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Palm Pre Now Available for $80
PUBLISHED: Thursday, November 19, 2009
The giant webstore Amazon.com is now offering the Palm Pre at well below the regular price for those who are switching to Sprint to get this webOS-based smartphone. The Pre has a sliding design, with a capacitive touchscreen, keyboard, and mobile broadband.

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Sprint's Samsung Moment and HTC Hero Now Selling for Just $100
PUBLISHED: 11/17/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Thanks to an electronics retailer, both of Sprint's Android-powered smartphones are available for well below their suggested prices. Sprint is asking $180 each for the HTC Hero and Samsung Moment, but those who go to Best Buy will pay $80 less.
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Palm Pixi First Impressions Review
PUBLISHED: 11/16/2009  BY: Jen Edwards
The new Palm Pixi is in many ways a successor to the Palm Centro: small, inexpensive, and useful. Jen Edwards says the second webOS-based smartphone -- which debuted from Sprint this weekend -- is a fun little device that's very well priced.
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Palm Pixi Video Preview
PUBLISHED: 11/15/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The Palm Pixi is debuting today, and Brighthand has a video overview of this new device, the second with Palm's webOS. This smartphone has a slimmer design than its predecessor, and a smaller screen, but offers virtually all the features at a lower price.
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Palm Pixi Is Now Available
PUBLISHED: 11/15/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Sprint is now offering the Palm Pixi, an entry-level webOS-powered smartphone that is the successor to Palm's Centro line. Like those earlier models, it has an easily pocketable design with a touchscreen, keyboard, and an afforable price.
FULL STORY (2,538 Reads) | DISCUSSION (3 Replies)

AT&T Responds to Verizon's Attack Ads
PUBLISHED: 11/14/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
In recent weeks, Verizon has been running a series of commercials which emphasize that its 3G network is significantly larger than AT&T's. AT&T has issued a statement that defends its wireless data options, and points out that there's more involved than just 3G.
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Palm Pixi Selling for Just $25
PUBLISHED: 11/12/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The Palm Pixi, the second webOS-powered smartphone, is set to be released exclusively by Sprint this weekend. The official price is $100, but one online retailer has undercut that by a wide margin for some customers. UPDATED
FULL STORY (2,329 Reads) | DISCUSSION (6 Replies)

Saygus Vphone Will Be a High-End Android Smartphone
PUBLISHED: 11/12/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
A small company might make a big noise in the Android market: the Saygus Vphone will be a high-end smartphone with a large touchscreen, sliding keyboard, and a video-conferencing camera. This device will be available to Verizon customers early next year.
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iPhone Mini May Be Headed to Verizon Next Year
PUBLISHED: 11/10/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The next generation of Apple's iPhone will be available from both AT&T and Verizon, if an unconfirmed report is correct. This device will supposedly be significantly smaller than the current one.
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Verizon Puts the iPhone on the Island of Misfit Toys
PUBLISHED: 11/8/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Verizon Wireless' TV ad campaign attacking the Apple iPhone continues. The latest commercial evokes a holiday classic, with the iPhone appearing on the Island of Misfit Toys.
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Verizon Doubling the Cost of Tethering the Droid
PUBLISHED: 11/6/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Verizon has promised that Motorola Droid users will be able to tether their smartphone at some point next year. This carrier has also revealed that it's going to ask customers to pay twice the regular price for this service.
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Verizon Has Launched the Droid and Droid Eris
PUBLISHED: 11/6/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The wait is over: Verizon Wireless is now offering the Motorola Droid, the new flagship of Google's Android OS. It also just put the HTC Droid Eris on sale, a less expensive model running the same operating system.
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Motorola Droid Review
PUBLISHED: 11/5/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The Motorola Droid turns heads with its WVGA+ display, sliding keyboard, 5 MPx camera, and a 16 GB memory card. Brighthand Editor Ed Hardy brings us a review of this Android 2.0-based smartphone that Verizon hopes will be an iPhone killer.
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