Roughly 5 months ago Motorola announced the Droid Bionic for Verizon. The press materials said it would pack a dual core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor inside and that it would also be able to utilize Verizon’s high speed 4G LTE network. Several weeks ago rumors were floating around on the internet saying the Bionic got…
The Mobile Roundup: Google Wallet, Mango and Verizon’s big day
This week was so jam-packed full of news that I can’t wait to have Memorial Day off to recover. Google Wallet was introduced and it could change the way we pay for goods, Microsoft unwrapped the details of Windows Phone Mango and Verizon had a big week with the release of four high-quality smartphones on…
Verizon LG Revolution review: The best 4G LTE phone yet?
The LG Revolution is the third smartphone for Verizon that can use the 4G LTE network. In our review, we’ll try and determine if this is on par with other phones in the market, including the 4G LTE-capable HTC Thunderbolt and Samsung Charge. With handsets like the T-Mobile G2x and the Optimus Black, LG has…
How-To: Root the LG Revolution
So you have your LG Revolution in hand and you want to get your root on, do you? You’re in luck, because as you can do just that today. We’ve seen more elegant root solutions before, but this one is still pretty easy if you have everything set up correctly. Do keep in mind that…
Verizon Drama: Devices with unlocked bootloader can’t be activated on the network [UPDATE]
HTC recently announced that it will cease locking the bootloaders of its Android handsets. This is good news indeed for those who want to apply mods and flash custom ROMs to their phones. However, Peter Chou’s statement was rather vague, though, and someone decided to ask for some clarification on Twitter to a Verizon representative and received an answer…
Hands-on: Verizon LG Revolution – The best 4G LTE phone yet?
We just unwrapped the LG Revolution Verizon was so kind to send our way and the carrier’s third smartphone with 4G LTE is quite a formidable creature. We’ll have our review up very shortly but we wanted to share a few pictures and videos with you lovely readers first. The first thing you notice about…
Review: Verizon Motorola Droid X2 – The most powerful Droid yet?
Last year when the Motorola Droid X was released there was a lot of buzz surrounding the handset, not the mention a full-fledged scavenger hunt for the handset across the country. When we finally got one in our hands, we immediately fell in love. Even with Motorola’s custom user interface Motoblur running on top (the…
Are the carriers to blame for your bad battery life?
Okay, that’s kind of a baiting headline but an interesting topic came up this morning while I was at a state of the mobile union talk with Broadcom: Are the carriers not pushing hard enough to make smartphones have better battery life? I’m not even talking about the connectivity part, although that’s clearly leading to…
Verizon Droid X getting Android 2.3 Gingerbread
Do you own a Droid X? And have you been wondering whether Verizon had totally neglected you in terms of Android goodies? It looks like you may be in luck as Android 2.3 Gingerbread may be headed your way soon. Verizon has just put up the changelog for it, so the update could be coming…
LG Revolution officially launching on Verizon tomorrow
We had a pretty solid feeling that the LG Revolution would be launching tomorrow, but today we just got the official confirmation. The pricetag will sit at a whopping $249.99 on a two-year contract. May 26 is shaping up to be a big day for Verizon, as they’ll also be launching the HTC Trophy, the…









