Verizon Issues Free Song ID for More Phones
Verizon Wireless has issued an updated V CAST Song ID application, and also released the utility for many devices which previously did not have access to the service. V CAST Song ID is a free tool that allows for song identification, simply by holding the phone near a particular audio source. The phone communicates with […]
Verizon Updates VZ Navigator
Verizon Wireless today updated its VZ Navigator application. The popular GPS Navigation software now clocks in at version 3.1.2. The update makes minor bug fix improvements, and does not add any new features over the previous version (3.1.1). The update is currently being pushed to the multiple versions, based on device. To check for updates, […]
Review: Motorola RAZR maxx Ve (Verizon)
Motorola’s most powerful CDMA phone ever is a Verizon Wireless exclusive in the United States. Does it have the power to stand out, or is it stuck living in the shadow of the RAZR2? Read more to find out… Buy a RAZR maxx Ve at VerizonWireless.com ($199.99 after rebate with new two-year agreement) Buy a […]
Sprint Adopts uiOne from Qualcomm (Updated)
Update: Many people are incorrectly interperting this to mean that Sprint has switched to BREW. Most people that have come to that conclusion have not completely read this article. However, we will clarify. Sprint will continue to use J2ME in devices that have uiOne installed. While that may change in the future, the only current […]
Verizon Launches GPS Services
Verizon has launched their first consumer offering of gpsOne services on their network. Called VZConnect, the BREW-based application currently is only available for the new Motorola V325, and costs $10/month or $3/day for driving directions.
Verizon To Standardize User Interface (Updated)
Update: RCR Wireless is now reporting that Alltel is planning a similar BREW UI initiative, as is upcoming MVNO Amp’d Mobile (the one which touts its CEO as a “teen marketing expert”). Verizon will soon be deploying the latest component of their BREW strategy, BREW UI. BREW UI will allow for Verizon to deploy the […]
Cingular Going BREW?
As part of a detailed survey, Cingular requested information as to how to best integrate the former AT&T Wireless devCentral with the Cingular Developer Forum. However, they may have let slip some future directions in their release. Question 15a specifically asks “… what specific BREW network functionality, API’s, SDK’s, and other developer tools should the […]