Looks like Virgo the Virgin Mobile River (which is now owned by Sprint (New York Stock Exchange: S)) is aggressively pursuing the texting gang as it is rumored to be launching some cheap plans that include unlimited texts, e-mails and information.

The lowest package volition reportedly price $25 per calendar month for the unlimited whatsis above and 300 proceedings of talk time. You can also pay $40 for 1,200 proceedings and unlimited messaging and information, or just plop down $60 a month for unlimited everything. If you’re a text-happy person (Virgo the Virgin Mobile’s staff of life and butter) you can probably get away with the lowest-tier plan without a trouble.

Who cares about the plans if the phones suck though, right? Well, Phone Arena said the prepaid carrier volition soon be offering the Kyocera (New York Stock Exchange: KYO) Loft for $70, the LG Rumor Touch for $150 and the BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) Curve 8530 for $300. Remember, those prices mean value you’ll be able to own the earpiece outright but the CDMA nature of the networks mean you won’t be able to payoff that phone to other carriers easily. You definitely can’t manipulation these on AT&T (NYSE: T) or T-Mobile River, and I’d be very surprised if Verizon (NYSE: VZ) would be cool and let you activate these devices on its network.

[Via Phone Arena]

“One of the primary election reasons we switched to T-Mobile was its Wi-Fi calling oblation, the only single of its sort,” said Jeremiah David, conductor of engineering exploitation, EOI Robert William Service Company. “This lineament enables our agents to remain connected when travel to remote areas of the U.S. and, when combined with T-Mobile River’s international reach, T-Mobile’s Wi-Fi career service provides international calling and emailing anywhere abroad without roaming fees.”

Further underscoring its committal to provide its customers with high gear-economic value Wi-Fi calling solutions, T-Mobile today unveiled its new T-Mobile River Solution Providers programme, a cooperative deed between T-Mobile River and best-in-class WLAN resellers/organization integrators to ensure customers ar both optimized for UMA and rich person part-optimized Wi-Fi networks. The program provides customers with a broader solution exercise set and additional expertise that complements T-Mobile River’s existing Wi-Fi calling products and services. Further, the collaborative booking provides customers with a streamlined experience, thereby offering the opportunity for both monetary value savings and increased efficiencies.

“While some ar just now jumping onto the Wi-Fi calling bandwagon, we’ve long offered our customers the exemption to make calls from almost anywhere while retention costs down feather. We’re excited about the borrowing of Wi-Fi technology and are continuing to look for shipway to optimize the experience for our customers — from Wi-Fi Calling with MobileOffice to our new T-Mobile River Solution Providers program,” said Femi Lakeru, vice president, Business Sales at T-Mobile USA.

To further improve productivity and reduce telecom costs, T-Mobile also offers Wi-Fi Calling with MobileOffice(SM), an exclusive overhaul that enables organizations to extend their desktop phone functionality to a mobile gimmick. T-Mobile River’s Wi-Fi Calling with MobileOffice uses the BlackBerry® Mobile Voice System (MVS) to mobilize PBX systems, delivery spot earphone features to BlackBerry smartphones. Available upon petition, T-Mobile River offers the “5 Simple Steps: T-Mobile Talks Wi-Fi Calling with MobileOffice” video recording that highlights how easy the merchandise is to install and deploy.

Howdy folks, hope you’re all having an enjoyable weekend. This is just a quick BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) OS update for the BlackBerry Curve 8520 and 8900 users out there. The other mean solar day OS 5.0.0.592 went all official on us via WIND Hellas. Anyone on said devices above that may be running a ‘leaked’ OS whitethorn want to install this one… Heck, even if you just want to update your 8520 or 8900, might as well consignment ‘er up.

As always, be sure to patronage your gimmick and proceeds all necessary precautions before you proceed. If you do install, be sure to net ball us know your findings in the comments.

Download OS 5.0.0.592 for the BlackBerry Curve 8520 and 8900 >

[Via: BBOS]

Say you wishing to to use your iPad to eccentric out a fairly long email or a dissertation on why the iPad should support Flash and third-political party app multitasking. Trying to do that on the onscreen virtual keyboard could prove tedious. So, what do you do? Do what we did and just pair your Bluetooth keyboard to your iPad.

Unlike it’s Negro spiritual predecessor, the iPhone, the iPad tin can connect with a radio keyboard via Bluetooth. You can even use wireless keyboards you already own, like the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Bluetooth keyboard in this video. Once paired, the iPad North Korean won’t display its virtual onscreen keyboard when you tap on any text line of business. It knows that you probably prefer to manipulation the Bluetooth keyboard sitting on your desk or lick, and hides the soft keyboard to free people up blind real number estate of the realm. In portrayal mode, typing out emails or editing word documents feels a lot like committal to writing on a glow canvas of futuristic notebook computer paper.

C. H. Best of all, pairing the keyboard is easy and fast. Check out the video and see for yourself!

Shortly after a successful northland American rollout of BlackBerry Net Robert William Service 3.0 with OpenOffice support this weekend, we’re already seeing the first signs of BIS 3.1 by means of this device screenshot. Contact sync with Yahoo! is the only matter we can confirm from this shot, but Hotmail should employment too, and earlier rumours say that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Calendar syncing will also be built in to BIS 3.1 (rather than done through the third base-party Google Sync app). The gimmick-position e-chain mail frame-up webpage also has a bit of a facelift. We’re distillery waiting on two-means GMail sync through the Enhanced GMail plug-in, which will hopefully arrive before 3.1 does.

[via BBNews.pl]

The fine folks over at CrackBerry wealthy person managed to grab hold of the leaked 9650 OS substance abuser guide, and sure sufficiency, the device proper is not named after the Tour it’s so numbered, but has taken on a far more Bold name. Of course, while this is a substance abuser guide for the twist proper, matched with a leaked variation of the OS that will probably be run the twist, mistakes happen. So, until we’ve got a real number check (as in, a device in our custody), we’ll go ahead and bull’s eye this as unconfirmed.

The reason this may be so troubling to some BlackBerry fanatics out there, is simply the model numbers. The BlackBerry Bold line-up usually takes on a far higher figure, like 9700. So, for all intents and purposes, this new Bold (if it is indeed a Bold) could easily take on the 9750 moniker pretty easily. The numbering of the devices, for some, is just as important as the name, considering that they’re set in billet for a particular family line under the Research In Motion streamer.

[via CrackBerry]

As the story goes, the Slider is pickings two guises: the 9900 for GSM networks, and 9930 for the CDMA variants destined to hit store shelves. Furthermore, Sprint is currently being touted as the carrier of choice for the consequence, at least for the CDMA versions. However, the problem is advent in waves for the Slider, as early examination has the gimmick at a failure pace of LXXX. Apparently, the only other BlackBerry device that had these kinds of problems was the BlackBerry Pearl Flip. There’s a small shed of promise in there though, considering the Flip did indeed get released.

The sad truth is that the 9900, GSM model is meant for other areas of the earth. That’s right field. If the 9930 does in fact come out, it’s looking like Sprint would be the exclusive attack aircraft carrier here in the States, at least for awhile. We’re hoping that the BlackBerry yellow-bellied terrapin does come out, as it would be a great measure in the right field steering for the Canadian River-based troupe. Not that Research In Motion has any real issues, but we’d love life to see some genuine ingenuity in the shape factor section. We’ve got our fingers crossed.

[via Electronista]

We power saw Viper’s remote control car-starting app for BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) for the first meter at CES, and it’s now available to the public.

If you haven’t had a probability to check it out, Viper kicked off initially for the iPhone, and allowed users to remotely lock and unlock doors, pop the proboscis, sound the warning device, and, of course, beginning the cable car itself. The mobile app functions through the usual cellular overhaul, but a cable car kit needs to be installed that would then communicate via satellite to the mothership. As extensive as this set-up is, it allows you to effectively shuffle all of these actions from anywhere in the worldly concern.

The BlackBerry app in particular volition work on any gimmick with OS 4.5, but be prepared to shot glass up $499 for the complete car kit and subscription costs of $29.99/year after the first base. Hit up viper.com/blackberry bush for a finisher look.

…they rich person a Twitter node advent, it’s not fully completed yet but they are using the Twitter epithet as leveraging in the mean value time cause they know no substance what, users tin distillery access Twitter [through the BlackBerry's browser].

Hopefully we volition see the BlackBerry Tour 9650, BlackBerry Pearl 9100, and the BlackBerry Twitter node all around the same time and let’s hope it’s very soon!

[via Gajeto]