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Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, Alltel, EV-DO, CDMA

Alltel isn’t typically the first US carrier to release much of anything, with the notable exception of Glimmer. That’s alright — coming it at number five, they probably don’t have Truly the sway with manufacturers that a Verizon or a Sprint does, for example — and that’ll all change soon enough anyway once the Verizon acquisition goes through. In the meantime, though, Alltel’s following Sprint in its release of Motorola’s VE20, a midrange flip with an outer touchscreen, 2-megapixel cam, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. It’ll be available starting this Thursday for $99.99 with contract and rebate in navy and licorice, but if you’re dying to get a head start, you can go ahead and preorder at this time.

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Filed under: Handsets, Multimedia, HTC, T-Mobile, Android

Hey, that’s pretty awesome that Amazon’s thrown together an MP3 store app for the G1, isn’t it? What would be even cooler still, though, is if you could actually listen to those tracks without a crazy dongle hanging off your phone. Like many recent HTCs (Touch HD notably excepted), the G1 eschews a standard 3.5mm headphone jack for its proprietary ExtUSB connector, meaning you’ll need custom headphones or an adapter to plug in your own. What’s worse, the adapter won’t be available immediately at launch, just a bundled headset. Why, HTC? Why?

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Filed under: Handsets, HTC, T-Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS, Android

The T-Mobile G1 web site went up with a bunch of placeholders lat. last night, but it’s finally fully live after this morning’s big unveiling, and while it’s not precisely bursting with detailed info, there’s plenty of new pictures and details, including updated 3G coverage information. The first G1 ad has also surfaced — if you were tearing your hair out over Apple’s grammatically-questionable “funnest iPod ever” pitch, wait’ll you get a load of how “smarterer,” “connecteder,” and yes, “funnerer” the “most exciting phone in the history of phones” will make you. Video after the break.

[Via Pocket-lint]

Continue reading T-Mobile G1 site goes live for real, first ad appears

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