A top 10 list of Valentine-colored cell phones for 2008: Black Cherry Chocolate (Verizon): Part phone, part music player, this slider phone has touch-sensitive navigation keys, GPS, a megapixel camera and video capture. Dark Red Samsung Blackjack II (AT&T):   Better than the original Blackjack; full QWERTY keyboard, 2 megapixel camera, high speed data and GPS [...]

Most carriers raised their text messaging charges from 10 to 15 cents in 2006; Sprint raised another 5 cents in 2007 and now Verizon has joined them at 20 cents each. These seem like excessive increases in a country with 3% inflation but the idea here is to push all but the most casual texters [...]