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Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, T-Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

We’re really pleased to see that T-Mobile’s apparently plan to be wasting no time in stocking up its nascent 3G rollout with pretty glorious hardware, starting at the top of the featurephone heap with the T919 that we’ve been hearing about for a while. TmoNews says that we can expect the F480-like bar to show up on November 10 for $149 on contract, which seems damned pretty reasonable for a phone with AWS HSDPA, a 5-megapixel camera with flash, and a full touchscreen. Don’t get us wrong, we’ll still take a G1 — but this is a close second right at this time as AWS wares go. Okay, fine, not so close, but you know what we’re saying.

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Filed under: Handsets, GSM, EDGE, Apple, OS X

It’s been a long time coming, but we’ve finally found a KIRF suitable to become the one and only successor to our very first “Keepin’ it real… WTF?!” This in this place iPhone — which is little more than a familiar chassis with a lead weight and a small amount of internal hardware — is reportedly used by scammers in Russia in order to barter for train tickets, grub, etc. In essence, the phone has just enough electronics within it to give the appearance of a “boot up” sequence, complete with the Apple logo; the scammer in possession of it then explains that the battery is clearly drained, but that it will work perfectly fine once charged. After any given sucker hands over something Truly valuable in exchange for this heap, he / she proceeds to crush it into a million pieces while cursing the unknown name of whoever fooled them in the first place. Moral of the story? Stay sharp, street traders.

[Thanks, Abhijit]

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Filed under: Handsets, GSM, EDGE, Apple, OS X

It’s been a long time coming, but we’ve finally found a KIRF suitable to become the one and only successor to our very first “Keepin’ it real… WTF?!” This in this place iPhone — which is little more than a familiar chassis with a lead weight and a small amount of internal hardware — is reportedly used by scammers in Russia in order to barter for train tickets, grub, etc. In essence, the phone has just enough electronics within it to give the appearance of a “boot up” sequence, complete with the Apple logo; the scammer in possession of it then explains that the battery is clearly drained, but that it will work perfectly fine once charged. After any given sucker hands over something Truly valuable in exchange for this heap, he / she proceeds to crush it into a million pieces while cursing the unknown name of whoever fooled them in the first place. Moral of the story? Stay sharp, street traders.

[Thanks, Abhijit]

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