As I have mentioned before I am rather excited to see how fast the first HSPA+ smartphone really is. My initial experience with T-Mobile’s webConnect Rocket USB Laptop Stick (HSPA+ native) was rather impressive. JkOnTheRun’s Kevin Tofel clocked the stick at — 9.11 Mbp/s download and 2.73 Mbp/s upload. You can begin to imagine the importance the HSPA+ network holds for T-Mobile – true wireless broadband speeds. By year’s end Magenta had planned on covering 100 million Americans in more than 55 major metropolitan areas. The company has recently updated those figures and now plans to double that number.

T-Mobile has been leaking out details very slowly – building the suspense like a great Stephen King novel. Up until recently the company had not release specifics – that changed as of yesterday, September 8, 2010:

tight integration with Google services

3.7-inch screen

a full QWERTY keyboard

first smartphones in the industry to offer the new

5-megapixel camera with LED flash and autofocus

hd video camera (720p)

4GB internal memory with pre-installed 8GB micro SD card, with support for up to 32 GB of external memory Read more at www.huffingtonpost.com

Ruben Quinones, 33, director of sales and social media for Path Interactive, a digital advertising agency in New York City that provides services to a handful of pest control companies, called the bedbug search environment over the last few weeks “ridiculously competitive.”

As people across the nation try to eradicate bedbugs from the crevices of their homes, a battle is being waged online among pest control companies over whose ad will be the first one most people see as they race to the Internet to learn about these insidious pests.

According to Google, general searches for “bedbugs” have increased 83 percent in the last year and 182 percent for bedbug-related searches in the last four weeks compared with the same period a year earlier. For Mr. Carlson and other pest control companies, the competition to buy search terms on the Web has increased just as markedly. Read more at www.nytimes.com

As our families continue grow and the demand on our time increases exponentially — staying in touch becomes more essential. Between baseball games, doctor appointments and cooking dinner – staying in touch especially in an emergency has become a fundamental part of our daily lives.  According to Pew Internet & American Life Project — 82% of American adults own a cell phone and 75% of American teens own a cell phone.

As cell phone ownership increases amongst teens – families are trying to cut costs and not add another monthly bill. With so many choices in cell phones and network operators – how does a family decide on what is the best plan and phone for their busy lifestyle but still stay within budget? T-Mobile understands those concerns and attempts to make those choices as simple as possible. Today, Magenta has gone a step further and announced a new promotion – T-Mobile’s Kids Are Free.

Special deals on the latest devices. Starting today customers who purchase a Samsung Vibrant receive a second Samsung Vibrant for free after a $50 mail-in rebate with a two-year service agreement. Also, T-Mobile’s new line of messaging phones are all under $75 after a mail-in rebate with a two-year service agreement. Adding unlimited texting for the whole family is just $20 per month.

T-Mobile’s Even More® and no annual contract Even More Plus® family plans offer customers affordable options for their family’s wireless communication.  T-Mobile’s Even More family plans start at $59.99 per month and T-Mobile’s Even More Plus family plans start at just $49.99 per month.

T-Mobile’s Family Allowances™ service lets parents set up-front monthly allowances for their family’s phone usage — minutes, messages, and downloads.

During my phone interview with T-Mobile – the team brought to my attention T-Mobile’s Family Allowances. This is a service that the company is very proud of and I can understand why. Family Allowances permits parents to introduce their children to cell phone responsibility. The service is $4.99 per month and gives parents oversight of their child’s cell phone usage.Read more at www.huffingtonpost.com

When we think about virtualization we think about industry leaders such as VMware and Citrix. These companies are best known for their server and desktop virtualization. This technology has garnered a great deal of support and acceptance in the Information Technology space. This is primarily due to enhanced security, application management and hardware replacement savings. Over the past few years there has been a slow and gradual adoption — that has been nurtured by Open Kernel Labs — mobile virtualization.

Over the past few years virtualization technology has proven itself as a valuable and green technology. What is virtualization technology? Simply stated virtualization software provides a platform that allows multiple instances of other environments/operating systems to operate simultaneously on one physical device (usually servers). Since most of the time most servers use only a fraction of the available resources this allows a much better overall utilization of the most important resource – electricity. It also equates to cooler server rooms that are doing the same job with less physical machines. It is therefore reasonable that this technology could be used in other environments and why not mobile?

While really only scratching the surface here of what is really an impressive and exciting technology this should serve as a good primer into some of the benefits it offers. Since there are benefits for OEMS, wholesalers, providers, businesses and consumers alike it is likely that this technology will continue to proliferate in the marketplace. Read more at www.huffingtonpost.com

Mocha frappuccino and soy latte lovers rejoice: Starbucks is rolling out its Starbucks Card Mobile App for BlackBerry tomorrow, September 2.

In September 2009, Starbucks introduced its Starbucks Card Mobile app for iPhone () and iPod touch, enabling the owners of those devices to reload their Starbucks payment cards, monitor their rewards cards and even pay for their purchases at 16 stores in Seattle and the Silicon Valley region. In June, the coffee company extended its mobile payment system to 1,000 Target stores in addition to the roster of Starbucks venues.

With the addition of BlackBerry support, Davidson said that roughly three-fourths of its customers now have access to the Starbucks Card Mobile app. While he didn’t confirm that an Android () app was in the works, he did say it was the third-most requested app after the iPhone and BlackBerry. Read more at mashable.com