STC/Mobily/Zain 3G Band

I am about to purchase a Novatel MiFi 2352 or 2372. The MiFi shares a 3G data connection as a wireless access point and it’s battery powered. The difference between the 2 models is this:

MiFi 2352 uses the following bands: Tri-band HSUPA/HSDPA 900/1900/2100 MHz and Quad-band GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz. The MiFi 2372 however is: Tri-band [...]

STC to launch HTC Magic in Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Telecom Company (STC) is now taking pre-booking requests for their upcoming HTC Magic, a Google Android based phone.

The phone will be sold for 2,399SR ($631) and includes a free subscription to a 12-month data plan with a limit of 1 Gigabyte each (notice that STC’s site called it Gega).

STC will hopefully open [...]

American Palm Pre CDMA launch date announced

Sprint has announced the release date of the Sprint Palm Pre is a CDMA/EV-DO smartphone and will only work with the Sprint network in the United States. It will be released on June 6th for $299 (before a $100 mail-rebate) and a two year commitment with the Sprint network.

The release date is 2 days before [...]