Almost as a side note to Verizon’s earlier announcement today that it is offering two new pre-paid data packages for select smartphones and multimedia feature phones, Verizon told us that these new smartphones and multimedia devices will also be available for purchase directly from Verizon without a contract. The newly available devices are: BlackBerry Curve 8330, Curve 8530, Storm 9530, Storm2 9550, Tour 9630, and Bold 9650; Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus; Motorola DROID, DEVOUR, DROID X, and DROID 2; HTC DROID Eris and DROID Incredible; LG Ally, enV Touch, enV3, Chocolate Touch, and VX8360; Samsung Alias 2 and Renown; Nokia Twist; Casio EXILIM. The phones are now available for purchase without a contract from Verizon Wireless retail shops and will be available online on the 28th of September.

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Verizon now offering smartphones on no-contract pre-paid plans

At the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin today, Samsung confirmed that Google’s future Android 3.5 operating system will be called Honeycomb. Prior to the event, speculation swirled that the next iteration of the OS would be called Honeycomb, but that had never been confirmed. The name falls in line with Google’s alphabetic naming scheme, which includes Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, and Gingerbread, which will be Android 3.0 and is expected before year’s end.

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Samsung: Android 3.5 to be called Honeycomb

At the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin today, Samsung confirmed that Google’s future Android operating system will be called Honeycomb. Prior to the event, speculation swirled that the next iteration of the OS would be called Honeycomb, but that had never been confirmed. The name falls in line with Google’s alphabetic naming scheme, which includes Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, and Gingerbread, which will be Android 3.0 and is expected before year’s end.

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Samsung: Android Honeycomb to follow Gingerbread

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Novatel Wireless Inks Master Purchase Agreement with Comcast for Mobile Broadband Access Solutions

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Press Release: Novatel Wireless MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot and Ovation MC760 Now Available Through Comcast