First Live Appearance Of New BlackBerry Storm Successor
A video has surfaced demonstrating the successor of the Verizon BlackBerry Storm series of touch display oriented BlackBerry smartphones. The device, codenamed Monaco is said to be running BlackBerry OS 6.1 and is clearly branded with the Verizon logo, suggesting that the carrier has revived and is testing the device after it was canceled last […]
Verizon Expands Home Phone Connect Nationwide
Following up on our report on Verizon’s Home Phone Connect service in December, Verizon has expanded the service from its Conneticut and New York test markets to rest of its coverage area around the country, providing competition for services such as Vonage as well as entrenched landline providers. Pricing remains the same as in the […]
Debunked: Verizon Not Moving 4G Cellsites Due to Interference with Air Traffic Control
Yesterday, reports surfaced that Verizon Wireless was spending upwards of $27 million to relocate 4G cellsites in airports order to address interference inbetween air traffic control and planes. “Verizon 4G Antenna’s near or on any airport must be removed due to the fact that they are disrupting the communication from the Cockpit to the ATC […]
Motorola Mobility CEO Confirms Xoom Pricing
Speaking to Reuters, Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha has confirmed pricing for the forthcoming Motorola Xoom Android Honeycomb tablet. The Verizon version will be priced at $799 without subsidies while a Wi-Fi only version will also be offered for $599.99. The Motorola Xoom for Verizon features a 1GHz dual-core Tegra 2 processor 10.1-inch capacitive display […]
Verizon Rolls Out LTE in Detroit and Confirms HP Pre 2
Verizon Wireless has announced that it has expanded its LTE network to Michigan with the roll out of LTE service in the city of Detroit, with the carrier stating that the network covers 80% of the metro Detroit population. Read More for a list of cities covered by the network. In related news, Verizon has […]
First Droid X 2 Images Surface
The first images of the successor to the Motorola Droid X in the Droid X 2 have surfaced along with preliminary specifications. The Droid X 2 will feature an identical featureset to the ATRIX 4G/Droid Bionic with an NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core 1GHz processor, 1GB RAM, 960×540 resolution display, 3G with no 4G LTE radio, […]
Sony Ericsson Announces Xperia Play, Early Spring Launch on Verizon (Updated)
During its press event at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today, Sony Ericsson has confirmed the first details of the forthcoming Xperia Play gaming-oriented Android smartphone along with the confirmation of a March launch. The Xperia Play features a 4 inch capacitive touch display, 1GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 Scorpion processor with Adreno 205 GPU, 1GB of […]
Mac OS X Update for LG VL600 Now Available
Following up on the release of the Mac OS X update for the Pantech UML290 late last month, the same update is now available for the LG VL600 USB modem. Like the Pantech version, the update is available for Tiger/Leopard and Snow Leopard in 32-bit versions only.
Verizon Pre 2 Now Available for Pre-Order, Shipping February 17th
Following yesterday’s announcement at the Think Beyond event, HP has opened up pre-orders for the Pre 2, months after its initial confirmation for the carrier. The Pre 2 features a 3.1-inch HVGA resolution multi-touch glass-front display, 16GB of internal storage, GPS support via A-GPS, Exchange support, accelerometer, ambient light and proximity sensors, Wi-Fi radio, Bluetooth […]
HP Drops Plans to Update Original webOS Lineup to 2.0
Jon Rubenstein, HP Senior Vice President and General Manager of the newly merged Palm Global Business group has confirmed that the long promised update to webOS 2.0 for the first generation of webOS products (Pre, Pre Plus, Pixi and Pixi Plus) will not be released. This essentially freezes those devices at version 1.4.5 of the operating […]