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it's time to get a free smartphone plan and let your car find a parking space I'm Bridget Carey and this is your scene at update how does a free mobile plan sound too good to be true well it's real and it's an option for Android users starting this summer the wireless service freedompop will offer free smartphone plans on Android devices here's how it works the free part is limited it's just 500 megabytes of 4G data which could be gobbled up pretty fast if you're streaming videos and music the free plan also includes unlimited text messages and 200 Voice Minutes a month you'll have to be really disciplined with data and use Wi-Fi often if you want to keep things free but even if you want a little more data it's still crazy cheap freedom pops CEO Stephen Stoke host explained to me that he's planning to have to voice plan upgrades pay six dollars for 500 minutes or ten dollars for unlimited minutes and as for data to gigs just costs $18 freedompop has scoured the u s-- phone market for popular android phones in lake new condition and they'll be selling these refurbished phones to go along with the plans for one example stokoe said they plan to sell the HTC EVO 4G for 150 dollars without a contract customers can also use freedompop service on an existing sprint Android phone so how can freedompop afford to give away plans for free well it buys data in bulk from Sprint and it hopes you won't mind paying a little more for an upgrade in fact for those that bought the company's wireless hotspot many do pay to upgrade the plans the paid tiers can be changed on a monthly basis say if you need a little more data before going on a trip we'll know more about this service by the end of summer the time has come for blackberry keyboard addicts to finally get their paws on the new blackberry with physical keys the blackberry q10 just landed at t-mobile stores for a down payment of $100 and verizon said it'll have the phone in stores on Monday June 10th for $200 with the contract it's selling a unique white version no word on the launch date for the other carriers but AT&T is taking pre-orders the keyboard on the q10 is the largest black bird bored yet so it's comfortable to type on the technology in cars these days can help you parallel park but adi takes it a step further a new audio connect service can help you find a parking space owners of Audis with adi connect online service can now see a list of parking garages and lots near the drivers destination it displays info on the garages prices and hours but if the garage is already high tech it'll even show how many parking spaces are still available that your tech news update you can find more details on these stories at cnet.com slash from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey