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Best Price: White Samsung Galaxy S II for Sprint drops below $100 bucks

by Mike Macias on January 26, 2012 · 0 comments

Here’s a quick deal alert for those shopping for a new phone right now. Amazon Wireless has the white Galaxy S2 for Sprint priced at $99.99 with a new 2-year contract or eligible upgrade. This is a solid deal for the highly popular white version of the Samsung Galaxy series, especially considering Sprint has some of the cheapest rates available.

Samsung Galaxy S II Epic Touch 4G Android Phone, White (Sprint)

You can also find the best deal on the black Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch for $20 cheaper at Amazon Wireless.

We currently have the Samsung Galaxy S2 for Sprint in our hands and will be posting a full review, scheduled to go up next week. Let us know if you have any questions about this device!

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Priced to sell: The Nokia Lumia 900 will debut on AT&T in March for $99.99, according to BGR

by Mike Macias 01.26.2012

According to the tech blog Boy Genius Report, a leaked AT&T roadmap shows the Nokia Lumia 900 arriving on AT&T in March for $99.99 with a 2-year contract. The specs of the Lumia 900 place it in the high-end of the Windows Phone lineup, and the speed and performance is comparable to top Android phones, depending on who you ask. While this information hasn’t been confirmed by AT&T, this is something I was hoping for. It’s all too often that a high-end phone debuts at $199.99, which in my opinion, is way too much for any phone if you’re signing 2 years of your life away with an unbreakable contract. This will be a huge win for Nokia if it turns out you can get this device for a hundred bucks. Let’s quickly recap .....

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Report: Nokia Lumia 900 coming to the UK, not so exclusive to US

by Mike Macias 01.25.2012

During the Consumer Electronics Show a few weeks ago, Nokia unleashed the Lumia 900 for AT&T and touted its US exclusivity. We all knew the 900 would eventually ship around the world, but I didn’t expect the news to come this quickly. The folks over at WPCentral.com received a reader tip that Carphone Warehouse, a top phone retailer in the UK, briefly published a pre-register page for the Lumia 900. The page has since been removed, but the image below verifies the claim. http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/news/coming-soon/nokia-lumia-900 The Lumia 900 should drop this March on AT&T in the US, and according to Carphone Warehouse we can expect it to land on UK shores in June. A three month difference is significant, and I wonder how reluctant savvy European phone shoppers will be to consider this device .....

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Deal of the Day: Lexar High Speed MicroSDHC 32 GB Class 10 Memory Card for $39.99

by Mike Macias 01.19.2012

Amazon always has a way to get my money. If your phone or tablet has a MicroSDHC slot and expandable memory capabilities then you can’t pass up this deal. Today Amazon.com has a class 10 (high speed) MicroSDHC 32 GB (high capacity) memory card on sale for $39.99. It’s their Gold Box ‘deal of the day’ so if you come back tomorrow it will be back up to the regular price $59.99. Lexar High Speed MicroSDHC 32 GB Class 10 Flash Memory Card with Reader Why Class 10?

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Windows Phone update 8107 rolling out for Nokia Lumia 800 and 710; fixes disappearing keyboard bug

by Mike Macias 01.18.2012

If you own a Nokia Lumia series smartphone, or any Windows Phone device, you might have noticed a case of the disappearing keyboard. Right now I’m using the Lumia 710 and I’ve seen it happen a few times. It’s not a major issue because it’s not a constant problem, but it can be annoying when it happens at the worst possible time. Reports are coming in that Microsoft is pushing out an update for the Nokia Lumia 800 to address the keyboard bug and a few other fixes. Rafe Blanford from All About Windows Phone reports: The roll out of the 8107 software update for Windows Phone has now begun for Nokia Lumia devices. SIM-free devices should be the first to get the update, with operator branded devices following in .....

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Deal: Activation fee ($36) waived on new Sprint lines

by Mike Macias 01.17.2012

If you’ve been searching for a new phone and carrier now might be the time to look at Sprint. From now until January 23rd you can have the activation fee waived on new lines with a 2-year contract at Amazon Wireless. That will save you $36 bucks. Amazon is an authorized dealer of Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon, and have prices that usually beat everyone else. According to Amazon (link): Receive an activation-fee credit of $36 for each qualifying new line of service from Sprint activated with a 2-year agreement purchased from AmazonWireless.com between midnight PDT January 16, 2012, through 11:59 p.m. PDT January 23, 2012. This offer is sponsored by Sprint and is valid in the United States. So you have about a week to make a decision on .....

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Nokia Lumia 800: The Full Review

by Alvin Wong 01.17.2012

The Nokia Lumia 800 will go down in history as one of the most important Nokia devices ever. The first product of the controversial Nokia – Microsoft partnership, the Lumia 800 unabashedly symbolizes the new Nokia, a maker of smartphones running Windows Phone 7. I considered the Nokia N9 the last real Nokia flagship smartphone; the Lumia 800 is the newest Nokia flagship outside the USA and in this review I’m going to tell you all about it.

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Exclusive Video: Wifi Hotspot for the Nokia Lumia 900 confirmed by Product Manager

by Mike Macias 01.16.2012

We’ve been talking a lot about the Nokia Lumia 900 lately here at Mobile Fanatics. Last week we put the Lumia 900 head to head in photos against the Lumia 800 and Samsung Galaxy S2. The Lumia 900 is making waves right now because it’s the first Windows Phone coming to AT&T that has a Nokia logo at the top of it. One of most popular questions I’ve seen from people interested in the Nokia Lumia series is about Wifi tethering. Is it possible? Vance Kim, the Product Marketing Manager for the Nokia Lumia 900, sat down with a small group of bloggers that Nokia invited to CES and talked to us about their newly announced device. He went through many topics including battery, design, camera flash placement, and availability. I .....

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Magical: Windows Phone “Me” application shows Twitter notifications again

by Mike Macias 01.16.2012

When I first got my hands on the Nokia Lumia 710 last week and got everything set up, Twitter notifications worked great. On the popular “me” tile, I got my latest Facebook and Twitter notifications without a hitch. Then all of a sudden, a few days later, the Twitter notifications stopped working. And now today it seems Microsoft has turned this operation back on!

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Android: Classic arcade game Missile Defender is free — today only

by Mike Macias 01.15.2012

Missile Defender is one of those classics that I played at the arcade or on my first Windows computer. Today only, you can get it for free (normally $0.99) at the Amazon App Store. Features: Defend against massive missile attacks with precisely targeted interceptors Enjoy fine-tuned controls and clean, HD art work Keep upgrading your weapons and conquering new levels Looks great on Android phones and tablets

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Hands-on: Nokia Lumia 900 vs Lumia 800 photos, video, and specs

by Mike Macias 01.13.2012

Here’s another one of our side by side comparisons that you love so much. This time we have the Nokia Lumia 900 and the Lumia 800. The Lumia 900 was announced earlier this week at CES and will be coming exclusively to AT&T in March. Both of these devices are powered by Windows Phone and fit into the high-end smartphone market. Before we go onto the photos, let’s first take a look at the specs. Nokia Lumia 900 vs. 800 specifications Screen: 900 has a 4.3″ screen, 800 has a 3.7″ screen. Both have 480×800 resolution, so the 800 might look sharper. Size: The Lumia 900 is 127.8×68.5×11.5mm, 800 is 116.5×61.2×12.1mm. Turns out the Lumia 900 is .6mm thinner than the Lumia 800. Camera: Both have the same camera on the rear, .....

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