Twitter has received coverage on Stephen Colbert and on Oprah.  Apparently Oprah is loving the promotional possibilities of Twitter so she had Biz Stone come to her company Harpo and give a “creative seminar” to the production team.

Stone tweeted out that he was “At HARPO in Chicago to deliver ‘creative seminar’ to the production team before they go on summer break — this place is awesome.” Perhaps we may see Twitter have more of a presence on Oprah’s show after Stone’s seminar such as how to interact with Oprah’s audience watching from home using the micro-blogging service.

If that is the case, I’m sure that we’ll find out soon.  More coverage on this later on if something interesting comes out of the seminar.

[via BusinessInsider]

Verizon Wireless has recently announced that they are now selling the Casio EXILIM and Motorola Rival A455 mobile phones on their network.  The Casio EXILIM is a claimshell phone with 180-degree rotating QVGA display and 5.1 megapixel camera.  The EXILIM is $279.99 with a 2 year contract and $50 rebate.

The Motorola Rival A455 has a QWERTY keyboard and a sliding display.  The screen display has a 176×220 resolution and 2 megapixel camera.  There can be flash memory space can be expanded using microSD.  The A455 is available in a tin color and purple.  The Rival costs $99.99 with a 2 year agreement.

[via UnwiredView]

The Motorola Stature i9 became available for Sprint back in March.  On Sprint it is available in a silver and black combination.  For Boost Mobile, Motorola decided to change up the colors a bit by making the phone a dark red and black combo.  The price of this phone on Boost Mobile is $299.99.

[via EngadgetMobile]

A source with The Wall Street Journal claims that Sprint should take advantage of having the Palm Pre on their network right now because Verizon Wireless may have the phone on their network by January.  Apparently Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam claimed “over the next six months or so you will see devices like the Palm Pre” will be on Verizon’s network.

Sprint is believed to have the exclusive Pre deal until the end of 2009, but is pushing to have it extended.  Sprint even broke sales records with the introduction of the Palm Pre.  At the launch party of the Pre, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse claimed that the deal is longer than six months.

Both Verizon and AT&T have an interest in carrying Palm’s latest handset so it is definitely in Sprint’s interest to keep offering Palm a nice piece of the pie.

The dedicated pages of the Blackberry Pearl Flip 8230 and the Samsung Code i220 have been spotted on the U.S. Cellular website, implying that these two phones will be arriving on their network soon.  The phones cannot be easily found by just going to the U.S. Cellular website.  To see the phone websites on U.S. Cellular, check out the websites below:

- BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230
- Samsung Code

[via BoyGeniusReport]

VIZIO has introduced a new line of HDTVs in the XVT, M, and E series.  The XVT series will be adding the TruLED VF551XVT to the line.  The TruLED VF551XVT has 240Hz dejudder technology and will have sizes of 32″ to 55″.  The M series has a JAVA design, 1080p panels and 120 Hz technology.  The E series uses the least amount of energy and has screen sizes that range from 19″ to 42″.

[via EngadgetHD]

The full press release is available after the jump :

Yesterday there was a bizarre criminal incident that took place in Phenix City, Alabama.  Two criminals had stolen a backhoe to try and steal an ATM.  The criminals towed the stolen backhoe to the bank, unloaded it, and used it to load the ATM onto a flatbed trailer.  After loading the ATM on the trailer, the criminals drove off.  Apparently they did not account for the physics behind their crime.

The ATM slid off the trailer and landed in the middle of the road where police found it.  The ATM was still full of cash.  “It sounded like a good plan at the time,” stated Police Chief Ray Smith. “Lucky for us, it fell apart.”

The whole incident took place at 3AM this past Monday.  The machine was found near South and North Railroad streets off of Summerville Road.  The stolen backhoe was left behind at the bank after the criminals realized they could not get the heavy machinery back on the trailer.

The stolen ATM and backhoe was recovered for evidence.  Photo and video evidence will released once recovered.

Stealing an ATM is one thing, but last month we saw what happened to Shane Becker after he took a picture of an ATM.

[via Ledger-Enquirer/Gizmodo]

Gannett Company’s USA Today is planning to start an electronic edition of their newspaper.  USA Today has the widest circulation of any other newspaper around the nation with 2.11 million copies delivered every weekday.  The newspaper started in 1982.

The electronic version of the newspaper will be available for a monthly fee and will be delivered through e-mail starting August 3.  USA Today publisher David Hunke said that the company is currently seeking alternative ways to make money as the media is dealing with declines in advertising.

Access to the main website will most likely not have a charge anytime in the near future.  The company may even charge for a USA Today iPhone application.

[via Associated Press]