Samsung Brings the Epix to AT&T
Phone Scoop - Latest News — ... network access and has quad-band GSM/EDGE radios, aGPS, Wi-Fi, and stereo Bluetooth. It has a 2 megapixel camera that can also capture video, and the Epix can use AT 's VideoShare service, streaming live video to another phone. The Epix has a slot for microSD cards and can support cards up to 32GB. It comes with support for Microsoft Exchange email, as well as POP3 and IMAP email and other messaging services such as SMS and MMS. The Epix will cost $200 with new contract after rebates. more info at AT ...

Samsung i907 Epix Now at AT&T
Unwired View — I don’t know about you, but I am loving this time of year! Not just because of the holiday season but also because of the cool phones that come out during the holiday season. Yesterday we started seeing them come into the stores, but today we got word that the Samsung i907, aka the Epix, is officially for sale at AT&T. The Epix is essentially a Blackjack 2 but with a lot of extra features, such as Windows Mobile 6.1 professional — nice to have because it comes with a touchscreen — as well as an optical mouse, 2.0 MP camera, Video Share, WiFi and GPS. I really like the specs on this one. The ...

Samsung i907 Epix officially available from AT&T
Obsessable News Feed — AT&T is now offering the Samsung i907 Epix for $199 with a 2-year contract. The phone is the third version of the BlackJack series of Samsung phones running Windows Mobile and featuring a QWERTY keypad, a touchscreen, and a built-in optical mouse for navigation. The Epix also comes with a 2-megapixel camera capable of recording video which can be saved or shared live over a call with a friend using AT&T's Video Share feature. Here's the direct link to AT&T's Epix page, and make sure you see the press release before reading the conversations below for more details. ...

Samsung SGH-i907 Epix
Celularis — AT&T sigue apuntando a tener un gran porfolio de celulares con teclado QWERTY y acaba de anunciar el lanzamiento del Samsung SGH-i907 Epix, con un diseño bastante parecido al i780. Con Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, 3G, GPS y pantalla táctil, el Epix cuenta con todos los servicios multimedia de la operadora y es realmente una buena opción en el nicho de los smartphones, con estas características: Touchscreen TFT de 2.5 pulgadas con resolución de 320 x 320 pixels y 65 mil colores GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) UMTS/HSDPA ...

AT&T Samsung Epix SGH-i907 Smartphone
iTech News Net — AT&T announces the launch of the new Samsung Epix (i907) smartphone that is the first smartphone to have built-in optical mouse. Located in the center of the device between the right and left soft keys, the optical mouse allows for quick and easy navigation by simply sweeping a finger over it. It can also be used a a 4-eay navigation key. Having a cool silver finish, the Samsung Epix is a slim, stylish smartphone. The Epix is powered by a Marvell PXA310 624MHz processor with 256MB ROM and 150MB RAM. It features a 2.55-inch 320×320 touchscreen display, a 2 Megapixel camera, WiFi 802.11b/g, support for aGPS and Bluetooth 2.0. There is ...

AT&T Sells 2.4 Million iPhone 3Gs, 40 Percent to New Customers [At&t]
Gizmodo — ... , shows that nearly two-thirds of iPhones are sold outside of the US now). Interestingly, selling so many and subsidizing them so hard actually cost AT&T; $900 million this quarter. Oh, and AT&T; is still the financial size of a small country: They spent $25.7 billion to make $5.6 billion. [AT&T;] ...

Earnings: AT&T Reports Rise In Revenue; Boosted By iPhone, Wireless Growth
mocoNews — ... -- Wireline IP data revenues up: Consumer IP data revenues, which include broadband and U-verse services, grew 19.0 percent, and business IP data revenues were up 14.7 percent. IP data now accounts for 44.0 percent of AT&T;'s total wireline data revenues. --Broadband connections up: At the end of the third quarter, AT&T;'s wireline broadband subscribers totaled 14.8 million, up 148,000 in the quarter and 1.1 million over the past year. Release | Investor Briefing in PDF Check out the best ...

News: AT&T: 2.4 million iPhone 3G activations in its first quarter
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond — Reporting its third-quarter financial results , Apple’s U.S. iPhone carrier partner AT&T revealed that it saw 2.4 million iPhone activations from the device’s launch on July 11 to the end of September. Of those 2.4 million activations, approximately 40 percent were new AT&T wireless customers. “I am particularly pleased with the customer response to the iPhone 3G,” said AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson. “The new customers we’re winning are high-value, with attractive revenue and churn profiles. We’re expanding the market, as users adopt more data and media-rich services and access a wide array of applications. These achievements are positive for the future of ...

AT&T numbers released, completes the puzzle
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — AT&T released their quarterly numbers today.  Taken with yesterday's iPhone numbers, we have a more complete view of the iPhone global sales outlook. Of the 6.9 million 3G iPhones sold in the quarter, AT&T sold 2.4 million of them.  That means that 4.5 million iPhones were sold overseas, almost 2/3rds of the total 3G iPhone allotment.  AT&T had 2.0 million new subscrbers in the quarter.  Of the 2.4 million iPhone's sold, 40% were to new subscribers.  That mean .96 million iPhone 3G customers were new to AT&T.  So 1/2 of AT&T's new subscribers were ...

AT&T is Sitting Pretty with iPhone and U-verse [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — AT&T reported a slight boost in profits this morning, and the carrier has quite a bit to boast about, especially on the wireless side. iPhone activations reached 2.4 million during the third quarter, and 40 percent of those iPhones were sold to new subscribers who activated on the AT&T network. And despite what analysts say, ...

Wonder How Verizon Feels About Passing on the iPhone, Now …
Digital Daily — ... in terms of revenue, what does that mean for AT&T (T), the exclusive carrier of Apple’s sole mobile phone in the states? Largely good things, according to the company’s third quarter results. ...

BlackBerry Bold arrives at AT&T on November 4th
Obsessable News Feed — Research in Motion's BlackBerry Bold 9000 is officially set to appear on AT&T on November 4th for $299.99 with a two-year contract.  The full press release is available on AT&T's corporate site. See the conversations below for more details. ...

BlackBerry Bold Release Date unveiled by AT&T
I4U News — ... . Via this AT announcement . Posted on Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:33:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

AT&T BlackBerry Bold drops on November 4th for $300
SlashGear — AT&T have finally announced availability of the BlackBerry Bold smartphone, RIM’s latest QWERTY-equipped 3G smartphone.  The handset will launch on Tuesday, November 4th, priced from $299.99 with a new two-year agreement.  That not-inconsiderable figure gets you a 480 x 320 display, WiFi, 3G, 1GB of onboard storage and a 2-megapixel camera. Capacity can be augmented via microSDHC cards up to 16GB in size, both for photos and video shot on the integrated camera and for pictures, music and video loaded to play on the Bold’s media player.  Of course, it will also include the usual BlackBerry messaging ...

AT&T: BlackBerry Bold Goes On Sale November 4
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — Topics: Mobile AT : BlackBerry Bold Goes On Sale November 4 Posted by Eric Zeman , Oct 22, 2008 11:10 AM [image] It is finally official. AT just announced that the much-delayed and long-awaited BlackBerry Bold will be available starting on Tuesday, November 4. (I think there's something else important going on that day, too.) Why AT picked Election Day to release the BlackBerry Bold is anyone's guess. What matters is that the BlackBerry Bold, delayed for nearly four months , will finally reach the market. It is going to cost ...

AT&T Says Blackberry Bold Will Launch Nov. 4 For $300
mocoNews — Finally, AT&T; (NYSE: T) says the Blackberry Bold will hit shelves on Nov. 4 for $300. The delayed launch led to suspicions that AT&T; was nervous about adding another data-heavy device to its already stressed network due to the iPhone, but later other countries reported having problems with the Bold. Now it seems the kinks have been worked out and the cutting-edge Blackberry will soon make an appearance in the U.S. The RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) device is bigger than the popular Blackberry Curve, but is a work horse with a stunning quality screen, GPS and Wi-Fi, and with 1 GB of memory on board with support for a 16 GB microSD card. As far as multimedia ...

AT&T: Mobile, U-Verse Posted Strong Gains in Q3 08
IP Democracy — Telecom giant AT&T issued its Q3 08 earnings report this morning show a surge in wireless subscribers thanks to its exclusive deal with Apple to sell the iconic iPhone. But those wireless gains ate into AT&T's net income as the carrier sunk even more capital into building up inventories and infrastructure for the broadband mobile device. AT&T ended the quarter with 74.87 million wireless customers, up 14% year-over-year and 3% sequentially, with wireless revenues jumping to $12.6 billion, up 15% year-over-year and 5% sequentially. Wireless data revenues, driven by not only the iPhone but other advanced handsets, soared 50% ...

Bring on the Bold! AT&T Sets a Launch Date for New BlackBerry
Technologizer — [image] I’ve written several times about RIM’s BlackBerry Bold–mostly with an an impatient edge in my voice, since I first got to try one way last spring and thought it would come out on AT&T at around the same time that the iPhone 3G arrived in mid-July. AT&T took longer to decree the phone ready for prime time than anyone expected–a good thing, apparently –but it’s reached its comfort zone. The company has announced that the Bold will go on sale on November 4th ; it’ll cost $300 with a two-year contract. To recap, the Bold is the next-generation full-sized BlackBerry : It’s got 3G data capability, an excellent screen (the same ...

AT&T setting its own record with iPhone activations
Infinite Loop — AT&T logo Though Apple revealed that it sold almost 7 million iPhones last quarter, the company wouldn't specify how many were sold in different countries due to its agreements with various carriers. However, AT&T had no problem mentioning this morning that it activated 2.4 million iPhones since the launch of the iPhone 3G in July. According to its quarterly results, AT&T had a net gain of 2 million subscribers, including 1.7 million subscription customers, or those with a contract for service. AT&T says this is the highest net gain of subscription customers in its history. The company attributes this to the iPhone 3G, as 40 percent of ...

iPhone sales haven't made BlackBerry any less Bold
jkOnTheRun — Apple might be outselling RIM, but the BlackBerry handset maker still has bold plans. Literally. The BlackBerry Bold finally has a release date of November 4th on AT&T's network. Hey, if the network is good enough for the iPhone, it's good enough for the Bold, right? The Bold offers the same half-VGA or 480x320 resolution as the iPhone, but since the screen itself is smaller, there's a higher pixel density which should offer a very clear display. That's 163 ppi or pixels per inch for the iPhone vs. 217 ppi for the Bold. There's also the QWERTY keyboard, GPS, WiFi, 3G, 1 GB of internal storage and support for up to ...

AT&T: We’re Breaking Our Own Record With iPhone 3G Activations
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — In a press release issued this morning, AT&T mentioned that it has activated 2.4 million iPhones since the iPhone 3G was launched in July. Apple did mention that it has sold nearly 7 million iPhones last quarter, revealing that they have smashed their goal of selling 10 million iPhones (when all iPhone sales are combined). But it wouldn’t clarify how many iPhones were sold in what countries. Presumably due to contracts with various carriers forbidding the divulging of this information. “According to its quarterly results, AT&T had a net gain of 2 million subscribers, ...

Earnings Call: AT&T Addresses Economy Calls iPhone an "Investment In Our Future"
paidContent — AT&T; (NYSE: T) reported strong Q3 earnings today, boosted by wireless results, including impressive iPhone sales. During the earnings call, Ralph De La Vega, AT&T;'s President and CEO for Mobility and Consumer Markets, addressed the iPhone's success and how it put pressure on wireless margins. AT&T; also reported that wireless broadband grew by 2.8 million, and U-Verse subscribers will hit 1 million by year-end. Release | Investor Briefing in PDF | Slide presentation Highlights from the Seeking Alpha Transcript: ...

Earnings Call: AT&T Addresses Economy Calls iPhone an "Investment In Our Future"
mocoNews — AT&T; (NYSE: T) reported strong Q3 earnings today, boosted by wireless results, including impressive iPhone sales. During the earnings call, Ralph De La Vega, AT&T;'s President and CEO for Mobility and Consumer Markets, addressed the iPhone's success and how it put pressure on wireless margins. AT&T; also reported that wireless broadband grew by 2.8 million, and U-Verse subscribers will hit 1 million by year-end. Release | Investor Briefing in PDF | Slide presentation Highlights from the Seeking Alpha ...

You call it a subsidy, we call it an investment in data-centric customers
GMSV — ... . With the company subsidizing each iPhone by something like $375 per unit, the growth in sales also meant that the subsidy expenditures ended up knocking 10 cents a share, or about $900 million, off the earnings total. AT&T considers it money well spent. “I am particularly pleased with the customer response to the iPhone 3G,” said CEO Randall Stephenson . “The new customers we’re winning are high-value, with attractive revenue and churn profiles. We’re expanding the market, as users adopt more data and media-rich services and access a wide array of applications. These ...

Earnings Call: AT&T Addresses Economy, Calls iPhone an "Investment In Our Future"
paidContent — AT&T; (NYSE: T) reported strong Q3 earnings today, boosted by wireless results, including impressive iPhone sales. During the earnings call, Ralph De La Vega, AT&T;'s President and CEO for Mobility and Consumer Markets, addressed the iPhone's success and how it put pressure on wireless margins. AT&T; also reported that wireless broadband grew by 2.8 million, and U-Verse subscribers will hit 1 million by year-end. Release | Investor Briefing in PDF | Slide presentation Highlights from the Seeking Alpha ...

iPhone 3G Gives AT&T Nearly One Million New Customers in Q3
iPhone Atlas — Yesterday Apple announced that iPhone 3G sales surpassed Research in Motion’s Blackberry by approximately 1.5 million units in Apple’s fiscal fourth (calendar third) quarter. Today, AT&T announced that it saw 2.4 million iPhone 3G activations in roughly the same period. Of these activations, roughly 40%, or approximately 960,000, were for new AT&T customers. According to AT&T, “iPhone 3G is delivering high-value subscribers with significantly higher ARPU and lower churn than postpaid subscriber average.” AT&T gained a net two million subscribers in the quarter, with a total wireless subscriber base of 74.9 ...

AT&T Reports Record Breaking 2.4 million iPhone 3G Activations
iPhone Hacks — AT&T reported that they saw 2.4 million iPhone activations of which approximately 40 percent of them were new wireless AT&T customers which amounts to nearly 1 million new customers. AT&T also reported that the impact of subsidizing iPhone 3G ...

AT&T BlackBerry Bold on 4 Nov
iTech News Net — AT&T announced the launch of the BlackBerry Bold smartphone on 4 November. The BlackBerry Bold is an elegant smartphone with a lustrous black exterior, satin chrome-finished frame and stylish, leatherette backplate. The Bold is equipped with an Intel PXA270 624MHz processor, 128MB Flash memory and 1GB of ROM. It features a 480×320 display, a 2 Megapixel camera, built-in GPS, Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity, adnd a microSD/SDHC slot (up to 16GB). The Bold has a SureType QWERTY keyboard. The Blackberry Bold will be available on 4 November for $299.99 with two-year contract and qualified voice and data plans. ...

AT&T to offer BlackBerry Bold starting on Nov. 4th
Krunker — AT&T and Research in Motion announced today that the new BlackBerry Bold smartphone will be available starting on Tuesday November 4th for a price as low as $299.99. The BlackBerry Bold, which is available exclusively to AT&T customers in the U.S., features the following: Satin chrome-finished frame and leatherette backplate Half-VGA (480 x 320 at 217 ppi) color display QWERTY keyboard Built-in GPS and Wi-Fi 624 MHz processor 1GB of onboard memory microSD/SDHC slot 2 megapixel camera with built-in flash, zoom and video recording Email, Messaging, ...

iPhone 3G: Was it really such a great deal for AT&T?
Between the Lines — October 23rd, 2008 iPhone 3G: Was it really such a great deal for AT&T? Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:06 am Categories: General , Wired & Wireless , Mobile , Apple , AT&T Tags: Apple iPhone , AT Corp. , Apple iPhone 3G , 3G , Cellular Phones , Wireless , Consumer Electronics , Personal Technology , Larry Dignan AT&T’s iPhone 3G pact with Apple doesn’t come cheap. It cost AT&T its quarterly targets and took a chunk of cash flow even though company officials declare the iPhone-induced earnings hit “success-based costs.” The ...

Samsung Epix available at AT&T
Krunker — Another smartphone that is exclusively available only to AT&T customers in the U.S., is the new Samsung Epix – a touch-screen Windows Mobile-based handset which also happens to be the first ever with a built-in optical mouse.  The mouse, which is located between the left and right soft keys, allows for easy navigation simply by swiping a finger over it, and easy selection by allowing users to single click items. You can also switch the mouse to a four way navigational key for more traditional navigation. Here are the features and specs for the Samsung Epix: Silver finish Windows Mobile 6.1 ...

¿El iPhone es negocio para AT&T?
Celularis — De acuerdo al último reporte de utilidades de AT&T vamos a analizar algunos números para saber si el iPhone es, o no, negocio redituable para AT&T. AT&T dijo que vendió unos 2.4 millones de iPhone 3G en el tercer trimestre y que el 40% de ellos son nuevos clientes. Todos esos clientes de su cartera tienen mayores ingresos por línea celular y un menor churn, lo más importantes en este negocio de la telefonía móvil. AT&T apuesta por el iPhone a largo plazo, pues esos números se lo permiten a pesar de los grandes subsidios que está dando a sus nuevos clientes: ...

Both AT&T and Verizon see very positive Q3s
Engadget Mobile — Filed under: ATT, Verizon Wireless, MiscWhile many industries are going through a bit of a rough patch (to put things mildly), both AT&T and Verizon are soaking up the sun. Or maybe that's just the beaming glow being emitted from their respective Q3 reports. Either way, AT&T reported a 2.0 million net gain in total wireless subscribers on the coattails of 2.4 million iPhone 3G activations, while it notched a 50.5% uptick in wireless data revenues and saw overall wireless revenues increase by 15.4%. As for Verizon Wireless, it witnessed 1.5 million net customer additions (excluding the 630,000 customers pulled in from its ...

Apple's iPhone 3G saves AT&T from recession
TG Daily - All News — Chicago (IL) - If it wasn't for Apple's iPhone, AT&T would have had tough time this past holiday quarter. AT&T's landline business suffered as more and more customers are switching to wireless. Thanks to 1.9 million new iPhone 3G activations in the quarter, however, AT&T's wireless business grew. The iPhone is also stimulating AT&T growth at the expense of its rivals as most new wireless subscribers switched networks just to get the iPhone 3G. In fact, if it wasn't for subsidies and 3G network upgrades, AT&T's net income would've also risen. AT&T's quarterly figures reveal several interesting facts. Let's see what they are. AT&T posted its fiscal 2008 fourth ...