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It may not be the EX112 / EX115 they seem to be getting down in Brazil, but the Motorola Grasp isn’t far off, proving that Motorola’s still committed to delivering non-Android phones in market segments where… well, Android might kinda be overkill. The CDMA / EV-DO phone is capable of operating both on 800 / 1900MHz and on AWS bands, meaning we wouldn’t be surprised to see it land on regionals like MetroPCS where AWS has started to play a prominent role. It’s got a 1.3 megapixel cam, 3.5mm headphone jack, AGPS, stereo Bluetooth, microSD expansion to 8GB, and — something Moto has been playing up since the Renew — an eco-friendly design with a completely recyclable shell when you’ve finished texting on that QWERTY keypad for the last time. Look for it to launch this quarter.

Motorola Grasp reminds us company still does Android-free gear originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Boost is already known for offering up one of the more aggressive prepaid unlimited plans in the industry, pushing all-you-can-eat voice, messaging, and web for $50 a month — but it’s upping the ante just a tad today on news that customers of both its $50 plan and its $60 BlackBerry plan at this time have free access to 411 information, instant messaging, and email. Then again, it seems like we’re past the point where carriers should be differentiating between types of data, but the fact that Boost offers dumbphones almost exclusively across its range gives it more leeway than most for this sort of stratification. Oh, and to take advantage of the new hotness, Boost would like to cordially invite customers to take a look at the Samsung Rant, a device that actually launched a good long while ago on Sprint but at this time makes its way over to Boost on May 19 for $149.99 (contract-free, of course). The landscape slider’s got full QWERTY, EV-DO, a 2 megapixel cam, microSD support up to 16GB, and an analog of Sprint’s own One Click UI. Like red? Good, ’cause it’s launching in red. Follow the break for Boost’s full press release.

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We don’t typically post FCC filings we can’t identify or link to a product we’re expecting, but this odd Nokia filing caught our eye. It’s got a CDMA radio with EV-DO and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, which means it’s likely headed to Verizon considering how chummy those two have gotten over the past couple years — nothing unusual there. What is odd, though, is the outline of the device. Nokia’s FCC filings that are still under confidentiality typically show an ID label with a correct outline of the phone, and if this particular outline is correct, we’ve got a doozy on our hands. The model code of RM-687 is consistent with Espoo’s handsets, so we guess this is something that would be sold to consumers — but what is it? It almost looks like a walkie talkie, but is it an ultra-rugged model designed to give the G’zOne series a run for its money, or are we just looking at some internal portion of the phone like a circuitboard or battery cover?

What is this Nokia with CDMA? originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.