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It's no mystery now that Verizon is going to start selling the iPhone. On February 3rd existing Verizon Wireless customers can pre-order it online, with general availability coming February 10th. Pricing is in line with the AT&T iPhone, though Verizon has yet to announce iPhone data plans (will likely be the same as their current smartphone data plans).

Verizon customers: do you plan to switch from another device to the iPhone, or does what you have suit you fine?

AT&T iPhone customers: are you switching to the Verizon iPhone due to network performance or other issues or is everything fine and/or you prefer to keep simultaneous voice and data, greater global roaming capability, and potentially faster 3G speeds?

Customers of other carriers: now that the iPhone is coming to Verizon are you going to make the leap into the iOS world (if you've had a bad experience with or been leery of AT&T)?

All in all, how much do you think the iPhone finally coming to another carrier in the U.S. is going to shake up the U.S. wireless market?

Let us know in the comments or discuss in the Apple and Verizon and AT&T forums as appropriate.

UPDATE: more tickets are now available!

Hey everyone, Mobilicity and HowardForums are hosting a forum meet-up Wednesday Jan 19th from 6-9PM. The location will be in North York on the subway line.

Tickets for this event are free but spots are limited so you’ll have to RSVP by sending me a pm with your name and email. Tickets are first-come first-served. You'll get the exact location when we confirm your RSVP via email.

Along with dinner you'll get a chance to hang out with Mobilicity CEO Dave Dobbin and ask him questions. You can also meet your fellow forum members face to face.

Everyone who comes will get some free Mobilicity swag and HowardForums t-shirts.

So, pm me to RSVP, bring 2 or 3 questions and come hang out with me and Dave!

Howard Chui
Founder HowardForums

The Android "Honeycomb" powered Motorola Xoom tablet was not only named the best tablet at CES but also the best gadget of CES.

It is expected to be available within the first quarter of this year.

Yahoo! News | Motorola's Xoom page

If the latest round of rumors pans out, Verizon will be holding a special press event on Tuesday January 11th in New York to announce the addition of the iPhone to their lineup. Rumor also has that it could be a joint announcement with Verizon President Lowell McAdam and Apple CEO Steve Jobs.

What do you think? Is this finally (finally) happening?

If so who will be switching carriers/devices for the iPhone?

Via: Mac Rumors | More

Verizon Wireless Unveils Suite Of 4G LTE Smartphones, Tablets, A MiFi, Hotspot And Notebooks


Full (huge) press release here.

The Motorola Atrix:
Dual Core Tegra 2 Processor
4.0" qHD screen (960 x 540)
1950mAh Battery
Android 2.2
5MP Rear Camera w/flash
VGA Front Facing Camera
1GB RAM
16GB On-board storage.
microSD slot
docking station which turns it into a laptop

So what do you think? Is this something you've been waiting for? It looks like one seriously powerful phone. I would consider this for sure...

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Sprint and RIM have announced that the forthcoming BlackBerry PlayBook will be coming to Sprint's network this summer and will support Sprint's 4G network.

Read the full press release here. | Forum discussion

Sprint's PlayBook page