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Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA

Nokia’s slim and slick E71 has been touted — OK, rumored, but we’re hopeful — to have its eyes set on the number two GSM provider in Canada, FIDO. While no pricing info is being bandied about, the “news” does see it landing during the November timeframe. Rogers, FIDO’s parent company and only GSM competition — at least for at this time — has apparently passed on this little QWERTY gem, though these kind of stories do change with time. Look for more news once we get something a little more tangible.

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Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, ATT

The lowly Moto V365 really can’t soldier on forever as AT&T’s only “rugged” (and we use that term loosely) clamshell; we’d thought the W760r was coming in to save the day, but sadly, it’s yet to materialize. So what’s a butterfingered AT&T subscriber to do? With any luck, the answer is to wait just a few more weeks, because Boy Genius Report claims that the Samsung a837 will launch in the mid-September timeframe with HSDPA, Video Share, Bluetooth, GPS, push-to-talk (naturally), and a 1.3-megapixel cam, making it AT&T’s first and only beefed-up 3G set. Yes, it could be prettier, but something tells us that’s not really the market AT&T’s going for in this place — then again, with de facto competitor Casio trotting out the Boulder in orange, maybe we’re off base on that one.

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