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June 24, 2006

Helio letting new subs trade in old

Filed under: Cellphones, Digital Cameras, Gaming, Handhelds, Portable Audio In one of the more innovative promotions we've seen lately, MVNO Helio has begun offering recent subscribers up to 30-days to send in their old gadgets in return for not a service credit, but cold, hard cash (in the form of a check mailed two to three months later). The so-called Trade-Up program, developed in conjunction with Market Velocity, lets new subs sign up online and get the trade-in value for some of the more popular cellphones, PDAs, digital cameras, and gaming consoles from yesterday and today -- although since the quotes are based on your own unprofessional evaluation of your gear's condition, the actual amount of loot you receive may vastly differ from what you were expecting. The prices Helio is willing to pay range from 10 to 20 bucks for older devices in disrepair to several hundred dollars for meticulously cared-for smartphones and high-end digital cameras -- they'll even give you $26 if you've somehow managed to keep your first-gen Gameboy maintained for all these years. The only real losers in this program are the proud few who've chosen to say "iDon't," because Helio will happily take your old iPod off your hands, but want nothing to do with players from SanDisk, Creative, and friends. Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

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Filed under: Cellphones The guys over at PhoneScoop have sure made the site live up to its name today: not only did they get some serious hands-on time with Motorola's upcoming RAZR slider -- codenamed Capri -- they also got to preview the next version of Moto's much-maligned Synergy UI that will show up in such models as the Canary and the SCPL. At least on paper, the Capri seems to offer a very compelling feature set that will probably attract anyone into the RAZR lifestyle- you're getting a model only slightly thicker and heavier than its clamshell counterpart, but which sports a 2.0 megapixel camera, A2DP-capable Bluetooth, and what sounds like a greatly improved user interface. Especially noteworthy in the overhauled Synergy is an address book that seems to work much more intuitively than past iterations (remember the one on the StarTAC?), allowing you to organize entries by name and search for contacts using multiple letters. Although Phone Scoop was only testing a pre-production model, they have identified some potential problems to watch out for on the final version, such as the unusually crappy quality of what should be a decent camera, and most importantly, a spring-assisted slider that's difficult to activate due to the raised antenna bulge so familiar to RAZR owners. Click on if you want to peep a few more snaps, but you're really doing yourself a disservice if you don't head over to PhoneScoop for the full gallery and a very thorough write-up... Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

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While shopping online for mobile phones, you may often come across offers like cash back offers, free handsets, cheap deals, discounts, free line rentals and more. You'll find mobile companies or dealers giving away free mobile phones or sell them at a loss when you sign up for their service

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Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds Well, color us a bit surprised. It turns out that the rumored "Black Tie Edition" Treo 650 for Asia-Pacific was not only real, it's coming to this side of pond as well. The specs sadly haven't changed from what we've reported before: you get the same old Treo 650 repackaged in black, a unique hard case, a dual-purpose stylus/pen, and that's about it. The Black Tie Edition is shipping immediately for a whopping $599 unsubsidized; we're not holding our breath for our 700p-toting readers to make the switch, but for folks on GSM carriers, this is now the snazziest Treo money can buy. Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

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Maybe you have heard of different freebies on offer when you go in for a cell phone. They range from free games, free software, free ringtones and even a free cell phone handset. Now there are free prepaid cell phones; believe it. The competition is so intense among service providers and handset manufacturers that most of them are offering free prepaid as bait to lure

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The Nokia MP3 Cell Phone is a great little portable mobile device that fits right into the palm of your hand and is very affordable, it will do all the things that you need like play MP3 music, surf the web wirelessly, send emails, is blue tooth enabled and has a built in digital

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Posted by Perry at June 24, 2006 05:38 PM