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Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, Alltel, EV-DO, CDMA

As we’d previously heard, the Delve will be the first handset officially released in the US to feature Samsung’s widget-based TouchWiz technology, courtesy of Alltel — and while we sorta wish it was the Windows Mobile version, this is about as deluxe as a dumbphone UI gets. The glossy bar of pure, keyboardless touchscreen action will go for $199.99 on contract after a $100 rebate when it’s available on November 6 and features a 3.5mm headphone jack, support for Alltel Navigation, microSD expansion, and a 2-megapixel cam with video capture. It also bundles nuTsie at no charge, giving buyers access to their iTunes playlists — a direct shot at the iPhone from a handset clearly in the same vein. You might even say the Delve “delves” into iTunes. Sorry.

Samsung Delve intros US market to TouchWiz by way of Alltel originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Tags: 5mm, Alltel, Cdma, Delve, Engadget Mobile, Handset, iphone, Itunes Playlists, Megapixel, Microsd, Mobile Version, Navigation, Nbsp, Samsung, Technology, Ui, Widget

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

Perhaps “Sangria” was just a little too alcoholic for a teen-oriented device? Samsung’s sliding QWERTY dumbphone for AT&T has been christened “Propel,” it seems — and we’ve at this time gotten the word from two independent sources, so we’re feeling pretty good about it. Until AT&T changes its mind, anyway. The phone looks halfway decent, appears to support AT&T Navigation, and at the $80 we’re hearing AT&T will be asking for it out the door on contract after rebates, they could sell pretty well — especially when you consider that they’ll be available in red, green, and blue.

[Thanks, Kal and billj63]

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

We still don’t know Truly what to make of the a637’s design — it’s definitely a departure from everything we’ve seen out of Sammy for AT&T in recent memory, and really, a departure across its entire international lineup. You definitely can’t fault ‘em for trying something fresh, though, and “fresh” is precisely how we’d describe this pale, rounded little number. It’s got AT&T Navigation, 3.6Mbps HSDPA, stereo Bluetooth, and a 1.3-megapixel cam, so you can’t precisely call it low-end (well, maybe the camera part, you can), and the $50 on-contract price after rebates is a breath of fresh air for a phone with this kind of torrential download capability. It’s available at this time; just don’t swallow it or… well, you know.

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Tags: Amp, Att, Bluetooth, Breath Of Fresh Air, Capability, Contract Price, Handsets, Memory, Navigation, Nbsp, Rebates, Sammy, Samsung, Samsung Gsm, Swallow