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We don’t know if Verizon’s Unlimited Plan announcement had anything to do with it, but AT&T announced today an unlimited plan for the same $99 as Verizon. The plan will be available starting Friday, February 22, and like Verizon’s, it only includes voice calling, data and messaging will cost extra. The plan will be available [...]

We told you we though Elmo Live was very much like a robot warned that Elmo Live was pretty much a full-fledged robot, but we did not think Elmo Live would do all that is shown in this video. This amazing toy sings, dances and tells stories. Watch the video and be amazed. [Video After [...]

We had a feeling that the lineup of unlimited plans we got word of earlier this week were too good to be true, and sadly it was. Verizon has made their Unlimited Plans offical, offering three plans that can each have additional lines added for an additonal cost. The $99/month Basic Plan includes limitless calling [...]

We have reports that both Paramount and Universal will now make the obvious choice to release their films on Blu-ray. We saw this coming, last week Circuit City databases showed that both studios would indeed change over to Blu-ray.
Via hdtv-praxis

Like we predicted about a week ago, the long-rumored GSM Palm Centro is now officially available on AT&T upsetting Sprint’s expiring exclusivity, giving AT&T users access to the amazingly small handset. Unlike Unlike Sprint’s version, the AT&T Centro uses EDGE data for a somewhat slower browsing experience; besides that, though, it features a 1.3 megapixel [...]

Many techies have sent have written in saying that Verizon is going to offer unlimited calling plans. Starting Tuesday February 19th, Verizon will offer the following plans:
$100 - Nationwide Unlimited (voice)
$120 - Nationwide Select Unlimited (voice, SMS, MMS)
$140 - Nationwide Premium (voice, SMS, MMS, VZNav, VCAST, email)
$150 - Nationwide Email and Messaging (voice, SMS, MMS, [...]

It looks as though HP does not like their native country, because the iPAQ 610 series that sports a sweet touch sensitive scroll wheel embedded in the keypad will not be available ever in the US. Devicewire, reports that the iPAQ 614 will be available to its customers as soon as next Monday an astonishing [...]

We all have seen by now that Elmo has evoled from being a creepy laughing toy and difficult to find toy, to being a weird creepy robot. And even harder to find around the holidays. The new Elmo Live, which Fisher-Price is announcing at Toy Fair 2008 this week, can speak words like a real-live [...]

AT&T Palm users get ready for the Centro, it’s coming next week. We’ve have gotten confirmation that next Tuesday will be the day that Palm’s budget handset launches on AT&T. We predict the price will be $99, at this time only white color is confirmed; more next week at launch time.

Crazy amounts of 3G handsets were not the only gadgets showed off at this year’s Mobile World Congress. NetIndex, Kaga Electronics and Runcom showed off their WiMAX-enabled portable VoIP phone. According to PR Newswire , the companies joined forces to develop a VoIP handset that used a 802.16e module, and aside from “realizing all-IP voice [...]