The Party Line — Phone Buzz of the Day

Here are some of today’s phone conversations I enjoyed reading or viewing on the web, along with some brief thoughts:

T-Mobile’s Boldly adds another UMA phone (BGR) — The BlackBerry Bold gets an update in the 9700 and it landed at T-Mobile this very day. $199 is the going rate, although you can spread that out over 20 months. This newer bold uses an optical trackpad in lieu of a trackball and adds seamless Wi-Fi calling to save on those minutes. Of course, it has 3G and all of the other nice features of the original Bold — including that 480 x 320 display.

Nokia’s E72 arrives (Nokia) — Did you like the E71? Then chances are, you’ll like the E72 because the form factor is pretty darn similar. New to this model is a bit of revamping to the email and other messaging apps, a 5 megapixel camera, and the latest version of Ovi Maps.

San Francisco getting an AT&T upgrade — or did it already get it? (AT&T) — The Bay Area is probably the worst gap in AT&T’s network due to the large number of iPhones per square block. The company dropped $65 million into the area over the past year, with most of the upgraded 850 MHz spectrum deployed this past quarter. I haven’t heard customers there say things are better, but AT&T is throwing a bone — San Francisco will see the 7.2 HSPA deployment in 2010. No firmer timeframe is mentioned, but if there’s one place AT&T needs to beef things up, it’s the Bay Area.

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