T-Mobile Offers Prepaid BlackBerry
June 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Looks like T-Mobile is now, through a partnership with Best Buy and possibly Target, pushing Bleackberries on their prepaid service, making them first operator to do this on a national scale. MetroPCS also offers a Blackberry, but service is limited to their regional coverage area, and the dual-band Blackberry Curve doesn’t work in newer MetroPCS markets.
The Blackberry in question is the “Pearl II“, a more media-focused model with RIM’s SureType keyboard rather than a full QWERTY part. The smartphone has a 2-megapixel camera, WiFi, Stereo Bluetooth and a full-size headphone jack. The price for the phone is $299.99, expensive compared to postpaid (where it’s often given away to entice people into expensive data plans) but $50 less than the usual non-contract price.
Boost Mobile Unveils Messaging Phone: i465 “Clutch”
June 1, 2009 · 1 Comment
Yesterday Boost Mobile introduced Motorola’s first ever QWERTY iDEN phone, the first-ever Boost-compatible QWERTY phone, in fact, available from anyone except RIM (BlackBerry). The cost: $129.99.
The big bar phone can do more than text, however. In addition to hallmark Boost features like nationwide walkie-talkie and GPS, the i465 has a 1.3 megapixel camera with video recording capability. The phone also has Bluetooth.
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