Alltel launches $40 wireless broadband plan

Alltel has reportedly launched a new $40 wireless broadband add-on option, a $20 drop from the regular $60 per month price tag. Customers must subscribe to a Smart Choice voice plan to be eligible for this $40 wireless broadband add-on, but it’s still not too shabby for a truly unlimited (read: no usage cap) EV-DO mobile broadband connection.

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Samsung A877 spied, headed to AT&T?

Call this one unconfirmed at best, but word on the street puts a new Samsung QWERTY slider on AT&T shelves at the end of this month. Now, don’t get too excited as this puppy isn’t exactly the handset to end all handsets, but it is one of the best looking QWERTY feature phones we’ve seen heading to AT&T so consider our interest piqued.

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T-Mobile brings $50 unlimited voice plan to rest of America

Well, that "trial" didn't last long at all, now did it? Just days after teeing up a $50 unlimited voice plan in the great city of San Francisco, T-Mobile USA has reportedly taken said plan nationwide. Users are already buzzing about the widespread availability, though it should be noted that the same "loyalty requirements" from the San Fran pilot are still in effect for the rest of the nation.

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BlackBerry Devices and Unlock Code giveaway!

This is on Boy Genius Report, but you all won't be hatin' on me if I pass it on.
Thanks to the friendly folks at Horizon Wireless, here’s what we’re giving away!

* (1) BlackBerry Bold
* (1) BlackBerry Storm
* (1) BlackBerry Curve 8900

But, that’s not all. To help out a lot of you that already have taken the plunge and purchased your own BlackBerry handsets, we’re also giving away 500 BlackBerry unlock codes! Yes, you totally read that correctly. 500 unlock codes! That’s over $10,000 in unlock codes, people. Here’s how to enter:

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Mobile World Congress Round Up: Ten Mobile Phones to Watch Out For

The Mobile World Congress has just wrapped up, and amidst all the hype and buzz, new products announced we now have several new mobile phones to eagerly await and anticipate. Samsung OmniaHD,HTC Touch Pro Diamond2, Sony Ericsson “Idou” Smartphone, Acer DX900, LG Arena aka LG-KM900, HTC Touch Pro2, Nokia N86, HTC Magic, Samsung Blue Earth, and Sony Ericsson W995.

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Acer to offer free smartphones in the US

If you followed our coverage of MWC this past week, odds are you were just as unimpressed with Acer’s showing as we were. To recap quickly, the company announced a handful of Windows Mobile handsets that were decent efforts but offered nothing in the way of innovation or even differentiation.

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Motorola with big touchscreen emerges, doesn't disgust

What's this, a high-end slate from Motorola that we can all cautiously get behind? Hard as it may be to believe, it seems that Moto might be working on some serious hardware to compete with... well, anything. We don't have any information on this device we're seeing here beyond what we can make out from the picture -- 5 megapixel Kodak-branded camera, big touchscreen, TV-out, and a xenon flash -- but the tip suggests that this could be Moto's first Android device.

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Sprint locks down the Palm Pre for all of 2009

Sprint may have lost $1.6 billion in the fourth quarter, but things are looking up, if only briefly. CNBC is reporting that Sprint has the exclusive rights to the Pre in the US for all of 2009. No comment on exclusivity after 2009, though.

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T-Mobile-bound HTC Magic spotted in Google Demo?

Could this be an early sign the HTC and T-Mobile will buddy up once again for the G2? Maybe. The T-Mobile logo does sport the one-less dot design that’s unique to the United States market, but that alone isn’t exactly solid proof.

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LG Shows Off Phone with Transparent Keyboard

LG Electronics has shown of the world’s first transparent design phone, the LG-GD900. As the company puts it, "transparent yet eye-catching, the LG-GD900 will stand out from the crowd, and so will those who carry it."

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