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  Fido launched the Samsung Galaxy Q, also known as the Gravity Smart in the US, on Thursday. [via MobileSyrup]


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  The breakup Curve 9360 can already be purchased on Telus for $50 with a three-year contract, and the Torch 9860 will be attainable on August 30th. [via IntoMobile and CrackBerry]


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  SouthernLINC field dial announced the direct availability of the Motorola Titanium, offered for $150 with a two-year commitment.


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  T-Mobile released the Samsung Gravity TXT, a basic messaging phone that's on sale for $10. [via UnwiredView]


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  Cricket has begun present a new messaging phone called the Samsung Comment, which offers a full QWERTY keyboard, stereo bluetooth, a microSD slot and 1.3MP camera. It can be had for $90 with no commitment required. [via PhoneScoop]

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  The powers-that-be* of South Korea, in observation to Google's planned acquisition of Motorola, now intends to form a consortium of local companies that will work togetherness in bay tilt a brand new mobile general expenses costs system. [via IntoMobile]


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  Randall Milch, Chief Counsel for Verizon, is so frustrated with the patent wars going on that this week he filed an appeal to consulate Obama, asking for him to provide assistance in the matter. [via PhoneScoop]


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  The Motorola PRO is expected to debut in the UK in mid-September, though pre-orders are already taking place at select authorized resellers. [via UnwiredView]


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  Leaked posters testify the budtime Torch 9850 will be offered by Verizon and screenshots show the same phone going to US Cellular, though we're still unsure of the release date or pricing. [via CrackBerry(1) and (2)]


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  Last week we reported on the rumored Sony Ericsson Nozumi, a smartphone that will likely feature a 1.4GHz single-core Qualcomm S2 CPU, Adreno 205 GPU, and 4.3-inch display with 1280 x 720 resolution. At the time, it was assumed to be only selling in Japan; however, there's a good fortuity the Nozumi will end up appropriate globally instead. [via XperiaBlog]


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  Pantech's LTE phone on Verizon may literally end up being called the Breakout (rather than the "Apache"), by the book to a leaked screenshot. When released, it'll feature a 1GHz CPU with 512MB of RAM, dual cameras, and will be preloaded with Gingerbread. Not much to write home about at this stage in the game, for these are incredibly similar to the specs of the LG Revolution. However, it would be the first 4G phone on Big Red that has a 4-inch display. [via AndroidCentral]


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  T-Mobile may be birth interruption to throw a data pay-per-use feature onto any smartphone that currently has its world wide web access blocked. If this happens, it will affect current patronage as well as new ones. [via TmoNews]


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  Dish has desired the FCC for go-ahead to use 40MHz of allocated radio-frequency visible spectrum to begin domicile out an LTE-Advanced network. [via PhoneScoop]

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