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

Well, at this time isn’t this something? bes. Buy has its fancy little iPhone 3G, but it’ll be Wally World offering up the G1 outside of official T-Mobile outlets. As we’d heard yesterday, 550 Walmart stores across the country will start selling the Android-powered handset beginning tomorrow, and folks who opt to pick one up in this place versus a traditional T-Mob store will save $31.11. Yep — according to company spokeswoman Melissa O’Brien, the new / upgrade-eligible customer price for a Walmart-sourced G1 will be just $148.88 with a 2-year agreement. Wait, what? You already purchased your G1 at the full price? They continuously said the early bird pays the premium… or something along those lines.

T-Mobile G1 coming to Walmart for $148.88 originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, ATT, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA

The Samsung Epix, as it’s known on AT&T, recently joined the herd of others cluttering up the carrier’s shelves after being known elsewhere for the longest time as the SGH-i907. For those teetering on a purchase, the cats at Pocketnow have some valuable insight you should probably chew on first. For starters, they found the screen to be stout and the optical joystick to be “fantastic,” though the dearth of in-box amenities was a bit of a letdown. On a very positive note, the reviewer never once had to initiate a soft reboot, and the ginormous 1800mAh battery got him through a solid 1.5 days of heavy usage before calling it quits. Unfortunately, the lackluster software suite was the Achilles’ heel; critics found that Samsung’s Windows Mobile overlays and additions were ho hum at best, and the complete omission of a soft reset hole was just unacceptable. The bottom line? You should probably give this one a handle in-store before buying blind — as lovely as some aspects are, you don’t want to buy into a device that’s frustrating to use.

Samsung Epix SGH-i907 gets reviewed: it’s a mixed bag originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Software, HTC, Android

While many of you are still waiting for T-Mobile’s RC28 update to hit your G1, at least one reader has trumped us all. KoSoVaR is sitting on fresh, over-the-air software after receiving an update notice a few minutes ago. The process rebooted his G1 “a few times” only to stabilize at RC29. Hard to say what’s new at this point but we’ll get back to you if we hear about anything more than bug fixes.

P.S. For what it’s worth, we’re still kicking it old skool back at RC19 — waiting… and waiting… for the automagic to start.

Update: Another reader is up on RC29 at this time as well. Took 5 minutes start to finish and required a single reboot. Snap of the update screens after the break.

[Thanks, KoSoVaR and David]

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Mystery RC29 update hits T-Mobile’s G1 originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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