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Consumers may love the iPhone, but carriers hate it
Ever wonder why when you walk into a carrier store, they always subtly (or in some cases, not so subtly) try to push you toward buying an Android device? The reason is because even though Apple requires a grandiose display of the iPhone, carriers make much more money off of Android phones. Carriers pay Apple the subsidy that is able to keep the iPhone down to its $199 price point even after cramming in loads of new features in every release. For Apple, this is good. For consumers, this is … Read more
George Tinari
Phoenix Suns, Samsung team to bring tablets to NBA
There are two things I really dig: mobile technology and the National Basketball Association. That’s why it’s very cool to see the Phoenix Suns, Samsung and Verizon Wireless teaming up to bring Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets to the game. These 4G LTE-enabled tablets will be used throughout the Suns’ operation. This will include workers at the game showing perspective clients interactive views of their game seats and you could easily see kiosks or retailers in the arena using these to jazz up displays. It’s not just the business side … Read more
Marin Perez
Motorola Droid 4 lands at Verizon Wireless on February 10th for $199
Verizon announced the Motorola Droid 4 at CES and we got an early look at the LTE phone. It’s now a month later and the wireless carrier has finally given us a release date. The latest iteration of the popular Android model will hit Verizon stores and online starting February 10th. The phone will retail for $199 with a new two-year customer agreement. Under the hood, the Droid 4 is competitive with other handsets in Verizon’s current Android lineup. The Droid 4 has a dual-core 1.2 GHz processor, an 8-megapixel … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
Droid RAZR MAXX temporarily out of stock on Verizon’s website
The DROID RAZR MAXX is obviously selling like hot cupcakes these days with Verizon Wireless at one point listing the popular devices as out of stock (along with the LG Revolution and Motorola DROID X2). However, the carrier and Motorola must’ve been working round the clock to fix this “injustice” and now the DROID RAZR MAXX is back with a small label that says “Will ship by 2/9.” That’s two days from now, so if you want the thicker version of the RAZR (with bigger 3300 mAh battery), you may … Read more
Dusan Belic
Verizon and Redbox to launch online and mobile video service
Verizon and Coinstar/Redbox announced on Monday a joint venture LLC company that’ll bring a subscription video service to Verizon customers. Verizon will own a 65 percent stake in the venture and Redbox will hold the remaining 35 percent. Details on the agreement were sparse, but the pair did say the joint venture will mix both online and mobile content with Redbox’s popular kiosk rental service. The mobile video service will launch sometime in the second half of 2012. Undoubtedly, this move will bring Redbox into closer competition with Netflix and heat … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
Watching the Super Bowl on NFL Mobile was 80% successful
Last night, I took the opportunity to check out Verizon’s NFL Mobile app and watched the entire Super Bowl game on my Galaxy Nexus. I’m a cord cutter and don’t have cable so watching it on the small screen was my only option. After watching the game on 4G, 3G and WiFi, I’m happy to say the stream was a resounding success. I’d give it an 8 out of 10, with a few points subtracted for missing content blacked out on the mobile that cable viewers got to see. What I liked best about the NFL Mobile app The … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
Verizon’s DROID RAZR getting Android 2.3.6 update soon
While DROID RAZR users are still waiting for their serving of the Ice Cream Sandwich, Verizon and Motorola are about to release new software version for the super-thin smartphone, yours to take in the meantime. The soon-to-be-launched update includes Android 2.3.6 along with a number of bug fixes, feature updates and so on. Here are the highlights: Mobile Hotspot bug fixes and improved security Update to VZ Navigator with the latest 3D map improvements A number of Visual Voice Mail updates Improved stability of data connectivity after Airplane Mode is … Read more
Dusan Belic
Verizon’s Casio G’zOne Commando updated with push-to-talk capability and a number of bug fixes
Verizon Wireless and Casio released a new update for the rugged G’zOne Commando Android smartphone. Firmware version C771M100 brings a number of improvements, most notably free push-to-talk capability. In addition, there are other changes included as well, such as: Google Mobile Services has been updated to Gingerbread R8. Improvements in security with the latest Google Security Patch. New Verizon Video Application will replace the current V CAST Video app. Addition of text messaging and multimedia messaging signatures. Correctly enter your PIN/Password in Lotus Traveler without error. The screen is now … Read more
Dusan Belic
Verizon, Comcast team to offer services in San Francisco
Verizon Wireless and Comcast are teaming up to offer San Francisco customers a package of video, phone, Internet and wireless services. I wouldn’t be surprised to see more of these bundled packages being offered around the country moving forward. In the announcement, Verizon and Comcast said it will offer customers a Visa prepaid card for up to $300 when a user signs up for Xfinity service and a new Verizon smartphone or tablet plan. This offer enables the companies to offer the much-vaunted “quadruple play” where a customer gets their … Read more
Marin Perez
Verizon’s HTC Rezound drops to $79.99 at Amazon Wireless
Last time we talked about Amazon’s HTC Rezound offer, the online retailer asked for 150 bucks for HTC’s powerful smartphone. Like that’s not a good deal enough, Amazon decided to further slash the price to $79.99, making for an awesome purchase. However, this is the price for new customers only — if you’re upgrading or adding a line to your family account, you’ll have to pay $159.99, which is still less than what Verizon is asking ($199). As a reminder, the Rezound is the best phone HTC has ever made, … Read more
Dusan Belic
Verizon to begin training employees about family share data plans
Verizon is looking to change its family share data plans for 2012, according to a leaked document. We’ve heard about this before and we hope it’s true. In the new document, Big Red is said to be leaving training material for an update that shows a new section labeled “account level data plans.” The largest wireless provider in the United States is working on a change in the shared account that’ll charge for data allowance and a 9.99 charge per line. This leak suggest that there may be a new … Read more
