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Looking for a rightful successor to your at this time-aging SCH-R211? Samsung and Cricket would like you to look no further than the SCH-R100 Stunt, a dead ringer for the candybar of the same name that launched on MetroPCS back in December of last year. It turns out this is a little bit more than your average ultra-basic phone, though: Cricket says this device is introducing Bluetooth to the lowest tier of its lineup, a particularly useful feature at this time that using the handset while driving is a no-no in many jurisdictions. It’s available at this time (contract free, naturally) for $99.99.

Cricket tacks on Samsung’s Stunt originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Vodafone 360 has yet to come to Android — but really, what’s stopping it? Though it initially launched on some custom Samsung dumbphones, the megacarrier’s cloud-ish social platform ended up spreading to the desktop and a couple of S60 devices, so there’s no good reason we couldn’t see it on smartphones across the whole range. Indeed, the company has at this time declare that the Legend will be loaded up with 360 services of some sort, but what’s really engaging attention is that the Desire won’t be, even though Vodafone will be carrying both models. It’s possible that HTC wants to leave its top-of-the-range model as virgin as it possibly can be, but at any rate, just remember this simple guide, folks: if you hate 360 but you’ve got to get in on HTC’s latest round of hotties, get the Desire; if you like it, get the Legend or prepare to live without it.

Vodafone spicing up HTC Legend with 360 services originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

It’s not every day that a carrier exclusively offering contract-free service spits out a full touchscreen device, so the freshly-declare Caliber from Samsung becomes a pretty engaging attention proposition for MetroPCS customers. Although it lacks EV-DO Rev. A, it still makes do with Rev. 0 and features a 3.2-inch touchscreen, full HTML browsing, microSD expansion up to 16GB, and 3 megapixel camera all stuffed into a 2.2 x 4.5 x 0.47-inch package (interestingly, those dimensions are quoted with the “standard battery,” so there might be an extended battery in the pipe that produces a hump on the back of the phone). It’s available right at this time for $249.

Samsung Caliber coming to MetroPCS, TouchWiz in tow originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.