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A recently surfaced (albeit blurry and slightly unclear) image is showing off what appears to be an upcoming dual-SIM smartphone from E-Ten, dubbed the Glofiish DX900.

Overall the DX900 has a similar appearance as the V900. Feature wise it is expected to offer the two SIM card slots, as well as feature quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE, triband UMTS/HSDPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR.

Other features of the DX900 are said to include a 2.8-inch touchscreen display, a 3-megapixel camera with auto focus on the back with a second QVGA camera on the front for video calling, built-in GPS with a SiRF Star III receiver, 256MB ROM, 128MB RAM, a microSD card slot for additional storage and FM radio. The DX900 is also expected to be powered by a 533MHz Samsung processor and be running Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional.

As this is still an unofficial leak, the specs and image, pricing and an exact release date is still unclear, however rumor has it that it will be announced as early as next month during Computex.

Via [smartmania] Via [the::unwired]

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AT&T has, after taking some criticism over just why they would require a contract from someone who was simply purchasing a SIM card have changed their story a bit.

According to AT&T, the SIM card does not require a contract, 2-year or otherwise. Which makes perfect sense, like I mentioned in the first post, why would someone have agreed to a 2-year agreement on a SIM, when they could get a shiny new phone for that same 2-year agreement. Its nice to see that this was just not true, its just funny because it was so clear on their website.

Via [CrunchGear]

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In an effort to become what seems the “most open” network, AT&T has begun to advertise and offer a SIM-only service. With the new service customers will be able to bring over their other mobile service branded phone or use another AT&T branded handset and just purchase the SIM card along with a month service plan.

Similar to getting a new handset the SIM-only option will require a 2-year agreement, which is a little disappointing and would make me wonder why most people would not just opt for a new phone also. Unless of course you are a little pickier and want that handset that AT&T still does not offer. The SIM will cost you just $5.00 after an online discount of $5.00, which makes you wonder why they would have not just priced it at $5.00 to begin with.

Product [AT&T] Via [Boy Genius Report]

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