AT&T has officially announced that it would launch three new BlackBerry smartphones this month (all of which were expected to hit the carrier’s shelves anyway): the BlackBerry Bold 9900, BlackBerry Torch 9860, and BlackBerry Curve 9360.

Both the Bold 9900 (pictured below) and Torch 9860 will be released by AT&T on November 6, coming with 4G (HSPA+) support, and running the latest BlackBerry 7 OS. The 9900 will cost $199.99 on contract, while the 9860 – AT&T’s first full-touch BlackBerry – is going to be available for $99.99 (also on contract).

As for the Curve 9360, this won’t support AT&T’s HSPA+ network. It’s going to cost only $29.99 on contract starting November 20.

All in all, November 6 is going to be a big day for AT&T, as it will launch the two BlackBerries mentioned above, two new Windows Phone Mango handsets (Samsung Focus S and Samsung Focus Flash), and its first two LTE smartphones: the Android-based Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket and the HTC Vivid.

Given not only the popularity of Android, but also the promise of faster data speeds (LTE is true 4G compared to HSPA+), I’m pretty sure the Galaxy S II Skyrocket and the HTC Vivid will steal the show that day.
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AT&T today announced its new LTE lineup, including a Galaxy S II handset. On the hardware front, the phone is similar to Galaxy S II LTE but sports a slightly revamped design with a four touch-sensitive button layout.

Specs-wise, Galaxy S II Skyrocket comes with a 4.5-inch Super AMOLED Plus WVGA display, AT&T 4G support, Android 2.3.5 OS, 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 8MP camera with 1080p video recording support, 2MP front-facing camera, 16GB internal memory, microSD card slot, GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and more.

AT&T will release the phone on November 6 for $249.99 on two-year contract.
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Samsung Focus S Windows phone is expected to hits North America soon. Will be available on AT&T, Samsung Focus S Runs on Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) OS and sport a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen with 480 x 800 pixels resolution.Under the hood, there are a 1.4GHz processor, 1GB of RAM and either 16GB or 32GB onboard storage but unfortunately user’s can’t expand the storage since there are no memory card reader packed to the phone. When it comes to connectivity, Samsung Focus S offer broad options of it.

The phone support WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, USB and microUSB port as well as HSDPA. Its front facing camera has 1.3MP resolution while the rear facing primary camera has 8MP resolution, LED flash, image stabilization and smile detection. Otherfeatures including GPS and FM radio.
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Today, October 14th, is the big day. The Apple iPhone 4S is now available at the three major US carriers: AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint. All three carriers have their own advantage. Sprint is the only one with an unlimited iPhone 4S data plan, while AT&T claims to have the highest download speeds thanks to its HSPA+ network. If you choose Verizon, you’ll be getting the best nationwide call coverage.

Specs wise, the iPhone 4S spots that same 3.5-inch Retina display we saw on the iPhone 4, but with better hardware this time around. It has a better 8 megapixel camera with 1080p HD recording and the same dual-core A9 processor found in the iPad 2. The iPhone 4S runs on Apple’s latest mobile OS, iOS 5.0. Probably one of the coolest new features is Siri, your own personal assistant. Basically, you give Siri a task and she completes it. You can check out our in-depth look at Siri by our own Staska here.

If you were lucky enough to be one of the many who pre-ordered their iPhone 4S through Apple or through a carrier, congrats. If you weren’t as lucky, we have a full list of the places you’ll be able to go and grab an iPhone 4S . The obvious choice would be the Apple Store, although we don’t know how long it will take until they are sold out. Your next best bey is the carrier of your choice, although all three have been sold out online, they have all stated that they will carry some stock. RadioShack, BestBuy, Sam’s club, and Target are all good retail alternatives. If you plan on getting your iPhone 4S today or already pre-ordered yours, let us know how long it took you to get it and what your initial thoughts are on the device.
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AT&T today announced a fleet of new Android smartphones that includes two offerings from Samsung. Korean giant’s Captivate Glide and DoubleTime will arrive on US’ one of biggest GSM operator later this year.

Starting with Captivate Glide, it is ramped up smartphone with a sliding QWERTY keyboard. The phone supports HSPA+ 21Mbps, 1GHz Nvidia dual-core CPU, 1GB RAM, 8MP camera with full HD video recording and playback, 1.3MP front-facing camera, Android 2.3 OS, 4-inch Super AMOLED WVGA display and more.

DoubleTime will be a low-end offering that will come with a dual touchscreen and Android 2.2 OS. It has a full flip keyboard, a 3.2-inch HVGA display (320×480), 600MHz processor, microSD card slot, GPS, music player etc.

There’s no word on the exact price of both the devices.
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AT&T has started selling the Samsung Galaxy S II for just $199.99 with a 2-year contract. You can also purchase this smartphone for $549.99 sans contract. Available in black, the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II features a 4.3-inch SUPER AMOLED Plus display with a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, a 1GB RAM, a 16GB of internal memory and a microSD card slot. Its 8MP camera records HD 1080p videos. Other specs include Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity.
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A NenaMark test result revealing that Pantech is got an Android tablet called P4100. Pantech P4100 itself not announced officially yet. Looks like this tablet will packs a 1024×720 pixels touchscreen display and running Android Honeycomb 3.2. a 1.5GHz Qualcomm processor with an integrated Adreno 220 GPU is powering this Pantech’s tablet. The document also indicating that P4100 is going to AT&T.
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US-based carrier, AT&T has announced to expand its Windows Phone lineup with the addition of two new Samsung phones. The Samsung Focus S and Focus Flash are expected to hit the carrier in Q4 of this year that will run Microsoft’s latest Windows Phone 7.5 aka Mango OS.

Focus S will be one of the slimmest offerings that measures just 8.55mm. Additionally, the phone comes with a fast 1.4GHz processor, 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display, 4G support, Wi-Fi, 8MP rear-facing camera and 1.3MP front-facing camera.

Focus Flash on the other hand, will be a mid-range phone that will come with a 1.4GHz CPU, 3.7-inch Super AMOLED display, 5MP main camera and front-facing camera.

PS: The phone showed couple of months back could very well be the slim Focus S.
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Already released by Verizon Wireless (in May), the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is now making its way to AT&T as well. Of course, we already knew that it’s coming, but we didn’t know when. Well, the second largest US carrier has announced that its Xperia Play would be available starting September 18 – just like the Huawei Impulse 4G.

Since the new smartphone is HSPA+ capable, AT&T added “4G” to its name. The Xperia Play 4G comes in a midnight blue shade, and features Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread, a 4 inch display with 854 x 480 pixels, PSP-styled keyboard, PlayStation games, 1GHz processor, 5MP rear camera, and front-facing camera.
AT&T will ask only $49.99 for the Xperia Play 4G (new 2-yr contract agreement required) – that’s $50 less than what Verizon is asking for its Xperia Play.

Like all the other Xperua smartphones released this year, the Xperia Play will be updated to Android Ice Cream Sandwich after this is launched.
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Although we still have to wait for an official confirmation on this, it looks like Sprint will finally get the chance to sell Apple’s iPhone (starting next month – October). We’ve already heard that Sprint could offer both the current iPhone 4 model, and the yet to come iPhone 5, and now we’re hearing even more details.

According to Bloomberg, Sprint wants to provide unlimited data plans to customers who will buy the iPhone. This way, the third largest US mobile carrier hopes to lure users from Verizon and AT&T, which don’t offer unlimited plans at all.

At the moment, Sprint’s unlimited plan (data and voice included) costs $99.99, and I assume the iPhone 5 unlimited plan will be priced similarly.

Sprint is expected to launch Apple’s new iPhone 5 in mid-October – just like AT&T and Verizon.

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