Sprint to Offer Palm Centro in Olive Green and Vibrant Rose

Palm today announced that the Palm Centro smartphone for Sprint will be available in two new soft-touch colors — Olive green and Vibrant rose. The new colors will join the popular Onyx black Centro in Sprint’s holiday lineup.


The holidays are always a busy time, and Centro lets users keep in touch with friends and family with voice, text, IM, email, web — even using Facebook for Palm, which is pre-installed on the new Centro holiday colors. Facebook for Palm lets users connect with friends, respond to messages, upload photos and videos, receive status updates, browse friends’ profiles and send out new friend requests. And with Google Maps’ new My Location feature, Centro knows where the user is and what’s close by, so customers can find nearby restaurants, get directions, or see updated traffic reports.

Users can shoot pictures or videos and send them to friends, or use the built-in MP3 player and take tunes to go. The new Olive green and Vibrant rose Centro smartphones have 128MB of available memory (twice the storage of the original Centro for Sprint) and the ability to add up to 4GB more with a microSD card (sold separately), so there’s plenty of room for playlists, photos and videos. Users can also watch Sprint TV channels, such as CNN mobile, FOX Sports, The Weather Channel and Disney Channel.

The Olive green and Vibrant rose Centro smartphones will be available as early as Oct. 19 at select retail locations, and beginning Nov. 2 in Sprint Stores. The new colors will be available for a special promotional price — as low as $79.99 with a two-year subscriber agreement and $100 mail-in rebate.

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More U.S. publishers join Nokia Media Network

Nokia today announced that several U.S. publishers have joined the Nokia Media Network, an advertising network that provides brands reach to millions of mobile consumers through advertising on blue-chip mobile publishers, operator partners and Nokia services.



These additions join other flagship Nokia Media Network publishers such as Reuters, CNET, Agence-France Press, Unidad Editorial, Hearst and AccuWeather; operators like Sprint and Airtel; and Nokia services like Nokia.mobi. The additions include the following publishers, who will further strengthen the Nokia Media Network’s reach in the United States:

* Fox News
* A&E Network
* Bio Channel
* HISTORY
* The Hollywood Reporter

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SanDisk SlotMusic Now Shipping

SanDisk announced the full list of artists joining the inaugural slotMusic line-up. Starting this week, music fans can purchase slotMusic cards-microSD cards with pre-loaded, DRM-free MP3 music-featuring new release albums from favorite artists like Coldplay, Katy Perry, Leona Lewis, Rihanna and Robin Thicke and catalog titles from Elvis, Abba and more. slotMusic cards will arrive on the shelves of Best Buy and Wal-Mart in the United States, with a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $14.99. Each slotMusic card has 1GB capacity. In addition to songs, slotMusic cards may hold liner notes, album art, videos and other creative content that an artist may choose.


Dozens of popular artists from EMI Music, SONY BMG, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group are making their debut on slotMusic cards in time for the holidays, including:

* ABBA
* Chris Brown
* Coldplay
* Connie Talbot
* Daughtry
* Don’t Quit Fitness Bundle
* Elvis Presley
* Five Finger Death Punch
* Jimi Hendrix
* Jimmy Buffet
* Katy Perry
* Keane
* Kelly Clarkson
* Kiss
* Leona Lewis
* Lynyrd Skynyrd
* Metro Station
* MIA
* Nelly
* New Kids On the Block
* e-Yo
* Nickelback
* Pussycat Dolls
* Rihanna
* Rise Against
* Robin Thicke
* Saving Abel
* Shwayze
* Solange
* Sugarland
* Tim McGraw
* Toby Keith
* Usher
* Weezer
* Young Jeezy

slotMusic cards are expected to be available in Europe in 2009.

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BoostMobile Launches New 10 Cents Flat Rate for All Calls

Boost Mobile has launched a new low flat rate of 10¢ per minute for all calls, no matter what time of day, for its Pay As You Go Basic Plan. Customers benefit from the low 10¢ per-minute rate in addition to unlimited Nationwide Boost Walkie-Talkie for $1/day. Boost Mobile offers pay by the minute, day and month pricing options.


As with all Boost Mobile Pay As You Go handsets, there are no credit checks, hidden charges or monthly bills. Boost Mobile pay as you go customers decide how to pay for minutes only as they need them through the purchase of Re-Boost Cards available at all authorized Boost retailers, online at www.boostmobile.com or from their phone.

“No traveling charges, no long distance charges and no peak/off-peak per minute pricing…it’s simple to understand and a great value,” said Neil Lindsay, vice president of marketing, Boost Mobile.

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Alltel Wireless lets customers move to their own beat with the LG Rhythm

Alltel Wireless and LG announced today that the LG Rhythm is available in Alltel retail stores and online at shopalltel.com. Sleek and stylish, the LG Rhythm offers customers a premium music player with Digital Signal Processing as well as a graphic equalizer professionally tuned by Mr. Mark Levinson. The phone also includes an FM transmitter that easily streams songs to a car stereo or other receiver from up to 10 feet away. The LG Rhythm also comes with a 3.5 mm stereo headset with a microphone that allows users to easily toggle between music and incoming calls.


With 120 MB of internal memory, users can store their favorite songs or video files and conveniently access the files using a designated music hot key and 1-inch circular touchscreen. Other features include a 2-inch main LCD display screen, a 1.3 megapixel camera with zoom and camcorder, Bluetooth 2.0 capabilities, background music mode and a microSD external memory port supporting up to 16 GB.

Alltel Wireless is offering the LG Rhythm in black or white for $119.99 after $50 mail-in-rebate and a two-year service agreement.

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T-Mobile USA to offer BlackBerry Pearl 8120 in 3 new colors

T-Mobile offers its popular BlackBerry Pearl 8120 smartphone in three new colors - black emerald, indigo, and frost. The new colors are available nationwide now for US$149.99 with two year service agreement.

The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 includes an advanced multimedia experience, which features video recording and playback, a two-megapixel digital camera, stereo Bluetooth support, and an externally accessible microSD/SDHC memory card slot for expandable memory storage.

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Samsung ACE Can Now be Upgraded to Windows Mobile 6.1

Today Sprint and Samsung announced key enhancements, including GPS to support Sprint Navigation, Windows Mobile 6.1 and the addition of Office Mobile 6.1 for the Samsung ACE. The new software’s downloading instructions are available at http://www.samsungmobileusa.com/i325/upgrade


Other than Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrade, the GPS will be enhanced to provide support applications such as Sprint Navigation. Sprint Navigation provides audio and visual turn-by-turn directions, more than 10 million local listings, and one-click traffic rerouting on compatible phones, similar to an in-vehicle GPS system.

“The software upgrades make the Samsung ACE more powerful and easy-to-use than ever before,” said Bill Ogle, Chief Marketing Officer for Samsung Mobile. “Our customers want to be able to do business whether they are in or out of the office and the ACE’s new features make working while on-the-go even better.”

The Samsung ACE is available in Sprint for $99.99, with a two-year service agreement and a $100 mail-in-rebate.

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