Verizon Offering V Cast Video to Android Handsets for $10/Mo

Verizon Wireless today announced a new version of its V CAST Video service, which will be called simply Verizon Video moving forward. According to Verizon, the new version of the application offers higher-quality video content, access to more than 250 current TV shows from all the major broadcast networks, and live sporting event broadcasts. The new version of the application is available to Verizon's LTE 4G and select 3G phones. It costs $10 per month or $3 per day, and requires a separate monthly data plan.

Verizon Wireless today made Rdio available via its V CAST store for Android smartphones. Rdio is a social music application that lets users create their own cloud-based music library and then stream it or download it to their mobile device. The software also lets users see their recent activity across devices, look at what music is topping the charts and/or what their friends are listening to, as well as create playlists and transfer the listening experience from desktop to mobile. Rdio costs $9.99 per month and can be billied directly to user wireless accounts.

Yap today announced a new application available to Android handsets on the AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless networks that transcribes voicemails into text. The text can be delivered via SMS or email. The Yap Voicemail application integrates with the native Android SMS and email programs, and users can respond to voicemails via text message or email. It's a free download from the Android Market.
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Owners of the HTC Droid Incredible will see a software update next week that will add Verizon Wireless' V Cast Apps store to the device. The V Cast Apps store is Verizon's own app storefront, and it offers a mix of exclusive apps, like V Cast tones and V Cast video, as well as apps from third-party developers who worked with Verizon Wireless on app approval. Developers may also sell their apps on the Google App Market, but Verizon Wireless and Google each have a distinct approval process.

Verizon Wireless today announced the addition of a new subscription movie service to its V CAST Video offering. The service, which is provided by Crackle and offers content from Sony Pictures, costs $6 per month on top of the $10 V CAST Video subscription and necessary data package. According to Verizon, Crackle's library includes action, comedy, drama, and science fiction movies. There will be 19 movies available at launch, with two new movies added to the library each month. It is available to all V CAST-capable phones, and select BlackBerries and select Android devices.

For the Android faithful on the Big Red network that own Android smartphones running Android 2.1 or above, you might like to know that Verizon has now updated their V Cast Music service to deliver DRM free music downloads.According to an article over on Android Community, the Verizon update to V Cast Music now delivers ringtones and full track songs from a single app with DRM free titles costing from $0.69 up to $1.29 per song with all downloads being charged to the users Verizon Wireless bill.

Last week U.S wireless operator Verizon Wireless said that three fitness and outdoor apps from Trimble are now available in V CAST Apps, the company's mobile application store, providing customers a one-click process to purchase Android and Blackberry applications with direct billing.

These three applications are AllSport GPS (fitnes...

Video chat company ooVoo today announced a forthcoming application for Apple's iOS devices that will allow them to conduct video chats with users of Android smartphones as well as Apple and Windows computers. ooVoo's software is capable of creating a 6-way video chat and it works via Wi-Fi, 3G and 4G. ooVoo said it expects its iOS application to become available in April. It is already available for Android handsets and desktops.
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