Verizon Wireless and Photobucket today announced the availability of a new mobile photo service on select Verizon Wireless handsets that enables Verizon Wireless customers to easily send photos from a mobile device to a Photobucket album. The application will launch exclusively for Verizon Wireless customers and cost a monthly subscription fee of $2.99. The subscription fee allows you to send ... continued »

O2 Germany has announced that the company is now covering 99 percent of the population with its GSM network. By the end of the year, the entire UMTS network will be HSDPA capable. The number of EDGE sites has tripled in the last two months and the HSUPA upgrading will start this year already. continued »

Alltel Wireless and LG today introduced the LG Swift, a clamshell phone that comes with Fastap Press-to-Experience keys. The Fastap Keypad provides "swift and simple" one-touch discovery, access and use of phone features, services and applications such as Alltel Navigation, Alltel Shop, Email, Alarm Clock and Image Library. continued »

After much of rumors and leaked info, Verizon Wireless today said that it will start selling the BlackBerry Storm on November 21st to all consumers and corporate customers. The price of the touch screen phone will start from $199.99, which required a 2-year service contract and after a $50 MIR. continued »

About 2 weeks late from the initial planned released date, BlackBerry has put up the MySpace for BlackBerry as free download from its website. You can either download to your computer, or directly from your BlackBerry smartphone for installation. continued »

The Strategy Analytics Wireless Device Lab service research, "The Camera is Still King: Consumers Willing to Pay for a Quality Camera on Their Mobile Device," shows that a quality camera is the primary mobile phone add-on for which consumers in the U.S. and Western Europe would be willing to pay--and willing to pay the most--compared to other mobile device features. continued »

AccuWeather has added flight delay information to the AccuWeather.com mobile web site. The flight delay information covers the entire U.S. and is viewable in map and text form. Flight delay information on the AccuWeather.com mobile site includes national and regional maps with color-coded indications of delays at various airports. For each airport where there is a delay, a text description ... continued »

Local.com and Virgin Mobile USA today announced the launch of Local Mobile on the Virgin Mobile USA network. Local Mobile is an ad-supported local mobile site that provides users with easy access to directory services and search results for local businesses, products and services via their mobile internet service. continued »

  Scartel (brand Yota), Russian provider of Mobile WiMAX, and HTC today officially announced the HTC MAX 4G, the world's first integrated GSM/WiMAX handset. The HTC MAX 4G was first leaked early last month as HTC T8290. It has a mix of HTC Touch Diamond and Touch HD design, comes with a 3.8-inch display screen, 800 x 480 WVGA resolution, built in ... continued »

In the coming Private Sale event by Verizon Wireless, one of the invited VIP has posted his invitation card to the Gizmodo, showing its VIP members to be able to purchase the BlackBerry Storm in the private sale event from November 17 to 21. It is not clear how to get invited but one of the Gizmodo reader reply, "In ... continued »