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CES 2007 -- UTStarcom isn't known for having many "est" titles (that's Samsung's role), but the new UTStarcom CDM8935 is one of the smallest camera phones around. It's tiny in every direction, the total volume is less than four cubic...
Verizon Wireless has launched the UTStarcom G'zOne Type-V. The UTStarcom brand doesn't appear anywhere on the handset, but it's the very same phone we first spotted in March with a Casio branding. Casio's idea was to bring the design of...
Virgin Mobile USA has started a soft launch for the UTStarcom Slice. The Slice moniker is Virgin Mobile's work, UTStarcom called the handset "PCS-1400". Like most handsets on Virgin Mobile, the Slice focuses on being affordable. But the slim handset...
UTStarcom is prepping a new handset called the GPRS1228 that will rival Motorola and Samsung in the thin phone competition. The candbar style phone looks to be about the thickness of Motorola's SLVR, though its exact dimensions are not available....
Sprint Nextel launched the UTStarcom CDM-120, an entry-level CDMA handset. The phone should also be launching on Verizon Wireless shortly. Features of the CDM-120 include: 128 × 128 pixel screen with 65k colors Speakerphone Voice activated dialing Sprint is selling...
CTIA 2006 -- UTStarcom unveiled its new flagship low-end phone for North America, the CDM7025. The handset has been approved for launch by Sprint and should be OK'd by Verizon Wireless shortly. Features are light, but that's the idea:...
CTIA 2006 --UTStarcom unveiled a mid-tier flip phone this morning dubbed the CDM7075. While it only features a VGA camera, the CDM7075 is being touted as an imaging phone that will change people's mind's about using a camera phone. Features...
Verizon Wireless today launched the CDM 8945. While it's actually manufactured by UTStarcom, the 8945 is being branded directly by Verizon Wireless. It's the third V Cast Music phone, joining the LG VX8100 and Samsung a950. Features of the...
CES 2006 - Verizon Wireless announced this morning that it will begin carrying the UTStarcom XV6700. It's the first Windows Mobile 5.0 device for Verizon Wireless, though Sprint Nextel already launched the device late last year. Features of the XV6700...
UTStarcom today announced its first 3G handset, the GW200. The dual-mode WCDMA/GSM phone sports the following: * 1.8" 65K color TFT LCD screen * BREW * Streaming Media * Size: 4.5" high by 1.8" wide by 0.86" thick with weight...
Cingular has launched the UTStarcom SMT 5600, a Windows smartphone previously carried by AT&T Wireless. MobileTracker noted in March that the SMT 5600 was under evaluation. Features of the UTStarcom SMT 5600 include: * Windows Mobile * Small size, 4.24"...
CTIA 2005 -- While the UTStarcom 7000 Series that was announced today caters towards the low-end, the brand new UTStarcom CDM-9200 offers more features for power users. Highlights in the CDM-9200's spec sheet: * 1.8" 260K color TFT main display...
CTIA 2005 -- UTStarcom has announced a series of CDMA mobile phones made for North America. Two of the phones are entry-level, while the third adds a camera with optical zoom. Very few camera phones have optical zoom (typically zooms...
As expected, Verizon Wireless has announced that it is now shipping the UTStarcom 8940 (formally Audiovox 8940). The 8940 is an EV-DO ready handset that will work on the upcoming VCAST service. Verizon VCAST goes live on February 1st 2005....
UTStarcom Personal Communications (formerly Audiovox Communications) today announced the CDM-180, a mobile phone with landscape orientation. Features of the CDM-180 include: * Java/Brew 2.0 (depending on carrier) * Landscape oriented main screen: 262K color 1.8" TFT * Outside display: 262K...
Due to the merger shuffle, the newly announced Audiovox SMT5600 has found itself without a carrier (it was carried by AT&T Wireless, but did not migrate over to Cingular). The popular Windows Mobile powered smartphone just started shipping about a...
Several readers wrote in to say that Sprint PCS is now selling the PPC-6601 through its business channel. The device was announced by Sprint at CTIA IT. Expect to pay $629, though a rebate may be available if you sign...
Amazon.com is selling the new Audiovox SMT 5600 for $224.99 with a new activation from AT&T Wireless. Alone that is a good price, but there are also $250 in rebates that bring the final price down to -$25 (yes, you...
Audiovox today announced the CDM-8940, the first phone from the company to ship with EV-DO high-speed data. Features of the 8940 include: * Two 260K color TFT displays (internal/external) * MiniSD memory card slot * 1.3 megapixel camera with video...
Sprint PCS today launched the Sprint PCS Vision Smart Device Audiovox PPC-6601 at the CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment 2004 trade show in San Francisco. The new device will be available next month through Sprint business channels. The Audiovox PPC-6601...
AT&T Wireless today launched the Audiovox SMT 5600, a Microsoft powered smartphone. While common with smartphones, the Audiovox SMT 5600 goes by several other names overseas: i-Mate Smartphone 3, C500, Qtek 8010, and Dopod 565. Features of the 5600 include:...
Verizon Wireless launched the Audiovox CDM-9900 just last week, but we have heard a lot of buzz about this phone already. MobileTracker has a 9900 in the office and will provide a full review shortly, but we've taken a few...
Verizon Wireless will tomorrow start to ship the Audiovox CDM-9900. The Audiovox 9900 is a higher camera phone with video recording. Specs include: * 240x320 pixel (QVGA) 260,000 color Poly-Silicon TFT main display * 65,000-color STN LCD subdisplay * VGA...
Virgin Mobile USA today announced its first camera phone, the Flasher V7. The phone is made by Audiovox and is based on the Audiovox CDM-8910. Specs include: * VGA camera with LED flash * Speakerphone * 1xRTT data * 65,000...
Sprint PCS has announced the Audiovox PM-8920, the first megapixel camera phone for the US market. It should be a hot seller thanks to a breakthrough price point--$149.99 after rebates. Look for it starting today. Here are the highlights: *...
Verizon Wireless, the largest wireless carrier in the US, has announced it is shipping the Audiovox CDM-8900. Available today the phone is only the second model with a camera available from the carrier, a latecomer to the red-hot technology. As...
Phone Scoop noted that Audiovox has launched a high-end camera phone dubbed the CDM-9900. It should be available by the end of the year, and includes an impressive list of features: * dual color displays (the main screen is a...
PhoneScoop notes that Audiovox has released two new phones: the 8900 and the 8400/8450. Both of the phones are aimed at the power user and boast color screens....
