Verizon Wireless is allegedly announcing its support for the iPhone Jan. 11. No wonder AT&T has been bolstering its Android support for 2011. – Last Friday night the cry rang out: the Verizon iPhone is
coming, the Verizon iPhone is coming.
Several journalists and bloggers
received this
invite to a press event helmed by Verizon President and COO Lowell McAdam
slated for Jan. 11 in New York. All indications this is the Verizon iPhone
c…
Verizon Wireless is cutting the cost of its Samsung Galaxy by $100 from $599, perhaps in a sign that sales aren’t up to par. Verizon may unveil more tablets at CES this week. – Verizon Wireless is hacking the price of its Samsung Galaxy Tab by $100,
offering the popular tablet for $499 and throwing in $60 worth of free movie
rentals to boost sales in the new year.
Droid Life, which said the movie rentals will come via the integrated
Blockbuster application Verizon inc…
Verizon Wireless is selling the Motorola Droid 2 Global, powered by a 1.2 GHz processor for $199.99 with a two-year contract. It’s also got quad-band GSM global roaming. – Verizon Wireless last week very quietly began selling the Motorola Droid 2 Global, a faster device than its predecessor and one that works around the world, for $199.99 with a two-year contract.
Like the Motorola Droid 2 Verizon began selling in August, the Droid 2 Global is based on Android 2.2, s…
Verizon Wireless is launching its Motorola Citrus Android 2.1 smartphone for $49.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate. The holiday-priced device balances the $179.99 Motorola Droid Pro. – Verizon Wireless said
it is launching the Motorola Citrus Android smartphone Nov. 11 for a
wallet-pleasing $49.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate.
Selling a smartphone for $50 is certainly aggressive for the holidays, but
the Citrus is not in the league of high-end Android handsets such
as the Sams…
Samsung’s newest Galaxy S smartphone, the Continuum, will debut on Verizon Wireless. It features a "ticker display" in addition to its main touch screen. – Samsung unveiled the newest smartphone in its Galaxy S line,
the Continuum, during a New York City event Nov. 8. The device includes two
separate-but-integrated displays: a 3.4-inch “main screen” paired with a
1.8-inch ticker display, the latter of which feeds real-time information about
news, e…
The enterprise-ready, Android 2.2-running Motorola Droid Pro will be available for preordering on the Verizon Wireless network Nov. 9. – Verizon Wireless will begin accepting preorders for the Motorola
Droid Pro Nov. 9, before launching the Android 2.2-running smartphone
in stores Nov. 18.
Pricing has been set at $180, after a $100 mail-in rebate and with a
new two-year contract. Users will also need to subscribe to a Verizon
N…
Samsung’s Galaxy Tab is coming to Best Buy in November, starting at $499 for WiFi, $599 for WiFi/3G units from Verizon Wireless and Sprint. – Best Buy is
preparing to launch Samsung’s Galaxy Tab in the United States in November,
offering WiFi-only and WiFi/3G combinations beginning at $499.
Gadget blog Pocketables found these Best Buy signs advertising the Galaxy Tab silver
WiFi-only variety and WiFi + 3G versions from Verizon Wireles…
Verizon Wireless Oct. 18 made its Field Force Manager application available for all smartphones based on Google’s Android operating system. That spans the popular Droid line. – Verizon Wireless Oct. 18
refreshed its mobile worker management application to work with phones based on
Google’s Android operating system.
The wireless carriers Field
Force Manager is a location-based Web
application that companies use to help track and communicate with mobile
workers in the …
AT&T said it will sell the iPad WiFi and 3G models to enterprise customers with discounted wireless data plans on Oct. 28, the same day Verizon Wireless will sell the iPad. – Seeking to defend its mobile computing turf against Verizon Wireless,
AT amp;T Oct. 15 pledged to sell the iPad models with WiFi and 3G to enterprise
customers with discounted wireless data plans.
One day after Verizon Wireless vowed to begin selling the popular iPad, AT amp;T said it will be…
Verizon Wireless is now featuring Kindle for Android directly on the application screens of the Samsung Fascinate and Motorola Droid X and Droid 2 smartphones. – Verizon Wireless Oct. 13 teamed with Amazon.com to preload the
Kindle for Android application on the application screens of the
Samsung Fascinate and Motorola Droid X and Droid 2 smartphones.
Kindle for Android lets readers search, download and read from more
than 700,000 books in the Kindle S…
Verizon Wireless overcharged approximately 15 million customers for data services they didnt use and will begin refunding them a move that could cost the carrier a reported $90 million. – Verizon Wireless improperly billed about 15 million customers on
their wireless service statements over the last several years and now
the nation’s largest wireless carrier is beginning to reimburse them.
While the individual refunds are in the range of $2 to $6, Verizon
said in an Oct. 3 state…
Google’s Android 2.2 operating system began rolling out on Verizon Wireless’ Motorola Droid X smartphone Sept. 22. Customers can have it pushed over the air or pull it manually from their phone. – Google’s Android 2.2 operating system began rolling out on the Motorola
Droid X smartphone Sept. 22, more than two months after Verizon Wireless
launched the handset as its midsummer Droid update.
Verizon Wireless spokesman Albert Aydin confirmed the upgrade, telling eWEEK
that the software bump…
After the Samsung Fascinate launched with Bing as the search engine, The Droid Guy said Verizon Wireless was shedding Google search in favor of Microsoft Bing on its Android-based smartphones. Verizon says it’s not true. – The Android phone-following world was abuzz last week with the rumor that
Verizon Wireless would be punting Google’s search engine from all future
Android phones in favor of Microsoft Bing.
However, a Verizon spokesperson told eWEEK this is not true. Google search
will continue to be the default…
Verizon Wireless said it will begin selling the Samsung Fascinate based on Google’s Android 2.1 operating system for $199.99 Sept. 8. The device will compete with Verizon’s Motorola Droid X and Motorola Droid 2. – Verizon Wireless said it will begin selling the
Samsung Fascinate based on Google’s Android operating system Sept. 8 for $199.99 after
a $100 mail-in rebate.
The Fascinate is Verizon Wireless’ iteration of Samsung’s
Galaxy S line. The
Samsung Captivate from AT amp;T and Samsung Vibrant from T-M…
Verizon Wireless has started rolling out Google’s Android 2.2 operating system for the HTC Droid Incredible, which sells out often. Upgrades started Aug. 27, Verizon said. – Verizon Wireless said it has started rolling out Google’s Android 2.2
operating system for the HTC Droid
Incredible, one of the more popular Android devices the No. 1 wireless carrier
sells.
Verizon made the official announcement about the Froyo upgrade on its Twitter
@VZWSupport account Aug. 2…
Verizon Wireless will take pre-orders online for the Motorola Droid 2 Aug. 11. The Android 2.2-based device will be available in Verizon stores Aug. 12 for $199 after a $100 mail-in rebate. – Verizon Wireless will begin accepting preorders online for the ballyhooed
Motorola Droid 2 Aug. 11, with availability in Verizon stores the following day
for $199 after a $100 mail-in rebate.
Droid 2, one of the worst kept smartphone secrets for a company marketing
smartphones based on Google’s …
Verizon Wireless reports it earned revenue of $26.8 billion during the second quarter but saw mobility profits drop, due to a number of one-time factors. Still, wireless revenue was up and more Android phones are on the way. – Verizon Wireless lost $198 million in the second quarter, due largely to
several one-time issues, officials said, but the company is continuing to add
wireless customers as it expands its family of Android-based Droid smartphones.
Verizon officials also announced July 23 that the company genera…
Droid Life uncovered a photo of the Droid 2 running Google’s Android 2.2 operating system, or the Froyo build. Verizon Wireless won’t confirm it, but sources say the Droid 2 will launch in August for about $199. – Avid Android smartphone fans are busying themselves with
finding out what operating system version will run on new devices, and it seems
the Motorola Droid 2 will launch with Android 2.2, or Froyo.
If this report and screenshot from Droid Life are accurate, the
highly-anticipated progeny of the…
A screen problem is occurring in only a small number of Droid X smartphones, and Motorola has a fix, reports Engadget. – The Motorola Droid X continues to make news, though not for all the reasons
Motorola and carrier partner Verizon Wireless had hoped. After reports of a
number of devices suffering from flickering screens, the companies have
admitted there was a problem albeit with .1 percent of the devices.
qu…
An analyst polled 20 Verizon Wireless retail stores over the weekend to check on the supply of the Motorola Droid X it was sold out everywhere. Verizon declined to say how many devices it moved, noting only that new shipments are expected this week. –
Motorola’s Droid X has sold out across the country,
according to anecdotal evidence collected by a financial analyst about the
latest Android 2.1-based smartphone. On July 15, Verizon began selling the Droid X which features a 4.3-inch screen, 720p
video capture and HDMI output for displayin…
