HTC today released a software update for the HTC Touch for Sprint. The update is available here.

The Update gives the HTC Touch for Sprint EVDO Rev A functionality for faster downloads, a full keyboard for better texting, the Opera Web Browser will replace Internet Explorer, adds GPS Functionality with Sprint Navigation. Oh and of-course Windows 6.1 which will give users added benefits like threaded text messaging.

However this update does not give the HTC Touch for Sprint MMS which makes LaIndia really depressed. 

Monday Sprint and HTC will release an update for the HTC Touch that will give the phone Sprint Navigation and Windows 6.1 functionality.

So Monday visit: http://www.htc.com/us/FAQ_Detail.aspx?act=faq&p_id=76&cat=66

So is Apple and at&t doing enough to make it clear that 3G isn’t available to everyone? Mike doesn’t think so and he mentions how both companies are not advertising that the 3G network isn’t as large as one would thing.

3G only covers 300 Metro areas around the US and sure that may sound like a lot, it really isn’t when you take a closer look at their coverage map.

So two weeks ago I was in Hollywood Florida visiting my cousins and she has been an at&t customer for over 6 years and in those 6 years she has never upgraded any of the phones on her account. (She had 2 lines)

So while in Florida I convinced her to upgrade her two phones and we went to an at&t corporate store and found a phone for her. It was on sale for 1 penny so she bought 4 and added 2 more lines to her account.

A friendly guy named Michael Zeidman, helped us. Told us the two lines would be added to the account and everyone will share the minutes. My cousin questioned him time and time again if the phones will share minutes. He assured her that yes they would.

She was happy, Until she got her first bill.

Turns out Michael Zeidman lied to her, he added separate plans for each of the new phones so they were not sharing minutes like he said and he also added Road Side Assistance to each phone something he never told us he did nor my cousin wanted.

Whats also shocking is that the paperwork he gave my cousin and she signed indicated none of this.

So advice to everyone, if you go to an at&t store and order a new phone or upgrade. Dial 611 to your phone to make sure everything is set up the way you believe its set up and that no additional services were added to your account, because these in store reps like Michael Zeidman will appear to be the nicest of people but are really screwing you over, and if you don’t pay much attention to your bill you may be stuck with charges and features you did not want.

Nokia today announced the availability of the Nokia 6301 and Samsung SGH-t339. Both phones will support the T-Mobile @Home service (allows you to use your phone for T-Mobile VoIP service for unlimited calling at home).

“Since launching T-Mobile HotSpot @Home nearly a year ago, T-Mobile has remained committed to building our portfolio of handsets to support this innovative wireless service,” said Sajal Sahay, director of product marketing, T-Mobile USA. “These new phones are stylish offerings for our customers who want to take advantage of unlimited nationwide calling and great wireless coverage — all for an affordable price.”

Key Features Nokia 6301:

Wi-Fi-enabled; supports T-Mobile HotSpot @Home
T-Mobile myFavesSM-enabled
Music player (supports WMA, MP3, AAC and eAAC+)
Stereo Bluetooth connectivity
2.0 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom and video capture
Expandable memory with microSD (support for up to 4GB)
Instant messaging; supports AIM, ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Live
Speakerphone
FM radio
Tri-band 850/1800/1900 MHz; GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMA
Display: 240 x 320 pixels, TFT, 16 million colors
Dimensions: 4.2 x 1.7 x 0.5 inches, 3.2 ounces
Key features of the Samsung t339:

Wi-Fi-enabled; supports T-Mobile HotSpot @Home
T-Mobile myFaves-enabled
Music player (supports MP3, AAC and AAC+)
Stereo Bluetooth connectivity
1.3 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom and video capture
Expandable memory with microSD (support for up to 2GB)
Instant messaging; supports AIM, ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Live
Speakerphone
Tri-band 850/1800/1900 MHz; GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMA
Display: 176 x 220 pixels, TFT, 262k
Dimensions: 3.62 x 1.83 x 0.78 inches, 3.3 ounces

We have just posted some Unboxing pictures over at our Parent site HardwareGeeks.com. Just thought we let you know so you can check them out.

The phone is actually amazingly responsive to the touch of the finger and kind of pulses when you tap on something which is pretty cool. A lot of people who haven’t gotten an iPhone because it lacks that tactual sensation when you press a key will enjoy the Samsung Instinct.

I just reviewed the iPaq 910c for HardwareGeeks.com and I have to say I loved it a lot.

Click here to check out the review. It is also the fastest windows mobile phone I have ever used.

The phone I had for review was a prototype, but for a prototype it performed like the final version, It’s an amazing piece of equipment. The phone will be available on June 30th for $499.

Verizon has said they will Purchase Alltel for 5.9 billion dollars and take over 22 billion in debt.

When the merger is completed (Verizon hopes before the end of the year), Verizon will overtake the Sprint as the largest Cellular carrier in the US with over 80 million subscribers.

This would also mark the second time Alltel has been sold and bought with in the past year, last year Goldman Sachs purchased Alltel for a cool $27.5 billion.

Starting yesterday at&t has changed their ETF policy. They will no longer charge you $175 USD to cancel your service.

Each month that passes 5 dollars will be deducted from the fee, it use to be that $10 dollars was deducted each month before they made it a flate rate of $175 two years ago.

Some see the change in the policy a direct response to the FCC’s plans to regulate early termination fees.

If you are pregnant, you shouldn’t use a cell phone according to a recent study which showed that 54% of women who used a cell phone had bad ass little kids.

Using a mobile, or cell phone, two to three times a day was enough to raise the risk, and letting children under the age of seven use a mobile phone also put them in danger, the study of more than 13,000 women found.

So all you future mothers out there, take that into consideration the next time your baby daddy gives ya a ring a ding ding.