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A look at AT&T's pipeline, early March 2008 edition
We've already mentioned that the LG Vu is looking solid for a late March release after being held up (or so they say, anyway) to work through a few MediaFLO issues; we've now received independent confirmation that it's true -- assuming no more issues arise, of course -- but that's not all. No, far from it, in fact. The Sony Ericsson Z750 is apparently inbound for a release within two weeks, and along with the rugged Motorola W760 "Hurricane" (pictured), that should close out AT&T's March docket.Moving on to April and beyond, the Pantech "Breeze" is expected some time next month, but don't get too excited -- it's an entry level flip that should move out the door free on contract. The Motorola Z9 slider should lackadaisically stroll into stores in late April, and finally, we've heard that the Nokia N95 has been approved by the carrier's powers that be (!!!) and should be available in the second quarter; no word on whether it's the standard N95 or the N95 8GB, though. How about an N96 with MediaFLO while you're at it, guys?[Thanks, Kal]Update: We've just heard from another tipster that the N95 in question is the original for the North American market, the N95-3. It apparently just started going through the arduous approval process last week, a testing marathon that takes roughly 400 hours -- four to six months -- to complete. By then, we'll all have 4G radios embedded directly within our brains and be living in terraformed colonies on Mars, but it was a nice thought on AT&T's part nonetheless.
Meet the W760r, Motorola's V365 replacement for AT&T
Remember that V365 replacement for AT&T we chatted up back in the day? Well, AT&T's still not ready to talk about it, we guess, but the FCC sure is. The so-called W760r appears to live up to the V365's faux rugged tradition, but adds a couple key goodies: WCDMA of some sort (HSDPA, we'd hope) and a 2 megapixel cam, up from the W365's milquetoast VGA sensor. What hasn't changed is the presence of a prominent aerial antenna, a feature all but the most diehard signal addicts could probably do without. No word on a release, but considering the famous example of the still-unreleased SMT5700 that hit the FCC, like, eons ago, there's really no telling when we'll see it.[Via Phone Scoop]
