February 2010 Archives

Free Verizon Calls to Chile: Text Donations to CHILE
Verizon has waived all long-distance usage charges forc alls from its residential landline and Verizon Wireless phones to Chile, from Feb. 26 through Mar. 6. All the carriers Sprint, T-Mobile AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon will not charge for text message donations.You can send money to Chilean eart…

Palm Pre Updates 2Day: webOS updated to 1.4 with Video Capture & Edit
Palm Pre, Palm Pre Plus, Palm Pixi and Palm Pixi Plus owners are getting the 1.4 update to webOS. This update, announced earlier this year, adds a lot of feature including video capture/edit/share, dial direct from calendar, better performance and more kinds of notifications.Be aware that when you …

Review: BlackBerry Curve 8530 (Verizon) Review of Reviews
BlackBerry Curve 8530 Rated 3.5 out of 5 by Wireless and Mobile News' Review of ReviewsThe BlackBerry Curve 8530 (Verizon) doesn't out-feature the latest smartphones but it does a great job of what BlackBerry does best, email, messaging and business docs, reviewers reported. All reviews noted …

BlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry Flip, Curve8830 Retire for Slider Verizon at Nexus?
The future of smartphones, look less like a clamshell, more like the Palm Pre and Nexus One according to these recent reports. There are a number of smartphone devices being retired, a photo shows a new form factor for BlackBerry and the next 'Nexus One" is at the FCC and it is suspected to be…

Wireless and Mobile News’ Top News 2Day: Verizon Trusted, Skype Closes Windows, Novatel Wears Power and Top Palm Pre Plus Apps
Today's top wireless news features more lifestyle announcements but are still interesting to wireless professionals and users.Verizon offers their top apps for the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus.Novatel announced a deal with Qualcomm for wearable super small technology for wireless 3G, USB and Blu…

Verizon More Trusted for Privacy than AT&T, Reports Ponemon
When it comes to privacy whom does the public trust? Last year, they trusted Facebook and eLoans. according to the Ponemon Institute's annual Most Trusted Companies for Privacy Study. It is the fifth consecutive year that American Express earned the Most Trusted for Privacy distinction.&n…

No Mo’ WinMo Skype or Skpe Lite, Blogs Skype
Skype announced via its blog that is no longer offering Skype for Windows Mobile and Skype Lite. The reason is for the chane is that "neither of these apps offered a great Skype experience." The latest version of the Windows Mobile OS, was increasingly challenging for Skype to maintain an app on a …