Starting tomorrow, mobile geeks can start getting the HTC Touch Diamond from business sales channels online at Verizon Wireless. The ideal productivity tool for busy professionals, the HTC Touch Diamond combines a fashionable mobile design with the added benefit of the nation’s most reliable voice and data network for fast e-mail and Internet connectivity.

Key features:

• Brilliant 2.76-inch touch screen display for navigating Web pages on the built-in Opera browser
• 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera
• microSD card slot that can support up to 16 GB of memory for extra storage of pictures, videos and music
• Customers can choose either the familiar Windows Mobile home screen or the intuitive HTC TouchFLO 3D user interface
• Supports the Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional platform and integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Office applications

Price:

• The HTC Touch Diamond will be available for $299.99 after a $70 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. Customers will receive the rebate in the form of a debit card; upon receipt, customers may use the card as cash anywhere debit cards are accepted.
• VZ Navigator is available for $9.99 monthly access, and Visual Voice Mail is available for $2.99 monthly access. Other charges may apply when downloading or using applications.

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Blackberry’s Storm 2 is expected to reach Verizon’s Shelves this September. This successor of touchscreen Storm will be provided with WiFi support. This news is a kind of relief to those who were confused in picking a good phone with faster web browsing facility. There may be some nifty add-ons to the proposed model. Well! ‘What are these’, this is still a mystery. We need to wait for some time at least and keep an eye on Verizon’s shop.

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The HTC Touch Diamond2 is on its way but in the mean time Verizon Wireless seems ready to officially launch its own original Touch Diamond. The phone will be available for B2B, web and telesales customers starting with April 10 while everyone else will get later on. The phone will sell for $199.99 with a 2-year agreement after mail-in rebates. The phone is also available for $469.99 just in case you don’t want to be tied to Verizon for two more years.

Just in case you forgot what an HTC Touch Diamond features, here’s a quick list of specs:

• CPU: Qualcomm 7500A
• Speed: 528 MHz
• RAM size: 128MB
• Flash size: 256MB
• Display resolution: 480×640
• 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus

via BGR

Tags: HTC, HTC, Mobile News, Touch Diamond, Touch Diamond2, Verizon, Verizon Wireless

Looking for a worthy upgrade to your ageing enV2? You may not have to wait long as we have news that the next iteration in the enV series is already on its way, worthy or not.  According to VZW E, a member of HowardForums, who posted the pictures, the vx9200 or the enV3 sees a bump from 2 megapixels from its predecessor to 3 megapixel and a few structural changes including a curved external dialpad and the omission of one space bar button on the QWERTY keypad found inside.  The display has added on a few more pixels from the looks of it, while the flanking stereo speakers remain where they were on the enV2.  Not much of an upgrade if you ask me, but without the complete spec list, we might be wrong after all.  Read on for one more fuzzy shot of the enV3’s exterior…

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The gadget above is the new Novatel MiFi 2200 personal hotspot which should be released by Verizon Wireless soon. The device isn’t bigger than a credit card and it will offer you about four hours of EVDO connectivity on each charge. You will be able to connect your laptops and cell phones to it and surf the Internet while on the go. Is there a data cap? How much will Verizon charge per month for the service? We don’t have all the hot details so far but the MiFi router should sell for $200 when Verizon decides to release it.

via phonearena

Tags: 2200, EVDO, hotspot, MiFi, Mobile News, Portable Devices, Verizon, Verizon

Verizon Wireless is going to start selling netbooks soon. And to be more precise, Verizon will sell 3G-enabled netbooks by the end of the second quarter. For now we have no idea what netbooks are going to arrive from Verizon but we should assume that plenty of netbook makers out there will be interested in selling their netbooks under Verizon’s name. AT&T is already selling $99 Acer netbooks so we should assume similar prices to arrive from Verizon.

via Internetnews

Tags: Acer, At&T, At&T, Laptops, Mobile News, netbooks, Verizon, Verizon

Alltel has announced that its My Circle feature has been upgraded. You will be to add up to five additional members for unlimited calling. The upgraded will be free but only in those markets that aren’t part of the merger with big brother Verizon Wireless.

My Circle 10 will expand to My Circle 15 and My Circle 20 will expend to My Circle 25. The prices won’t change for this upgrade but unfortunately the upgrade won’t apply to My Circle 1 or My Circle 5 plans.

via cnet

Tags: Alltel, Alltel, Mobile News, My Circle, upgrade, Verizon, Verizon Wireless

The Samsung U-350 or the Smooth is a flip phone scheduled to arrive on April 1 from Verizon Wireless. It’s an entry-level phone, successor of the U-340 which will bring you a 128 x 160 65k TFT display, 1xRTT support, a VGA camera, Bluetooth, GPS and various Verizon services like Chaperone, VZ Navigator, Mobile Email and Mobile web. The phone will cost $30 for a 2-year contract with a $50 mail-in rebate. Not an impressive handset, but certainly one that’s worth your attention if you’re looking to buy entry-level phones only.

via BGR

Tags: Mobile Software, Samsung, Samsung, Smooth, U-350, Verizon, Verizon, Verizon Wireless

We have one more trial craving our attention. ITT Corp has decided to sue Verizon alongside a handful of cellphone manufacturers like Motorola, Nokia, LG and Kyocera over GPS patent infringement. The companies have allegedly violated one of ITT’s patents which relates to position information transmitted in urban areas with line-of-sight obstructions. A jury trial is being asked for and subsequently ITT will ask for lots of money.

via dailyherald

Tags: GPS, ITT, Kyocera, LG, LG, Motorola, Motorola, Nokia, Nokia, Other Brands, Verizon, Verizon

Nokia has introduced another mobile phone option in the market with the official launch of the Nokia 7205 Intrigue. The sophisticated Nokia 7205 Intrigue will turn heads with its black exterior, hidden-until-lit external display, internal color keypad and support for exciting multimedia and music features.

This multifunctional new Nokia device is now available on the nation’s most reliable wireless network beginning today in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores and through the company’s online store at www.verizonwireless.com.

The Nokia 7205 Intrigue’s unique external display blends into its smooth black exterior; then when an incoming call or text is received, the display instantly illuminates. Customers can view incoming text messages, play their favorite songs from V CAST Music with Rhapsody(R), or turn off the alarm clock to snooze a little longer — all from the external display. The Nokia 7205 Intrigue opens to reveal a gradient color keypad, available in silver-fade or pink-fade finishes with a different directional key for each finish.

Additional features of the Nokia 7205 Intrigue include:

One-touch dedicated camera/video button and a 2.0 megapixel camera with flash

Ability to upload photos to customers’ favorite social networking sites

Bluetooth(R) profiles supported: headset — Headset, HFP, DUN, Stereo, PBAP, BPP, OPP (vCard & vCal), FTP, BIP

The Nokia 7205 Intrigue is available today for $129.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. Customers will receive the rebate in the form of a debit card; upon receipt, customers may use the card as cash anywhere debit cards are accepted. The V CAST Music with Rhapsody service is available for $14.99 monthly access and Visual Voice Mail is available for $2.99 monthly access, per line, plus airtime or megabyte charges and messaging fees, depending on a customer’s plan.

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Not that user submitted reviews should always help you decide if a certain cell phone is good enough for you, but Verizon Wireless will be offering the feature soon. This week Verizon has been testing those user submitted reviews on its official site which means you will be able to try it out for yourself. Just log in your account and start leaving your user reviews.

via Verizon Wireless

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The BlackBerry 9630 Niagara is the next hot Berry out there and everyone is talking about it. The video clip above is nearly not long enough to describe all its features but it’s a start. The phone is scheduled to arrive later this year from Verizon Wireless and we’re probably going to see it arrive around the world from other carriers too. What do you think so far? What’s the hottest BlackBerry phone for you? The Niagara? The Storm? The Bold?

via BGR

Tags: 9630, BlackBerry, Mobile News, Niagara, Portable Devices, Research In Motion, RIM, Verizon, Verizon

This time we have some release news for you, we don’t just bring more leaked pictures of the BlackBerry 9630 Niagara. The phone seems to be on its way to Verizon Wireless. The carrier will launch it in May according to various sources. Unfortunatelly we will still have to wait for Big Red to officially admit to all this and maybe offer us some prices.

via thestreet

Tags: 9630, BlackBerry, Mobile News, Niagara, Research In Motion, Verizon, Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless announced a new service available for the blind and visually impaired customers. The application is Talk and it will help you convert text into speech so you can take advantage of a variety of features like phone numbers, caller ID, SMS messages, emails and notes. Using voice only, Talk users will be able to do the following:

• Dial a number from the phone’s Contacts directory
• Add and edit entries in the Contacts directory
• Write text messages and e-mail
• Write documents using Mobile Office
• Access and compose multimedia message service (MMS) messages
• Use Mobile Internet Explorer to access the Internet
• Control speech volume and rate of speech

Talk will be available at first on Motorola Q9c handsets. The phone will be available starting tomorrow, March 15, for $249 with a contract.

via cnet

Tags: application, blind, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, Q9c, Talk, Verizon, Verizon Wireless, Visually Impaired

The FCC and GCF have always been great sources to look up new cell phones that might have been kept under tight wraps by the mobile giants and it seems like we have one such device now from HTC, the XV6175.  The XV should be a dead giveaway as to where the device will land up ultimately, with the XV prefix being used only by Verizon for all devices that’s HTC on their lineup.  According to the GCF, the XV6175 is designed to work with GSM 850/900/1800/1900 network bands, but wait, isn’t Verizon a CDMA carrier? So, most probably what we are seeing is a worldphone that could cruise both the GSM and CDMA networks with equal ease.  And with the leaked HTC lineup for 2009 already in our eager hands, the XV6175 could be narrowed down to three worldphone devices that were revealed in that handy list, the Whitestone W, HTC Twin, or the HTC Cedar, but we’ll stop our guesswork here and hope HTC will hurry up and announce it already!

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Verizon Wireless announced a new plan, the Friends & Family For Business for companies of all sizes. Business owners will be able to offer the new plan to all their employees. They will be able to create groups that can include up to 10 numbers employees will use most, including landlines and non-Verizon customers. Those numbers can be removed and change at any time with no extra cost.

If your business is subscribed to a Nationwide for Business Single-Line plan with at least 900 Anytime Minutes or to a Nationwide for Business Single-Line with Share option plan with at least 450 minutes, then you will be able to get a Friends & Family package starting with March 15.

via Verizon

Tags: Friends & Family For Business, Mobile News, Verizon, Verizon

A few days ago that long-haired Roger McNamee said basically that the Pre will be such a cool phone that it will steal iPhone customers away, and particularly those whose first-gen iPhone AT&T contracts will expire in June. Palm seems not to agree with such a prediction. It has submitted a document to SEC which among other boring things states that:

The statement in the second paragraph of the article that “not one” person who bought an Apple, Inc. iPhone on the first shipment date “will still be using an iPhone a month” after the two-year anniversary of that day is an exaggerated prediction of consumer behavior pattern and is withdrawn.

It seems to me that Palm should learn to grow some balls if they want to make it in the cell phone business. Is this an apology so Apple won’t mind? Microsoft’s CEO never had a problem saying the iPhone basically sucks. So did Verizon’s CEO. Did we just get to that point where people are afraid to upset Apple? First RIM cancels its bold commercial and now Palm writes the paragraph above?

So, iPhone customers? Will you switch to the Pre?

via Palm Infocenter

Tags: Apple, Apple, iPhone, microsoft, microsoft, Palm, Palm, pre, Research In Motion, RIM, Roger McNamee, Verizon, Verizon

Is Nokia getting ready to launch a new flagship phone? We’re still waiting for the N97 which is not a 4G phone as far as we know. Because that’s exactly what Nokia is thinking about, 4G phones. It mentioned how LTE is going to be its main focus for future phones so the next 4G phone could rely on that technology. Especially since reports place Nokia and Verizon together working on a new exclusive touchscreen handset. And since Verizon has been working on LTE development lately, I think it’s safe to say Nokia and Verizon’s future phone is going to be a 4G LTE phone. Will a future Nokia-Verizon alliance be able to fight the hordes of AT&T-Apple?

Unfortunately we don’t have any specs or pictures of this 4G Nokia phone so any tips, leaks and even photoshopped images are more than welcome.

via TheStreet

Tags: 4G, LTE, Mobile News, Nokia, Nokia, Verizon, Verizon

Verizon has a new hybrid modem for you. The ZTE A3700 which has just passed through the FCC and it will be heading to a Verizon store near you. And it’s quite a smart hybrid phone too. It will handle EV-DO, GPRS, EDGE and HSPA connectivity so you’ll be able to surf the Internet at 3G speeds at all times. We have no pricing and availability details yet but the modem should arrive soon.

via FCC

Tags: A3700, fcc, Hybrid, Mobile News, modem, Verizon, Verizon, ZTE

I’m sure you hate spam no matter which way it comes to you. Whether by email or regular mail or by phone, a lot of unwanted services are offered to you for a bargain price.

Unlike other service providers, Verizon Wireless is ready to let you choose if you want your private data to remain private. You can opt out of Verizon’s plans to share your carrier-related data with all its affiliates and agents. Verizon is sending letters to its customers and they’ll have 45 days to opt out of the information sharing plan. Or simply call Verizon’s customer care to inquire more about the whole private data sharing thing.

via readwriteweb

Tags: Mobile News, Private Data, Verizon, Verizon, Verizon Wireless