So what can you expect out of the new 2.1 update? Here’s a list of enhancements and improvements courtesy of this PDF file from the Verizon support pages.

Enhancements include:

• Pinch-to-zoom is now available when using the browser, Gallery, and
  Google Maps.
• New Weather and News application plus widget.

• The Weather and News app pulls the information you want from the Web and brings it to your fingertips. You get weekly and hourly weather forecasts based on your location, and news headlines.

• Whenever a text-entry box appears, simply tap the microphone
  icon on the virtual keyboard and speak.

Improvements include:

• Free Yahoo! Mail is now supported—simply sign in with your Yahoo!
  email address and password
• Google Maps update

• Personalized suggestions and synchronized starring with
  desktop maps.google.com.
• Starred items are stored and synced automatically between Google Maps on your device and maps.google.com on your computer, making it easy to search for places you’ve searched
  for before.
• New night mode in Google Maps Navigation automatically changes
  the screen at night for easier viewing.

via LaptopMag

Technorati Tags: Motorola Droid 2.1 update, Verizon Wireless

Here’s an interesting story on the mobile front. Although Microsoft has made much hoopla over the upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series, it hasn’t said a peep about the rumored Project Pink handsets. Now, according to Gizmodo, Project Pink is indeed coming and Verizon Wireless will be the first carrier to release handsets based on it.

Thanks to a tipster, Gizmodo received a ton of third party marketing material laying out the promotional plan for Pink. There will be two handsets coming out in the late April time frame – a vertical slider and a horizontal slider. Yes that means these are indeed messenger-oriented handsets.

Verizon appears to be at least the launch partner if not the exclusive provider for the new handsets. Social networking appears to be another key feature of this handset. As for apps – that’s a maybe?

No one is exactly sure since it appears these Project Pink handsets are NOT Windows Phone 7 handsets.. soo if they’re not, what the heck are they? Should be interesting to see over the coming months.

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Technorati Tags: Microsoft, Verizon Wireless, Project Pink

Called Skype mobile, the solution allows Verizon Wireless 3G smartphone customers with data plans to make and receive unlimited Skype to Skype voice calls to practically any Skype user around the globe. Other features include:

• Calling international phone #’s at Skype Out calling rates
• Skype IM support
• Remain always-connected

Some of the Verizon Wireless smartphones featuring support for Skype mobile include BlackBerry Storm 9530, Storm2 9550, Curve 8330, Curve 8530, 8830 World Edition and Tour 9630 smartphones, as well as DROID by Motorola, DROID ERIS by HTC and Motorola DEVOUR.

Make sure to check out http://phones.verizonwireless.com/skypemobile/ for more information about Skype mobile.

Technorati Tags: Verizon Wireless, Skype, Skype Mobile

Motorola brings MOTOBLUR to Verizon Wireless with today’s announcement of the upcoming availability of the Motorola DEVOUR Android handset in March. In case you’re not familiar with MOTOBLUR, it’s Motorola’s unique content delivery service bringing together contacts, personal email, status updates from social networking sites, photos, and more into easily managed streams on the home screen.

Features and specs to the Motorola DEVOUR include:

• Touch-sensitive navigation pad
• 3.1 inch capacitive touch-screen display
• Pre-loaded apps including Gmail, Google Talk, YouTube, Google Search, and Google Maps with Google Maps Navigation
• Access to Android marketplace
• “Happenings Widget” – MOTOBLUR automatically pushes status updates, wall posts, and photo updates from social networking sites to the Happenings Widget. Users flick through updates and send out replies
• Universal inbox for texts, social networking messages, and emails
• Backup data to secure MOTOBLUR portal. Portal also allows users to use the built-in aGPS to help locate the phone if its misplaced. Remote Wipe feature clears information on the handset if it’s deemed lost
• 8 GB microSD card pre-installed
• Bluetooth with support for A2DP, HID, HSP, HFP, AVRCP and GAP profiles

No word on pricing as of yet.

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Technorati Tags: Motorola DEVOUR, Verizon Wireless, Android smartphone, MOTOBLUR

Starting tomorrow, Verizon Wireless will begin selling slotRadio+ microSD cards for a wide range of BlackBerry smartphones. These cards will feature 1000 popular songs from “top-charting Billboard artists” and will also feature 4GB of flash memory for personal storage.

There will be two versions of the slotRadio+ card – Billboard Hits featuring music hand-picked from today’s top artists in modern rock, dance and hip hop, Latin, and country, and Billboard Decades featuring songs from the 80’s, 90’s, classic rock, and oldies. 

Customers simply insert the slotRadio+ card into their smartphone and go to their browser to download and install the slotRadio+ application from http://m.slotradio.com. 

The new cards will support a wide variety of BlackBerry handsets including BlackBerry Curve 8530, BlackBerry Pearl 8130, BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230, BlackBerry Storm 9530, BlackBerry Storm2 9550, BlackBerry Tour 9630 and BlackBerry 8830 World Edition smartphone. Each card will be available for $49.99 starting tomorrow at www.verizonwireless.com/accessories.

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Available at no extra cost to Verizon Wireless mobile broadband customers, Verizon Wi-Fi can be found in thousands of locations across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico including airports, hotels, bookstores, coffee shops, hotels, and other public locations.

In order to take advantage of Verizon Wi-Fi, customers will need to use VZAccess Manager 7.2 or higher software on their PC to connect to the Wi-Fi hotspot. Customers will then be able to free switch between the Wi-Fi hotspot and Verizon Wireless mobile broadband service.

Find a list of VW Wi-Fi hotspots by browsing http://www.verizonwireless.com/wi-fi

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Technorati Tags: Verizon Wireless mobile broadband, Verizon Wi-Fi

Why buy from Best Buy you ask?

If you purchase from Verizon Wireless directly, you’ll have to mail in a rebate form for the $100 dollar credit which means the checkout cost will initially be $299.99. Buy the phone from Best Buy and Best Buy will instantly credit you the $100 dollars at the point of sale. No forms or checks to deal with. Sounds like a good deal to me.

Technorati Tags: Best Buy, Motorola DROID, Verizon Wireless

After a week or so of teaser announcements, Verizon Wireless officially unveiled the new DROID smartphone by Motorola – the first smartphone powered by the new Android 2.0 OS (which Google just recently released the SDK for). So let’s get down to the features shall we? According to VW, here’s what you’ll be able to do with the DROID:

• Multi-window browser
• Large touch-screen display  (3.7 inches) with an incredible resolution of 854 x 480
• Access thousands of apps over at the Android Market
• Voice-activated search delivered via Google
• The first device to feature Google Maps Navigation (Beta) which provides turn-by-turn voice guidance as a free feature of Google Maps. Use voice shortcuts and simply say “Navigate to [destination]” and you’ll be on your way. You can see live traffic, street view, or satellite imagery to view your route
• Built-in apps include Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk, Android Market, Calendar, Amazon MP3 store, and Verizon Wireless Visual Voice Mail.

The specs to the DROID are as follows (and according to BGR, this is absolutely the fastest Droid-powered handset yet!):

• Arm Cortex A8 processor 550 mHz
• 3.7″; WVGA (480 x 854 pixels); 16:9 widescreen
• 5 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom, dual LED flash and auto focus
• Built-in music player with support for AAC, H.263, H.264, MP3, MPEG-4, WAV, WMA, eAAC+, OGG, AMR WB, AMR NB, AAC+, MIDI file formats
• Audio/video streaming support
• Video capture at DVD quality (720×480 resolution) up to 24 fps capture; up to 30 fps playback
• 1400 mAh Li-Ion battery with 385 minute usage time  and up to 270 hour standby time
• Email support – Corporate (Exchange 2003 and 2007), Gmail, IMAP, POP3, Attachment and browser document viewer (Microsoft Office and pdf)
• MMSG, SMS, IM, voicemail
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR support with HFP, HSP, A2DP, AVRCP, PBAP, and OPP profile support)
• Synchronization support for Corporate calendar, email and contacts (Exchange 2003 and 2007), Google contacts, calendar and Gmail, Facebook contacts
• 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi
• microUSB connector
• aGPS along with Google Maps, Google Maps Navigation Beta, Google Latitude, Google Maps Street View, eCompass
• Built-in web browser
• 3.5 mm headset jack
• Speakerphone
• Advanced speech recognition, Automatic redial, conference calling, emergency dial, noise reduction, speed dial, vibracall, voice dialing, phone book
• Haptic feedback
• Light-responsive display
• QWERTY keyboard
• Measures 2.4 x 4.6 x .5 inches
• Weighs 6 oz
• Built-in accelerometer
• Network support includes: CDMA 1X 800/1900, EVDO rev A
• 16 GB microSD pre-installed; supports up to 32 GB microSD expandable
• Sensors include Proximity, ambient light and eCompass

OK.. enough about features and specs – what about pricing and availability?

The DROID will be available starting next Friday November 6th in the U.S. exclusively at Verizon Wireless Stores and online for $199.99 with a new two-year customer agreement after a $100 mail-in rebate. Customers will receive the rebate in the form of a debit card which they can use as cash anywhere debit cards are accepted.

Customers will need to subscribe to a Nationwide voice plan and an Email and Web for Smartphone plan. Nationwide voice plans begin at $39.99 for monthly access for 450 minutes and an Email and Web for Smartphone plan is $29.99 for monthly access.

Finally, if you want to see a preview of the DROID handset, makes sure to head over to the Boy Genius Report where they’ve got an excellent preview of the handset. Those of you waiting for a solid iPhone competitor to arrive for Verizon Wireless might finally have their handset.

Here’s a video of the DROID handset courtesy of Verizon Wireless:

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Get ready for the second coming of the Storm and this time, it might actually be a real storm rather than a tropical disturbance. Verizon Wireless and Research in Motion have announced the next-generation BlackBerry Storm2 will be available starting on October 28th. The Storm2 with BlackBerry OS 5.0 adds hundreds of hardware and software enhancements including a new “SurePress” clickable display and built-in Wi-Fi.

Key features of the BlackBerry Storm2 (model 9550) include:

• 3.25 inch 480 x 360 resolution display at 184 dpi
• Capacitive touch-screen with integrated functions (Send, End, Menu, Escape), and new SurePress technology
• 3G and global connectivity support
• Network Connectivity: EV-DO Revision A; UMTS/HSPA (2100 MHz); and quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM networks
• 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi connectivity
• 256MB of flash memory
• 2GB of on-board memory
• microSD/SDHC memory card slot with 16GB card included
• 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, Image Stabilization (IS), flash and video recording capabilities
• Premium and easy-to-access phone features, background noise suppression technology, loud distortion-free speakerphone and face detection (proximity sensor) that prevents accidental clicks and blanks the screen while the customer is on the phone
• Media player for videos, pictures and music, plus support for BlackBerry Desktop Manager for both PCs and Macs, and BlackBerry® Media Sync, for easily syncing Windows Media® Player music with the smartphone
• 3.5 mm stereo headset jack and dedicated volume controls
• Bluetooth 2.1
• Built-in GPS
• Support for VZ Navigator, V CAST Music with Rhapsody
• Support for Verizon Wireless Mobile Broadband Connect tethering service
• Comes with BlackBerry OS 5.0 which includes typing accuracy and selection improvements, as well as usability and visual enhancements such as inertial scrolling, spin boxes that make it easier to set dates and times, gradient shading on buttons, and more use of animation
• BlackBerry Browser with faster JavaScript and CSS processing  and support for Gears and BlackBerry widgets
• Customers running BlackBerry® Enterprise Server 5.0 will gain the ability to set follow-up flags, manage e-mail folders, access remote files (Windows Shares), forward appointments, view calendar attachments, and more
• Removable, rechargeable 1400 mAhr battery that provides up to 5.5 hours of talk time or up to 11.2 days of standby time

The Storm2 will be available for $179.99 after a $100 dollar mail-in rebate and a new two-year customer agreement on a voice plan with an Email and Web feature or an Email and Web for BlackBerry plan.

And in case you missed it, PC Magazine posted a review of the Storm2 here on their website stating:

“The second time’s the charm for RIM’s innovative click-screen smartphone; the Storm2 cures almost all of the original’s ills.”

Technorati Tags: Verizon Wireless, BlackBerry Storm2, Research In Motion

“iDon’t have a real keyboard

iDon’t run simultaneous apps

iDon’t take night shots

iDon’t allow open development

iDon’t customize

iDon’t run widgets

iDon’t interchangeable batteries”

Everything iDon’t”

There’s a quick fade fade to black (along with some funky transition effects that look like they came out of a Transformers movie) and then you see:

I have to admit.. I was salivating to a certain extent at this point. I mean.. holy cow.. this is the first time I actually was excited about an Android-based smartphone – and guess what? It’s coming to Verizon Wireless.

Yes my hatred for AT&T is so vast that I’m quite willing to ditch my iPhone for something that is somewhat comparable.

If you head on over to DroidDoes.com (which redirects you to http://phones.verizonwireless.com/motorola/droid/?cmp=OTC-Droid-redirect1), you’ll see a web version of the commercial along with a list of features for the handset which include:

• Directions
• Videos
• Tunes
• 10K+ apps
• Multitasking
• High-speed
• Hi-res
• 5 megapixels
• Android 2.0
• Speech recognition
• Notification panel

Sweet huh? Want some more sweet stuff?

Head on over to the Boy Genius Report then. The awesome folks at BGR have published a hands-on with the new Droid phone (it’s from Motorola BTW) along with plenty of pictures.. and man.. I’ve got full-on drool going on here now.

Here are some comments in the hands-on:

• “It’s thin. Just slightly thicker than an iPhone 3GS and the thinnest QWERTY-slider we’ve ever seen.”
• “It is the fastest Android device we’ve ever used.”
• “Have we mentioned this phone flies? It’s the Android device to beat, and easily the most impressive.”

Yeah I’m excited.. (the lil kid inside of me is jumping for joy right now at the sheer thought of moving back to VW)…

Ok.. enough.. go check out the Boy Genius Report and know that VW will be giving more info about the phone at the end of the month. Below are some pictures from BGR.

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Technorati Tags: Motorola Droid, Verizon Wireless, Android Smartphone

• LG Chocolate Touch VX8575 – 4th generation Chocolate phone with a full touch-screen interface
• BlackBerry Storm 2 9550 due out in Oct to Nov
• Nokia Shade 2705 – the replacement to the Mirage 2605
• Nokia Twist 7705
• Palm Treo 800W – may not be coming out till February of 2010
• Motorola Entice (or Harmony) W766 – replaces the W755
• Samsung Rogue U960 – replaces the Glyde U940 due out in August
• Samsung U450
• Samsung Strut U440 – features a compact QWERTY keyboard
• Samsung Omnia II i920 due out by Christmas
• Motorola V860
• Samsung Convoy U640
• Casio Rock C731
• Casio Brigade C741

Again – these are just rumors.

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Technorati Tags: Verizon Wireless mobile phones

“The BlackBerry Tour is the best choice for a smartphone on Verizon Wireless—even though the unit we got was a little buggy.”

If I only was back with Verizon..

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UPDATE: Here’s another review of the BlackBerry Tour – this time by the folks at LaptopMag. They took give the Tour their “Editor’s Choice” award saying:

“The BlackBerry Tour is easily the best smart phone on Verizon Wireless, and we actually prefer it’s compact design to the beefier BlackBerry Bold. We would have liked integrated Wi-Fi, and perhaps access to V Cast TV, but overall the Tour is a winner. You get a very good keyboard, a zippy processor, excellent call quality, and strong data performance, not to mention RIM’s trademark push e-mail goodness. BlackBerry fans looking to upgrade will be happy with this device.”

Technorati Tags: Verizon Wireless, BlackBerry Tour PC Magazine Review

Here’s a quick refresher to the Tour:

• Measures 112 x 62 x 14.2 mm and weighs 130 grams
• Full QWERTY keyboard
• 2.44 inch 480 x 360 resolution display with 245 ppi – highest resolution available on a BlackBerry smartphone
• 3.2 MP camera with flash, variable zoom, image stabilization, autofocus and video recording
• Full HTML web browser, including support for streaming audio and video (RTSP)
• Advanced media player for videos, pictures and music
• 3.5 mm stereo headset jack
• 256MB Flash memory
• microSD/SDHC memory card slot
• Built-in GPS with support for geotagging, BlackBerry Maps and other location based applications and services
• BlackBerry Media Sync allows customers to quickly and easily synch music from iTunes and Windows Media Player with the smartphone
• Voice activated dialing, enhanced background noise cancellation, a low-distortion speakerphone, and Bluetooth (2.0) support for hands-free use with headsets, car kits, stereo headsets and other Bluetooth peripherals
• Removable and rechargeable 1400 mAhr battery for 5 hours of talk time and 14 days of standby time

Again – the Tour will be available for purchase online and in-stores starting on July 12th. You can pre-order the Tour now by going to http://estore.vzwshop.com/bbtour/.

[Check it out via Boy Genius Report]

Technorati Tags: BlackBerry Tour, Verizon Wireless

The HTC Ozone is the latest Windows Mobile smartphone to hit Verizon Wireless. The Ozone features 3G and Wi-Fi networking, a simple design, QWERTY keyboard, and global roaming support. Other specs and features include:

• Ergonomically designed QWERTY keyboard
• Global roaming, 3G network, and Wi-Fi network support
• 1500 mAh battery for extended operating time
• Comes with international charging adapters for travelers
• VZ Navigator for audible turn-by-turn directions
• Visual Voice Mail
• Mobile IM, Mobile Email
• “Sliding Panel” user interface
• One-touch messaging key for quick connections to other users

The Ozone is available for $49.99 after a $70 dollar mail-in rebate and a new two-year agreement. If you’re interested in the Ozone then you’ll be able to get one starting tomorrow over at www.verizonwireless.com. Verizon Wireless stores will get it by July 13th.

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Common features for all three mobile phones include:

• Text, picture and voice messaging with threaded message feature
• Bluetooth headset capable – headset, hands-free, object-push (for vCard and vCal), and phonebook access
• VZ Navigator
• Mobile Email, Mobile Web, Mobile IM, and Chat
• Chaperone Parent-capable
• Ability to save up to 10 contacts as favorites

LG enV3:

• Full QWERTY keyboard
• HTML Web browsing-capable
• Visual Voice Mail support
• microSD card slot
• Text Instant Reply feature – can automatically start a reply message when you read a message
• Media Center for storing and downloading music from V CAST Music with Rhapsody, games and more

• Internal screen: 2.60” and external screen: 1.56”
• 3.0 megapixel camera/camcorder

LG enV TOUCH:

• Full QWERTY keyboard
• HTML Web browsing-capable
• Visual Voice Mail
• Up to 16 GB microSD™ card optional removable memory
• Text Instant Reply feature – can automatically start a reply message when you read a message
• Media Center for storing and downloading music from V CAST Music with Rhapsody, games and more

• Read documents from any microSD card in several file formats including .doc, .xls, .ppt, and .pdf
• 3” external touch screen / 3” internal screen
• 3.2 megapixel camera/camcorder with autofocus, flash and image editor

LG Glance:

• An ultra-slim design with a “woven” metal back plate
• 1.3 megapixel camera

The LG enV3 will be available for $129.99 after a $50 dollar mail-in rebate and a new two-year agreement. The LG enV TOUCH will be available for $149.99 after a $70 dollar mail-in rebate and a new two-year agreement. The LG Glance will be available for $49.99 after a $50 dollar mail-in rebate and a new two-year agreement.

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Technorati Tags: Verizon Wireless, LG Mobile Phones, LG enV3, LG enV TOUCH, LG Glance

Is the HTC Touch Pro2 coming to Verizon Wireless? If you believe this picture floating around the web, then it certainly appears so. The HTC Touch Pro2 is a side-sliding handset with the following specs:

• Qualcomm MSM7200A 528MHz processor
• Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS
• 512MB ROM, 288MB RAM
• 3.6 inch TFT LCD Touch-Screen display with 480 x 800 resolution
• TouchFLO 3D interface
• Slide-out 5 row QWERTY keyboard
• Bluetooth 2.1
• Wi-Fi
• 3.2 megapixel camera with auto-focus
• VGA secondary camera
• microSD slot
• Measures 4.57 X 2.33 X 0.66 inches

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MobileBurn is out with a quick review of the new Verizon Wireless MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot (which is set to go on sale starting on the 17th of this month). In case you’ve already forgotten, the MiFi is a portable Wi-Fi access point allowing you to share a single Verizon Wireless 3G mobile broadband connection with multiple Wi-Fi enabled devices. Here’s what MobileBurn thought of the device:

“If you are looking for 3G access for your computer or smartphone while out on the road, it doesn’t get much better than the MiFi 2200. We give it a “Highly Recommended” rating.”

The MiFi will cost $99.99 after a $50 dollar mail-in rebate and a new two year agreement. Price plans for the 3G service are as follows:

• $39.99 a month for 250MB monthly allowance and 10 cents per MB overage
• $59.99 a month for 5GB monthly allowances and 5 cents per MB overage

You can also purchase a Mobile Broadband DayPass for $15 dollars a day if the MiFi is purchased at the full price.

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Here’s a cool application of E Ink technology. Samsung and Verizon Wireless have announced the availability of the new Samsung Alias 2 dual-hinge messaging phone featuring a “transforming” keypad utilizing E Ink technology.

Why is this so cool?

Thanks to E Ink tech, the handset’s keyboard literally changes based on the mode of the handset and the user preferences – open it vertically as a flip phone and you’ve got yourself a traditional numeric keypad which can also change into a alpha-only keypad. Flip the phone into landscape mode, and the keypad transforms into a QWERTY keyboard which can also change to a numeric one with symbols.

Pretty neat eh? Yeah we thought so too.

Other features and specs to the Alias 2 include:

• Supports RemoSync allowing customers to sync corporate e-mail, contacts, and calendars from their office PCs
• 2.0 megapixel camera
• Video capture
• Bluetooth
• VZ Navigator support
• Visual Voice Mail support
• Mobile Web, Email, IM, Picture and Video messaging support
• microSD slot
• Personal organizer software

The Samsung Alias 2 is available now for $79.99 after a $50 dollar mail-in rebate and a new two year agreement.

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Technorati Tags: Verizon Wireless, Samsung, Samsung Alias 2, E Ink Technology

Missed this one last week. Verizon Wireless announced last week that the MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot, developed by Novatel Wireless, will be available starting on May 17th. The MiFi 2200 is basically a portable Wi-Fi router for Verizon Wireles’s mobile broadband service. It lets customers create a personal Wi-Fi cloud supporting up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices and sharing a single Verizon Wireless 3G Mobile Broadband network.

The MiFi 2200 measures a mere 3.5 x  2.3 x 0.4 inches (definitely small enough to fit in your pocket) and weighs only 2.05 oz. Features include integrated internal CDMA and Wi-Fi antennas, advanced security and authentication technologies, and a rechargeable battery that supports up to 4 hours of active use and 40 hours of standby power on a single charge and for a single Wi-Fi connected device.

The MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot will be available at both online and retail Verizon Wireless stores for $99.99 after a $50 dollar mail-in rebate and a new 2 year agreement. Price plans include:

• $39.99 a month for 250MB monthly allowance and 10 cents per MB overage
• $59.99 a month for 5GB monthly allowances and 5 cents per MB overage

You’ll also be able to purchase Mobile Broadband DayPasses for $15 dollars per 24 hour period when the MiFi 2200 is purchased at the full retail price without a monthly plan.

The folks at PhoneMag.com (via SlashGear) already have unboxing pictures and a video clip of the MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot here on their website. Looks pretty sweet – almost sweet enough for me to consider switching from AT&T to Verizon for mobile broadband…

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The HTC Touch Diamond Windows Mobile handset is now available at Verizon Wireless through its business sales channels and at the www.verizonwireless.com website. Available in black, the Touch Diamond features niceties including:

• Windows Mobile 6.1 OS
• 2.76 inch touch-screen display
• Built-in Opera browser
• HTC TouchFLO 3D UI
• 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera
• microSD slot
• Visual Voice Mail
• VZ Navigator support

You can purchase the HTC Touch Diamond for $299.99 after a $70 dollar mail-in rebate and a new 2 year agreement.

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Technorati Tags: Verizon Wireless, HTC, HTC Touch Diamond