Verizon's Entire EV-DO Network Leaps to Rev. A - Engadget

On the same day Apple brought forth the revolutionary iPhone, Verizon announced the complete upgrade of their EV-DO cellular data network to EV-DO Revision A increasing speeds to near DSL broadband speeds. EV-DO allows cell phones or cellular modem cards to access the Internet from anywhere there is a cellular signal. Only phones and cellular modems that are already equipped with the Revision A technology can take advantage of the speed boost offered by Verizon on June 29th.

Link to Verizon's entire EV-DO network leaps to Rev. A - Engadget

iPhone Review Roundup

While it may be possible that someone has not heard the buzz surrounding Apple's release of the iPhone on June 29th here is a round up of iPhone reviews to help you determine if your $600 is worth the revolutionary new mobile phone.

• Engadget
• CNET
• PC Magazine
• Wall Street Journal
• Ars Technica
• Gizmodo

Activating your iPhone will require an update to iTunes 7.3 or higher.
Online video tutorials have been provided by Apple to get you acclimated to the revolutionary multi-touch interfaced mobile phone.

BetaNews | Windows Live Mobile Search 2.0 Out

Microsoft has updated their Windows Live Mobile Search available to Windows Mobile phones, Java-enabled phones, and Blackberry phones (beta). Windows Live Mobile Search provides your mobile phone with local maps, driving directions, live traffic data, movie showtimes, and GPS integration. Phones not directly supported by the installable software (read iPhone) may access the same content at http://m.live.com/.

Here's a list of other Windows Live software worth noting:

• Windows Live Writer - for writing blog posts offline with many popular blogging providers
  
• Windows Live Mail - a newer, better desktop mail application to replace Outlook Express with Hotmail integration
  
• Windows Live Family Safety - parental controls for your Windows computers to help protect children's access to the Internet
• Microsoft Office Live - get your business on the web with email, website, and customer resource management hosted by Microsoft

Link to BetaNews | Windows Live Mobile Search 2.0 Out

BetaNews | Verizon Wireless Adds Unlimited Messaging

Verizon Wireless announed today that it will begin featuring unlimited message, txt, pix, and flix, to their plans for an additional $20 per month.

Link to BetaNews | Verizon Wireless Adds Unlimited Messaging

Make Your Own Ringtones

If you're interested in making your own ringtones, LifeHacker has a how-to article to let you hear your favorite Weird Al song every time your phone rings.

Get Your YouTube Fix on Your Phone

Verizon is cutting a deal with YouTube ("GooTube") to provide some of the quality, home grown video content you crave right to the main stage of your cell phone screen.

Make Your Next Visa a Cell Phone

BBC is reporting on a technology called near field communications (NFC) that could enable cell phone owners to make purchases using their phone as the transaction device. NFC is currently used in inventory management processes, but manufacturers are looking to expand the technology into a very ripe market of mobile phones.