Verizon’s tiered data plans go live, including $30 for a smartphone buffet or $15 for 150MB
It's October 28th, and Verizon's full suite of data plans have changed just as foretold -- if you want to save a few bucks, you can revise your megabyte-munching lifestyle right now. There's no need to fear for unlimited 3G smartphone data, as it's still available for the usual $29.99, but that plan's no longer required when buying a new Droid, as you can opt for a new $14.99 plan if you can bare to live with just 150 megabytes.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: 28th, Data Plan, dataplan, droid, lifestyle, longer-required, mifi, plans, smartphone-data, tiered data, vzw
T-Mobile’s Passes prepaid data plans leak out
We've been saying prepaid data plans are going to be the next big wave in mobile, and it looks like T-Mobile's getting on board -- we were just sent this employee training sheet detailing the upcoming Passes plans. All of T-Mobile's mobile broadband products are eligible, which is nice, but the plans themselves are a bit lame -- $10 gets you 100MB of data or a weeks' access, whichever comes first, $30 gets you 300MB or a a month's worth of access, while $50 nets you 1GB or 30 days
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: blend, data, dataplan, employee, leaks, odd, prepaid, prepaiddata, upcoming
Sprint CEO hints unlimited data could end if usage gets crazy
So far, Sprint's been steadfast in its commitment to keeping caps off its data plans -- a big selling point since AT&T's moved to tiered pricing and Verizon has threatened to do the same -- but the laws of supply and demand sadly still exist, and Sprint CEO Dan Hesse knows it.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: been-steadfast, caps-off-its, danhesse, dataplan, dataplans, emerging, its-commitment, keeping-caps, sprint, tiered-pricing
Canadian iPhone 4 launch details emerge: Rogers offers 6GB for $30, iPad sharing for $20 (update: Bell’s iPad deal cheaper)
The iPhone 4 may be launching on all the major Canadian carriers tomorrow , but we're only just now starting to get the actual details on what they'll be offering. Rogers is the first out of the gate and, for a change, it looks like folks in the US may just be a tad jealous of their northern neighbors
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: bell, between-the-two, dataplan, entry, existing, ipad sharing, ipadsharing, iphone 4, iphone4, iphone4launch, launch, northern, numbers, posted-as-more, shopping
Unlimited data option disappears from iPads, AT&T tells grandfathered customers not to worry
Even though AT&T's $30 unlimited data plan technically went the way of the dodo back on June 7 , the company had assured 3G iPad owners that they'd be entitled to one last hurrah -- buy an iPad prior to the 7th and you'd be allowed to grandfather into the old plan , even if you didn't receive your purchase by the deadline. Problem is, the unlimited plan option finally disappeared off AT&T-connected iPads for the first time today, leaving some of these eligible folks who haven't yet signed up for 3G data in the lurch
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: 3g ipad, att, Data Plan, dataplan, ipad, ipad 3g, Purchase, the-unlimited, these-eligible, unlimited-data, went-the-way, words
Sprint to begin throttling data this summer? (update: not exactly)
You know the fine print of your EVO 4G contract that gives Sprint the right to limit throughput speeds without notice? Skipped past that part? Well, consider this your unofficial notice.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: certainly-make, data, dataplan, playbook, speeds, sprint, summer, time, tipster-appears, unofficial
UK’s O2 to impose 3G data limits for iPhone 4 users
It seems like the entire United Kingdom (at least those who aren't out partying it up with Patsy Kensit at the Met Bar) has emailed us in the last two minutes to clue us in on the fact that O2 has posted its new iPhone 4 pricing. It looks like your beloved "unlimited 3G" plans of are a thing of the past -- instead, you'll be paying for up to 1GB of data of month. As you approach the limit, a text message will notify you and let you purchase an 500MB for
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: apple, clue, Data Plan, dataplan, entry, iphone 4, iphone4, kensit, like-the-entire, limit, out-partying, patsy, patsy-kensit, will-notify
AT&T makes sweeping changes to data plans, iPhone tethering coming at OS 4 launch
You might think that AT&T would hold off for a national HSPA+ deployment or a full-on LTE launch before tweaking its data pricing strategy, but not so much -- the carrier is coming out swinging today with some significant changes that should benefit the overwhelming majority of its smartphone users (and could stand to harm a select few). Let's break down the major points: DataPlus / DataPro The existing $30 fair-use "unlimited" smartphone data plan is being replaced by two new options: $15 per month for 200MB and $25 for 2GB (called "DataPlus" and "DataPro," respectively). Customers currently on the $30 plan are welcome to stay on it, but they can switch at any time without extending their contract.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: breaking-news, data, dataplan, game, iphoneos4.0, iphonetethering, traditional, using-the-data
AT&T forcing smartphones (even unlocked ones) onto smartphone data plans?
We've been hearing a few scattered reports over the last week or so that AT&T customers are getting nastygrams for failing to have a smartphone-approved data plan associated with their account while using a smartphone. Of course, if you've bought a subsidized smartphone (using AT&T's definition, which is a little vague and off-kilter but generally involves a smartphone operating system and a QWERTY keyboard) from the carrier directly, this is totally par for the course -- you should expect such a warning. Thing is, one of the long-vaunted advantages of buying an unsubsidized, unlocked phone and bringing it to the network is that you've got plan freedom -- the carrier typically doesn't really know (or care) what kind of phone you're using, so you can sign up for a cheaper data plan designed for feature phones.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: att, Carrier, data, dataplan, engadget-mobile, entry, even-unlocked, network, onto-smartphone, over-the-last, plan, smartphone, typically-doesn, user, users-it-means
iPad vs. iPhone: what does 3G cost you?
With the announcement that the iPad would continue Apple's often-rocky relationship with AT&T to serve up wide-area data, we wanted to know: exactly what does an iPad cost you over the course of a couple years? Granted, the iPad doesn't support voice calling -- nor does it require a contract, unlike the iPhone -- but for anyone who uses an iPhone primarily for browsing and gaming, this could make for a serviceable alternative that saves money over the long term. Follow the break for the full rundown.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: announcement, apple, att, dataplan, entry, over-the-long, total cost of ownership, total-cost