Gizmodo: dual sim

Samsung D980 Dual-SIM Touchscreen Phone Hits Intertubes

Kit Eaton — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:56:00 EDT

Samsung has kept developing its LG Prada knock-off F480 full-touchscreen phone and turned it into the D980. This is a dual-SIM version of the phone, hitting China first in a D988 version and then apparently the rest of the world as the D980 DuoS. It's a tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE device, with 2.6-inch QVGA screen and 5-megapixel auto-focus cam with a flash. There's no pricing or timing info yet, but since Blam had some bad things to say about the F480 cellphone back in February, let's hope they've improved the touchscreen too. [Unwiredview]

Coolpad Phone Has Dual SIMs, Dual CDMA/GSM

Jason Chen — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:00:00 EDT

This Coolpad phone is the thing to have for the type of person (arms dealer, super spy) who has to go abroad often and doesn't know what kind of cellphone service they have out in who knows where. It's got two SIM slots, which can swap between your home US network and a foreign one, as well as the ability to swap over to a CDMA network as well—in case you have to do some dealings out in Korea. It's available now in China, Africa and Indonesia, so pick one up the next time you're illicitly selling M4s to rebel troops. [Crave Asia]

World's First Dual-SIM WIndows Mobile Phone Keeps Girlfriends and Wives Separate

Jason Chen — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:00:00 EDT

Dual-SIM phones that let you have your phone be simultaneously on two GSM networks are nothing new, but until now they've been on regular phones. This makes no sense. Who needs two phones? Businessmen. And businessmen need phones that scream "I AM A BUSINESSMAN!" Few do that better than Windows Mobile, and these W1000 and G1000 Windows Mobile phones from HKC accomplish the job quite nicely.

The two models differ mostly in the fact that the W1000 is CDMA and GSM while the G1000 is dual GSM. Other than this, they both have a 200MHz CPU, 256MB RAM, a 2.8-inch touchscreen and Windows Mobile 6. It's available right now in Asia, but it'll take a bit of finagling to get one for yourself here. [Unwired View via Slashphone]

Samsung D780 Dual-Standby Cell for People Important Enough to Have Two Numbers

AddyDugdale — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:43:00 EDT

Samsung's follow-up to its D880, the D780, launched today. Available in Russia from next month, followed by SE Asia, Europe and the Middle East, the candy-bar cell has Dual Standby, meaning you can receive calls to your second number even while taking a call on your first. Full specs and a pic of its two-in-a-bed innards, below.

GSM/EDGE Tri-band (900/1800/1900)
2.1" 262K QVGA TFT-LCD display
2-megapixel FF CMOS Camera
Dual Stand-By Call with 2 Cores
Bluetooth 2.0 / USB 2.0 Full Speed
Stereo FM Radio
MP3/WMA/e-AAC+ Music Player
Mobile Printing (BPP, PictBridge)
Bluetooth Stereo Headset (A2DP)
Memory
External Memory : microSD (up to 2 GB)
Measures 115 x 49.6 x 15.7mm

Available in either black or silver, there is no info as to whether we'll see the D780 Stateside yet. [Samsung Press Release]

Motorola MING A1800 Comes Out With Both SIM Card Slots Blazin'

Sean Fallon — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:30:00 EDT

A hands on with the new Linux-based MING A1800 from Motorola by the guys at Boy Genius Report has revealed some interesting information. For example, the phone features CDMA, quad-band GSM and dual SIM card slots along with Bluetooth and a 3 megapixel camera. They also claim that the phone felt "sturdy as a rock" despite its diminutive size. There isn't any pricing information yet, but BGR expects to learn more at CTIA next week. [BGR via Unwired View]