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Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, Verizon Wireless, GSM, EDGE, EV-DO, CDMA

If you’re a Verizon customer, global roaming’s up your alley, and the Storm and Saga are Bot. just a little more smartphone than you need, there’s another option dropping shortly: the Samsung Renown. There’s really not a hell of a lot to the unassuming flip beyond an integrated quadband GSM radio, but hey — for some frequent travelers (drug runners come immediately to mind), maybe that’s all the doctor ordered. The bronze flip musters VZW Navigator support, a QVGA primary display, micro SD expansion to 8GB, and a 2-megapixel camera, and while the $179.99 on-contract price after rebate might sound a smidge steep for such specs, let’s not lose sight of that all-powerful globetrotting capability. It’ll hit November 19 over the phone and December 1 in-store; in the meantime, follow the break for some views of the thing.

[Thanks, anonymous tipster]

Continue reading Samsung Renown launching on Verizon November 19, in stores December 1

Samsung Renown launching on Verizon November 19, in stores December 1 originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Tags: Capability, Contract Price, Drug Runners, Engadget Mobile, Frequent Travelers, Global Roaming, Gsm Edge, Megapixel Camera, Navigator Support, Nbsp, Quadband, Renown, Saga, Samsung, Samsung Gsm, Samsung Wireless, Verizon, Verizon Customer, Verizon Wireless, Wireless Gsm

Filed under: Handsets, ATT, Apple

There’s not precisely a lot of details to go on in this place (or any, really), but AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega has just confirmed during an interview at the Web 2.0 Summit that an AT&T-approved iPhone tethering option will indeed be available “soon.” That lack of detail includes any word on pricing or, of course, an actual release date, though MacRumors is reporting separately that it’s hearing the tethering capability will be built into the 2.2 firmware, which seems like at least a reasonable guess.

[Via MacRumors]

AT&T’s Ralph de la Vega says iPhone tethering coming “soon” originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Tags: Amp, Apple, Att, Capability, Ceo, De La Vega, Engadget Mobile, Firmware, Guess, Handsets, iphone, Macrumors, Nbsp, Ralph De La Vega, Release Date, Summit

Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, ATT, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

We still don’t know Truly what to make of the a637’s design — it’s definitely a departure from everything we’ve seen out of Sammy for AT&T in recent memory, and really, a departure across its entire international lineup. You definitely can’t fault ‘em for trying something fresh, though, and “fresh” is precisely how we’d describe this pale, rounded little number. It’s got AT&T Navigation, 3.6Mbps HSDPA, stereo Bluetooth, and a 1.3-megapixel cam, so you can’t precisely call it low-end (well, maybe the camera part, you can), and the $50 on-contract price after rebates is a breath of fresh air for a phone with this kind of torrential download capability. It’s available at this time; just don’t swallow it or… well, you know.

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Tags: Amp, Att, Bluetooth, Breath Of Fresh Air, Capability, Contract Price, Handsets, Memory, Navigation, Nbsp, Rebates, Sammy, Samsung, Samsung Gsm, Swallow