Xperia PLAY Customers Begin Boycott of Sony over ICS Retraction, Class Action Suit May Result
Sony may become the first company to be hit with class-action lawsuit for detrimental reliance over committing, then retracting, promised Android 4.0 upgrade.
Verizon Affirms Unlimited Smartphone SIM Card Usage in Hotspots, Tablets, LTE iPad
Verizon Wireless answers exclusively to PhoneNews.com about one of the most burning questions for grandfathered 4G LTE customers.
Verizon Re-Reminds People About Their URL Logging
Verizon Wireless has begun to issue a new privacy bulletin, inside every Verizon Wireless customer’s bill. You can download the PDF here, but basically, if you are a Verizon Wireless customer, your web browsing activity will be aggregated inside Verizon for targeted advertising, and monitoring. This information could be subpoenaed by any governmental agency. As […]
Verizon Double Data Allowance (How-To)
We walk you through how to double your data allowance with Verizon, if you are on a metered handset data plan. This how-to guide is for users that have a metered data plan; Verizon is offering you a one-time opportunity to double your data plan for the same price per month! That means if you […]
LG Revolution is Getting Gingerbread, Users Having Issues
Verizon confirmed to us early this week that the LG Revolution is indeed getting Android 2.3, Gingerbread. However, users have reported to PhoneNews.com, and we’ve confirmed with our own device, that many still cannot update. These issues are reminiscent of the HTC Thunderbolt, which encountered many issues with its Gingerbread rollout. Specifically, LG Revolution owners […]
Tomorrow: All-Day Verizon Developer Community Conference Coverage
Tomorrow we’ll be live from Las Vegas at the annual Verizon Developer Community Conference. Stay tuned on both PhoneNews.com and for quick updates via @phonenewsdotcom via Twitter. If you’re not already following us on Twitter, it’s time. With live coverage of Verizon’s LTE announcements, V CAST App Store, and BREW MP developments, post in the […]
FCC Approves RIM BlackBerry Bold 9650
The FCC has approved the forthcoming RIM BlackBerry Bold 9650, which as previously reported will feature a Wi-Fi radio and EVDO Rev A. data access along with dual band 850/1900 GSM/EDGE support for roaming in Latin America. The device will be launched by Sprint on the 23rd of this month for $199.99, while Verizon has […]
Verizon Confirms HTC Droid Incredible Specs
Verizon has officially confirmed specifications for the forthcoming and long-awaited HTC Droid Incredible Android smart device. The device will feature a 3.7 inch capacitive OLED touch display, 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset with 1GB RAM and 768MB ROM, 8GB of flash memory with additional microSDHC expansion slot, Wi-Fi radio, Bluetooth with stereo audio support and 8 […]
Verizon Samsung Reality Launching on April 22nd
Following confirmation from a Best Buy flyer this week, Verizon internal employee documentation has further confirmed the launch of the Samsung Reality messaging and multimedia phone for April 22nd. As previously reported the phone features the TouchWiz user interface along with a QWERTY keyboard, 3.0 inch WQVGA resolution touch display, HTML browser and a 3.2 […]
Verizon HTC Incredible Launching April 25th
Internal Verizon emails have been confirmed April 25th as the launch date for the long awaited HTC Incredible Android smart device after first being given a late March launch window. The HTC Incredible is expected to be Verizon’s flagship Android device before the long awaited launch of the Nexus One on the network. More speculation […]