T-Mobile NOW HAS FASTER BROADBAND

Check out the latest “who’s doing what”, pay bills from a park bench, or let You-Know-Who finish that last-minute homework assignment from the backseat of the car.

Power your family’s laptops starting at just $24.99 per month for mobile broadband and start living connected, with the power and value of webConnect.

Limited-time offer; subject to change. Taxes and fees additional. webConnect: Overage charges may apply depending on plan; partial megabytes rounded up for billing. webConnect USB Laptop Stick required; not voice-capable. Domestic roaming not possible. Roaming charges may apply to use via non-T-Mobile owned Wi-Fi networks. International use requires international service activation. International usage does not apply to webConnect plan megabyte allotment; international rates apply. General Terms: Credit approval, $35 per device activation fee, and two-year agreement on qualifying webConnect plan may be required; up to $200/line early termination fee applies to two-year agreements. Data: Your data session, plan or service may be slowed, suspended, terminated or restricted if you use your service in a way that interferes with or impacts our network or ability to provide quality service to other users. We may also temporarily reduce data speed for a subset of customers who use a disproportionate amount of bandwidth during a billing cycle. You may not use your plan or device for the prohibited uses listed in your data plan terms. See Data Plan Terms for additional details. Coverage not available everywhere.

RIM Says It Cannot Comply With Governments Requests for Consumers Data

While we were at the simultaneous Torch 9800 announcement event in London, we were given a note concerning RIMs position on consumer privacy. This has quickly become a focal point for RIM as consumer privacy concerns have spurred over the recent troubles with the UAE, Indian, Chinese, and Russian governments.

“RIM operates in over 175 countries today and provides a security architecture that is widely accepted by security conscious customers and governments around the world. RIM respects both the regulatory requirements of government and the security and privacy needs of corporations and consumers. RIM does not disclose confidential regulatory discussions that take place with any government however RIM assures its customers that it is committed to continue delivering highly secure and innovative products that satisfy the needs of both customers and governments.”

An additional statement was given today regarding why RIM could not comply with governments requests for consumers data. RIM said the BlackBerry network was set up so that “no one, including RIM, could access” customer data, which is encrypted from the time it leaves the device. It added RIM would “simply be unable to accommodate any request” for a key to decrypt the data, since the company doesn’t have the key

Apparently, the BlackBerry network is designed “to exclude the capability for RIM or any third party to read encrypted information under any circumstances,” RIM’s statement said.

via WSJ

BlackBerry Torch Full List Of Specs

For those of you wondering here is the full list of specs from www.BlackBerry.com.

Features Optical trackpad High-resolution touch screen Full QWERTY keyboard 3G network support Simultaneous voice and data Email and text messaging BlackBerry® Messenger Instant Messaging Phone Browser Social feeds Camera and video recording Wi-Fi® GPS Media player Organizer Bluetooth® Tethered modem	Battery & Battery Life 1300 mAHr removable/rechargeable lithium-ion cell Standby Time: GSM® – up to 18 days, UMTS – up to 14 days Talk Time: GSM – up to 5.5 hours, UMTS – up to 5.8 hours Music Playback: up to 30 hours Video Playback: up to 6 hours
Size & Weight Height (Closed): 4.37In/111mm Height Open 5.83in/148mm Width 2.44in/62mm Dept 0.57in/14.6mm Weight 5.68oz/161.1g	Wireless Networks Tri-band 3G UMTS networks: 2100/1900/850/800 MHz Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks: 850/900/1800/1900MHz
Memory 512 MB flash memory / 512 MB SDRAM 4 GB eMMC + 4 GB media card included Expandable memory – support for microSD card up to 32 GB	Ringtones & Notifications Tone, vibrate, on-screen or LED indicator Notification options are user configurable 32 Polyphonic Ringtones – MIDI, MP3
Bluetooth Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR; Headset, Handsfree, Serial Port Profile, Stereo Audio (A2DP/AVCRP), SIM Access Profile, Dial-up Networking and Messaging Access Profile. Bluetooth Stereo Audio (A2DP/AVCRP)	Camera & Video Recording 5 MP camera Continuous auto-focus Image stabilization Flash 11 scene modes 2X digital zoom VGA (640×480) video recording Geotagging
Display 3.2” HVGA+ touch screen (480×360) Font size (user selectable) Light-sensing and proximity detecting screen	Voice Input & Output 3.5mm stereo headset capable Integrated speaker and microphone Hands-free headset capable Bluetooth headset capable Integrated hands-free speakerphone Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n WPA / WPA2 Personal and Enterprise Cisco CCX certified
Data Input & Navigation Trackpad located on front face of device, ESC key to the right, Menu key to the left Touch screen with on-screen keyboard: portrait SureType®, QWERTY and multi-tap, landscape QWERTY Slide-out QWERTY keyboard with backlighting	Device Security Keyboard and screen lock Keyboard lock GPS & BlackBerry Maps Built-in GPS functionality Includes BlackBerry® Maps

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Verizon To Limit Unlimited Data Plans!

Verizon, one of the last big carriers who still offers unlimited data plans, is soon to join the club of limited data plans. We knew the day would come, eventually, however from what is being reported July 29th is just a little too soon! Thankfully, I’m already on limited data plans so this won’t affect me a bit, however those of you who pay for unlimited data plans are about to get a rude awakening. The prices are not available yet, also, there hasn’t been any news as to whether or not people will be “grandfathered” over like what AT&T did when they switched to limited data plans.

So how about it? First AT&T is acquiring areas of Verizon’s, now Verizon is putting a cap on their data limits. Seems to me like Verizon is stepping down their game, I do think true unlimited data plans were one of the perks of being on Verizon, I emphasize on were.