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Verizon has long been reviled for its $45/month smartphone data plans. As Phone News notes, that caused many people to opt for a second device with Sprint’s SERO service, which is $30 per month for 500 minutes and unlimited data. However, with the HTC Touch — or the XV6900, as they’re calling it — the nation’s No. 2 wireless carrier has opted to drop their data prices to the level of their competitors. That is, $30 per month, which is what they normally charge for personal BlackBerry users.

Remember, though, that when Verizon says unlimited, they really mean “unlimited unless you exceed 5 GB.” Unless that changed with this price drop, I’m not sure how they continue to tout unlimited Internet service that is, well, not unlimited.

Also, as Eric Zeman of InformationWeek notes:

This plan does not, however, support Exchange, and is not necessarily meant for enterprise users. It is more relevant to the everyday smartphone user and mobile professional who has email accounts served by email servers other than Microsoft.

Even so, just getting Verizon to drop the data rate at all should be considered a consumer victory.

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