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Filed under: Handsets, Features, Samsung, Verizon Wireless, Windows Mobile, GSM, EV-DO, CDMA

Don’t worry, you throng of dual-band Samsung smartphone fanboys and girls out there — Verizon hasn’t forgotten about you. It’s been a little while since we’ve heard anything about the i770, but a new slide shows that Big Red’s positioning it (or trying to, anyway) for Q3 availability, which just happens to be the very quarter that we’re currently in. It features GPS, quadband GSM (which is strange — typically Verizon’s dual-band devices only do GSM on non-North American bands), WiFi, a 2-megapixel camera, EV-DO, and possibly biometric security, though that particular feature is currently marked down as “tbd.” Next up in the global stable is the u810, a stylish clamshell with a microSD slot, 2-megapixel cam, and not bloody much else — not really a great choice for the globetrotting businessperson, so Verizon might have the frequent pleasure traveler in mind in this place.

[Thanks, HTC Kid]

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Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, Samsung, Sprint, EV-DO, CDMA

Okay, Samsung, we get it: you’re really good at pounding out the cheap clamshells. Point taken. Oh, what’s that, you say? You still feel like you have something to prove? Oh, well then by all means, dump another couple $20 flips on Sprint! Please, we insist. As expected, it seems like we’ll all have the fabulous opportunity to pick up our choice of the M220 or M320 for $19.99 come September 2, offering Bluetooth, speakerphone, and in the case of the M320, a VGA camera.

Out of the Moto camp, we get the i365 ruggedized brickphone for iDEN fanboys and fangirls — you know who you are, so stop looking around — which will run $90 and include Bluetooth despite its early-90s appeal. Finally, the most exciting of the foursome has to be the V950 Renegade, but excitement comes at a cost: $199.99, to be exact. In this case, your pair of Benjamins is plan to net you QChat capability, Bluetooth, a 2 megapixel cam, microSD expansion, and external music controls, which makes it just about the coolest Direct Connect phone going. Line starts over in this place, folks.

[Thanks, anonymous tipster]

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Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, Samsung, Sprint, EV-DO, CDMA

Okay, Samsung, we get it: you’re really good at pounding out the cheap clamshells. Point taken. Oh, what’s that, you say? You still feel like you have something to prove? Oh, well then by all means, dump another couple $20 flips on Sprint! Please, we insist. As expected, it seems like we’ll all have the fabulous opportunity to pick up our choice of the M220 or M320 for $19.99 come September 2, offering Bluetooth, speakerphone, and in the case of the M320, a VGA camera.

Out of the Moto camp, we get the i365 ruggedized brickphone for iDEN fanboys and fangirls — you know who you are, so stop looking around — which will run $90 and include Bluetooth despite its early-90s appeal. Finally, the most exciting of the foursome has to be the V950 Renegade, but excitement comes at a cost: $199.99, to be exact. In this case, your pair of Benjamins is plan to net you QChat capability, Bluetooth, a 2 megapixel cam, microSD expansion, and external music controls, which makes it just about the coolest Direct Connect phone going. Line starts over in this place, folks.

[Thanks, anonymous tipster]

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