Mobile Miscellany: week of November 28, 2011

This week was packed with news at the mobile front, so it was easy to overlook a number of stories here and there. Here’s a number of the other stuff that happened within the wide world of wireless for the week of November 28, 2011:

Last week, the FCC announced that it had approved AT&T’s request to buy 700MHz spectrum from Qualcomm — previously used to support MediaFLO service — however hasn’t finalized the method yet. So, the corporate recently met with the FCC to invite if the deal may be speeded up. [ Phone Scoop ]

The Nokia Lumia 800 is rumored to finally be available at O2 beginning December 9th. [ Unwired View ]

Nokia also announced the X2-02, a chain 40 dual-SIM handset geared towards music. It comes with an audio processing feature that brings clear sound, dedicated music keys and a feature that allows you to play recordings directly from the FM radio. It also offers a 2.2-inch QVGA display, dedicated Facebook and Twitter clients, 2MP camera and 9.7 hour talk time. Sadly, the telephone doesn’t include 3G included, and no markets or launch dates were announced, but it will become priced around €60 before subsidy. [ Unwired View ]

Cincinnati Bell added the HTC Radar 4G to its lineup this week and is on the market at no cost to new customers with a two-year commitment and after a $100 mail-in rebate; existing customers eligible for an upgrade can get it for $100 on contract and after $50 mail-in rebate. [ BusinessWire ]

Samsung just released SDK 1.0 for the S Pen, sometimes called the stylus for the Galaxy Note. As to be expected, the kit will aid developers in writing apps so they can make the most the pen. [ Android Police ]

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