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We’re hearing that the MediaFLO-packing, TouchWiz-having, HSDPA-sporting Samsung Eternity is at this time available for order by AT&T stores, and when this happens, phones are typically available for purchase at the counter within a few days. It’ll be an engaging attention alternative to the Vu — and for AT&T customers looking longingly toward the Behold, this might just be the ticket to staying put.

[Thanks, Kal, image via phoneArena]

AT&T taking Samsung a867 Eternity orders from stores, should be available this week originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Handsets, HTC, ATT, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

We can’t help but wonder who these mysterious individuals are who get pre-release gear from carriers and manage — somehow — to sneak it onto ginormous, hugely visible auction sites without getting into any hot water. Not to say we’re complaining; after all, how else would we have the opportunity to see the Fuze’s retail box (strangely devoid of AT&T branding) and get a second confirmation that there’s plan to be a big ol’ AT&T logo slapped on the upper right corner of the face? Not to mention that this gives all us peasants the opportunity to scrape up and count the dimes that’ve collected underneath our couch, hoping beyond hope that we somehow have enough cash to place a bid. We never do, but we can dream.

[Via wmpoweruser.com]

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

With all sorts of outlandish figures being bandied about regarding sales / expectations for the T-Mobile G1, someone intimately close to the situation has finally chimed in with his take. Peter Chou, chief executive and co-founder of HTC, stated in a recent interview that it expects to ship over 600,000 G1s this year, and while he wouldn’t come clean on an exact figure for 2009, he did proclaim that “in general, we think we can do more next year.” We aren’t betting the farm that his prognostication will come true or anything, but it certainly falls within the realm of feasibility. Oh, and if you were wondering how Mr. Chou planned on convincing potential iPhone buyers to opt for the G1 instead, he reckons that the full QWERTY keypad will handle that for him — after all, “Americans are very keyboard-oriented.”

[Via mocoNews]

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