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By most accounts, the arrival of the iPhone to Verizon has been a resounding success.Recordbreaking sales, solid reviews, orders going outon schedule, and a general sense of relief that the best smartphone is no longer held hostage by theworst carrier. But not everybody is thrilled MeetLilia Martinez Coburn. Early adopter. Entrepreneur. Former member of the team that brought Verizon VCAST to market. Former mobile PM of hi5. Co-Founder of fast growing startupTownhog....

The latest news, if you can call it that, in theVerizon iPhone worldis that Verizon will be offering unlimited data for those who use an iPhone over its network. According toAll Things D, it’s a move to sway more current customers away from AT&T. Why we question the idea of it being news is that it would actually be more interesting if Verizon suddenly said “sorry, unlimited data for everyone except iPhone users”....

U.S mobile operator Verizon is to relaunch its ailing Android app store for smartphones, incorporating its new marketplace “Verizon Apps” onto Droid-branded handsets for free,CNN reports. Verizon’s refreshed marketplace will co-exist alongside Google’s Android Market and is expected to be launched at a Las Vegas conference for developers on Tuesday, after the operator and its search partner Chomp have been discussing the app store with the media. Verizon’s existing “V Cast Apps” and “Vast Cast” stores failed to make an impression on Verizon Android customers but the company believes that there is still room for alternative app marketplaces, with Verizon executive Kyle Malady noting that the operator’s ability to guarantee promotion for apps and services will attract software partners....

Verizon has confirmed that unlimited data transfer plans on the carrier are going away on July 7th, reportsFierceWireless. While Verizon has been intimating that unlimited data would be going away since the iPhone 4 came to the network earlier this year, a spokesperson has now confirmed that as of July 7th, new customers will no longer have that option. The unlimited plan will be replaced by four tiers of pricing that offer various amounts of data from 75MB up to 10GB....

Verizon recentlyintroduceda $20 per month data plan with a cap of 300MB in its mid-Atlantic circle—which includes Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.—and now plans to take it nationwide,according to a report by 9to5Mac. The company introduced the plan to retaliate againstAT&T’s DataPlus plan, which gives you 200MB of data for $15 per month. Intended for new customers upgrading from feature phones, the plan aims to ease them into using data on their smartphones and is currently in a testing phase....