AT&T Quickfire launching November 10

by Chris Ziegler, posted Nov 5th 2008 at 5:00PM

One of the more interesting devices to hit AT&T's lineup in recent memory -- the PCD-sourced Quickfire -- is getting ready to hit in the next few days, making good on a promise to deliver the 3G Sidekick killer in November. Of course, it remains to be seen whether the Quickfire really is a Sidekick killer, but we'll all have an opportunity to find out come November 10 when it launches in three colors for $99 on contract. If you're feeling crazy enough to bypass the commitment, you can pick one up without signing your life away for $299, which still isn't that bad considering that you're getting a touchscreen, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and HSDPA.

[Thanks, Kal]

Filed under: Handsets, UTStarcom, ATT, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

Tags: att, knick, pcd, quickfire, qwerty, slider, utstarcom

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Michael S @ Nov 5th 2008 5:17PM

That's a new one. Tri-band GSM that actually supports 4 bands, according to the specs anyway. Clearly the person writing their spec sheet shown in the picture has no technical knowledge.

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youngcalihottie @ Nov 7th 2008 2:56PM

lol

thats the first thing i noticed too!!!

"Tri-band 3g/hsdpa" yet its "dual band umts/hsdpa 850/1900 MHz"

Also "Tri-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz"

rofl what a mess

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Daniel @ Nov 5th 2008 5:32PM

OWWWW! That red circle just made my eyes bleed.

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travis @ Nov 5th 2008 5:39PM

Ours will be here in the morning. Cant wait they look pretty neat.

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laura @ Nov 5th 2008 6:23PM

this looks like a good phone hmm decisions!!

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badqat @ Nov 5th 2008 9:35PM

I know my 12 year old is excited by this phone...it's a teen/tween dream.

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Brian @ Nov 5th 2008 10:18PM

for F sake!! why do they release phones no one cares about when so many of us are dying for the fuze . i mean come on!

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badqat @ Nov 5th 2008 10:33PM

...which explains why you're trolling threads about phones you (and perhaps no one) cares about, as well as leaving comments in said threads, right?

The real reason is because AT&T hates you, Brian...they're doing it just to upset you, and to speed along your death.

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Nikki @ Nov 6th 2008 1:05PM

per boygeniusrepot dont worry that lil pretty head of yours coz fuze is set to be release on the 11th :)

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Celz @ Nov 5th 2008 11:17PM

Ouch that thing looks nice.. I doubt it will take sidekickers tho, the text msg, instant msg, and basic email combo is LIGHT YEARS ahead of ANY other mobile device... Sure everything else is either slightly or terribly below average, but the messaging on a sidekick is so fast intuitive and easy NO other phone can even be placed in the same category.. and the ergonomics of the device is crazy

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derX @ Nov 6th 2008 12:18AM

Yes, and your comments are completely founded because you've toyed with this phone and every other phone on the market.

The Sidekick is truly in a class of its own. Entirely. Completely. Nothing EVER like it.

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Je$$eGasm @ Nov 5th 2008 11:31PM

oh man it says "product may arrive in stores before November 10th, and can be sold as soon as received." I'm liking the sound of that (=

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Pizzahut @ Nov 6th 2008 3:10PM

Android killer???

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Chris @ Nov 6th 2008 4:15PM

For the people with a hard on for the Fuze, It's $700, that's why we don't care about it. So stfu.

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Decco @ Nov 7th 2008 10:43PM

The Quickfire came in today and is being sold in PA...http://www.freehtc.com/AT%2526T_Quickfire+_Released

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sadieee @ Nov 9th 2008 1:28AM

i got mine alreadyy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIyNoFLrj88

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SidekickPrisonEscapee @ Nov 9th 2008 10:09PM

This is what the Sidekick should have been, in my opinion. $300(without contract) gets you a touchscreen device with 3G. Don't get me wrong; the Sidekick is arguably the best at what it does but I don't think I'm wrong when I say more can be expected of it to justify it's high price tag.

By the way, I'm a former Sidekick user, for what that's worth