After an overwhelming number of pre-orders, Cellular South has announced that the HTC Hero is now available for customers who have booked pre-orders. Pre-order customers can get their HTC Hero through Saturday while the official availability for the public will be on Monday, November 9.

Among the features of the Android-powered HTC Hero include built-in Google mobile services, as well as thousands of applications built for the Android platform. The HTC Hero will carry an introductory price of $99 after a $50 mail-in rebate.

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Cellular South picked the HTC Hero a few weeks ago, and today they started accepting pre-orders for the smartphone. And the best part is that there is a “good” deal to go with it, related to the monthly plans.

At $80 per month you get the best package - Smartphone Unlimited Plan - which includes everything unlimited such as talk, text, web and email. In case you want to add another phone to this plan, it only costs half the price of the original, and for $40 you get the same. The HTC Hero can be pre-ordered online or at Cellular South stores for $100 after rebate.

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We knew Cellular South was planning something Android for later this year, but we had no idea that it would be the HTc Hero, much less the same version that Sprint is going to get!  The CDMA Hero is not available yet on the carrier’s website but you can sign yourself up to be informed on when that happens, if you happen to be in its coverage area.  Cellular South users will be getting the same goodness as the Sprint users will, with a 5mpx cam, Sense UI to go with its 3.2-inch touchscreen display, aGPS, digital compass, and microSD expansion. Great handset, and if it comes as cheap as the Touch Diamond did last year, we are pretty sure Cellular South will have a lot of Android-happy customers. (more…)

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Leading wireless communication solutions provider Cellular South is reportedly set to unveil a new Android Smartphone within the year, possibly being the first wireless company to offer a smartphone with the latest Android open source platform.

Taking its cue from the growing demand for wireless solutions to date, it seems that Cellular South is setting its sights at overtaking the popular phones in the market, including the popular iPhone from Apple. And their marketing point for this transaction is that of the Android platform which is growing popularity, touted to be the top player in smartphones in the coming years.

Cellular South expects to release more details on the new Android smartphone device soon, including the introduction date, pricing, manufacturer, model and other product features.

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Mobile users who prefer the flip phone design will be glad to note that Cellular South has announced the availability of the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 smartphone from RIM. This new sleek designed phone comes in a chrome-finished frame and packed with a lot of great features.

It features two high-resolution light-sensing color displays, the external LCD makes it easy to preview incoming emails, text messages and phone calls without opening the handset. The large, 240 x 320 pixel internal LCD displays messages, videos and web pages with impressive detail and contrast.

Features:

• Support for BlackBerry App World, which provides quick access to applications developed for the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 in categories that include entertainment, games, social networking and sharing, music and video, productivity and utilities and travel.
• A large SureType QWERTY keyboard
• Support for Cellular South’s super fast high-speed wireless broadband data network
• Intuitive user interface with trackball navigation
• Built-in GPS with BlackBerry Maps preloaded plus support for location based applications and services
• A 2 megapixel camera with flash, zoom and video recording*
• Full HTML web browser
• An advanced media player for pictures, videos and music and support for BlackBerry Media Sync, which makes it easy to sync iTunes or Windows Media Player digital music collections with the smartphone
• An expandable microSD/SDHC memory card slot that supports cards up to 16 GB in size
• Stereo Bluetooth support (A2DP/AVRCP) and 3.5mm stereo headset jack

The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 smartphone is available today for $99.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate and with a new two-year customer agreement and two-year data contract.

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Cellular South customers have been getting a lot of attention lately from their carrier, first it was the Thumbplay service, than it was mobile banking, and right now it is the HTC Touch Diamond cellphone for only $200.

The cause of the low price is a 2-year contract that you must sign with Cellular South, otherwise the handset costs $500. On the other hand, taking in consideration that their Total Unlimited plan costs $80 and comes with limitless SMS, mobile web + email, and talk time, it might be a good deal in the end, depending on how frequently you use all the free services.

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Cellular South in cooperation with Regions Bank have announced a new tool related to mobile banking services. The wireless carrier claims it will provide security & flexibility to everyone that wants to have access their bank account details by using a mobile phone.

On top of Regions Bank, the service will also work with other banks such as Trust One, BancorpSouth, Wachovia, and others. Users can perform the following tasks while using the mobile banking service on a BlackBerry Curve, Pearl, or World Edition:

- view account balance
- view history
- transfer funds
- pay bills

David Rupp of Regions bank, comments:

Managing bank accounts from a wireless device fits the busy lifestyle that many of us share and it will make banking more convenient for Regions and Cellular South customers.

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Cellular South, one of the largest wireless carriers on the US, has recently added Thumbplay functionality so users can enjoy all kinds of content from the mobile entertainment service.

At the moment, Thumbplay has more than 100,000 items available for download, from music, to videos and games. Cellular South customers have two options: get a subscription to make plenty of downloads via a credit system, or buy the content individually one by one. To make the usability as best as possible, Thumbplay can be accessed on more than 2,000 handsets.

Jim Richmond of Cellular South, comments:

Increasingly, our customers are using their mobile phones as full-service, mobile entertainment devices. Thumbplay allows us to offer our customers the broadest and deepest offering available coupled with fast, easy-to-use service and unmatched customer support.

Thumbplay

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