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Windows Phones galaxy threes verizon four G's get ready for foam tastic episode I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update the windows phone 8 operating system will come to new Windows Phones this fall but if you already own a windows phone you won't be getting this upgrade so if you bought a nokia lumia 900 yeah i guess you were just a beta tester for the windows phone 8 system it's because the upgrades require phones to have better hardware like multi-core processors with built-in support for NFC the next system will also have Nokia's mapping technology maps are becoming a new battleground for mobile phones but there is one update coming to older Windows Phones the new look to the home screen live tiles now you can cram more moving spinning tiles into one space with a new smaller size option if you're into that sort of thing you can still keep things looking simple if you like the samsung galaxy s3 is landing thursday at Sprint and t-mobile it's the hot new android phone that will soon be available at all major US phone carriers I have one here from sprint it's Samsung's follow-up to the flagship galaxy s2 the best selling Android phone oh 2011 lots of goodies packed in android 4.0 a strong 8 megapixel camera Samsung did try to take on Cirie with his own voice controls but well be sure to check out the full review to see how it compares if you're watching the cnet interactive player just click the link over there verizon speedy 4G LTE network has long been the largest LTE network and it's still growing verizon added 46 more 4g markets and an improved coverage in 22 existing areas now let's just see if anyone still wants to pay for it after verizon rolls out those new family share plans on jun 28th i got tons of comments from viewers about the new plans and people are not happy i present i have an iphone 4 with an unlimited data plan and I'm not too crazy about this tiered pricing that verizon's coming out with so my idea was to buy and unsubsidized iphone 5 and keep my unlimited data plan but trying to buy that on a teacher salary thanks yeah that's one way to bypass the new and just by a phone at full price or if you're due for an upgrade do so before next week and you'll be able to hang on to that old unlimited data plan for another two years and today's appt to watch is wazi a free app for iOS and Android that helps you avoid bad traffic jams it's now added in gas prices and it will give you directions to the cheapest gas stations wozy is free because it relies on users to submit data about prices and traffic that's your tech news update for today for more on the stories in today's show visit cnet com / update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey