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AT&T’s New Pantech Duo Hands On (Gallery)

I got the chance to give the Pantech Duo a spin, or rather a slide, and haven’t been able to put it down. AT&T’s newest Windows Mobile phone has an attractive, glossy gray finish, but it’s the double keyboards that really steal the show. https://gizmodo.com/pantech-duo-c810-dual-slider-now-rocks-the-at-t-casbah-316108 As fans of the Helio Ocean (the Duo’s genetic sibling)…

Apple Gets $831 for Every iPhone Sold Thanks to AT&T Payments

We already knew that the iPhone was making Apple money by the barrelload, but we didn’t know exactly how much. Well, uh, you’d better sit down. According to the Financial Accounting Standards Board, Apple receives a whopping $18 per month from AT&T for each iPhone customer. That adds up to $432 for each two-year contract,…

Pantech Duo C810 Dual Slider Now Rocks the AT&T Casbah

Check out this hands-on video of the Pantech Duo C810, now available via AT&T just as we told you it would be. The dual-slidin’ WinMo 6 phone looks a bit smaller than we thought it was (and smaller than the similar Helio Ocean), but still seems clunky and a bit thick for our tastes. But…

AT&T’s broadcast mobile TV service with Qualcomm’s MediaFlo has had its launch date nudged back from year’s end to early 2008. The reason given is fine tuning, though what kind of “tuning” was left unspecified. Verizon’s, on the other hand, has had its MediaFlo-based offerings up and running since March. [Reuters via Phone Scoop]

Hype Sheet: What Happens in Vega$…

The Pitch We’ve seen this approach before, eh? Looks like one of those AT&T commercials in which a dropped call leads to an awkward situation—a mother spontaneously revealing her sexually licentious past, for example, or Roger Clemens pushing it one season too far. But this schlubby hubby’s problem isn’t poor reception. Rather, it’s the fact…

AT&T Earnings Report: Big Wireless Subscriber Gains

AT&T’s reporting Q3 revenues of $30.1 billion for a net income of $3.1 billion, nearly doubling the same quarter of last year’s $15.6 billion in revenues for a net income of $2.2 billion (which was prior to its swallowing of BellSouth for total ownage of the Cingular venture). The real nugget of interest in the…

BlackJack II Hands-On (Verdict: Speedy, Slim and Sexy)

We just got hands-on with the BlackJack II, the Windows Mobile Smartphone follow-up to the popular BJ1. The things we noticed: it’s thin like the original, and small enough to feel the same in your pocket as non-smartphones. The OS is Windows Mobile 6, which improves greatly on the original’s WM5, and is definitely speedy.…

Pantech AT&T Dual Slider Up on FCC

If our spy shots of the AT&T Dual-Slider wasn’t enough to prove to you this is definitely coming, the Pantech C810 has been postted on the FCC as well. It’s got a 1.3-megapixel camera and runs Windows Mobile 6, but other than that there’s not much we know about this mystery slider. Though, knowing that…

AT&T first US carrier to start selling the Blackberry Curve 8310 with GPS [Electronista]

AT&T Decides to Play Nice, Takes the Teeth Out of Termination Tariffs

AT&T has decided to pull a Verizon and prorate termination fees for users if they decide to change their contracts. The company says the quit-fines will be reduced according to how long a customer has been with AT&T. Even more important to some users, they’ll be allowed to change their level of service without extending…

The Gadget Wars, Who Won/Lost Last Week?

Every week is a battle. There’s seldom any bullets and generally no poison gas. But every week is a battle for the consumer mind and the consumer heart. Here’s the way we saw things this week: one big winner, one loser and one company that’s dead in the water. + AT&T Part of AT&T’s Terms…

Whoa! AT&T TOS Becomes Less Evil

Earlier today we let you know that AT&T would be changing their Terms of Service following some bad publicity regarding their limits of freedom of speech…that we swear we had nothing to do with. Now the company has just followed up with a finalized draft of the new TOS, and it looks like the rainbows…

The BlackBerry Curve will launch in two colors on AT&T: Crimson and Titanium. Or as normal people like to call it, red and gray. [Boy Genius via wireless info]

MILF Phone Roundup: Samsung SGH-A127, SGH-A517, SGH-A127 and the Moto W470

You know when you need to help pick out a phone for someone’s mom? They want em pretty, not crappy, but not expensive and high-end like the ones you’d buy for yourself. Here are some of those. Today we’ve got a Samsung SCH-U410 flip phone on Verizon, and the SGH-A127 plus the SGH-A517 flip-phones on…

AT&T TOS to Become Less Evil

Earlier this month, we ran a story about AT&T’s Terms of Service. Specifically, we said the language should “horrify the consumer public” because it essentially stated that if you talked bad about AT&T, AT&T could terminate your contract. Even to those of us who are not lawyers and/or barely read, the language was harsh (you…

AT&T Buys $2.5 Billion in 700Mhz Spectrum Licenses

AT&T’s agreed to drop $2.5 billion into the pockets of Aloha Partners for a sizable chunk of the 700Mhz spectrum—12 megahertz worth covering 196 million people in 281 markets. It’s the same frequency that the FCC will be auctioning off licenses to in just a couple of months. AT&T says they haven’t decided what they’re…

FCC Refuses to Probe Snoop-Friendly Telcos

The FCC has refused to investigate phone companies who are thought to have turned over millions of records to the NSA, according to a Reuters story. Congress asked for the probe, which would include AT&T, Verizon and Qwest. But National Intelligence Director Michael McConnell sent a letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin saying that the…

Want to get an AT&T Tilt? Apparently it’s only available (as of right now) on AT&T’s business site. That explains why you can’t find it normally. [AT&T via Crunchgear]

AT&T LG Shine Spy Shots

Our tipster didn’t give us many details on this, but apparently the LG Shine—previously seen in flip-version on Verizon—is heading to AT&T. No real details here other than it’s coming (including whether it’s this black finish), but check out our previous Shine coverage to see if you’re interested. https://gizmodo.com/lg-vx8700-official-for-verizon-247580

Hands-on With the AT&T Tilt: GPS-Enabled Windows Mobile 6 Smartphone

The Gadget: The AT&T Tilt, a Windows Mobile 6 smartphone that has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3G, GPS navigation, a 3-megapixel camera, and Push-to-Talk along with a slide-out/fold-up keyboard and a 2.8-inch touchscreen. It’s a Windows Mobile phone, yes, but it’s also the Windows Mobile phone with the best GPS package we’ve seen yet. https://gizmodo.com/at-t-tilt-is-official-306892 The Price:…