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If you're thinking about buying a BlackBerry you may want to think Wal-Mart where they will give you a $100 gift card when you buy a BlackBerry with a contract.  Buyers of BlackBerry smartphones from all four major carriers: AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless with be rewarded with a $100 Walmart gift card.
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The deal ends on Nov. 20, customers will receive a $100 Wal-Mart Gift Card with the purchase of select BlackBerry devices with a two-year contract in Wal-Mart stores and online.

It hard to figure out the online deals, because from the Wal-Mart website you have to click on "click here for online only offer,' and then the price drops even more online  than in a Wal-Mart store. The Wal-Mart online deals are all better. The easiest way to find the BlackBerry deals is to to click on the BlackBerry advertisement that appears on the Wal-Mart electronics page, pictured above.

Verizon customers in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic markets now can benefit from four-play aka quad-play saving with bundles that include Verizon Wireless. Bundles combine wireless, TV, Internet and home phone services.

The new bundles include Verizon's first "quad-play" of wireless calling, home phone, broadband Internet and TV services.  The packages are available to customers who are served by Verizon's market-leading FiOS services or Verizon's fast, affordable High Speed Internet (HSI), and DIRECTV.

With four services all on one bill, qualifying quad-play customers will save from $59 to $179 per year, depending upon which bundle they order.

Verizon's quad-play bundles will be initially available in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic markets where Verizon offers landline and wireless services.  The new bundles will be introduced in other Verizon markets in the future. 

The basic Verizon quad-play FiOS bundle consists of the national Verizon Wireless calling plan of 450 minutes, Freedom Essentials voice service, FiOS Internet service with downstream/upstream connection speeds of up to 15/5 Mbps and FiOS TV Essentials service for $134.99 per month with a one-year agreement.

For customers served by Verizon's copper network, the lead quad-play bundle consists of the national Verizon Wireless calling plan of 450 minutes, a Freedom Essentials calling plan, HSI service with downstream connection of up to 3 Mbps and the DIRECTV PLUS DVR package for $124.99 per month.  A one-year Verizon commitment and a two-year DIRECTV commitment with hardware lease are required with these bundles.

Additional quad- and triple-play bundles featuring different broadband speeds, TV plans and Verizon Wireless calling plans are also available, as well as additional copper-based double-play bundles.

It's nice to see texting/messaging feature phones to go on sale at Verizon. Verizon is running a deal right now, until October 12 with your choice of Verizon Razzle or Motorola Krave for $19.99. There is no activation fee from October 9 -12, and overnight shipping is free. This is one of the best deals, discounts and coupons that we have found for a Verizon texting phone. An added bonus was that you can buy one and get another one free.

Meanwhile, if you are BlackBerry fan, the Verizon Buy One Get One Free BlackBerry deal is still in affect.

The Verizon Wireless Razzle has a swivel at the bottom of the phone, on one side is a music player and 9onthe other is QWERTY keyboard allowing you to text or make phone calls. The Razzle has V Cast Music with Rhapsody, VZ Navigator, a 1.3 megapixel camera, mobile web, Bluetooth, speaker phone and of course texting/IM/chat. The Verizon Razzle was originally slated to sell for $69.99 with a two-year contract.

The Motorola Krave really looks like a Star Trek communicator with a clear glass flip phone. Reviewers found the design innovative and the touchscreens on the outside and inside accurate. Where the Krave ZN4  excels is as mobile TV device and real conversation piece.  The screen is clear and vibrant. When it came out last year, it originally sold for $149.99 with a rebate.

A copy of the Verizon ad follows. This appears to be a very good deal if you don't need all the features of a smartphone but like to text and surf the web.

The Peek Pronto is like a smartphone without the phone and a monthly bill. Well it used to have a monthly fee, when it was sold  for $59.95 and  $14.95 monthly service. Now they've come up with a more Kindle-like deal with none-other than Amazon for a lifetime "Peek Experience."

When you buy the Peek Pronto for $299.95, you can email and text all you want for a lifetime. The Peek Pronto Mobile Messaging Device with Lifetime Service ships for free at Amazon and includes unlimited email, text, IM service, maps and a Facebook app.

In their news release, they call it the "Peek of a Lifetime". Amazon sold-out  their first shipment. Now more Peek Prontos on the way. As of today, the Peek Pronto Lifetime is ranked 144 in electronics. It doesn't ship muy pronto, it expected to ship in one or two weeks.

Friday, we saw the price of the Palm Pre with a plan and rebates drop to $99 through online retailer Wirefly.  Today, we noticed that  LetsTalk.com has the  Palm Pre for $79 after rebates for new Sprint customers with a contract.

We checked the LetsTalk.com catalog and confrmed that the Palm Pre (Sprint) is listed as $79.99. You will wind up paying more per month because when you buy the Palm Pre you also have to sign-up for a data plan.

The Palm Pre has been well reviewed and is great for those who are socially networked and like to have all their contacts and calendars synced across social networking sites. In a way, the Palm Pre is kind of physic. The Palm Pre (Sprint) has a slide-out keyboard, 3 megapixel camera, media players, and brilliant card system.

There are many free apps for the Palm Pre and its WebOS has many endearing qualities. It was developed by Palm to be a stiff iPhone competitor and according to research comes very close in exceeding expectations.

Our sneaky code-readers discoverd that  a super discount deal  for the Palm Pre mentioned by a major retailer is not really the big- box-store deal, but Letstalk.com buried in the code.

Wirefly is offering the Palm Pre for $99 to new Sprint customers. Many of you have been waiting for the price to drop below $100. Wirefly will ship the Sprint Palm Pre for free.

Sprint now offers the Palm Pre for $149.99 with a two-year contract and $100 mail-in rebate. The price was dropped with the announcement of the Palm Pixi, earlier this month.

Wirefly usually has better discount deals than the carriers for new customers with a contract. They really know how to run a sale and usually it on the weekends. You don't have to worry about this deal, however, because it is their new deal price for the Palm Pre.

The Palm Pre has been well reviewed and is great for those who are socially networked and like to have all their contacts and calendars synced across social networking sites. In a way, the Palm Pre is kind of physic. The Palm Pre has a slide-out keyboard, 3 megapixel camera, media players, and brilliant card system.

There are many free apps for the Palm Pre and its WebOS has many endearing qualities. It was developed by Palm to be a stiff iPhone competitor and according to research comes very close in exceeding expectations.

Amazon is running a super cheap deal today for  le for new AT&T customers.Today only, save big when you sign up for a new 2-year contract with AT&T.  They call it a “Gold Box” deal.  We call it a super discount, best, cheapest deal for smartphones today. It’s about as close as free as you can get.

Here’s the deal from Amazon:

• Get your choice of any new AT&T phone for a penny.

• Pay no activation fee—a savings of up to $36.

• FREE Two-Day Shipping.

The offer excludes contract extensions (upgrades) and is not valid with netbooks and prepaid phones but they do have a penny-wise USB broadband modem. See the  AT&T Deal Amazon Page. The fact there is no activation fees saves up to thirty-six dollars.

Attention BlackBerry shoppers, Verizon  would really like you get a BlackBerry. Not only do you buy one, and get one of equal or lesser value free, they've dropped the prices to record low buy-ins for BlackBerry smartphones with that much power. The price of the BlackBerry Tour that was introduced in early July, went down to $149.99 and the BlackBerry Storm is priced at $49.99, with a contract.

Only two weeks ago, when the latest Buy One Get One Free offer was launched, the prices for the BlackBerry Tour and BlackBerry Storm were $50.00 higher.

The BlackBerry Curve is still $49.99 and you get another free. The BlackBerry Pearl Flip is down to $39.99.

The last buy one get one free BYGOF BlackBerry offer from Verizon  helped keep BlackBerry smartphones in the top of the smartphone category.  The BlackBerry Curve which was promoted and often free, ranked as the top smartphone in the second quarter of this year.

An added bonus for Wireless and Mobile News readers is this Instant Phone Rebate Only Available with Online Purchase link so that you don't have wait for your rebate.

There may be method to Verizon's latest madness. Because you can get any device of equal or lesser value, there are no netbooks available from Verizon for $149.99, you can get a MiFi wireless mobile broadband router for $99.99 though. Previously, BlackBerrry Tour buyers who paid $199 could get a netbook to go with the deal. You will have to get a compatible data plan to get the deal.

AT&T is bundling  AT&T U-verse and AT&T wireless services to compete with cable bundles.

The new "Buy Two, Get One Free" offer gives customers the choice of a flexible AT&T U-verse triple-play bundle that includes wireless voice service. which they point out is a bundle option that is not available from the local cable providers.

With "Buy Two, Get One Free," new U-verse customers who bundle U-verse TV (package U200 or above) with either AT&T wireless service (Nation 450 plan or above, for new or renewing customers) or U-verse Voice Unlimited will receive U-verse High Speed Internet Pro free for six months. That's a $30 monthly discount for a total savings of $180.

The offer is available now in U-verse markets in the Midwest (Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio), and it will be made available to all AT&T U-verse markets in the coming weeks.

AT&T U-verse customers enjoy quadruple-play integration, enhanced features and greater value, all made possible by IP technology. All AT&T U-verse High Speed Internet packages include wireless home networking and unlimited access to more than 20,000 AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots across the U.S.

Smartphone and price wars have hit Verizon today with new promotions for free BlackBerry smartphones, phones and more. All you have to do is go  over to the Verizon deals page and there are tons of bargains for free devices floating around. There's added bonus for this weekend in the BlackBerry department, free activation for  8/14-8/17.

When you buy one BlackBerry like the BlackBerry Tour and you get one free. (Free BlackBerry or other device must be of equal or lesser value. Therefore, you could get two BlackBerry Tour smartphones for $199 or two BlackBerry Storm smartphones for $99 of two BlackBerry Curve 8830 smartphones for $49.99. 

The last buy one get one free BYGOF BlackBerry offer from Verizon helped keep BlackBerry smartphones in the top of the smartphone category.  The BlackBerry Curve which was promoted and often free, ranked as the top smartphone in the second quarter of this year.

Verizon also has a buy one LG Chocolate and get one free and buy a netbook and get a free

An added bonus for Wireless and Mobile News readers is this Instant Phone Rebate Only Available with Online Purchase link so that you don't have wait for your rebate. Several sources have verified that you can any device such as a netbook with the buy-one-get-one deal with a BlackBerry smartphone.

If you are single and only looking for single BlackBerry plan and you a new customer, s Wirefly offers BlackBerry Tour to $49.99 with a new contract. Wirefly shows ways can get up $50 trade-in for your old phone. For an added bonus add the  Get a Free 2GB Memory Card with any cell phone purchase. (enter coupon code WIREFLYMCARD9 at checkout.) Wirefly often offers free BlackBerry smartphones to new customers with a contract.

Wirefly is blowing out BlackBerry Curve smartphones for all carriers this week end with their special all models of the  BlackBerry Curve are Free with select service plans for a carriers and all colors with free shipping. The sale ends Aug. 9 at midnight. and they claim you can save up to $300 now. We think is the best deal for the weekend we've seen this month.

The free BlackBerry Curve is for all carriers AT&T, Verizon, Alltel, Sprint and T-Mobile for new or current customers. The free deal is for the BlackBerry Curve 8900, BlackBerry Curve 8300 series and the new BlackBerry Curve 8520.  An added bonus is, it looks like you can more than one BlackBerry free when you buy a family plan.

The BlackBerry Curve 8900 is a world phone with a music player, XM radio, Bluetooth and a speaker phone. Memory is expandable to 16 Gb. The BlackBerry Curve 8900 is the thinnest BlackBerry so far.

Wirefly shows ways can get up $50 trade-in for your old phone. For an added bonus add the  Get a Free 2GB Memory Card with any cell phone purchase. (enter coupon code WIREFLYMCARD9 at checkout.)

In the future some mobile historians will call the summer of '09 as the summer of smartphone price wars with BlackBerry smartphones goes for next nothing, in fact free.

Some blog resporters have commented about the BlackBerry Curve 8520, the latest BlackBerry consumer-oriented smarpthone from T-Mobile is fifty bucks at WalMart, but we know that online retailers often offer the best deals.  A quick click over to  Wirefly revealed that new T-Mobile customers can get the BlackBerry Curve 8520 for free with a new contract. Or you can get two BlackBerry Curve smartphone for free with a family plan.

This may be giving the world a sneak peak to a new sale coming from Wirefly tomorrow of all BlackBerry Curve smartphones, for all carriers which we will post at midnight tonight or you can check the ad in this article. The phones are getting cheaper but the plans are not.

The BlackBerry Curve 8520 packs a lot of power for a free smartphone. The BlackBerry Cuve 8520 has a memory card slot that supports up to 16 GB microSD memory cards, dedicated media control keys on the top of the phone, and an optical trackpad. The most important feature is that it has Wi-Fi but no 3G. You can use it for W-Fir HotSpot service. The QWERTY keyboard is useful for email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and popular social networking sites (including Facebook and MySpace).

Wirefly offers free shipping with a contract. You can get up $50 trade-in for your old phone. For an added bonus you can Get a Free 2GB Memory Card with any cell phone purchase.  (enter coupon code WIREFLYMCARD9 at checkout)

Cricket Communications followed MetroPCS' lead and enhanced service plans with more web and unlimited features.

Cricket'sr $40 monthly plan, which already includes unlimited voice, long distance, domestic and international text and picture messaging, and nationwide coverage, will include unlimited web, unlimited 411 and unlimited service to more than 4,600 cities and towns across the US.

Cricket's $45 monthly plan in  will now include the additional features of unlimited email, unlimited data backup and 30 roaming minutes per month. The $55 plan mirrors the $45 plan but also contains 200 roaming minutes per month.

RadioShack and T-Mobile y announced a retail agreement to offer T-Mobile^®products and services in more than 4,000 RadioShack stores across the U.S. and Puerto Rico beginning later this summer.

The relationship expands RadioShack's postpaid wireless offerings, and enables RadioShack to offer its customers a selection of T-Mobile's most innovative, in-demand handsets - including the highly anticipated T-Mobile myTouch 3G with Google. For T-Mobile, the agreement nearly doubles the number of national retail partner stores offering its postpaid products and services nationwide, and makes RadioShack T-Mobile's largest national retail partner. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. 

"RadioShack is focused on growing our mobility category and is committed to providing our customers with a broad selection of the best wireless products and services in the industry," said Peter Whitsett, executive vice president and general merchandising manager at RadioShack. "The ability to offer a full line of T-Mobile devices, including the hottest exclusive T-Mobile handsets, reinforces RadioShack's leadership in wireless."

As the summer smartphone wars heat-up, the price of the Verizon BlackBerry Storm has been lowered to $99 with an online only discount at the Verizon website.

The BlackBerry Storm had mixed to favorable reviews at first, but after a massive operating system update, it improved greatly. There are many fun and free BlackBerry Storm apps that our readers have enjoyed.

After the BlackBerry Storm was updated to OS 4.7.0.148, the BlackBerry Storm was transformed into a quality, lovable device.

The BlackBerry Storm is full touchscreen smartphone with removable storage (microSD), 3.2 megapixel camera, Microsoft compatibility, 480 by 360 pixel display, GPS, stereo Bluetooth, and removable battery. You do have to buy a data plan along with the BlackBerry Storm.

It has been suggested that the drop in the price of the BlackBerry Storm is a precursor to seeing a new BlackBerry Storm II, soon.

When Verizon drops the price, then online retailers usually follow suit.  Wirefly is now offering the BlackBerry Storm for $29.99 with a new Verizon account.  You can sweeten the Wirefly deal by adding coupon codes for  free 2GB memory ( enter WIREFLYMCARD5) and a free Bluetooth headset (enter WIREFLYBTOOTH30 at checkout.)

Most American cell phone buyers still say fancy features are not so important when they  choose a cell phone. According to a new survey from  Wirefly, cell phone buyers' main reason in selecting a phone are for reasons other than having the hottest features.

3 out of 5 consumers (64 percent) are less concerned with high-tech features than they are with the basic form factors, such as the size and color of the phone

The following factors take precedence over cutting-edge technology features:

• SIZE & FORM - 59% cite size and form of the device as most important.
• COLOR - 16% cite device color as most important.
• OTHER - 25% cite "other" factors as most important, including ease of use, size of the keypad, the need for a large display screen, and affordability.

Althoug, we find the survey interestin, the next part where the importance and actual purcharse are compared, it makes more sense when you see the cheap pricing Wirefly has cell and smarphones.

 Wirefly offers so many full-featured smartphones such as the BlackBerry Curve 8900 for free during their sales and special promotions, price has to be another big factor in purchase decisions. Yes, people find  the look and the size and color important, but price must also be considered.  Free super-powered and featured smartphones are very inviting, in our opinion.  Wirefly always offers Free FedEx shipping  and other promotions such as coupon codes for  free 2GB memory ( enter WIREFLYMCARD5) and a free Bluetooth headset (enter WIREFLYBTOOTH30 at checkout).

The long awaited and talked-about BlackBerry Tour is available from Verizon and Sprint, today.

For a summary of reviews of the BlackBerry Tour, read our Review of Reviews of the BlackBerry Tour. The BlackBerry Tour was code-named Niagra, and the screen has been called "nothing short of stunning . It is a "World" phone which means you can use it other countries. Initial first impressions and sneak peaks of the BlackBerry Tour were impressive.

To find out the lowest prices we found for the BlackBerry Tour, today, look at the after the continue reading link in this article.

The BlackBerry Tour (Niagara) is cross between the BlackBerry Curve and BlackBerry Bold with an operating system similar to the BlackBerry Storm.  .

The BlackBerry Tour offers push e-mail; messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and social networking; a 3.2 megapixel camera with geo-tagging and video recording; advanced multimedia capabilities; built-in GPS; full HTML Web browsing; and support for Verizon Wireless' Mobile Broadband Connect tethering service.

The only shortcoming of first impressions of the BlackBerry Tour was that it did not include Wi-Fi.  Recently, Sprint revealed that they would require Wi-Fi on all smartphones and now Verizon has followed suit and there have been reports that future CDMA Verizon smartphones will be required to have Wi-Fi. We also suspect the the other much-awaited BlackBerrry Storm 2 will have Wi-Fi too.

Here's our smashing great super cheap deal of the weekend for our readers who want a powerful BlackBerry Curve, whether you are new to a carrier or not. The BlackBerry Curve 8900 and all BlackBerry Curve smartphones are FREE at Wirefly for new and current customers for all carriers including, T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint and Nextel. (For Alltel current customers $49)

Because you read Wireless and Mobile News, if you use this Wirefly Every BlackBerry Curve Free link you will get early access to the free BlackBerry Curve deal today.  The Free BlackBerry Curve sale will end at midnight on Sunday, July 12.

Editor's Note Monday: the Sale has been extended 12 hours.

Last month, Wirefly offered the same free deal for the BlackBerry Curve 8900 with all carriers and it was a smashing success. Our readers responded with record sales. We have to name this the hottest, cheapest, best deal of the weekend for a smartphone.  We hate to use cliches, but hurry and buy before the sale is over.

The BlackBerry Curve 8900 is a world phone with a music player, XM radio, Bluetooth and a speaker phone. Memory is expandable to 16 Gb. The BlackBerry Curve 8900 is the thinnest BlackBerry so far.

PCMag wrote that the BlackBerry Curve 8900 has terrific keyboard and sharp screen. Engadget called the BlackBerry Curve 8900 "drop dead gorgeous.It features a 3.2MP camera, built-in GPS, WiFi and a new trackball. It has a 2.4-inch, 480x360-pixel resolution TFT display.

Every carrier has different data plan that must be purchased with the BlackBerry Curve 8900 that runs from $25-$30 more a month depending on the carrier and plan.

The BlackBerrry Curve 8900 has gotten great reviews, "We would absolutely recommend the BlackBerry Curve 8900." wrote Bonnie Cha at CNET.

If you are interested in another BlackBerry Curve. It has been stated that they have beauty and brains There are three curvaceous BlackBerry models; the 8300 (the first), 8310 (GPS /AT&T) and 8320 (Wi-Fi/T-Mobile).  Reviewers do agree about the beauty of the devices and give the most accolades for the brains of all models for spectacular email functioning, the keyboards, sharp cameras and good call quality. The reviewers favor the 8310 for GPS and the 8320 for Wi-Fi access. You can read of Review of Reviews for more details, but return here for the free deal.

The offer includes Free FedEx shipping and if you want to get more bang for your buck, add coupon codes for  free 2GB memory ( enter WIREFLYMCARD5) and a free Bluetooth headset (enter WIREFLYBTOOTH30 at checkout)

Wirefly is claims that this free deal saves you up to $350. When they say free they mean free on this one because it says for "current and new" customers, it does require a contract extension.

Just in time for summer vacation reading Amazon has dropped the price of the 6 inch  Kindle wireless reading device to $299.

They claim that with this new low price, summer reading just got a lot more fun!

The  lightweight Kindle is as thin as a typical magazine and holds over 1,500 books. An ink advanced display reads like real paper and offers 16 shades of gray for clear text and crisp images.

You can buy over 300,000 books, magazines, newspapers, and news websites (including Wireless and Mobile News ). With an advanced 3G wireless connection on your Kindle, you can usually start reading books in less than 60 seconds.

Friend of Wireless and Mobile News have reported that the Kindle is an absolutely wonderful device and a joy to read.

The Samsung Jack is now the official. This successful successor to the BlackJack and BlackJack II, will go on sale May 19. It offers office, music, and video features with a QWERTY keyboard.

If you don't know Jack about iPhones this smartphone has many of the same features of iPhone at a much lower price. For its features the Samsung Jack is good deal especially when you use the Wireless and Mobile news $50 off online only coupon-link with qualifying contracts (data & voice) making the virtual cost $50.

The Samsung Jack's keyboard is optimized for easy and accurate messaging, including SMS, instant messaging and access to multiple e-mail accounts.

Microsoft Office Outlook Mobile on the  Samsung Jack keeps enterprise and small business customers connected with synchronization of schedules and contacts, Internet Explorer Mobile provides improved quick and easy web browsing and Office Mobile enhances productivity with the ability to manage Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents. The Jack will also be upgradable to Windows Mobile 6.5.

Additional features of the Samsung Jack include 256 MB RAM, a 3.2 megapixel camera with video-capture capabilities, Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) to connect with home or office networks, and built-in aGPS for use with AT&T Navigator, AT&T Navigator Global Edition and other GPS-based applications for personal and business use.