AT&T announced a few new smartphone and tablet data plans on Wednesday. These new plans won’t be forced on customers. If a customer chooses, they can switch to one of these new plans starting Sunday, January 22.

With more and more users using their smartphones for sharing pictures with family and friends, their data costs also continue to increase. This is the reason why Walmart and T-Mobile has upgraded the Walmart Family Mobile plan by adding unlimited web surfing feature. If you’ve subscribed to the said plan, the unlimited web adds to more »

Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam has hinted that Verizon will try to offer shared data plans sometime in 2012. Speaking at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference, McAdam said that Verizon has been working on shared data plans for years now, and we should see them in 2012. That would mean Verizon would let users more »

It looks like Sprint customers do not have all that much to worry about in terms of losing their unlimited data plans. Of course, we have seen similar stories in the past, however with mobile data usage growing and mobile data plan sized shrinking — it is always nice to get more in terms of more »

Today marks the first day of Verizon’s switch to limited data plans for new customers. New customers now how the option of signing up for plans offering 2GB, 5GB and 10GB of data each month. Moderate data users will likely not exceed their limit and will be spared of any overage charges. Verizon still wants to keep customers informed on where they stand in data usage, so it will begin sending out free text message alerts this week.

While the details are still fairly nonexistent, AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega has confirmed that they are working on shared data plans. And as to those nonexistent details, those include the important parts such as price points, data allowances and when we may see these come available. That said, we suppose it is nice more »

T-Mobile has just announced a new suite family and individual plans. Said plans offer 200MB, 2GB, 5GB or 10GB of high speed data with a range of price points for unlimited talk and unlimited text. More importantly, T-Mobile promises customers that all new plans will have no data overages. Each of the new T-Mobile data more »

Data plans are a pain for just about everybody, they usually cost quite a bit, and at times you end up paying for more or less than what you actually need. Those with family plans are especially hurt by the fees, having to pay separate data plans for each phone. In an interview with the more »

Here’s another mobile phone related treat, this time from U.S. Cellular. If you don’t want to get tied up with a two-year contract from mobile carriers but still want to enjoy calling and data browsing privileges using your phones, prepaid monthly plan is your way to go. U.S. Cellular is offering three new types of more »

If you were one of those folks who have threatened to move to Verizon due to your outrage over AT&T’s announcement that they would be dropping their unlimited data plans, you may want to move to Sprint instead. Verizon’s CEO told Businessweek that the company is considering a move in the same direction as AT&T more »