Palm has finally made its Treo Pro official. This device will be sold unlocked so you can use any carrier you wish, and its hardware will include HSDPA , GPS, 802.11bg, touchscreen, 256MB ROM, 128MB RAM, just a 2-megapixel camera.
Contract-free price will be $549 in the United States when it launches later.
If the Industry Minister Jim Prentice is to be believed, Bell and Telus are planning to charge for each incoming text message unless you subscribe to a package product. The Industry Minister has sent to both companies a letter asking them to meet in Ottawa before August 8th in order to explain their decision.
According to Bell, the new fee for incoming messages will start on August 8th and Telus will start charging starting August 24th.
According to insider rumors, Apple has decided not to carry the iPhone 3G when it launches in just a few days. Instead, people will have to try Rogers and Fido stores if they want it. This is in an apparent spat over Rogers’ exorbitant monthly service fees that require 3 year contract. Apple has also apparently diverted a lot of the stock originally intended for the Canadian market.
Rogers has finally unveiled what it will charge you for monthly use of the iPhone 3G. Unlike previously rumored, unlimited data is not part of the deal.
| Monthly price | Included voice | Data | Sent text msg |
| $60 | 150 mins | 400 MBs | 75 |
| $75 | 300 mins | 750 MBs | 100 |
| $100 | 600 mins | 1 GB | 200 |
| $115 | 800 mins | 2 GBs | 300 |
All plans include unlimited evenings and weekends for voice, unlimited received text messages and unlimited visual voicemail. Also Rogers is throwing in unlimited access to Fido and Rogers branded Wi-Fi hotspots. Additional options are $15 value pack including Caller ID, Who Called, Caller Ring Trax, 2500 sent text messages and 2500 call forwarding minutes, and $20 value pack that adds 7500 additional sent text messages as well as early evenings (starting at 6PM).
Well the rumors were correct after all… Apple just unveiled the updated iPhone to be release on July 11 in 22 markets (including United States, of course). Big news is the price which is $199 for 8GB model, and $299 for the 16GB model. For the first time, there will be a second color available as the 8GB model has black back and 16GB model will have a white back.
Apart from inclusion of 3G network access, it will also feature built in GPS.
Verizon will once again be the biggest carrier in the United States by absorbing Alltel. Priced at $6 billion, this acquisition will bring 13 million subscribers to Verizon in 34 states. Merger should be completed by the end of the year.
Continue on for the press release:
If you ogled HTC Touch Diamond, but was turned off by the lack of hardware keyboard, your solution is finally here. Dubbed HTC Touch Pro (previously known as HTC Rafael), it will feature same specs as Touch Diamond - with 7.2mpbs HSDPA, 512MB internal storage, 2.8 VGA screen, 3.2 megapixel camera, GPS and the new TouchFLO 3D UI.
RIM has finally taken off the wraps on its new Blackberry device officially named Bold. Featuring a full QWERTY keyboard, this new device is the most visually pleasing and feature packed device so far: quad-band, 3G, wi-fi, Bluetooth 2.0, integrated GPS all running on a 624MHz Intel processor (that’s twice as fast as previous models) as well as 1GB of onboard memory.
Look for this device in the summer.
In order to entice more consumers to Blackberry addiction, RIM has announced a partnership with Microsoft. RIM will integrate Windows Live Hotmail (with push capabilities, naturally) and Messenger onto the Blackberry platform some time this Summer.
As rumored, HTC unveiled today Touch Diamond, a touchscreen Windows Mobile device featuring VGA screen and other goodies. If official press pictures are any indication, it will be one gorgeous, fully featured device. More details (such as price and availability with carriers other than Orange) to come later. Full press release after the jump:
