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CTIA 2009 – What to Expect?

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That’s a good question and one that Phone Arena has taken some time to speculate/formulate. Between the 4 scheduled events that have HTC in the title that I have setup for next week, I plan to hit the floor and mingle with some carrier PR folks, but what exactly is going to drop that is new and/or jaw dropping? One of the lingering issues that CTIA has suffered the last couple years is that it follows shortly behind MWC. That kind of makes it a choice for companies when they decided when to announce something. It seems many companies have been choosing the larger, earlier show, MWC. I sure hope that something hot is announced this year, if not, it’s Vegas… I have poker and roulette to fall back on.

Anyhow, Phone Arena is thinking that we may see something on Sprint’s rumored G2, maybe the Touch Diamond on Verizon, but the they are doubting that AT&T will show or announce the rumored Samsung BlackJack 3. We shall soon see. Phone Arena also warns that nothing they talk about is a sure thing…

Well, bear in mind this article is based on information that´s still being kept under wraps and we cannot entirely stand behind it, we will as likely as not see these phones, so heads up, you´ve been warned.

Mainly, I expect news on a ton of non winmo, no “smartphone” handsets. Tons of mobile service (which we don’t cover much) and software ideas. I will be using the Samsung Omnia and it’s 5 Mega Pixel camera to snap some photos for my Flickr feed. I decided not to post each one to the site automagicly like I did for CES. I got some complaints about spamming the RSS feed with them. Instead, I will just post them to this set on Flickr (CTIA 2009 – Las Vegas).

Head over to Phone Arena to check out “What is to be expected at the CTIA 2009

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  • @Chris:

    I got some complaints about spamming the RSS feed with them. Instead, I will just post them to this set on Flickr (CTIA 2009 - Las Vegas).

    It's your RSS feed, so you can spam it if you want. :D But, if you use Flickr, I suggest providing the Flickr link in each post to make it easy to find.

    I just got an Omnia myself, so I'll be interested to see the quality of the photos.

    @Duwenbasden:

    to be quite frank, I no longer care about this after seeing the stuff at MWC. Seriously, why bother with announcing the Touch Diamond when the TD2 has been announced. It is like showing stuff so the rest of the world can laugh at our pathetic selections.

    Who cares about the Touch Diamond? Maybe people on Verizon.

    Also remember that many phones are available in the U.S. first, like the iPhone and Motorola Q were. It's just that HTC, being an international company, seems to focus on GSM first.

    I wish you dead, CDMA. Thank you for dragging our mobile stuff into the hole. (Yes, I am VERY bitter about those stuff)

    Please. You can use GSM in the U.S. with no problems if you get AT&T or T-Mobile, so it's not like CDMA is holding you back.

    Steve
    Steve
  • Duwenbasden
    to be quite frank, I no longer care about this after seeing the stuff at MWC. Seriously, why bother with announcing the Touch Diamond when the TD2 has been announced. It is like showing stuff so the rest of the world can laugh at our pathetic selections.

    I wish you dead, CDMA. Thank you for dragging our mobile stuff into the hole. (Yes, I am VERY bitter about those stuff)
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