Verizon Wireless has today released a PR clarifying their position on scraping of unlimited data plan. They have provided another way around where you will require pay full amount of the handset  in advance with no terms attached. This will make you qualify for the offer however, paying full price of the device won’t be favorable for everyone.

This only means that Verizon doesn’t want customers to give an easy access to the 3G data unlimited plan, but thought of giving something. The recent move could be credited to yesterdays outrage of Verizon customers over social networks but this is far from a satisfactory explanation and Verizon is no mood to provide customer satisfaction. Below is the PR release and you can make out anything of it.

“As we have stated publicly, Verizon Wireless has been evaluating its pricing structure for some time.  Customers have told us that they want to share data, similar to how they share minutes today.  We are working on plans to provide customers with that option and will introduce new plans later this year.

When the new options are introduced, Unlimited Data will no longer be available to our customers purchasing handsets and signing a new contract. Customers who choose to purchase phones at full retail price and are currently on an unlimited smartphone data plan will be able to keep that plan. The same pricing and policies will apply to all 3G and 4GLTE smartphones.

We will share specific details of the plans well in advance of their introduction so customers will have time to evaluate the plans and make the best decisions for their wireless service.  It is our goal and commitment to continue to provide customers with the same high value service they have come to expect from Verizon Wireless.”

Source: Verizon

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HTC One S is now available in Canada via Telus for $99.99. The device is the 4G capable version and will be able to utilize the 4G speeds wherever the national carrier Telus has the 4G coverage. Below are the plans that are made available with the launch;

1. $99.99 with a three year contract,
2. $469.99 with a two year contract,
3. $569.99 without any upfront monthly carrier contract.

HTC One S has dimensions of 130.9 x 65 x 7.8 mm with a weight of 119.5 grams. The display is 4.3 inch Capacitive type, 16 million colors display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection and the screen can render a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels. The CPU is Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait with Adreno 225 as GPU.

HTC One S has 1 GB of RAM with 16 GB of internal memory with no-further option of expansion as there isn’t a microSD slot on the device. The rear camera module on the device is 8MP with HD recording and the front is 1.3 MP.

Further, the device has Accelerometer Sensor, Proximity Sensor, GPRS, EDGE, Bluetooth v4, 4G, runs on Android 4 and is powered by a 1650 mAh battery. To buy the device, visit Telus product page of the device.

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Samsung will launch the upcoming Android flagship, Samsung Galaxy S III on May 31 in Australia. As of now, Samsung Australia is sending invites for the launch event. You can safely bet that the device will be made available to public in few days from the launch event.

Samsung Galaxy S III has dimensions of 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm with a weight of 133 grams. The display is 4.8 inch Super AMOLED Plus 16 million colors capacitive touchscreen with corning gorilla glass 2 serving as protection. It can render a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels. The CPU of Samsung Galaxy S III is very powerful with Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9 serving as processor and Mali-400MP forming the graphics rendering engine with 1 GB of RAM. The slow word is definitely not in the list of Samsung Galaxy S III.

Further, Samsung Galaxy S III has Accelerometer Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Touch sensitive controls, Gorilla Glass display, Gyro-sensor, Barometer, RGB Sensor, NFC, MicroSIM card support only, HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, 4G (availability varies across regions), Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n with DLNA. Wi-Fi Direct and Wi-Fi hotspot, GPS with AGPS, Bluetooth 4 with A2DP profile, and is powered by a generous 2100 mAh battery.

Samsung Galaxy S III has 8 MP rear camera with 2MP front camera for videocalling. We expected the device to host at-least 12MP camera matrix module but taking the camera cues performance from Galaxy S II, it should be a very good snapper with lots of settings to play around.

To know more about the features and availability of Samsung Galaxy S III, go here.

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As of today, Nokia Lumia 900 is available for pre-order in UK and now a report has come via CNET that it will see a simultaneous launch in Singapore too. The confirmation was communicated by Nokia as well.

Nokia Lumia 900 will be available for purchase in Singapore starting May 26 for 670 USD without any carrier contract meaning it will unlocked version. Customers will be able to choose from three colors: white, cyan and black.

With regards to specifications, Nokia Lumia 900 has dimensions of 127.8 x 68.5 x 11.5 mm with a weight of 160 grams. The display is 4.3 inch AMOLED Capacitive type 16 million colors that can render a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels, also embedded is corning gorilla glass protection for safety. The device runs on a single core 1.4 GHz Scorpion processor which is very good and is definitely fast in the world of Windows Phone.

The camera module is 8MP with Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus and dual-LED flash. We didn’t liked the camera module on lumia 800, it wasn’t what we expected from Nokia and was a letdown. The rear camera can record videos at a resolution of 720p @ 30fps. There is also a front 1.3 MP front camera for videocalling.

The device comes with 16GB internal storage memory with 512 MB of RAM, and as is the case with a windows phone, there is no microSD card slot to further expand your storage. Also, the device has Accelerometer Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Ambient Light Sensor, HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, WLAN 802.11b /g / n, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP profile and is powered by a Li-Ion 1830 mAh (BP-6EW) which is screwed to the case.

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FierceWireless reported earlier today that Verizon CFO Fran Shammo was speaking at the J.P. Morgan Technology, Media and Telecom conference and said the unlimited data plan will be scrapped in coming summer time.

As of now, Verizon Wireless provides unlimited data usage on 3G connection/ month, however after completely switching to 4G cellular networks, users will be forced to switch on available 4G plans which won’t host any unlimited plan. According to Verizon, 4G is set to introduce faster downloads and providing unlimited plan might bring-down the network.

Users on the Verizon Wireless Facebook page reacted sharply and posted angrily stuff with many vowing to leave the nation’s biggest cellular operator.

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If WSJ (Wall Street Journal) is to be believed, then the upcoming new iPhone 5 will posses a display that is larger in size than the currently spotted 3.5 inch. The rumor is nothing new and has been around for a while.

According to the published report, Apple has ordered a larger screen for the next iPhone and the production is set to begin next month by suppliers. Apple till now was hesitant to adopt a larger screen with fear of it getting bigger than what people like. There is also a thinking that Apple might fix the 4 inch within the same frame of current generation iPhone.

Last year, Samsung’s flagship product ‘Galaxy S II’ has sold more than twenty million and there is definitely a sign there that people are looking for a larger screen. Also, iPhone was launched in the year 2007 and during that time, a 3.5 inch screen was a big one.  We too think  that its time to get something litter bigger.

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We are sharing a tutorial posted at XDA for installation of CyanogenMod 9 on Samsung Galaxy S Plus. This isn’t created by us and we are just sharing it. This version of CyanogenMod is still buggy and few things such as Camera, USB tethering and FM Radio isn’t working properly. However, if you like to experiment, learn and see things before the rest, then proceed with the installation.

Download CM9 and gapps-ics zips and put in /sdcard

• CM9 alpha2 [1]
  MD5SUM: 267D59E9B40120F7DF36919B0F40E6E8
  • First release

• gapps UPGRADE REQUIRED
  • gapps version 20120429
    MD5SUM: 7c524e1e078164f681e0aa6753180b2c
    Please verify the md5sum to be sure you got the right one.

Before you install CM9: Preparation (First three are optional. If you want to start fresh, these can be skipped)

1. Install AppBak from Market, run it and save a list of all your apps.
2. Install SMS Backup and Restore from Market, run it and backup your SMS history.
3. Install Call Logs Backup and Restore from Market, run it and backup your call log history.
4. Boot into CWM5 recovery. Make a full backup. You will need this backup later if you decide to go back to your previous ROM and data.

WARNING: Many apps will Force Close crash if you restore data from a previous ROM.

Install

1. Use CWM5.
   For flashing with Odin: recovery-clockwork-5.5.0.4-ariesve.tar.md5
   For using dd command to flash: recovery-clockwork-5.5.0.4-ariesve.zip
   • Warning: Only use this recovery to flash CM9. Otherwise, you risk bricking your phone!
2. Wipe data and cache.
3. Flash update*.zip.
4. Flash gapps*.zip. You must flash gapps after every upgrade to CM9 since /system is formatted, wiping your previous add-ons.
5. Reboot phone.
6. After you setup your Google account, reinstall the three apps from Market in order to restore most of your apps, call log and SMS history.
7. Warning: Do not restore backup data of system apps!
   • If you restore a bad backup with cached settings in telephony.db in data/data/com.*.*.telephony it can break MMS.
   • It seems that restoring backups can also break Calendar sync.

Source - XDA

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Firefox for Android has been updated with a new user interface , improved performance due to fixing of many bugs giving more stability to the app, and support for installed Adobe flash plugin that will allow you to play flash videos embedded in websites. Below is the official change-log of released update;

1. Redesigned user interface
2. Significant performance advancements
3. Flash support
4. New start page
5. Updated minimum system requirements to Android 2.2+ for optimized experience
6. New features are on smartphones only, tablet users will see them soon

More: www.mozilla.org/mobile/14.0beta/releasenotes

To update the app on your phone, go to Google Play > My Apps. You will be automatically shown the apps that can be updated. Tap the app and click the update button. Then, the app will be downloaded and updated on your phone.

You can install and directly download the app to your device from here (Google Play Link).

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