Android: An Airing of Grievances

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Thought I’d step way way out of character and lay down some complaints against my sweetheart Google and my darling Android, inspired by David K’s recent post about Microsoft continuing to suck with email. A little roll reversal, you know? But instead of just mentioning one thing, I’m going to up the ante with a … Read more

Verizon Announces “Unlimited Any Mobile Plans”

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Verizon announced today that it will introduce to Texas and Louisiana a new program called “Unlimited Any Mobile Plan” which will allow subscribers in those markets to place unlimited calls to any mobile subscriber where before the mobile number had to be a Verizon subscriber. Here’s more:

Available July 30 through October 31, 2010, the Unlimited Any Mobile plan includes unlimited text messages and Friends and Family option on eligible plans. This special promotion builds on the Nationwide Talk and Text plans announced earlier this year.

Eligible consumers may sign up for a single line Nationwide Unlimited Talk plan that allows the customer to call and send text, picture and video messages to anyone in the United States regardless of service provider for $59.99-$79.99 monthly access. Nationwide Family SharePlans® will also have the new Unlimited Any Mobile plan options for $99.99-$129.99 monthly access.

Here’s a listing of the five plans available:

Single Line Plans:

  • 450 minutes for $59.99
  • 900 minutes for $79.99

Family SharePlans®:

  • 700 minutes for $99.99
  • 1400 minutes for $119.99
  • 2000 minutes for $129.99

Jump after the break for the complete Verizon Press release and more information on the area codes that are eligible.

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BlackBerry OS 6 Upgrade Coming

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A few minutes ago we just posted about the AT&T BlackBerry Torch 9800 which will be the first device to hit the street with BlackBerry’s OS 6 operating System, but what if you have an older BlackBerry? In a press release today BlackBerry has announced that it will be upgrading certain devices with the feature rich OS 6:

Compatibility with Existing BlackBerry Smartphones
BlackBerry 6 will debut on the new BlackBerry® Torch™ smartphone (announced today) available from AT&T on August 12 and it is also designed to run on select BlackBerry smartphones already in market. Subject to carrier certifications in the months ahead, the new OS is expected to be available for the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9700, BlackBerry® Bold™ 9650 and BlackBerry® Pearl™ 3G, as well as future BlackBerry smartphones

Here is a quick video to wet your appetite on OS 6:

Stay tuned for more on OS 6 and the future release dates and jump after the break for the BlackBerry Press Release.

 

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AT&T Announces The BlackBerry Torch 9800

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We don’t cover a lot of BlackBerry news here and I had always hoped to get some writers who were into BlackBerry (Pssst Any BlackBerry Writers?), but I thought I would shamelessly plug for BlackBerry Writers and pass on AT&T’s announcement this morning. AT&T Will release the BlackBerry Torch 9800 on August 12th for $199 … Read more

News for August 3rd 2010

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Hello All!  I think I’m finally getting over being sick, still have sniffles and a slight cough but at least I’m up and about and eating again! I hate being sick, it’s not fun at all..

Anyway, I’m working on a few reviews for you, but for now check out the news from around the world..

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AT&T isn’t playing nice with Dell Streak Betas

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Engadget is reporting that AT&T is blocking the IMEIs of some Dell Streak Beta devices that were released for testing.  Voice calls on blocked units get re-routed to AT&T customer service and data on AT&T’s network is shut off as well.  It appears that at least one of the beta devices was not locked out … Read more

Windows Phone 7 Coming To Europe First In October, US In November Says Microsoft COO

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This is really confusing to us here at Mobility Digest. First, we all know that Windows Phone 7 has a tentative release date of “The Holiday Season”. That’s it. That’s all we had. Now it appears we have a little more information from the Microsoft COO himself, Kevin Turner. He says that: “In the October … Read more