NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: KEITH SHAW ON WIRELESS COMPUTING DEVICES 08/17/04 Today's focus: AT&T Wireless, Samsung get Olympic fever
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The $199 phone (after $120 in rebates and a two-year contract) is available now and includes two color screens (internal and external), enhanced messaging services, and an embedded digital camera. The news alerts from the Olympics will be part of the carrier's mMode service, and users will be able to check schedules, scores, download Olympic-themed ring tones, and do instant messaging ("The U.S. just won gold in Judo!"). For more details, go to <http://www.attwireless.com/> * Samsung takes a picture Samsung also launched another phone - the SGH-d415, with T-Mobile. The d415 is a slider phone that a user can "slide up" to reveal a large display and keypad. The phone also includes a 180-degree rotating lens VGA camera. The digital camera offers multiple shots, digital zoom and brightness adjustment features. The d415 also features a color screen that supports 262,000 colors, the company said. The $299 phone works on T-Mobile's GSM/GPRS 1900 voice and data network. For more details, go to <http://www.samsungusa.com/wireless> or <http://www.t-mobile.com/> * AT&T Wireless, Nokia move to the EDGE And finally, AT&T Wireless and Nokia teamed up to bring an EDGE phone to the U.S. The Symbian OS and Series 60 Platform-based Nokia 6620 smart phone is now available on AT&T's EDGE network. The 6620 will be able to download data at speeds of about three times faster than GPRS, AT&T Wireless said. In addition to standard phone features, the 6620 includes a digital camera that captures still and video images, Nokia said. The 6620 is available now for $299.99 with a two-year agreement (after rebates), and service plans designed for heavy data usage start at $24.99 per month, AT&T Wireless said. AT&T Wireless is also adding new full-motion video and audio streaming applications on its mMode platform to highlight features of the EDGE network. For example, the Real-rTV service is a subscription service ($4.95 per month) that lets users receive video and audio content from Fox Sports, ABC News, CBS MarketWatch, Sporting News Radio, NPR, The Weather Channel, movie trailers from Hollywood.com, and more. Personalized alerts can be created that notifies a user when new programming becomes available. A WorldMate application gives representations of up to five different time zones, and includes data such as current weather conditions and a currency converter. Data is updated over-the-air through the mMode service. For more information on the new applications, go to <http://www.attwireless.com/mymMode> RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS Images of the Nokia 6620 and the Samsung d415 http://napps.nwfusion.com/weblogs/cool/archives/005936.html _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Keith Shaw Keith Shaw is Senior Reviews Editor at Network World. 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