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]

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]

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]

“Connecting the next billion consumers to the Net will happen primarily on mobile devices,” said Niklas Savander, Executive Vice President, Services, Nokia, “and delivering an optimized internet experience on our devices is kernel to our mission. By driving innovation in all segments of our portfolio, we ar building 1 of the largest consumer audiences for web services and subject. Novarra’s Net services engineering delivered on the worldly concern’s most widely-used mobile chopine, Nokia’s Series 40, volition aid us achieve this.”

Nokia expects a new overhaul oblation utilizing the Novarra engineering chopine to be available later this class. The accomplishment is expected to finale in the second stern of 2010, and is subject to the customary closing conditions, including regulatory reviews. Following the accomplishment, Novarra will become a wholly-owned subsidiary company of Nokia.

The Netherlands is connection the LTE spectrum auction waving, as it prepares to offer frequencies in the 2.6 gigahertz banding, which is suitable for launching LTE-based networks.

It is said that the auction will start on April 20th and that it has already attracted baseball club bidders. According to Telecompaper, of the 190 MHz made available, 135MHz volition go to newcomers. Incumbent operators, KPN, Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) Netherlands and T-Mobile (NYSE: DT) The Netherlands will all be content to a cap of 20 MHz, taking into history their existing holdings in the 900, 1800 and 2100 MHz spectrum.

Licenses for paired use will be offered in blocks of 2×5 megahertz, whereas unpaired licenses ar offered in blocks of 5 MHz. Regardless of demand, at least 25 blocks — of which 13 for paired manipulation and 12 for unpaired use — volition be available. Licenses ar expected to be allocated by early June.

Rest of Europe is also workings on allocating the 2.6 GHz spectrum for LTE-based networks. We’ll certainly have more to say about each nation in the coming days and weeks…

[Via: MobileBusinessBriefing]

According to the latest BlackBerry Connection Newsletter, Research In Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) is working on endeavor applications for Twitter and LinkedIn.

The LinkedIn single seems like a cancel fit and you’ll be able to send messages, checkout status updates, and do what you expect from this character of program. It’s interesting that Twitter is also organism put option into this class, and it shows just how far the service has come in such a short meter. I father’t think there’s much dubiousness anymore that Twitter tin be an effective stage business tool and this move just cements that thought. The Twitter app looks like it will enable you to tweet, search, direct content, retweet and more.

No word on what RIM means by “almost here,” but it shouldn’t takings too long to roll out. Oh, follow us at @Intomobile and me at @marinperez.

[Via CrackBerry]

…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]

[RT @cellguru]

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Nokia (New York Stock Exchange: NOK)’s N900 is unity of the few handsets to employment on winding Mobile’s AWS bands (1700/2100, same as T-Mobile River (New York Stock Exchange: DT)), and although it was absent from their inauguration lineup, wind has promised it will be coming early this class. wind faces an uphill struggle as the newest actor in the Canadian River telecom manufacture, but neither Rogers (NYSE: RCI) nor Alexander Bell nor telus (NYSE: TU) have been able to hang-up the N900, which could (when combined with wind’s nationally-scoop unlimited information plan) win the Black Maria and minds of the technical school-understanding. Having used the N900 for the shoemaker’s last twosome of weeks, I could see it woof a significant (if specific) niche and give a much-needed edge versus the entrenched contention.

[via wind]

A duo of quick OS updates BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) today.

First comes an official freeing (yes, it’s legit) for the Bold 9700 via T-Mobile River (New York Stock Exchange: DT) Germany. The release brings the Bold 9700 OS up to 5.0.0.351. Off the big top of my drumhead I think this is the most recent ‘official’ body-build, although there may be leaks out there that payoff you higher. Whatever the suit, you can nab it right here.

Second comes a very unofficial OS update for the Storm2 9550 users. This leaked OS volition bring you up to 5.0.0.428. Keep in mind this one is unofficial, so install at your own risk. You tin can grab it here.

As with all OS updates, be sure to championship your twist and payoff all necessary precautions before you proceed. Happy OS updating Bold 9700 and Storm2 owners!

[Via: BBOS and CB]