March 13th 2010
You only need to take one look at Verizon Wireless and Casio’s latest mobile phone to know it’s not aimed at Facebooking teenagers, Foursquaring metrosexuals or sleek businessmen: the Casio G’zOne Brigade Cellphone is a shockproof, water resistant handset aimed at business customers heavily involved in industries like construction, public safety and utilities.
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March 12th 2010
It doesn’t really come as a huge surprise, but apparently the only way to get your hands on a Verizon-based Nexus One will be to order it straight from Google. On the somewhat odd side though, it seems that the device might run HTC’s Sense UI. [Android Central via MobileCrunch via Engadget] More »
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March 11th 2010
Earlier this week Verizon Wireless detailed speeds related to their field tests of the 4G LTE technology they expect to roll out to 25-30 markets by the end of the year and nationwide by 2013. Now, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is reporting that Verizon will have its first 4G handset six months earlier than [...]
March 11th 2010
Verizon Wireless has added another rugged phone to its product line to attract construction, public safety, and utility workers, as well as accident-prone consumers. The new phone is the CASIO G’zOne Brigade and is the first push to talk clamshell handset to be offered by the wireless provider with a full QWERTY keyboard. Adding to [...]
March 11th 2010
Oh, sure, 3G’s pretty good for most people right now, but you just wait: eventually, even the plebs are going to cop on to the fact that they can stream high-definition media on the subways, and then where will we all be? Slogging through 3G molasses like a bunch of suckers.
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March 11th 2010
Nokia was rumored to be building it, but according to the WSJ Verizon Wireless‘ first 4G handset will debut mid-2011, running on the LTE network that’s launching end of this year after Boston and Seattle guinea pigged the service. More »
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Tags: 4g Phone, Boston, Guinea, Handset, Nokia, Seattle, Six Months, Verizon, Verizon [...]
March 10th 2010
Verizon Wireless has announced that it has secured a new four-year agreement to become the official wireless service sponsor of the NFL. The title was previously held by competitor Sprint Nextel. The deal, which begins next month, includes NFL Mobile which features exclusive multimedia content for mobile subscribers. According to the Wall Street Journal, the [...]
March 10th 2010
An ad war between HP and Apple is looming on the horizon, just in time for the iPad’s April 3 US debut. Forget about Verizon’s nasty ad attacks on Apple and AT&T, the computer giant Hewlett-Packard has taken aim at Apple and its iPad. HP’s sales pitch? Their forthcoming Slate tablet runs Adobe’s Flash and [...]
March 9th 2010
Verizon Wireless announced results of its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) field trials in Boston and Seattle. The trial consisted of data calls with streamed video, web browsing, file uploads and downloads, and calls using VoIP. Here’s the quick breakdown of the results.
Peak Download Speeds: 40-50 Mbps
Avg Download Speeds: 5-12 Mbps (Compared to 3G speeds [...]
March 8th 2010
Dropped calls, network congestion, and sluggish mobile data speeds could become a thing of the past for the people owning data-hungry smartphones (like the iPhone) if Time Warner Cable Inc. sells the nation’s carriers like AT&T and Verizon on its wireless backhaul service.
The technology lets wireless operators transfer data using Time Warner’s cables laid underground [...]
March 8th 2010
Tags: Amp, Iphone, Pipes, Suck, Time Warner, Verizon
March 5th 2010
T-Mobile USA may not be tops in total subscribers or revenue when compared to its larger competitors including Verizon Wireless, Sprint and AT&T. Where they do have them beat is in wireless retail customer satisfaction according to J.D. Power and Associates. Luckily for T-Mobile USA, there isn’t a map for that so it will be [...]
March 5th 2010
You asked for it and you’ve got it! The Motorola Devour is the latest Android phone appearing on the Verizon network in the U.S. The Devour has a sliding QWERTY keyboard and a unique side-mounting battery. Motorola includes its Motoblur technology on the phone, which is a unique social network aggregator.
The phone owner’s social networks [...]
March 5th 2010
If you believe in magic and live in the U.S., you can pre-order it on March 12 in the form an Apple iPad. It is, after all, “magical and revolutionary,” says Apple. Either the Wi-Fi or the Wi-Fi 3G models can be pre-ordered, but only the Wi-Fi model will be appearing on April 3. Late [...]
March 4th 2010
Tags: Bowels, Mdash, Microsoft, Microsoft Phone, Microsoft Project, Photos, Pink, Secret Project, Sidekick, Turtle, Verizon, Windows Phone
March 4th 2010
Tags: Carrier, Launch, Memory, Microsoft, Microsoft Phone, Microsoft Project, Pink, Verizon, Windows Phone
March 4th 2010
Droid owners have been waiting and waiting for 2.1 to materialize, but fortunately a firmware update has leaked for both handsets. Motorola and Verizon have both promised OTA updates, but it’s anyone’s guess as to when they’ll be out—so this may just be the fastest way to get the latest Android flavor on your pocket-friend. [...]
March 3rd 2010
Smartphones are so much more than phones, they are now full-blown computers. They make phone calls and do texting, but that’s just a small piece of the feature set on today’s phones. While the smartphone is rapidly changing the mobile habits of society, when things go wrong it can be a frustrating experience. It is [...]
March 3rd 2010
If you use Verizon Wireless then don’t expect to be accessing your e-mail this morning. Although unconfirmed by VW themselves, there are many reports coming in that the data network is down nationwide.
The Crackberry forums has a growing thread of BlackBerry users complaining about a lack of connection beginning at 8:17am EST with a post [...]
March 3rd 2010
Tags: Blackout, Nationwide, Verizon, Verizon Customer, Verizon Customers