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Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Verizon Wireless, Windows Mobile, EV-DO, CDMA

it seems like HTC jumped the gun in this place just a little bit for two reasons: first, we’ve yet to hear a single peep (officially, anyway) from Verizon about its Touch Pro’s existence, and second, the “Buy at this time” link on the product page takes you to… wait for it… Sprint. We don’t know much, but we know that ain’t right. Anyway, hang tight, folks, because we’re still hoping for a release this week — we’ve heard unverified information that it may have been pushed back, but from the looks of things on HTC’s end, they’d just as soon get this thing out the door on the double.

[Thanks, Leindurstit]

Verizon’s Touch Pro gets HTC-style introduction originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Handsets, Nokia

By all accounts, chin. will eventually end up with LTE along with the rest of the world — thank goodness — but in the meantime, there’s a hodgepodge of 3G techs brewing in the Far East including a healthy dose of the country’s homegrown TD-SCDMA “standard.” Not to worry though, denizens of the world’s most populous country; turns out you won’t be stuck with domestic handsets and the occasional Samsung or Motorola to get your high-speed fill. Nokia has mentioned at Macau’s Mobile Asia Congress this week that it has a strong commitment to TD-SCDMA (and with a market that big, it’s pretty hard to ignore) — but what’s more, they’re hard at work on an S60-based smartphone for TD-SCDMA that will see launch by the end of 2009. With that kind of talk, the Sprints, Verizons, Bells, and Teluses of the world have to be screaming bloody murder that they can’t bother to do the same for good, old-fashioned, well-established CDMA — but then again, the North American market is still a little bit of a mystery to Nokia, isn’t it?

Nokia says “yes” to TD-SCDMA, has S60 phone in the works originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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

We’ve heard some rumblings that AT&T was keen on picking up the Secret to shore up its high-end featurephone lineup, and that’s being corroborated by what other sites are hearing as well — all told, that leaves LG in a pretty enviable position with the 800-pound gorilla of the US GSM market, presumably launching the sexy (well, arguably sexy) Incite smartphone alongside one of the smartest-looking 5-megapixel handsets in the market today. The Secret clone, model number CF750, should apparently feature the same high-end cam, thin shell, 3G, and touchscreen as its European brother, clearly swapping bands to make the package a little more palatable to a North American audience. Moving downmarket a little bit, the CF360 looks to be a decrease-end piece that’ll do duty in AT&T’s rank-and-file lineup — in other words, it’ll basically print money. We’re cool with all this, but seriously, guys, can we tighten up the European to North American technology transfer just a little bit? No? Too much to ask?

[Via phoneArena, thanks alex]

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