Press Release: HTC Fuze Available from AT&T

One of HTC’s newest phones, the Fuze, is available at AT&T starting Nov. 11.  The Fuze is just packed will the latest and greatest the smartphone world has to offer.  First, it works with AT&T’s 3G  and EDGE networks, so fast internet and e-mail are at your fingertips.  Not only can you use 3G in the US, but it also works in over 60 countries that have 3G networks of their own, like Japan and South Korea.  Regular phone and internet usage is available in over 150 countries, so this is a great choice for a world traveler.  What other fun things are packed under the hood of the Fuze?  Its a big list:  GPS, WiFi, 3.2 megapixel camera, Push to Talk, AT&T Video Share, Qwerty keyboard, and Bluetooth 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate.  The Bluetooth 2.0 allows you to be connected with up to 6 devices at a time.  6!!!  Of course, it has HTC’s TouchFLO 3D interface, as well as Windows Mobile 6.1.  The Fuze is a great balance of business and personal use.  On one side you have e-mail and MS Office, and on the other is video clips and XM mobile radio.  Overall, its a very tempting new toy.

Pricing:  $299.99 with 2 year contract

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Press Release: Blackberry Bold Arrives at AT&T on Nov. 4

The Blackberry Bold will be exclusively available through AT&T on Nov. 4 for $299.  The new “crackberry”, as I lovingly call them, will not only take advantage of AT&T’s 3G network, but will be the first to support HSDPA networks around the world.  That’s great news for business travelers everywhere.  We are living in the time of the worldwide economy.  The guts of the new Bold has a nice mix of business and pleasure features.  It comes with built in GPS and WiFi, as well as, a more powerful 624MHz processor.  The internal storage on the Bold gets a bump to 1G with available expansion up to to 16G via microSD/SDHC.  On the fun side of things, the Bold has a 2 megapixel camera with built in flash, zoom, and video recording capabilities.  Honestly, for me, once they get the resolution up there to a standard 5 megapixels with flash and zoom, I am done with a regular camera.  I never have a camera when I truly need one, but I always have my phone.  The Bold also has an advanced media player for playing music and videos, and viewing pictures.  You can see that Blackberry is really pushing to be an all around device.  With the new Bold, and the soon to be released Storm, they do not want to see the iPhone steal all their customers away.  We shall see how it all plays out.  Check out the full press release after the jump.

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Sell your soul for an iPhone? on AT&T

Well even your soul may not be enough to get you an iPhone from AT&T, apparently souls aren’t worth that much anymore. Especially if you’re dealing with what essentially, is a monopoly. One of our good friends, Jack Cook posted an article @ Experience Mobility, and it highlights the flaws in the union between Apple and AT&T, it also brings to the forefront, the lack of understanding that most mobile users have of the contracts they submit themselves to when they sign up for a service from any provider. I’m really astounded that AT&T have policies like this in place, but it’s the nature of the game at this point, isn’t it?

Mike Elgin over at ComputerWorld, came across a hurdle with his service provider, that well, makes my blood curdle. A loyal user, that has committed his whole family to the service provider, made to jump through hoops, for a new device.

After months of cajoling, I finally convinced my wife to buy an iPhone. She went to the local AT&T store today, and was actually turned down. She is, apparently, "upgrade ineligible." She asked if there was any price at which should could buy it, and they said no.

In a lot of ways, we are manipulated, by our mobile dependency, and our lack of understanding of what we sign up for. The conundrum is “I can’t afford to not be connected” and the price you’ll pay to be connected. Then it becomes a little more complicated. Human error is a factor, I recently went through something similair. In a way we are, somehow compliant with our service providers, in a way that only denotes a submissive  relationship, that only demonstrates our lack of understanding of what we sign up for, let’s face it we are not all lawyers.

It begs the question are we addicted to connectivity, can we do without an internet connection, not device based.

• Apple and/or AT&T act like everyone is a rabid fanboy. But many people, like my wife, are current Windows and BlackBerry users who are merely toying with the idea of becoming Apple customers. When these fence-sitters finally muster up the interest to go give an Apple product a try, and are met with resistance, incompetence and something that feels like Apple snobbery, much more is being lost than a single iPhone purchase. My wife needs a new laptop, too, and might have loved the iPhone and made a total, lifelong conversion to iPhone, and Macs, too. Now she’s got a broken phone and needs to upgrade and will probably just get another BlackBerry because she harbors ill will toward Apple. We’re also now thinking about switching carriers. We’ll have to file this one in the "FAIL" category.

In really simple ways, the iPhone has changed the mobile environment, some good (well lot’s good) and some bad. Maybe one of the good things is a heads up about looking into your contract a little bit further.

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Pocket Express Free, from Handmark and AT&T!

Pocket Express is a great utility for your phone, blackberry or pocket pc, that let’s you get news, weather, sports, travel info and a whole lot more within a single application. I had a little look at Pocket Express back in May and found it quite nifty. Really though, if you’re going to get something from AT&T for free, you want to jump on quick before it disappears.
 

Here’s a direct link to the AT&T Media Mall, where you can pick up your free copy, Windows Mobile and BlackBerry.

This is a limited offer, but I forgot to mention this is the premium pack/edition of Pocket Express.

For a limited time AT&T BlackBerry and Windows Mobile smartphone customers have the opportunity to get a FREE premium subscription of Pocket Express with unlimited access to news, weather, sports, movie showtimes, flight status, mapping, 411 search and more!

Don’t miss out!

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