Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, RIM, Telus Mobility, Windows Mobile, EV-DO, CDMA

There are certain phones that seem to have the uncanny ability to come together a fabulous cross section of carriers across North America, and these two are clearly headed in that direction. Telus way up there in Canada has launched the Motorola Q9c and announced the eventual availability of the BlackBerry Curve 8330, giving it a power pack of smartphones embraced by a good number of CDMA cousins to the south. Both devices offer EV-DO data and Bluetooth; the Curve offers up GPS and a 2 megapixel camera, while the Windows Mobile 6-based Q9c makes do with a 1.3 megapixel sensor — but offers the key bonus of being available immediately for $149.99 CAD on a three-year deal. No release date or pricing for the Curve has been announced.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Filed under: Handsets, Software, Samsung, Sprint

It looks like Samsung’s Instinct won’t just be kinda-sorta doing some iPhone stuff — it will be doing actual iPhone stuff. Sprint announced that it has licensed Klausner’s Visual Voicemail (yes, Visual Voicemail) for use in the familiar looking device, adding weight to the argument that this is the carrier’s official play for the iPhone market. If you’ll recall, Klausner sued AT&T and Apple over the feature, which it claims violated two of its patents. Now all they need to do is throw Cover Flow, Google Maps integration, and some wiggly icons on there, and this race will really get heated.

[Via I4U News]

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his is the video of the new macbook i got one week ago, it’s been the ideal week ever, i couldn’t be happier with this wonderful acquisition =) the specs. macbook white 4,1 intel core 2 duo penryn processor at 2.16GHz 120GB HD 1GB RAM ComboDrive MacOS X Leopard (10.5.2) . made this on iMovie, really cool + easy.

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I don’t know about you, but on a nice Spring day in 2008, I don’t have time to read 1,500 words about damn near anything, least of all “why” Detroit (and, kinda, Japan) hasn’t yet developed cars that can do 50 mpg. But, in the interest of getting paid, I did read this Newsweek piece […]

I don’t know about you, but on a nice Spring day in 2008, I don’t have time to read 1,500 words about damn near anything, least of all “why” Detroit (and, kinda, Japan) hasn’t yet developed cars that can do 50 mpg. But, in the interest of getting paid, I did read this Newsweek piece that offers reason after laboured reason as to why Detroit isn’t good.

Reasons: Americans like big cars; Americans like fast cars; high mpg automobiles don’t go very fast; “extras” like sound-proofing and steel weigh automobiles down making them less mpg efficient; high mpg automobiles are by their very nature more expensive; Americans are cheap (even though gas is expensive).

So until Americans are cool with paying a little more up-front for a vehicle in order to gain more than a few mpgs, you’ll be shelling out dollar after worthless dollar to fill up your tank. That’s one of the few advantages to living in NYC, no need for a automobile.

Via [crunchgear]

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Filed under: Handsets, Features, Multimedia, Samsung, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

The Vu is going to end up stealing the bulk of the spotlight when AT&T’s initial Mobile Television devices launch in Might, but the Samsung Access has one key advantage over its sexier stablemate: aggressive pricing. The wide-load candybar (thanks to the landscape display) will run $100 less than the Vu while offering the same quantity and quality of brainpower-sapping television. In fact, we imagine there’ll be a contingent of folks who actually prefer the physical keypad (gasp!). We wish Samsung had put just a little bit more thought and energy into the Access’ physical design — there’s no rule saying a $199 phone has to be unsightly, last time we checked — but it’s functional, looks and feels solid, and you’ll still manage to impress the neighbors when you fire up CNN. AT&T had a functional MediaFLO node in Las Vegas, as evidenced by the glorious footage we took in while hanging out at the Access’ kiosk; hit the gallery for some more visuals of the device in action.

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