users at more than 17,000 hotspots around the country. And yes, by &#8220;unexpected&#8221; we mean completely expected and overdue. Since AT&amp;T&#8217;s launch/pull/launch/pull stunt earlier this year, the future was a bit unclear for AT&amp;T&#8217;s free WiFi offering for iPhones. Included in the 17,000 hotspot sum by the way, is each and every AT&amp;T hotspot-equipped Starbucks location in the US. A week after the launch of the iPhone 3G and amidst accusations that AT&amp;T and Apple are intentionally manufacturing handset shortages, now might be the perfect time to have announced the <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">old</span> new offering. The one oddity in all this, at least as to the timing of the announcement, is that AT&amp;T and Apple just went to great lengths in pushing AT&amp;T&#8217;s 3G network. Hell, the iPhone is even named &#8220;3G&#8221;. So if this new faster iPhone on AT&amp;T&#8217;s high speed is so fantastic, why do we need free WiFi?</p>
<p>[Thanks Ron]</p>
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		<title>T-Mobile Sidekick launching July 30th, no, it&#8217;s called the Sidekick 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/16/t-mobile-sidekick-launching-july-30th-no-its-called-the-sidekick/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Boy Genius</dc:creator>
		
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We just got a hold of some internal T-Mobile snap shots, and any Sidekick will truly appreciate them. They detail the much-rumored Sidekick Gekko, from here on out known as the&#8230; wait for it&#8230; almost there&#8230; T-Mobile Sidekick 2008! That&#8217;s it, guys. Creative name right? In all seriousness, it looks like the word about customizing [...]]]></description>
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<p>We just got a hold of some internal T-Mobile snap shots, and any Sidekick will truly appreciate them. They detail the much-rumored Sidekick Gekko, from here on out known as the&#8230; wait for it&#8230; almost there&#8230; T-Mobile Sidekick 2008! That&#8217;s it, guys. Creative name right? In all seriousness, it looks like the word about <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/07/16/t-mobile-to-let-users-craft-their-own-gekko-shells/" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/www.engadgetmobile.com');">customizing the shells</a> on the device look to be true. It&#8217;s an &#8220;entry-level&#8221; device, and as such, we reckon it won&#8217;t break the bank. Here are the official specs on the T-Mobile Sidekick 2008:</p>
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<li>Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE</li>
<li>2 megapixel camera</li>
<li>2.6&#8243; WQVGA screen</li>
<li>Video recording</li>
<li>Stereo A2DP Bluetooth</li>
<li>Standard Sidekick features</li>
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<p>Couple more shots after the jump along with some more info!</p>
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		<title>iPhone Device Software 2.0.1 on the way?</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/15/iphone-device-software-201-on-the-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Boy Genius</dc:creator>
		
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Every once in a while, we have a slow enough day at the BGR HQ that we sometimes put on our &#8220;nerd glasses&#8221; and peruse our web server logs for some nitty gritty information. As we are a fairly popular gadget and technology blog, (no, we&#8217;re not declaring war) it seems like a popular &#8216;first destination&#8217; for many people [...]]]></description>
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<p>Every once in a while, we have a slow enough day at the BGR HQ that we sometimes put on our &#8220;<a href="http://www.foureyesjokeshop.com/ProductImages/nerd_glasses.jpg" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/www.foureyesjokeshop.com');">nerd glasses</a>&#8221; and peruse our web server logs for some nitty gritty information. As we are a fairly popular gadget and technology blog, (no, we&#8217;re not declaring war) it seems like a popular &#8216;first destination&#8217; for many people who have loaded up the latest beta OS for an existing device or even unreleased devices not yet on the market.</p>
<p><span id="more-4253"></span>Needless to say, over the last few days, we have noticed some interesting build numbers for the iPhone and iPhone 3G. It appears that AT&amp;T and Apple are testing iPhone device software version 2.0.1, builds 5B101 (iPhone) and 5B103 (iPhone 3G). Although we are not certain of much more information than this little bit, we do know that testing began prior to the launch of device software 2.0 and the iPhone 3G on July 11th. We have also narrowed down the known test users to the San Francisco (40 mins from Cupertino) and Atlanta (HQ of AT&amp;T Mobility) areas. Hmm.</p>
<p align="center"><img class="size-full wp-image-4257 aligncenter" src="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/wp-content/uploads/apache1.jpg" border="1" alt="" width="400" height="92" /></p>
<p align="center"><img class="size-full wp-image-4259 aligncenter" src="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/wp-content/uploads/apache21.jpg" border="1" alt="" width="404" height="91" /></p>
<p>Regardless, this shows that Apple has a nice headstart on what will likely be the first major update to the iPhone 3G&#8230; and perhaps we&#8217;ll even get an <a href="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/04/22/apple-files-patent-for-iphone-im/" target="_blank" >official iChat client</a>!</p>
<p>P.S. - Don&#8217;t forget our totally awesome <a href="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/11/iphone-3g-giveaway/" >iPhone 3G giveaway</a>, ok? You&#8217;ll be getting OS 2.0.1 soon enough&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Samsung i760 to benefit from Windows Mobile 6.1, YouTube client</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/14/samsung-i760-to-benefit-from-windows-mobile-61-youtube-client/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Karp</dc:creator>
		
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Sure, the Samsung i760 may be getting a bit long in the tooth, but there&#8217;s nothing like a little OS refresh and added functionality to breathe new life into an aging dinosaur. Originally scheduled for a June launch, Verizon has officially released the Windows Mobile 6.1 update for is i760 handset. There&#8217;s nothing as sexy [...]]]></description>
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<p>Sure, the Samsung i760 may be getting a bit long in the tooth, but there&#8217;s nothing like a little OS refresh and added functionality to breathe new life into an aging dinosaur. Originally scheduled for a June launch, Verizon has officially released the Windows Mobile 6.1 update for is i760 handset. There&#8217;s nothing as sexy as EV-DO Rev. A support in there, but if the following list of improvements don&#8217;t get you excited about your oddly-shaped slide out QWERTY mobile companion, then we&#8217;re pretty sure there&#8217;s no hope left for you:</p>
<ul>
<li>Applied, several Bluetooth improvements (updated BT DUN profile, improved scanning)</li>
<li>Applied, support for YouTube videos</li>
<li>Applied, Qualcomm patch</li>
<li>Fixed, memory leakage by replacing POOM API</li>
<li>Fixed, notification malfunction under certain conditions</li>
<li>Fixed, certain conditions prevented delivery of MMS</li>
<li>Added, MEID support (included in BC04 MR)</li>
<li>Added, WLAN chipset enhancement (included in BC04 MR)</li>
</ul>
<div>You can catch the update by hitting the link below. There are separate installers for Vista and XP, so make sure you grab the correct one.</div>
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		<title>BlackBerry Thunder live shots</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/14/blackberry-thunder-live-shots/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Boy Genius</dc:creator>
		
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Dying to get a sneak peek at the BlackBerry Thunder&#8217;s on-screen keyboard? Had enough with the iPhone madness? Check out these shots that surfaced yesterday evening. While we can&#8217;t tell how well the unit works from the pictures, you can certainly get a feel for how it&#8217;s going to look. We&#8217;ve heard that there are [...]]]></description>
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<p>Dying to get a sneak peek at the BlackBerry Thunder&#8217;s on-screen keyboard? Had enough with the iPhone madness? Check out these shots that surfaced yesterday evening. While we can&#8217;t tell how well the<a href="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/09/blackberry-thunder-not-quite-ready-for-primetime/" > unit works</a> from the pictures, you can certainly get a feel for how it&#8217;s going to look. We&#8217;ve heard that there are newer OS versions floating around, so let&#8217;s just hope RIM plans to skin those keyboards faster than an Alabamian on a puma &#8212; they&#8217;re hideous.</p>
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		<title>Palm Centro drops to $69.99 on AT&#038;T</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/11/palm-centro-drops-to-6999-on-att/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Karp</dc:creator>
		
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For some reason, Palm and AT&#38;T have conspired to lower the price of their Centro handheld by a full $30. The diminutive little bugger is now on sale via all retail channels for the bargain basement price of $69.99. Sure, it will cost you in the form of a 2-year contract, but if the $199 [...]]]></description>
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<p>For some reason, Palm and AT&amp;T have conspired to lower the price of their Centro handheld by a full $30. The diminutive little bugger is now on sale via all retail channels for the bargain basement price of $69.99. Sure, it will cost you in the form of a 2-year contract, but if the $199 iPhone 3G is a bit too expensive for your taste, the Centro might suffice as a suitable stand-in&#8230;that is, of course, if you&#8217;re completely blind. Sure, the Centro sports a likeable, if outdated, interface, and a number of useful features, but at the end of the day we think you&#8217;d have to be crazy to spend good money on a device that runs off the 2.5G EDGE network, and has a keyboard designed for babies and people with abnormally small fingers. That said, if $69.99 seems like too good of a deal to pass up, head on over to your local AT&amp;T store, bypass the lines of crying iPhone customers, and pick one up for yourself. Just don&#8217;t say we didn&#8217;t warn you.</p>
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		<title>iPhone 3G giveaway!</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/11/iphone-3g-giveaway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Boy Genius</dc:creator>
		
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You didn&#8217;t really think we wouldn&#8217;t do it, did you? Well it&#8217;s happening! First things first&#8230; our previous iPhone 3G giveaway winner! We didn&#8217;t forget about you &#8212; no way. The winner of the previous iPhone 3G giveaway is Jackie Franco! You will be getting an congratulatory email with instructions momentarily. We said if more [...]]]></description>
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<p>You didn&#8217;t really think we wouldn&#8217;t do it, did you? Well it&#8217;s happening! First things first&#8230; our previous iPhone 3G giveaway winner! We didn&#8217;t forget about you &#8212; no way. The winner of the previous iPhone 3G giveaway is Jackie Franco! You will be getting an congratulatory email with instructions momentarily. We said if more than one person picked the correct date, we&#8217;d pick one of them at random. Now, on to the rest of y&#8217;all! We&#8217;re giving away your choice of either a 16GB black iPhone 3G or a white one. When you win, just let us know which one you want. Ah, but how do you win? Come on, this is BGR. Enter a comment, no hoops to jump through. Official rules below.</p>
<ul>
<li>The iPhone 3G giveaway will run until Sunday July 20th at 11:59PM ET. </li>
<li>All you have to do to enter is drop in a comment &#8212; that&#8217;s it!</li>
<li>Please enter once and only once. You know what happens<a href="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/09/are-you-really-serious/" > when we</a> <a href="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/10/are-you-serious-part-2/" >get angries</a>.</li>
<li>The iPhone you will receive if you win will be brand new and unopened. It also, obviously, will not be activated. </li>
<li>Good luck!</li>
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		<title>AT&#038;T iPhone 3G shipment info</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/10/att-iphone-3g-shipment-info/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Boy Genius</dc:creator>
		
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Tired of the onslaught of iPhone 3G news? You&#8217;re going to have to bear with us a little longer, friends. We just got word on some semi-strange but sensible iPhone 3G shipment policies. Here&#8217;s how it goes: AT&#38;T stores have already received most likely two shipments of iPhone 3Gs. All AT&#38;T stores will be getting [...]]]></description>
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<p>Tired of the onslaught of iPhone 3G news? You&#8217;re going to have to bear with us a little longer, friends. We just got word on some semi-strange but sensible iPhone 3G shipment policies. Here&#8217;s how it goes: AT&amp;T stores have already received most likely two shipments of iPhone 3Gs. All AT&amp;T stores will be getting a third shipment of iPhone 3Gs tomorrow, but there&#8217;s a catch. They can&#8217;t sell Friday&#8217;s shipment until Saturday. And guess what? There&#8217;s a fourth shipment coming Saturday, and you guessed it &#8212; they can&#8217;t sell those until Sunday. While this might mean some poor souls in line won&#8217;t be getting their iPhone 3Gs tomorrow, if they don&#8217;t get there early enough, it gives everyone who couldn&#8217;t scam their way out of work a chance to live again. What&#8217;s the verdict on the policy? Yay, or nay?</p>
<p>Thanks, Ronnie!</p>
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		<title>Sprint launching HTC Touch Diamond on September 2nd?</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/09/sprint-launching-htc-touch-diamond-on-september-2nd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Karp</dc:creator>
		
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If there&#8217;s one handset out there that&#8217;s almost as highly anticipated as the iPhone, it&#8217;s the HTC Touch Diamond. Announced in May, we&#8217;ve been waiting for an official carrier announcement here in the United States. Sprint and Verizon are rumored to be among the first to offer here, but specific dates have been elusive. According [...]]]></description>
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<p>If there&#8217;s one handset out there that&#8217;s <em>almost </em>as highly anticipated as the <a href="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/08/iphone-3g-unboxing-bitches/" >iPhone</a>, it&#8217;s the HTC Touch Diamond. Announced in May, we&#8217;ve been waiting for an official carrier announcement here in the United States. Sprint and Verizon are rumored to be among the first to offer here, but specific dates have been elusive. According to a recently leaked slide, however, it looks like we might be in for a treat come September. Apparently, the carrier is preparing to launch the Touch Diamond as the HTC MP6950 (the current touch is the MP6900), on the 2nd of September, which is just under 2 months away for anyone counting. We&#8217;ll work on getting confirmation on this, but in the mean time you might want to salivate a bit over the <a href="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/03/htc-announces-touch-diamond-on-telus-canadians-run-wild-through-the-streets/" >Telus version</a>,which looks to be launching about a month before we see one down this way.</p>
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		<title>Sprint Treo 800w User Manual goes live</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/08/sprint-treo-800w-user-manual-goes-live/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Karp</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re a Windows Mobile user feeling a bit overwhelmed by all of this iPhone hype, we&#8217;ve got a bit of solace for you. The user manual for the upcoming Sprint Treo 800w has been unearthed, providing some much needed oomph for Palm&#8217;s upcoming handset. The manual itself is 436 pages, so make sure you&#8217;ve got [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.wmexperts.com/sprint_treo_800w_user_guide.html" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/www.wmexperts.com');"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-4180" title="800w-guide-thumb" src="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/wp-content/uploads/800w-guide-thumb.jpg" alt="" width="231" height="220" /></a>If you&#8217;re a Windows Mobile user feeling a bit overwhelmed by all of this iPhone hype, we&#8217;ve got a bit of solace for you. The user manual for the upcoming Sprint Treo 800w has been unearthed, providing some much needed oomph for Palm&#8217;s upcoming handset. The manual itself is 436 pages, so make sure you&#8217;ve got a full pot of coffee, a comfortable chair, and about 6 hours of free time. We have, admittedly, not gone through the entire thing, but a cursory trip though the pages didn&#8217;t reveal anything terribly exciting. Then again, we know there are more than a few diehard Treo fans out there that are chomping at the bit for this thing to drop, so let&#8217;s all give them a bit of slack, at least until it actually comes out on the 13th, at which point we can return to mocking them for remaining faithful to a product line that should have expired about 2 years ago.</p>
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		<title>Official referee with the whistle AT&#038;T iPhone pricing, there will be a no contract price!</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/07/official-referre-with-the-whistle-att-iphone-pricing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Boy Genius</dc:creator>
		
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There’s been a ton of confusion over the handset pricing on Apple’s iPhone 3G on AT&#38;T. Stevie announced they’d go for $199 and $299 for the 8GB and 16GB models, but obviously that’s a subsidized price. We just got a hold of the final pricing for the iPhone 3G, and we even have a no-contract [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">There’s been a ton of confusion over the handset pricing on Apple’s iPhone 3G on AT&amp;T. Stevie announced they’d go for $199 and $299 for the 8GB and 16GB models, but obviously that’s a subsidized price. We just got a hold of the final pricing for the iPhone 3G, and we even have a no-contract price for you! Boy, you’re not going to be happy, though. Here’s the breakdown:</p>
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<li>iPhone 3G will be available for $199 for the 8GB model and $299 for the 16GB model. These prices require two-year contracts and are available to the following customers:</li>
<li>iPhone customers who purchased before July 11</li>
<li>Customers activating a new line with AT&amp;T</li>
<li>Current AT&amp;T customers who are eligible, at the time of purchase, for an upgrade discount</li>
<li>Existing AT&amp;T customers who are not currently eligible for an upgrade discount can purchase iPhone 3G for $399 for the 8GB model or $499 for the 16GB model. Both options require a new two-year service agreement.</li>
<li>Here’s the interesting part… “ In the future, AT&amp;T will offer a no-contract-required option for $599 (8GB) or $699 (16GB).”</li>
</ul>
<p>Looks like after the initial launch period, you will indeed be able to mosey on in and pay for an iPhone without dealing with a wireless contract at the time of purchase. Let the unlocking games begin!</p>
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		<title>Want to get out of your wireless contract? The T-Mobile edition</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/07/want-to-get-out-of-your-wireless-contract-the-t-mobile-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Boy Genius</dc:creator>
		
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If there&#8217;s one thing we get asked most, it&#8217;s probably the &#8220;I want to get out of my contract because _____ sucks!&#8221; email. We decided to put together a nice little guide for all you T-Mobilers wanting to jump ship. Bits and pieces have actually been pulled from some of our commenters, so thanks David [...]]]></description>
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<p>If there&#8217;s one thing we get asked most, it&#8217;s probably the &#8220;I want to get out of my contract because _____ sucks!&#8221; email. We decided to put together a nice little guide for all you T-Mobilers wanting to jump ship. Bits and pieces have actually been pulled from some of our commenters, so thanks David and everyone else! There are a couple downsides, though. For one, this particular method does not allow you to port your number over to another provider. You&#8217;ll have to do some more work to get that accomplished. Check out the full rundown after the break, and check for other carrier editions coming soon!</p>
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<li>
<p>David points out that this method only works for people that do not currently have a messaging plan. If you do, the recent text messaging rate increase won&#8217;t work as there is no contractual change that applies to you.</p>
</li>
<li>If you haven&#8217;t sent or received a SMS message within the last three months, send a text to your T-Mobile phone. If this isn&#8217;t done, T-Mo will most likely deny your request stating that the change doesn&#8217;t affect you since you don&#8217;t get your text on.</li>
<li>Log in to your T-Mobile account online at www.t-mobile.com. Hit the billing tab, then current usage, and verify you see the text message you sent yourself. Or any other received text. As long as you see a recent text message, you are good to go.</li>
<li>Call T-Mobile at 800-937-8997. When prompted by the automate system say <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">scream iPhone as loud as humanly possible</span> &#8220;cancel my account.&#8221; </li>
<li>When you are transferred over to a live person, they&#8217;ll ask you why you wish to cancel your service. Tell them that you were notified that the text messaging rate will be increasing from $.10 to $.20 on 8/29. If the rep doesn&#8217;t know about this yet, they will likely go ask someone and come back to you.</li>
<li>Most likely, they&#8217;ll try and bait you to stay by offering you secret golden deals. Deny all of them!</li>
<li>If you have not used text messaging in the past 3 months the CR will tell you that the change doesn&#8217;t affect you and you&#8217;ll need to pay the ETF. Tell them about the text you sent yourself (or any other text message you received in the past 3 months) and have them check your recent activity. </li>
<li>If the rep tells you that the change doesn&#8217;t take effect until 8/29, quote T-Mobile&#8217;s Terms of Service. Tell them that according to the Terms of Service, you must cancel within 14 days of receiving the notification. If they really try and push your buttons, banhammer them with the following Terms of Service excerpt: Section 3:<br />
 IF WE MODIFY A MATERIAL TERM OF OUR AGREEMENT WITH YOU AND THE MODIFICATION WOULD BE MATERIALLY ADVERSE TO YOU, WE WILL NOTIFY YOU OF THE INCREASE OR MODIFICATION AND YOU CAN CANCEL THAT SERVICE WITHOUT PAYING A CANCELLATION FEE (WHICH IS YOUR ONLY REMEDY) BY FOLLOWING THE CANCELLATION INSTRUCTIONS IN THE NOTICE. IF YOU DO NOT CANCEL YOUR SERVICE BY FOLLOWING THOSE INSTRUCTIONS, OR YOU OTHERWISE ACCEPT THE CHANGE, THEN YOU AGREE TO THE INCREASE OR MODIFICATION, EVEN IF YOU PAID FOR SERVICE IN ADVANCE. IF THE NOTICE DOES NOT SAY HOW LONG YOU HAVE TO CANCEL, THEN IT IS WITHIN 14 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THE NOTICE, UNLESS A LONGER PERIOD IS REQUIRED BY LAW. </li>
<li>If you had to read that whole damn thing to the Krispy Kreme junky on the phone, they&#8217;ll briefly put you on hold while they cancel the account.</li>
<li>Once the account is cancelled, check back on www.t-mobile.com to ensure that you can&#8217;t access anything. If you can&#8217;t access anything, your account has been successfully cancelled.</li>
<li>If you still haven&#8217;t got anywhere by the end of this long ass post, hang up, and talk to someone else. They&#8217;ll most likely help you.</li>
<li>If all else fails, tell the CR on the phone that you&#8217;re going to file a report with the FCC. Fill out this form here <a href="http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm"onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/comment/esupport.fcc.gov');" rel="nofollow"  onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/esupport.fcc.gov');">http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm</a>. That should ensure a swift action taken by your wireless carrier. </li>
</ul>
<p>Let us know how this works for you and what provider you end up switching to!</p>
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		<title>T-Mobile taking 3G nationwide on October 1st?</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/07/t-mobile-taking-3g-nationwide-on-october-1st/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Karp</dc:creator>
		
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Chalk this one up to the rumor mill for the time being, but rumbles on the street indicate that T-Mobile might be preparing to flip the switch on it&#8217;s national 3G network on the 1st of October. According to the source, the carrier will bring 3G data coverage to its 27 top markets, including the [...]]]></description>
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<p>Chalk this one up to the rumor mill for the time being, but rumbles on the street indicate that T-Mobile might be preparing to flip the switch on it&#8217;s national 3G network on the 1st of October. According to the source, the carrier will bring 3G data coverage to its 27 top markets, including the cities that have already benefited from the recent soft launch of the faster mobile data protocol. Sure, it&#8217;s a bit later than the other 3 major US carriers, but if T-Mobile uses their impending launch as an excuse to bring us some tasty new 3G-capable handsets, including their upcoming Android device by years end, we wouldn&#8217;t be disappointed in the least. We&#8217;ll work to dig out some more details on this one, but keep your fingers crossed, folks.</p>
<p><a href="http://tmonews.com/2008/07/national-t-mobile-3g-launch-on-october-1st/" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/article/tmonews.com');">Read</a></p>
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		<title>Lines already forming at NYC Apple store for iPhone 3G?</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/05/lines-already-forming-at-nyc-apple-store-for-iphone-3g/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Karp</dc:creator>
		
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Yeah, the answer would appear to be &#8220;Yes!&#8221; Roughly 1 week before the new iPhone 3G becomes available, there seems to be a line forming in front of the 5th Avenue Apple Store. The collection of folks has formed with the specific intention of breaking the world record for longest time waiting in line. If [...]]]></description>
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<p>Yeah, the answer would appear to be &#8220;Yes!&#8221; Roughly 1 week before the new iPhone 3G becomes available, there seems to be a line forming in front of the 5th Avenue Apple Store. The collection of folks has formed with the specific intention of breaking the world record for longest time waiting in line. If you ask us, it&#8217;s not the most effective use of 7 days of your life, but if breaking obscure and meaningless records is your thing, you might want to jog down and latch on to this gravy train. Given the slightly diminished demand for the new iPhone relative to last year&#8217;s bum rush, coupled with Apple&#8217;s tendency to meet initial consumer demand for new products, we don&#8217;t think you&#8217;ll need to hit the line more than 30 minutes or so before the doors open to secure a handset on the 11th, but extreme measures never hurt a soul, right? Unless you&#8217;re an infant waiting in line because you parents forced you so you could break the above meaningless world record.</p>
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		<title>Motorola Napoleon Q9: Verizon&#8217;s World Phone</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/03/motorola-napoleon-q9-verizons-world-phone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Boy Genius</dc:creator>
		
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Man, Motorola just can&#8217;t keep a lid on anything anymore can they? We&#8217;ve got a hold of a phone codenamed the &#8220;Napolean&#8221; and it&#8217;s a CDMA EV-DO Rev. A Q9 with full GSM world roaming capabilities. This even includes the U.S. 850MHz/1900MHz bands! Even though it&#8217;s Verizon branded and will launch on Verizon, we loaded [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Man, Motorola just can&#8217;t keep a lid on anything anymore can they? We&#8217;ve got a hold of a phone codenamed the &#8220;Napolean&#8221; and it&#8217;s a CDMA EV-DO Rev. A Q9 with full GSM world roaming capabilities. This even includes the U.S. 850MHz/1900MHz bands! Even though it&#8217;s Verizon branded and will launch on Verizon, we loaded in our AT&amp;T SIM and away we went. We&#8217;ve found the following specs on the phone so far: fingerprint scanner (seriously, on the back), Windows Mobile 6.1, EV-DO Rev. A, quad-band EDGE, 2 megapixel camera with flash, stereo speakers, 320&#215;240 resolution screen, Wi-Fi, and a 1500mAh battery. The keyboard isn&#8217;t as good as the first Q9 or Q9m, and the d-pad is incredibly stiff and difficult to use. Sound sounded good though, and the screen seems to be the same as the original Q9s. We&#8217;ll keep diggin&#8217;, but in the meantime, take a look at a gallery, ok?</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/gallery/handsets/motorola-napoleon-q9/" >Click on over to our Motorola Napolean Q9 gallery!</a></p>
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		<title>Best Buy Getting Sidekick Gecco and Tony Hawk, BlackBerry Curve Sunset on 7-27</title>
		<link>http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/07/02/best-buy-getting-sidekick-gecco-and-tony-hawk-blackberry-curve-sunset-on-7-27/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zach Epstein</dc:creator>
		
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Wednesday means that your week is just about half over, but here at BGR, our work is never done. Our ninjas know that that they can never rest, and hump day is no exception. So what do we have here: how about a little Best Buy info for your viewing pleasure? One of our anonymous [...]]]></description>
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<p>Wednesday means that your week is just about half over, but here at BGR, our work is never done. Our ninjas know that that they can never rest, and hump day is no exception. So what do we have here: how about a little Best Buy info for your viewing pleasure? One of our anonymous buddies has uncovered some info that all you Danger and RIM fans might enjoy - like a few new handsets coming your way this month from Best Buy. First, the Sidekick Gecco and limited edition Sidekick LX Tony Hawk will both be making their way to the retail giant later this month, both on T-Mobile. Inventory will be received on Sunday July 27 to be exact. On the same day, Best Buy will also be receiving what is labeled as the BlackBerry Curve Sunset; a new color of Curve for those of you you like to be a bit different. The carrier for the new Curve isn&#8217;t clear but T-Mobile is likely a safe guess. Hit the jump for more pics and a clearer view of some more stock that Best Buy will be receiving at the end of the month.</p>
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