Last week, we reported that Verizon Wireless might be offering a contract-free option in the near future. And now that rumor has definitely been confirmed. Verizon Wireless announced Monday that starting today, the carrier would be offering a contract-free option to its customers. Now, you don't have to sign up for a contract for one or two years. Instead, you ... continued »

Vincent is at the GigaOm Mobilize conference today in San Francisco, and he's sending back video from the event.  Mobilize is all about driving mobile web development - whether from a hardware, software or services standpoint - and promises to cover everything from WiMAX through economics to today's hot-topic, location-based services. Om Malik's opening remarks: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1Sp47JC1sY[/youtube] In this video, JumpTap's Paran Johar begins ... continued »

So much happened this week that we better get right down to it. With CTIA Wireless and an onslaught of HTC and BlackBerry news, PhoneMag was buzzing with info. For starters, we found out that AT&T came in last when it comes to call quality by JD Power & Associates. Plus, the carrier's MEdia Net portal will soon be utilizing ... continued »

"Let's Rock" is coming tomorrow morning and we here at PhoneMag are excited to see what Apple pulls out of their sleeves this time. Set to start at 10 am from San Francisco, Apple is expected to make several announcements regarding iPods, iTunes, iPhone and more. And you know it's something to pay attention to when Apple calls it a ... continued »

RIM has been in the news a lot in the past few days, mostly for their recently launched BlackBerry Bold, but now there's quite a bit of talk about the BlackBerry Storm 9530. And though it will most likely be released on Verizon in October, you can also expect to see it on other carriers as the BlackBerry Thunder.   When the ... continued »

It looks like it's finally official. Virgin Mobile USA and Helio have reached a deal and the former has completely acquired the latter. SK Telecom and Earthlink, which are Helio shareholders have received 13 million shares of Virgin Mobile USA stock. All of the regulatory approval were met. The 13 million shares of Virgin Mobile USA Class A common stock are valued ... continued »

The Luminoso Lucido is yet another offering from Mobiado that's over-priced and lacks current top-of-the-line phone features. This model is very similar to the old Luminoso, except the case is a bit curved and stainless steel. This phone sports a 2 megapixel camera, triband GSM and 2100MHz 3G. This is really no different than the last Mobiado offering. Slap a four-figure ... continued »

If you've been hoping and praying for something new and different from T-Mobile, you won't have to wait much longer. In fact, the cell phone carrier will soon get their hands on the Samsung T919, also known as the Roxy or the Tocco. And let me just say, this phone is a real beauty. Besides the great looking case, which has ... continued »

The BlackBerry 8220 Pearl will be offered from Rogers this September and we're just now getting our first look at the pricing of this new flip. It seems the primary promotional objective on this one is to hit up the back to school crowd in Canada. The primary advertising agenda here will be the college and university kids. But here's the ... continued »

If you are a current Sprint subscriber, what follows will be of particular interest to you. Looks like the 2008-2009 roadmap for Sprint's releases has been leaked, and now we can all wait on the edge of our seats for what's to come. It looks like we'll be seeing the Motorola i950 followed by the Motorola i576 and the Motorola i776 ... continued »