It looks like Amazon has expanded upon where they will ship the Kindle Touch ereader. The folks over at The eBook Reader blog have recently noticed that the Kindle Touch is now shipping to quite a few more countries outside the US. And worth noting, this is referring to the Kindle Touch and not the more »

According to a recently leaked internal T-Mobile memo, it looks like some new international calling and text messaging plans are about to be rolled-out. The plans are expected to go into effect on December 8th and will only be available for post-paid customers on a $49.99 (or higher) per month calling plan. The details of more »

It seems as if Sony will have their Reader available on an international basis later in the year. According to some details posted over on the Sony Insider blog; “Sony is preparing to make its Reader digital book available in several new markets. Plans include availability in new Asia/Pacific markets this year, including Japan, China more »

Good news coming for webOS users in Europe, Canada and Mexico — in just one week you will have access to the paid apps in the App Catalog. Yup, March 31 is the day you can begin shelling out your hard earned cash for the privilege of new and exciting apps for your phone. According more »

If you are still on the lookout for a last minute Christmas gift and are determined to have it arrive on time and do so without leaving your house then you may want to consider the Kindle. It seems that for at least the next (as of this posting) 7 hours and 25 minutes, Amazon more »

In what can only be seen as a move to compete with the Barnes & Noble Nook, especially considering the international edition Kindle was only announced less than a month ago — Amazon has made some changes to the current Kindle lineup. Good news! Due to strong customer demand for our newest Kindle with U.S. more »

Amazon first unveiled the Kindle 2 back in February and had it priced well over the $300 price point, since then we had seen a price drop in July that took it down to $299 — now once again the price has been lowered. Of course, that is not all, Amazon has also announced a more »

Vonage has recently announced some changes to their available calling plans with the introduction of “Vonage World.” This new plan is an update to their previous unlimited calling plan and will retain the same $24.99 price that it had, except free unlimited international calling is now included. Previously, the unlimited calling plan with Vonage offered more »

Traveling abroad is usually a great experience whether your traveling for business, school, or leisure. But talking to people back home one you get there can be a bit of an issue given the high cost of international roaming and calling. For those who travel often, it is common to have multiple phones or SIM cards, one for each country. Truphone is looking to change that situation with its new Truphone Local Anywhere service.

The service will allow international travelers to use only one phone and one SIM as long as they are in a supported country. It makes every phone call a local call, meaning you don’t have to pay those ridiculous international cell phone rates. It does this by giving multiple cell phone numbers, one for each country the user frequents, so its also cheaper for those calling you from the country you’re not in. The lowest rates are available if you call other Truphone Local Anywhere members.

Ring back tones, that music you can opt to hear instead of a ring phone when you place a call is getting more intelligent. Ring Plus, a US company, has been offering free calls (even international) to its subscribers in exchange for listening to an advertisement while waiting for your callee to pick up. Could it be just that easy?

Ring Plus thinks so. They’ve just completed a six month beta test of the service and were impressed with the results. They believe they are going to revolutionize the telecom industry. Keep reading to find out more.