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Verizon Wireless and Samsung today announced the availability of Samsung's Alias 2 text messaging phone. It replaces the original Alias and has a nifty new keypad powered by E- Ink that the original did not have.

E Ink is the technology behind the low power displays on Amazon's Kindle and Kindle DX wireless reading devices. Samsung uses E Ink in the Alias 2's keypad, which allows it to morph depending on the orientation of the phone. The Alias 2 has a dual-hinge form factor that allows it to open vertically as

Verizon Wireless and WeatherBug today unveiled WeatherBug Protect, an application deseigned to bring the most relevant and up to date weather information to Verizon Wireless customers' mobile phones.

WeatherBug Protect is intended to bring weather notifications to Verizon Wireless customers, wherever they may be, giving them advanced warning of severe weather conditions, be it snow and ice, tornadoes, lightning, excessive heat or any other potentially dangerous conditions. The application

RIM's first ever touchscreen phone, the BlackBerry Storm will be available in just one week - next Friday (11/21/08) from Verizon Wireless!

The Storm has a 3.25" LCD SurePress touchscreen with full functionality that includes a tactile touch and click response system that actually lets you feel your selections, allowing for more accuracy while typing and browsing. If held in portrait mode, the Storm has a SureType predictive keyboard, while rotating it to landscape position brings up a full QWERTY keyboard. You can also rotate pictures and web pages in this manner.

The Storm has a full HTML browser backed by 3G speed which essentially brings the Internet experience you have on your personal computer to your phone. The Storm also features GPS with full turn-by-turn directions. A pre-installed SIM card and Global Literature Kit allow the Storm to be easily

Verizon Wireless today entered an agreement with Alltel Corporation in which they will acquire the company for $28.1 billion in a cash merger. According to the terms of the agreement Verizon Wireless will acquire the equity of Alltel for $5.9 billion. Alltel's projected debt of $22.2 billion brings the transaction to $28.1 billion.

The merger is targeted for completion by the end of the year and once the transaction closes, customers of both companies will gain access to a broader range of products and services. The 13+ million Alltel customers will benefit from advanced services such as over the air music downloads, coast-to-coast coverage and consumer policies such as Worry Free Guarantee and Test Drive. The

Verizon Wireless today announced the launch of RemoSync, a corporate email solution that will allow customers to stay connected with their corporate e-mail through their mobile phones. Developed by Remoba, Remosync is perfect for the small to mid size business who use Microsoft Exchange Servers and whose employees do not have separate smartphones or PDAs devoted solely to work. The Direct Push technology allows customers to manage their e-mail, contacts and calendar as soon as they launch the application on their phones.

Some of RemoSync's features include:

E-mail

Contacts

Calendar

According to executive director of product management and development for Verizon Wireless, Andrea Caldini, "The addition of RemoSync gives our business customers the added features of a business device on the phones they carry with them every day ... We expect the average customer to use between