Verizon Offering Prepaid Package for 3G Phones

Verizon Wireless today began offering a prepaid data package for use on 3G capable phones, including a wide range of smartphones and 3G feature phones. Customers will get unlimited data for $30 a month on smartphones and multimedia phones, or multimedia phone buyers can choose a $10 monthly plan that includes 25 MB of data, with a $0.20 per MB overage fee. The new data packages is available in stores today, and will be sold online at Verizon’s Web site ..read more

Verizon Wireless Refreshes ‘My Verizon’ Mobile App

Verizon Wireless today announced a new version of its My Verizon account management application for Android and BlackBerry smartphones. The refreshed application lets Verizon Android and BlackBerry customers: View minute, message and data usage; adjust allowance minutes on current plans; make one-time payments and set up and maintain auto-pay; view upgrade eligibility and contract end date; and manage Friends & Family numbers. It retains the original features, such as the ability to check balances, change features, reset passwords and use ..read more

Best of Smartphone Experts, 29 Aug 2010

Verizon says the Droid Incredible’s Froyo update is rolling out, but we have a forum full of people ..read more

RIM Buys Cellmania

Research In Motion has purchased a California company called Cellmania. Cellmania, which made the announcement on its web site, develops the software behind mobile application stores. According to Cellmania, it will continue to develop mobile application store software and services for RIM as well as its existing customer base. Though RIM has not commented on the acquisition, it is likely the company will use Cellmania’s resources and technology to bolster its own BlackBerry App World.

Best of Smartphone Experts, 22 Aug 2010

Motorola Droid 2 review ..read more

No Google Voice on iPhone: one year later

Tech Crunch’s Jason Kinkaid reminds us that it’s been a year since Apple responded to the FCC about Google Voice’s rejection (or perpetual non-acceptance) from the iPhone App Store.

Apple denying the app to those who want it, especially when it allows similar apps such as Line2 into the App Store, means it’s almost certainly what we thought it was last year — less to do with what the app does than what it represents.

Before the Google Voice rejection story broke ..read more

BlackBerry App World 2.0 Exits Beta, Free for All

Research In Motion today announced that BlackBerry App World 2.0 is no longer in beta and is free for all BlackBerry customers to download and use. To start, developers will be able to offer applications for sale at the $0.99 and $1.99 price points. One of the key features of App World 2.0 is support for carrier and credit card billing. RIM is also making BlackBerry ID available as part of App World 2.0. BlackBerry ID lets users manage their ..read more

Next-gen Blackberry Posts Weak start, Sells Only 150k Units

A short time ago, Research in Motion held an imposing lead in the smartphone business, with over 40 percent of the souk in its pouch.  Its BlackBerry smartphones were choice for business users. Now it reportedly has been passed in the U.S. by Google’s seemingly inexorable Android platform.  And the iPhone gazes to ultimately catch up (Read More)

Verizon Will Bring FiOS TV to Mobile Devices

Verizon Communications will bring its fiber optic FiOS TV service to mobile devices, including Apple iOS and Android products. The first Verizon app will let current subscribers watch content on their devices while they are in their homes. GigaOm suggests this will alleviate licensing concerns, as the device will simply be an extra screen at home, which is where the content is licensed to be shown. A second Verizon app will let users purchase and rent videos to view across ..read more

iPhone owners really getting more sex?

Since getting an iPhone my sex life has:online surveys

Kyle over at sibling site Android Central took issue with a recent story about iPhone owners getting more sex than Android or BlackBerry owners (go figure). To illustrate his point he spun a story about Droids taking over the college dorms and then posted up a little poll.

Well, two can play at that game, Kyle. Anyone here seeing more Droids than iPhones out in the dating world?

AC got ..read more

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