Hasta La Gadget!

For better or worse, dual sliders are quickly becoming one of Nokia’s trademark form factors — but one thing we’d never really expected out of Espoo was a dual slider equipped with EV-DO Rev. A. Sure enough, FCC documentation has revealed a diminutive black dumbphone that packs CDMA800 / 1900 with 3G and slides two ways: one to reveal a numeric keypad, the other to offer up music controls. Historically, Nokia has “co-ODM’d” its CDMA devices with an unnamed Asian partner, and we suspect this device is no different — but we’ve got to give them credit for crafting a genuinely Nokia-esque device here. The draft user’s manual doesn’t reveal a retail name or model number, but we do see references to UIMs (the CDMA equivalent of SIMs) and British spellings of “organiser,” which leads us to believe North America might not be on the VIP list for this one. Would be a shame, wouldn’t it?

[Via Phone Scoop]

Update: Commenter Kunal points out that this looks an awful lot like the China-bound 8208, which makes us wonder — why the FCC approval? Did that bad boy pique the interest of Verizon or Sprint?

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Nokia heads deeper down CDMA path with FCC-outed dual slider originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Lenovo S9 and S10 have already been approved by the FCC, so the appearance of this mysterious nine-inch Lenovo netbook in Uncle Sam’s all-knowing database is certainly thought-provoking — especially since it’s got a built-in AT&T-compatible 3G card in it. That suggests to us that Ma Bell’s about to start offering a subsidized S9 alongside its current stable of laptops, but we haven’t seen or heard anything definitive yet — do let us know if you spot something amazing in the SAR reports, would you?

Filed under: Laptops

Lenovo netbook with built-in 3G hits the FCC — destined for AT&T? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Remember how the portrait QWERTY Cedar garnered FCC approval a little while back? Yeah, well, forget that ever happened. Actually, don’t — it’s a totally valid approval — but that was the Cedar “200,” and now we’re seeing a Cedar “100” come rolling through. It’s really common for HTC to create multiple versions of the same basic device using the same codename, differentiating them only with different three-digit numbers on the tail end, and that appears to be the case here; both versions of the Cedar are CDMA, so we could be looking at models for Sprint and Verizon, for example. Kinda puts the damper on the “why doesn’t [insert carrier here] get any good phones?” complaint for just a moment, doesn’t it?

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

Second version of HTC Cedar graces FCC with its presence originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Occasionally, Sharp will pass a Japanese domestic market handset through the FCC for global roaming certification, but not this time. No, instead, we’re seeing the PV300 — and as any rabid Sidekick fan knows, Sharp’s Sidekicks are referred to as “PV” followed by a three-digit number internally, so yeah, we’re thinking this is probably the real deal. Of course, we’ve had no shortage of legit-sounding rumors in the past few months that there’s a new high-end Sidekick on the way to T-Mobile shelves, and indeed, it should come as no surprise that this one is certified for AWS 3G — the very kind T-Mobile uses — along with the usual assortment of GSM / EDGE bands. Anyhow, see you shortly, dear Sidekick. Hopefully.

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New Sidekick hits FCC with T-Mobile 3G originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We spent come quality time with ASUS’s Eee PC T91 netvertible in Germany at CeBIT, but those of you looking to handle one Stateside don’t have long to wait — it’s just popped up in the FCC database, and we’re sure Uncle Sam’s engineer friends are busy scouring the SAR reports for all kinds of super-interesting technical data as we speak. Or they’re just looking for pretty pictures like we are — and sadly, they’ll be disappointed, because all that’s in the listing so far is this picture of the bottom. Another Saturday night ruined — thanks a lot, FCC.

[Via Lilliputing]

Filed under: Laptops, Tablet PCs

ASUS Eee PC T91 arrives at the FCC originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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