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Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA

Man, Nokia sure is proud of its unlocked N96, huh? As with the HTC Touch Diamond in CompUSA and the BlackBerry Bold at bes. Buy Mobile, the flagship N-series device won’t run you cheap off-contract. The Boy Genius shows off a flyer advertising the 16GB, 5MP powerhouse for “just” $799.99 (as expected), but judging by the standard $899.99 price on the outfit’s website, we’re thinking the decrease sticker may be for a limited time only. The question isn’t how bad do you want it — it’s do you really want it more than 1.825 WiMAX-enabled N810s?

[Via Boy Genius Report]

Nokia’s N96 comes to bes. Buy for upwards of $800 originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Handsets, Sharp, Softbank Mobile

Just when we thought the Touch HD really packed the pixels in, Softbank and Sharp have declare the Aquos Fulltouch 931SH slider, which sports a wild 1024 x 480 3.8-inch touchscreen. That’s almost the same res as most netbooks, for comparison — we’re not sure what all that pixel density is good for at this size, but we know we want it. Apart from the screen it’s also a pretty solid Softbank 3G featurephone: browser, Bluetooth with A2DP, 5.2 megapixel camera with image stabilizer, accelerometer, 1seg TV tuner, and a media player with microSD expansion. Sure, sure — but look at that screen, people. That’s the stuff dreams are made of. Anyone up for a trip to Japan?

[Thanks, Paul]

Softbank introduces Sharp Aquos Fulltouch slider with quasi-XGA resolution originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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

As we’d previously heard, the Delve will be the first handset officially released in the US to feature Samsung’s widget-based TouchWiz technology, courtesy of Alltel — and while we sorta wish it was the Windows Mobile version, this is about as deluxe as a dumbphone UI gets. The glossy bar of pure, keyboardless touchscreen action will go for $199.99 on contract after a $100 rebate when it’s available on November 6 and features a 3.5mm headphone jack, support for Alltel Navigation, microSD expansion, and a 2-megapixel cam with video capture. It also bundles nuTsie at no charge, giving buyers access to their iTunes playlists — a direct shot at the iPhone from a handset clearly in the same vein. You might even say the Delve “delves” into iTunes. Sorry.

Samsung Delve intros US market to TouchWiz by way of Alltel originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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