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According to some FCC documents, the Sony Ericsson K850 that was released a while ago by Canadian Rogers will soon be available in the U.S. through AT&T.

It will pack tri-band 3G support (cool!) and a 5Mpix camera with xenon flash, but unfortunately we can not provide you the release date and pricing details, as there was no official announcement from the carrier.

Looks like some AT&T stores offer refurbished iPhones for sale.

These are 4GB and 8GB versions available for $199 and $249 respectively upon a new activation. Apparently, the offer is only valid in New England, but we expect it to extend to other states as well.

It looks like AT&T will soon be offering a "rainbow" of Palm Centro handsets, as you can see on the picture to the right.

Most of you probably know that the carrier will release an “obsidian black” Centro in a month, so the rest of this color range could be additional GSM models.

AT&T didn't fall behind as well, and on February 22 will start offering its new $99 unlimited calling plan, which will include free local and long distance calls within the U.S. borders.

The new plan will be available for both new and existing customers, but unfortunately the only compatible handsets are cell phones; smartphones or PDA's are not supported.

HTC will release a new firmware update for the AT&T Tilt in March.

The update kit will include DTMF tones for the slide-out QWERTY keyboard, the Microsoft Adaptation Kit Update (AKU) 0.4.4, and improved overall device performance and stability.

AT&T plans to release the Palm Centro phone on February 19th.

The price is not confirmed yet, but we expect $99 with a 2-year contract. Just to remind you, the Palm Centro is an ugly and pretty low-end CDMA smartphone with a square 1.56" screen, QWERTY keyboard, 1.3Mpix camera, and support for EDGE data.

T-Mobile will no longer provide access to Wi-Fi service in Starbucks coffee houses and stores across the country.

Starting this spring Starbucks will offer its customers 2 hours of free Wi-Fi access provided by AT&T.

Additional 2 hours will cost $3.

AT&T started offering the Pink version of the Nokia 6085 for Valentine's Day.

Now it looks like some girlish toy, but it is still the same 6085 model featuring a VGA camera with 4x optical zoom, stereo Bluetooth functionality and preloaded Java demo games and applications.

It is available online for free.

Here's yet another Valentine's offering from AT&T - the Pantech Duo in Red.

The Pantech Duo is a WM6-based 3G handset with both QWERTY keyboard and numeric keypad, 240x320 display, Bluetooth support, Windows Media Player 10 and more.

It should start retailing this week.

The 16GB iPhone appeared on the Apple.com webpage.

The price for the new version is $499 with a contract with AT&T. The old 8GB version still costs $399, but in the near future its stock will decrease.

As for the AT&T site, they list the 16GB model in the "Business Center".