Home › News ›

Verizon Wireless Changes Smartphone Plans

Apr 14, 2008, 7:47 AM by Eric M. Zeman

Today Verizon made some alterations to its PDA and smartphone data plans. Verizon Wireless E-mail and Web for Smartphone will support up to 10 email accounts and unlimited web browsing for $30 per month. To start, it will only be available with the HTC SMT5800, the XV6800 and the Motorola Q9m. Verizon will make more phones compatible with this new plan over the coming months. Verizon is also offering a hosted email product for small or home office users. The service will use Microsoft's Exchange server and allow customers to sync their business email, calendar and contacts information to their smartphones. The basic plan, which costs $8 per month, will support POP3 and IMAP email and will have 25 MB of email storage and Outlook web access. The premium plan costs $15 per month, and offers 100 MB of storage and other features such as ActiveSync, an Outlook PC client and the ability to expand storage for nominal monthly fees.

Verizon Wireless »

Related

Samsung Refreshes Galaxy S Series with S Pen, New Cameras

Feb 9, 2022
Samsung today announced its lineup of flagship phones for 2022: the Galaxy S22 series. The top-end S22 Ultra sees the biggest changes as it essentially absorbs Samsung's Note series with an integrated S Pen stylus and a more Note-like shape and design, instead of the Contour Cut design of the other models.

Samsung Refines its Foldable Phones

Aug 10, 2022
Samsung has announced its newest generation of foldable phones: the Galaxy Z Fold4 and Galaxy Z Flip4. Both have similar designs and features compared to their predecessors, with a slew of small updates and refinements across the board.

iPhone 14 Plus Offers a Big Screen For Less

Sep 7, 2022
Apple has revealed the iPhone 14 series, with new features, improved specs, and new size options. In place of a Mini option, the iPhone 14 will come in the same 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch screen size options as the Pro models.

Samsung Galaxy A53 Coming to US in Two Weeks

Mar 17, 2022
Samsung today fleshed out more of its 2022 lineup of affordable Galaxy A-series phones. The new Galaxy A73, A53, and A33 are nearly identical in design and features, differing only in a few display and camera specs.

Motorola's new Edge Offers a Lot for $500

Aug 18, 2022
Motorola has taken the wraps off its new Edge phone for 2022. This is the little sibling to the Edge+, the company's flagship phone.

Comments

This forum is closed.

This forum is closed.

BROWN27

Apr 14, 2008, 9:53 AM

30 bucks is still too much for casual web browsing and personal email!

I rather pay nothing! Oh wait I do! 🤣

jskrenes

Then don't use a PDA phone. Or use the i760 or 6800 with the wifi connection.

...

Ghosthendrikson

If your "casual" then wtf would you need a PDA phone for?

Think things through before you start up your Carrier Bashing posts.

tnt2k1

No Brown27 ... you're paying for it - perhaps indirectly. I mean these service providers that you are using must pay their overhead somehow. You think these guys provide you with service out of charity and kindness?

...

chocolateman85006

BROWN27 said:
I rather pay nothing! Oh wait I do! 🤣

I'd rather you speak correct english!

VZWrube

Apr 14, 2008, 12:40 PM

Here is the official difference

If you need your device to sync with a Microsoft Exchange server, you will still need the $44.99/month option. If you are using the phone for web-based (yahoo, hotmail, aol, gmail) or any pop3 option, you will be fine with the $29.99.

This is similar to the blackberry plans where the $44.99 is required to connect to a Blackberry Enterprise Servier vs. a pop3 or web-based email. If you are using hotmail/msn/windowslive, you will probably want the PPC instead of the blackberry. Blackberries have issues with microsoft email.

jskrenes

I've got a Pearl, and I've used hotmail. Had far fewer problems with email overall with my pearl than with the Q and Samsung i760.

...

JasonT1273

Apr 15, 2008, 8:18 AM

Nothing New Under The Sun

Wow... big announcement. 🤣 🙄

AT&T has only been offering $30 smartphone/PDA all you can eat for a while now and T-Mobile $20 BB almost as long. Just another competetive adjustment but certainly nothing earth-shattering considering it's already been done. Just means the top two carriers in coverage are now on more even ground in this price area.

emx2500

Apr 14, 2008, 9:54 AM

comparison with unlimited data plan

Anyone know the difference between this plan and their $44.99 unlimited data plan? Is it essentially the same functionality for a lower price on selected phones?

Thanks.

rytiffany

My guess is the difference is you can't use the phone as a modem but you can use the phone's browser all you want. I personally think it's sweet because I was going to dump the date plan because i never tether the phone as a modem but I do us the int...
(continues)

willv

they recently reduced the blackberry data to $30 unlimited, and it made a lot of pda owners (me one of them) a lil upset that we have to pay 15 more for the same service, so i think they did this to compensate for that

urnamehere

44.99 allows for corp email/pim sync. 29.99 doesn't have this, you literally download an email program that syncs with pop3 account, similar to the mobile email program available on regular handsets

internet use is unlimited though (no mention of ...
(continues)

irie

Plans is exactly the same without the Corp email option. There is no 5GB cap on email/web browging on PDA, the cap only comes into play when you do tethering. The cost of tethering on the $29.99 email option will be $30 to make it $59.99 just like Bro...
(continues)

jskrenes

Other than the fact that you have to download a program similar to mobile email and there are only a few devices that are currently compatible, the biggest difference is in attachment sizes. On the $44.99 plan, you can send attachments that are only ...
(continues)

ajstrong

Apr 14, 2008, 8:20 AM

not bad

hate on VZ all ya want, those partial plans aren't horrible.

irie

The plans are actually pretty good considering that those who paying $44.99 and not using corp email, will be able to save $15. Some people will complain about everything.

frankie-v

Apr 14, 2008, 9:32 AM

Will this impact Blackberry options

I'm waiting for the new BB Curve next month! Can't wait to ditch my Treo700w and the awful wireless sync option to push email. Does anybody think this will impact BB plans?

willv

no, blackberrys are already 29.99/month, so now the pda's are the same

Corpsman-Up

Apr 14, 2008, 9:07 AM

Good for verizon i guess

for years all the verizon guys would say we pay more because our service is better! well now you're cheaper like everyone else! 🤣

Page 1 of 1