Verizon Changes Policy on Exclusive Contracts
by Andrea Edmunds
Amidst pressure from the government on the size of wireless carriers and their deals that prevent other carriers from offering certain handsets, Verizon has decided to lighten up on the exclusive deals. Now their deals with phone manufacturers will last no longer than 6 months, hopefully still giving the little guys enough time to grab on to popular phones.
Members of the government have been looking at the deals saying they m…
Verizon May Have Long List of Mid-Range Phones Soon
by Andrea Edmunds
Yay for rumors! Verizon will be limiting (sort of) their exclusivity contracts, but that doesn’t mean that we won’t still be getting some cool stuff. Boy Genius Report has some juicy rumors floating around about some phones that, they made sure to stress, may or may not be showing up through Verizon in the near features. Check out the list after the jump.
LG Chocolate Touch VX8575 - Ful…
Palm Brings Back iTunes Syncing
by Andrea Edmunds
Palm has made it pretty clear their counterstrike will not be misinterpreted.
Apple threw the first punch when they specifically called out the Palm Pre as one of the devices that would not work with the new iTunes update. And we thought that was the end. But now, only a mere week later, Palm is returning the blow in the form of the new Palm webOS 1.1 update.
On its official blog, Palm announced that they have a new version of the webOS. They start out…
iPhone and iPod Touch Utilities and Photography App Review Sites- New to TopTenREVIEWS
by Joni Lund
If you’re an iPhone or an iPod Touch owner, you have apps, and there’s a good chance you’ve downloaded others. iPhone apps are aimed to be either useful or fun, but an applications quality and price can vary. If you’re looking for an app that’s useful to you and that won’t be there to just take up space on your iPhone or iTouch, try looking at some of the reviews TopTenREVIEWS has provided first so you can get the app suited for you.
Apps are meant to benefit the user, and Utility applications help you accomplish all the odds and ends that y…
Rupert Murdoch: "WSJ, Hulu to Charge for Phone Access"
by Leslie Meredith
Today at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia XVIII Conference in New York, Wall Street Journal CEO and chairman Rupert Murdoch told attendees the Journal is ready to start charging for mobile access on the Blackberry and iPhone. No time frame was mentioned, but expect charges to begin in a few months. Mr. Murdoch went on to say expect Hulu to institute some sort of pay-per-view or subscription model. Details still have to be worked out with NBC Universal, Disney and others, but the party’s over for free phone TV.
Not welcome news for consumers. According…