WIND Mobile outs $40 unlimited plan, but you better act fast
Not to be outdone by fellow Canadian upstart carrier Mobiilicity , WIND Mobile has cobbled together its own special holiday plan that more or less matches its competitor's offering: unlimited voice, messaging, data, and long-distance calling and messaging to the US, all for $40 Canadian (a little over $39 in American currency). That's a pretty fantastic deal, but as you can probably gather from the plan's name -- "Holiday Miracle Plan" -- it's not going to be around for long: you've got to get activated on it by December 24th. No better way to celebrate Christmas than with a crazy cheap all-you-can-eat package for your phone, right
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: christmas, competitor, currency, holiday-miracle, messaging, phone, unlimited-plan, wind-mobile, windmobile
Aliph gets into the app game with Jawbone Thoughts voice messaging
We know, it's a bit odd to see the Jawbone name attached to something other than a Bluetooth headset or speaker, but Aliph is forging into the application game with a new voice messaging service for iOS.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: aliph, app store, appstore, dive into mobile, entry, fri, game, iphone, messaging, mobile, press-release, release, video, voice texting
RIM: Kik was pulled from App World over ‘breached contractual obligations’
Looks like RIM has made a final decision on the Kik situation after having pulled the wildly popular upstart instant messaging app from the BlackBerry App World a few days ago -- and for current and hopeful Kik users, the news isn't good (bold added by us): "RIM became aware of a number of issues and customer concerns regarding the Kik app and service. Following discussions with Kik, the app was removed from BlackBerry App World on November 12. Upon further investigation, RIM concluded that Kik had breached contractual obligations.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: BlackBerry, Bolds, engadget, entry, kik, messaging, over-the-spat, public-response, response-on-its, result, rim
Droid 2 Global appears in Costco database for $199, T-Mobile Comet at $149
What happens when you punch the phrase "Droid" into a Costco sales terminal? If Boy Genius Report 's sources are right, you see the Motorola Droid 2 Global ring up (in black and white!) for $199.99.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: droid 2, droid 2 global, droid2global, ewoks, handset, huawei, messaging, mobile, motorola, motorola-droid, phone, worldphone
T-Mobile busts out new prepaid plans with data options, mix-and-match voice and text
Come October 18, T-Mobile USA will be shaking things up in the prepaid market with a handful of new options that finally acknowledge users -- yes, even those on prepaid plans -- are gobbling data in droves.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: busts, capability, droves, messaging, plans, prepaid data, press, resist-the-urge
Xcom Global international MiFi / data rental service review
A few months earlier in the year, we covered the arduous process of staying connected while traveling abroad . One of the ways we mentioned for jetsetters, backpackers and common tourists to stay jacked in while situated far from their homeland was a MiFi rental service from Xcom Global
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: Carrier, data-rental, fri, international, messaging, mobileinternet, result, Sim, texting, traveling, video, xcom, xcomglobal
Ask Engadget: best messaging phone that doesn’t need a data plan?
We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, here's the outlet to do so. This week's Ask Engadget question is coming to us from Josh, who simply ain't interested in spending the loot necessary to get a full-on smartphone. If you're looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: ask, dilemma, engadget, handhelds, messaging, messaging phone, result, smartphone, windows
BlackBerry email, web and messaging banned in UAE due to ‘security concerns’
Looks like those regulators over in the Middle East don't mess about. Following this week's revelation that the United Arab Emirates' telco overseers weren't happy with being unable to monitor how people were using their BlackBerrys, today we're hearing what their solution to the problem will be: an outright ban. Internet access, email and instant messaging on RIM devices will be blocked in the UAE starting this October -- provided, of course, that the Canadian phone maker doesn't do something in the meantime to appease the authorities
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: communication, concerns, data, internet, messaging, regulators, result, saudi arabia, saudiarabia, snoop, web
iPod touch becomes iPhone using Yosion’s Apple Peel 520?
Oh sure, VoIP on the iPod touch is hardly breaking news these days, but what if you could actually slap on a regular SIM card and make calls on said device? That's what Yosion's appropriately named Apple Peel 520 claims to do. Powered by an Infineon baseband chip, this adapter not only offers voice calling and text messaging (presumably requiring a jailbroken iPod touch for the apps; GPRS not possible yet), but it also doubles up as an 800mAh battery and provides 4.5 hours of call time or 120 hours of standby juice
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: apps, cellphone, demo, engadget, ipod, ipod-touch, maybe-the-demo, messaging, Mobile Phone, potentially, time-or-120, voip, yosion, yosion technology
TxTStopper announces cellphone jammer for your car, Microsoft too busy texting and driving to notice
Texting while driving is some pretty dangerous bloodsport. Knowing that still isn't going to change the behavior of an insolent teen
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: consumer-fears, engadget, messaging, morning, promoting-its, result, smartphones, windowslivemessenger