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Nokia Announces the Rugged 3720
Today Nokia introduced the 3720 Classic, a rugged monoblock phone that can withstand drops, vibration, and has an IP-54 (ingress protection) rating against moisture and dust. The 900/1800/1900 tri-band ... read
Samsung's Rugged A657 Pushes PTT on AT&T
Today Samsung and AT&T announced the the a657 ruggedized phone, which features push-to-talk, a flashlight, and MIL-SPEC certification for protection against dust, shock, vibration, rain, humidity, radiation and extreme ... read
Latest Casio G'zOne Phone Is Like a Rock
Today Verizon Wireless and Casio announced the G'zOne Rock, a mil-spec rugged clamshell that can withstand water, shock, dust, vibration, humidity, salt fog, solar radiation, altitude, and high and ... read
Rugged Samsung A837 Goes On Sale at AT&T
AT&T has made the Samsung A837 Rugby available for sale. The mil-spec rugged clamshell was recently approved by the FCC and can withstand shock, vibration and dust. It has ... read
Sprint Announces Motorola i365 and V950
Today Sprint officially announced the rugged i365 and V950 from Motorola. The i365 (pictured), a mil-spec rated phone recently approved by the FCC, is certified for humidity, blowing rain, ... read
Land Rover Contracts with Sonim to Make Branded Phones
Land Rover and Sonim Technologies have entered into an agreement to develop and launch co-branded mobile phones. A total of three phones are already in the works, with two ... read
Motorola Announces the Marine Corp Quality Quantico
Today Motorola debuted a new mil-spec, ruggedized phone called the Quantico. The Quantico (named after the USMC base) is a tri-band clamshell CDMA phone, supporting 800/1700/1900MHz EVDO. It has ... read
Verizon Takes Samsung's Convoy On the Road
Today Samsung and Verizon Wireless announced the ruggedized Convoy, a new push-to-talk phone that meets mil-spec 810F standards for durability. It can withstand shock and dust resistance, vibration, salt ... read
Nokia Unveils GSM Trio, Including UMA Phone
Nokia today announced three new GSM phones:
6136: The company's first phone with UMA technology for GSM / WiFi roaming. Clamshell design, quad-band GSM, 1.3 megapixel camera, microSD memory card ... read
Nokia Announces the E52
Today Nokia announced the E52, a bar-style phone that carries forward Nokia's newer E Series design language. It looks similar to the E55, but rather than a SureType keypad, ... read
Casio Exilim for Verizon Now Official, with 3x Optical Zoom
Verizon Wireless today launched the Casio Exilim phone. The high-end camera phone borrows Casio's brand for standalone cameras, and combines a rare 3x optical zoom lens with a 5.1 ... read
HTC Announces the Tattoo for European Markets
Today HTC announced a new Android-based device called the Tattoo. The Tattoo is a monoblock touch phone that uses HTC's Sense user interface. It has quad-band GSM/EDGE radios and ... read
Nokia Reveals 3G 3120 Classic
Today Nokia announced the 3120 Classic, a bar-style phone that has quad-band GSM/EDGE and dual-band 850/1900 WCDMA 3G radios. It will come with three different 3G radio configurations, including ... read
Motorola Rolls Out Eco, Touch and PTT Phones
Today Motorola announced three new handsets that will become available through several different carriers over the course of the next few months.Renew W233: According to Motorola, the W233 is ... read
3G Samsung for AT&T Revealed
Samsung showed off a new phone for AT&T, the A637. This bar-style phone is white and comes with quad-band GSM/EDGE radios as well as dual-band 850/1900 MHz HSDPA at ... read
Samsung Adds 'PRO' and 'TXT' to Corby Line
Today Samsung announced to new additions to the Corby line of youth-oriented phones. Shared features include quad-band GSM/EDGE, FM with RDS, and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR radios. They also have 3.5mm ... read
Nokia Introduces Two New Mainstream Phones
Nokia announced two new 6000 series phones, the 6210 Navigator and 6220 Classic. Both are S60 3rd Edition quad-band GSM/EDGE phones with GPS, stereo Bluetooth and microSD slots that ... read
Sony Ericsson Tees Up the T700
Today Sony Ericsson announced the T700. This bar-style phone has quad-band GSM/EDGE radios and supports European 3G networks. It has a 3.2 megapixel camera with flash and video recording ... read
T-Mobile Rolls Out Winter Line-Up
Today T-Mobile announced a slew of new handsets that will become available over the coming weeks.HTC Shadow: This update to the original Shadow adds support for T-Mobile's HotSpot @Home ... read
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