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, HTC, Motorola, Nokia, Pantech, ATT, Windows Mobile, GSM, GPRS, HSDPA, UMTSThese are all devices we know folks have been waiting for, so we’re delighted to finally hear some whipsers that launch windows are being put in place. First up, the AT&T Tilt — alias 8925, alias Kaiser — is rumored to be priced at $299 on a two-year or $374 on a one-year agreement. The Pantech Duo, which Amazon jumped the gun on over the weekend, will be launching for $199 on a two-year, which makes the Amazon pricing a bargain already. The Nokia 6555 “Inferno” gets priced at $49.99 on contract — a steal for a sharp lookin’ 3G flip, we figure. Last but not least, the Motorola Q9 global finally materializes for a cool $299, putting it head to head with the Tilt. All four of these are supposedly scheduled for shipment to stores on October 1, making for a very interesting month. Everyone know which of the four they’re choosing yet?

[Thanks, Amy K.]

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, SprintFollowing up on today’s Xohm demonstration, Sprint has announced that its mobile WiMAX initiative is really gaining steam. Aside from stating that it was expecting a “commercial launch” in select cities by Q2 of next year, the outfit also noted that “Acer, Asus, Lenovo, Panasonic and Toshiba have expressed intent to embed WiMAX into their next generation laptops and UMPCs, so these devices can connect with the Xohm WiMAX network.” Additionally, the firm stated that there have been “a number of encouraging developments with carriers around the globe,” pointing out Korea Telecom in particular. Of course, there’s lots more gloating (and tidbits of useful information, too) where this came from, so be sure and hit the read link for the full skinny if you’re interested.

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Source: www.engadgetmobile.com

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, Samsung, Sprint, CDMA

Remember that cool Ubicell in-home booster we played with back at CTIA? Sprint’s finally starting to roll out the device this week as the “Airave” in “select areas” of Denver and Indianapolis this week. Overall, the concept is very similar to T-Mobile’s @Home service — it connects through your ISP, racks up a monthly fee ($15 in this case, $30 for families), boosts your signal and doesn’t deduct plan minutes — but with the Airave, CDMA signals are served up instead of @Home’s WiFi, which means any Sprint handset should work like a champ. The box itself runs $49.99, not a bad entry fee considering the healthy list of benefits it affords. Look for it in the rest of Denver and Indy along with Nashville later this year followed by a nationwide rollout in 2008.

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