The Motorola Droid RAZR for Verizon Wireless is arguably one of the prettiest smartphones on the market right now. If it weren’t for the terrible AMOLED screen and the questionable battery life, then this writer would have a hard time resisting the urge to pick one up this holiday shopping season. So last month when…
Verizon equipment guide unofficially confirms December 9th launch for Galaxy Nexus
Earlier today, an internal Verizon Wireless document suggested a December 9th launch date for the Galaxy Nexus. Now, a leaked equipment guide all but confirms this December 9th date. The guide is an internal document for Verizon employees and has detailed information about a new handset. Besides the launch date, the document also lets us know the handset will be available in…
Verizon criticizes Windows Phone for no LTE, doesn’t comment on LTE iPhone
Verizon plans to double down on LTE in 2012 and it’s keeping track of which platforms are ready for this LTE explosion and which ones are not. When speaking to CNET about its LTE network in 2012, the carrier singled out Windows Phone and criticized the platform for its lack of LTE support. The carrier even threatened to drop Windows Phone…
Verizon denies blocking Google Wallet, but it’s still not coming
Verizon is making an effort to say that it’s not blocking Google Wallet on the Galaxy Nexus, but the mobile payment service still won’t be on the first U.S. Ice Cream Sandwich device. Verizon states a case for itself in a very vague manner: “Google Wallet is different from other widely-available m-commerce services. Google Wallet…
Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus dropping on December 9th?
Though it was mentioned yesterday, today there’s even more evidence that points to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus being released on December 9th. The picture you see above not only shows the Galaxy Nexus being released this Friday but the Motorola Droid 4 set to be released on December 8th. With Galaxy Nexus phones already arriving…
Verizon makes Motorola Xyboard tablets official
After quietly introducing a pair of Motorola tablets a few days ago, Verizon officially made the Motorola Xyboard tablets with 4G LTE official but I fear that these devices will still be too expensive to really carve out a market. The Motorola Xyboard is much thinner than the Xoom – Verizon describes it as thinner…
Motorola Droid Bionic gets unofficial Ice Cream Sandwich ROM
Motorola Droid Bionic got the unofficial Ice Cream Sandwich ROM, compliments to developer dhacker29 of the TH3ORY ROM team. As far as we’re hearing it’s a pretty stable build, though not everything will work properly, including data and Wi-Fi. And while folks behind this project are working to bring the missing features, we actually don’t…
Official: Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus will not support Google Wallet
Remember when Google made a whole bunch of noise about their new mobile payments service and how they were going to render your old leather bifold absolutely useless? That never really happened. It’s been nearly 3 months since Google unveiled Google Wallet and it still only ships on one device (the Nexus S), is still…
iPhone for Verizon Wireless – is it better than other versions?
Another day, another question to answer. This time one of our readers asked me whether the iPhone 4S sold by Verizon Wireless is any better than what two other big carriers (AT&T and Sprint) are offering. The short answer is – NO! You’ll get the best experience with AT&T’s iPhone 4S because it’s the only…
Verizon Galaxy Nexus will cost $299.99 on contract
We keep on getting teased about the Verizon Galaxy Nexus, as we still don’t have a solid release date but the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the device will be $299.99 with a new, two-year contract when it lands later this month. There’s nothing official on the release date but the report says that…