We’ve been hearing lots and lots of rumors about the new iPhone and today we have some confirmed facts regarding the handset. Here’s what we know so far from AT&T:

New iPhone announcement around mid-June

New iPhone will be faster and have a more seamless experience unmatched by any device

U-Verse iPhone application; will allow control of your home DVR

The annual iPhone launch is “becoming a tradition.”

Nothing official is being confirmed, but they said that people should prep for an exciting time this summer.

AT&T is said to be working with Apple to create a unified product with an unparalleled experience across all their products and services.

Apple’s 3.0 software should tell us where the iPhone platform is going.

They said customers shouldn’t need to choose from AT&T’s high-end devices because of features, they should choose based on preferences. The gap in capability should be filled with the new iPhone.

Seems like the higher speed HSDPA (7.2Mbps) is being hinted at too which should confirm the earlier rumors of the new Infineon chipset.

The $99 3G netbook will start selling this summer, and the first one won’t be a Windows OS.

What do you think? Are you anxious to get the new iPhone?

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A new Nokia smartphone will be found in AT&T stores starting with March 24 almost as previously expected. The E71/E71x will be sold for $199 with a 2-year contract. The phone will arrive in black from AT&T and you should go to Nokia stores if you want it in a different color. While the E71 is a great smartphone, is it worth investing $199 in it considering that better smartphones are going to arrive shortly?

via BGR

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Apple and AT&T will keep getting sued over and over for that 3G service. No matter how hot or not the iPhone is, as long as the two companies keep emphasizing its capabilities and especially data speeds there are always going to be some unhappy customers. Like Damone Dickerson from New Jersey who has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. He says he hasn’t been able to connect to the 3G network more than a “fraction of the time”. Whenever he has connected to it it did not provide “full and continual service.” Will he make AT&T and Apple change their advertising messages? Will he “recover compensatory, statutory and punitive damages?” Apple and AT&T failed to comment so far but we’ll keep you updated.

via Yahoo

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Looking for a new Samsung phone? AT&T has a surprise for you starting with next month. The carrier will start a BOGO promotion on April 7th and you will be able to select one of three new Samsung phones.

And these phones are:

• Samsung A877 Impression - buy one for $199.99 get one free
• Samsung Eternity - buy one for $129.99 get one free
• Samsung A767 Propel - buy one for $49.99 get one free

The A877 here dubbed as Impression will probably be launched at the CTIA, just in time to meet AT&T’s offer. So what do you think? Excited?

via BGR

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After seeing a release in Australia and China last year, the low-range music-oriented Motorola EM330 is ready to invade the Stateside, piggybacking on AT&T.  And when you use words like affordable, you can’t expect much in terms of features and this clamshell is perfectly satisfied in showing off its triband EDGE network support, dedicated music keys, FM radio, 1.3 megapixel camera, 20MB internal memory with microSD expansion up to 2GB, touch-sensitive external display, stereo Bluetooth, and a 3.5 mm headphone jack to jive with your favorite set of headphones.

Available in the second quarter of 2009 from AT&T with an as yet unknown price tag, but with features like these, we wouldn’t be surprised if it was below $100 with a suitable rate plan.

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It seems that the Boy Genius Report has recently gotten word that AT&T stores in the North East have gotten shipments of refurbished 16GB iPhone 3Gs to be sold for $149.

It seems that these iPhones are only available to those starting a new line with a 2 year contract and are only allowed 1 per customer. Still, half off the normal retail price is still a damn good deal.

Anyways, BGR says that they aren’t 100% sure this tip is true, they have a pretty good hunch it is.

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The phone in the picture here is a QWERTY phone named GR500. Given the fact that LG hasn’t announce it yet officially, are we to assume that the GR500 is the LG Xenon? The Xenon should come with a 2.8-inch TFT touchscreen display, GSM and HSDPA connectivity, WiFi, A-GPS, a 3 megapixel camera and a memory expansion slot.

The phone will be available starting with April 10 from AT&T, but we don’t have any prices yet.

via Engadget Mobile

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The phone that many a businessman had been hoping for is not too far off in the future, as it is scheduled to invade AT&T’s lineup this coming April 1st, just as the leaked inventory we saw last week promised.  This loaded smartphone has every feature that a corporate honcho could ask for.  With support for 3G/HSDPA/EDGE network speeds, the E71 also boasts of various other connectivity options like WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS for navigation.  There’s a full QWERTY keypad for easy emailing and a 3.2 megapixel camera for that occasional urge to capture something.

Now that the AT&T E71 release is confirmed, will the same hold true for the other release dates leaked as well? Will we finally be able to find out just what the heck Jackfrost is on March 29th?

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The Palm Pre arrival date hasn’t been announced yet officially but Roger McNamee is making bold statements. That hairy founding partner of Elevation Partners, that investment firm working on Palm’s rescue plan surprised everyone when he went on to say that the Pre will steam former iPhone buyers:

June 29, 2009, is the two-year anniversary of the first shipment of the iPhone. Not one of those people will still be using an iPhone a month later. Think about it — if you bought the first iPhone, you bought it because you wanted the coolest product on the market. Your two-year contract has just expired. Look around. Tell me what they’re going to buy.

We’ll be interested to see how many iPhone users will switch to Pre this summer. Will AT&T send Verizon-like surveys to its iPhone customers that will go to Sprint?

via Daring Fireball

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It seems that AT&T’s employees won’t go to strike for now. AT&T and the Communications Workers of America have reached a tentative agreement for the 20,000 unionized workers that have been in contract negotiations. The agreement has to be submitted for approval by a ratification vote from the CWA group members before we can assure you that there’s not going to be a strike soon. We’ll keep tabs on this one as I imagine an AT&T strike is not exactly going to make your day.

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Are you an AT&T subscriber? We have news for you! It looks like the future cell phone lineup of AT&T has leaked over to the press. Here are the some of the phones we should expect: the LG Zenon is arriving mid-April, the Nokia E71x at the beginning of April and the “Jackfrost”, whatever it is, is coming at the end of the month.

Verizon will launch the Nokia 7205 Intrigue in a few days, while Sprint is getting the Palm Treo Pro on March 15. We’re just going to need some prices to match the phones in the list above. Which one would you buy? And what’s that Jackfrost after all?

via Engadget

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Verizon seems really concerned with how many of its otherwise loyal customers have switched to AT&T because of that nasty Apple iPhone. A logical conclusion would be that Verizon Wireless has lost quite a number of subscribers despite purchasing Alltel last year.

Check out the screenshot above and you’ll understand what we mean. Another logical conclusion would be that Verizon will get the iPhone soon to please its customers. What does AT&T have to say about all this? Has AT&T lost any customers for the BlackBerry Storm for example?

via BGR

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Despite the fact that Verizon and AT&T are testing their own LTE networks, they won’t be the first ones to launch one. It seems that MetroPCS, a regional prepaid mobile operator plans to deploy LTE in the second half of 2010. The carrier has about 5.4 million subscribers in 14 markets which means it will deploy its network faster than Verizon or AT&T. Surprisingly MetroPCS doesn’t have any smartphones which could benefit from that LTE technology. According to Tom Keys, MetroPCS’ chief operating officer, a Canadian smartphone is heading to MetroPCS next year.

via Gigaom

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The ultra-functional cell phone is that was released last year on AT&T is back, this time with a black makeover.  That’s the only change you get to see and if you were expecting any enhancements like a better camera or network speeds, look somewhere else. The features that we have seen on the previous white version have been carried over including a large display, VGA camera, EDGE support, the “Breeze” menu, audio cues, tactile feedback, big buttons with three one-touch convenience keys.

Available now for just $29.99 from AT&T.

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We have an AT&T rumor for you today which you’ll probably like, particularly if you own one of those recently cancelledQuickfire handsets. AT&T is considering a Phone Trade-In program which should be available in June. With such a program you will be able to trade in your unwanted handset and AT&T might be able to resell it to someone who actually wants it. That’s just speculation for now as we don’t have any official terms and conditions yet. But here’s what you should expect:

• The phone being traded in in can’t be more than two years old and must be in fair shape
• The new phone will not have any subsidies applied to it, so basically whatever your trade-in covers will be your “savings”
• Trade-ins will be valued from $50 to $200

So how would you take advantage of such a program?

via BGR

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Do you have an old phone just sitting there? Or perhaps you are looking for an upgrade that can cost less? Well if rumors are true that AT &T is launching a program where you can trade in your old phone then you better get that phone ready.

AT&T might be considering a Trade-In Program for mobile phones, paying anywhere from $50 - $200 bucks - at least that’s what the word is on the information superhighway. Apparently you can’t just trade-in any old phone, the phone must meet a set of guidelines:

• The phone may not be older than 2-years old - free of dents and dings as well as in working order.
• This one most of you will hate, the new phone you trade your old phone in for won’t have any subsidies attached. This means you can’t get a discount for signing a contract and for “trading a phone in”. You get to choose one or the other.

It sounds like a great deal. But then again, they are rumors for now. Given the opportunity, if this does come out, expect a lot of people taking it!

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One more Samsung handset is in the clear and it’s ready to head towards AT&T. It’s the i637 that has just passed through the FCC so we don’t have all the hot details you might be expecting. So far we know it’s a quad-band 3G touchscreen handset that will offer you WiFi and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity and MediaFlo support. We’ll be waiting for an official release date and pricing details.

via FCC

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We told you a few days ago that the Quickfire has been rapidly removed from the shelves and floors of AT&T stores. We didn’t know it then but the handsets can be really dangerous for you. Apparently if you plug in the Quickfire the wrong way it might blow away. No explosions occurred yet, but I’m sure people do charge the phone the wrong way. Here’s AT&T’s text message sent to Quickfire owners:

The clearly marked, embossed arrow on the AC Charger adapter should always be face-up on the same side as the display screen of the Quickfire when it is inserted into the phone. See the diagram below for proper positioning and insertion of the AC Charger adapter into the phone. You should never force the AC Charger adapter into the phone.

If you have any questions, please call 1-800-801-1101.

Sincerely,

AT&T

I’d be really careful with get rid off that device if I were you.

via Gizmodo

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We were expecting the Pantech Matrix Pro to arrive from AT&T and it looks it did. Starting today, the Matrix Pro will be available from your local AT&T store. How much will one cost? Just $179.99 with a 2-year contract and after $50 mail-in rebate. That’s how much you’ll have to pay for the dual slider we showed you last week. The only downside of this smartphone is the lack of WiFi connectivity. You’ll have to rely on your 3G connectivity to go online while on the go.

So what do you think? Let us know how this Pantech works if you plan to purchase one in the immediate future.

via AT&T

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In case you purchased a Quickfire handset from AT&T, make sure you call them and ask what’s wrong with it. It must be something wrong with it otherwise AT&T wouldn’t have issued a notice to all managers to stop selling Quickfires. Even the demo handsets have been removed from the floors which means there are some problems with it. You might consider returning your unit and have it replaced with something else.

via BGR

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