With all of the hype surrounding the 3G iPhone, we can't forget about other phones out there like the BlackBerry Thunder which has been labeled as RIM's "iPhone Killer." Boy Genius Report (BGR) claims to have received an official product shot, and if it's legitimate, it confirms that the phone will be touchscreen. This is a whole new route for RIM to take with their devices because up until now, their phones haven't had

Verizon Wireless just launched their unlimited calling plans in the United States starting at $99.99 where subscribers pay one flat rate to place and receive unlimited calls.  All in all, it's not THAT great of a deal, but there are some benefits to what they are offering. Below is the graph which outlines the three unlimited plans available and the prices for each:

Notice that

Back in 2006 we wrote about a consumer who had subscribed to Verizon's unlimited broadband EVDO service only to get his account canceled for high usage.  Unlimited usually means... well, never-ending, unrestricted, or infinite.  Verizon marketed this service as such, except that they applied restrictions to the 'unlimited' part of it.  The man received a letter saying his usage was so high that they were canceling

It was just last week when we wrote about Verizon’s “Unlimited” Data plan which Ryan discovered was actually limited to 5 GB per month after reading the fine print extra carefully. When a plan truly isn’t “unlimited,” it’s hard to believe that Verizon has been able to call and market the plan as such.

Now this week, the rumor has it that beginning on April 15th, Verizon will be

Back in August of 2006 I wrote about a guy who had his unlimited Verizon EVDO Wireless Data Service canceled because buried deep into the Terms of Service (TOS) they mentioned some things that were unacceptable. Some of these things included downloading/streaming music and videos…which is what the Internet is all about these days.

At the time Verizon didn’t explicitly state that their unlimited service really

It's been about a month since Apple unveiled the iPhone to an audience who generally responded with ooo's and aaah's. I'm sure everybody knows by now about Apple's exclusive deal with Cingular to be the sole provider in the United States for iPhone service. They have five years to the iPhone, all to themselves. But, was Cingular the back-up plan?  According to USA Today, Verizon was