Items tagged with 'Verizon Wireless'
Verizon Wireless Raises Early Termination Fees
Rumors surrounding Verizon Wireless' Early Termination Fees (EFTs) have been flying around in recent days. Over the weekend, Verizon officially upped the fee for cancelling your contract early from $175 to $350. Under the new fee schedule, Verizon gives you a bit of a break by reducing the fee by a mere $10 per month for... Read More
AT&T Attempts To Set The Record Straight
Last week, we told you about AT&T's lawsuit against Verizon Wireless, claiming the latter company's "There's a Map for That" ad is misleading. While obviously mocking Apple's "There's an App For That" iPhone slogan, the ad points out that AT&T's 3G coverage isn't near as far-reaching as Verizon Wireless' 3G coverage.... Read More
Motorola DROID Does? A Deep Dive Look
There's no denying that the Motorola DROID is receiving a lot of hype. Not only is this phone a big deal for Motorola, who has struggled to produce widely successful handsets since the famous RAZR flip phone, but the DROID is also the first handset that will be released as part of a partnership between Google and Verizon... Read More
Verizon Adds To Droid Line With Eris
The new Motorola Droid isn't Verizon's only upcoming Android smartphone. In addition to the much-hyped handset which is set to arrive on Friday, the wireless carrier is also planning to unleash the Droid Eris this week. It appears the Droid Eris is a modified HTC Hero, a handset that is currently available as an Android... Read More
RadioShack To Run Target's Mobile Phone Operations
The Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal is reporting that Target plans to outsource its mobile phone operation to RadioShack subsidiary Kiosk Operations. Earlier this month, the subsidiary opened kiosks in about 100 Target stores in California, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, Texas, and Washington. The partners... Read More
Verizon & Motorola Unveil The Droid
After a series of teaser ads that attack Apple’s iPhone, Motorola and Verizon Wireless officially unveiled the Droid smartphone today. The Motorola Droid has a 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen that is larger than the iPhone’s display and has a resolution of 480x854 pixels. The phone also offers a slide-out keyboard yet still... Read More
Verizon Leaves The Door Open For Apple & The iPhone
Not long ago, Verizon Wireless launched an aggressive ad campaign against the iPhone. That doesn’t mean Verizon is completely moving on and has no interest in the iPhone, however. During Verizon’s third-quarter earnings conference call yesterday, Verizon’s chief executive Ivan Seidenberg said his company would be interested... Read More
The Motorola Droid Won’t Be The Only Android 2.0 Handset
If you’ve been following news and announcements surrounding the Android operating system, you may have picked up on the fact that Google hasn’t announced Android 2.0 or the SDK. An official announcement hasn’t stopped Verizon from talking about this new OS, however. In fact, Verizon has said the upcoming Motorola Droid... Read More
Verizon Wireless & Google Partner To Develop, Sell Handsets
Calling it a "groundbreaking agreement," Verizon Wireless and Google announced today that they would work together to produce mobile devices based on the search giant's Android platform. Certainly the deal is a breakthrough for Google, considering Verizon serves more than 87 million customers and is the biggest service... Read More
Gateway LT2016u Netbook Comes To Verizon For $150 On Contract
We've known since late March that Verizon Wireless was thinking hard about offering subsidized netbooks that ran on its data network, and while it has been offering a single model for a few months now, this is probably the most attractive one yet to find its way into a carrier store.Gateway's LT2016u is the first Gateway... Read More
Verizon Wireless Will Roll Out 4G "As Close To All-At-Once As Possible"
Verizon Wireless' CTO Tony Melone revealed a few more details concerning the company's plans for deploying its next-generation 4G network based on the LTE (Long Term Evolution) standard. According to Melone, the rollout will take place on a large scale, rather than in a traditional market-by-market rollout over the course... Read More
Samsung Announces Omnia PRO B7330
Samsung recently introduced the latest addition to its Omnia smartphone series: the Samsung Omnia Pro B7330. During the announcement, the company also revealed that all of its Omnia models will run Windows Mobile 6.5. Samsung also plans to release upgrades to current products that are on the market now. The new Omnia Pro... Read More
Clearwire CEO Open To Switching 4G Technologies
Clearwire seems to be keeping its options open. It's been just days since news broke about a possible global WiMAX roaming agreement between Clearwire and a pair of international carriers, and now the company's CEO is stating that he would be open to the possibility of switching fourth-generation, or 4G, wireless technologies... Read More
Verizon Wireless Gets HTC Touch Pro2
Well that certainly didn’t take long. Just days after Sprint got the hot new HTC Touch Pro2, Verizon Wireless is announcing that it too will carry the phone. Like the Sprint version, Verizon’s variant will feature a 3.6-inch WVGA variable-angle tilting touch screen and a slide-out keyboard that is larger than its Touch... Read More
Jitterbug Moves To Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless and GreatCall are working together to offer the Jitterbug cell phone on the Verizon Wireless network through the wireless leader’s open development program. If you’re unfamiliar with Jitterbug, it’s a simple, no-frills cell phone that delivers basic capabilities and has large, backlit buttons as well as... Read More
Alltel Picks Up RIM's BlackBerry Tour: $199 With 1-Year Contract
Verizon Wireless and Sprint have already announced plans to ship RIM's newest BlackBerry (that'd be the Tour), and now Alltel Wireless is jumping in to yell "me too!" Of course, it's sort of odd for Alltel to waste the marketing dollars here considering that VZW is already showing ads informing the general public that Alltel... Read More
Cable Growing Faster Than Wireless
Although many would guess otherwise, the cable industry is actually growing faster than the wireless sector. This surprising fact comes courtesy of Bernstein Research analyst Craig Moffett. He explains in his latest Weekend Media Blast piece that while subscriber growth in the wireless industry over the last 12 months is... Read More
Verizon Wireless & ZTE USA Introduce AD3700
World travelers now have another option when it comes to mobile broadband connectivity: Verizon Wireless and ZTE USA recently introduced the AD3700, a mobile broadband USB modem with global connectivity capabilities. This new modem provides access to high-speed networks in more than 175 destinations. The modem supports... Read More
Verizon Wireless Announces First 4G LTE Test Markets
There’s a good chance residents of Boston and Seattle will have a new high-speed wireless broadband option before the end of this year—Verizon Wireless recently announced plans to test its 4G wireless broadband service in these cities. The new wireless data service promises speeds that are five to 10 times faster than the... Read More
Motorola's Sholes Android Smartphone For Verizon Leaked
In recent years, Motorola's mobile handsets division has been slow to provide new, popular devices. However, that might be about to change if leaked images of a new phone called Sholes becomes reality. Sholes is based on the Android OS and sports some beefy specs and a sleek design that is sure to appeal to serious smartphone... Read More
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