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As part of its plan to blanket the nation in 4G LTE coverage, Verizon has announced that several new cities in the U.S. will light up with its blazing fast data network this week. Cities include Pensacola, FL, Mobile, AL, Denver, CO, Montgomery, AL, Gainesville, FL, Tallahassee, FL, Philadelphia, PA and more. It’s interesting that…
If there was any question whether the HTC Thunderbolt would be getting Android 2.3 Gingerbread, this latest bit of news should put that question to rest. A leaked copy of the software has hit the web, but for those wanting to download it, they should be warned that it’s a test build – that means…
Verizon’s 4G LTE is the hotness right now, but it’s not without issues. It seriously drains battery life and there was an unexpected outage a few weeks ago that left users without the lightning fast network for more than a day. In an effort to keep customers happy, Droid Charge and HTC Thunderbolt users will…
The idiot savants more commonly referred to as branding people that work at each of America’s major wireless operators like to invent seemingly cool and highly creative names for products that otherwise get called something boring like “Nokia 6210” in Europe and Asia. Samsung’s original Galaxy S fell victim to these overpaid derelicts when it…
We had seen a few slick shots of the HTC Merge with Verizon branding last month, but not much info on a release date. Well, yesterday the Android slider went on sale in the U.S., but not in Verizon stores; rather, the HTC Merge is only being sold through third-party resellers, not in Verizon stores…
Although this isn’t officially confirmed — i.e. we don’t have the press release from Verizon or Motorola — we think we got it right this time. Verizon Wireless will announce the DROID X2 any day now and start shipping the first smartphone units on May 26th, with direct fulfillment orders starting on May 19th! We’ve…
Missed that hot deal on Verizon’s HTC Thunderbolt from Amazon? No worries, the online retailer now has the same offer back on its site. We’re not sure how much this new deal will last so you better hurry if you want the carrier’s big-screen LTE smartphone. As you probably know, the Thunderbolt is a version…
Google has just announced Android 3.1, an update to the Honeycomb tablet OS that was first seen with the Motorola Xoom, and guess which device is getting it first? It only makes sense that the Xoom will, so other Honeycomb users will have to sit and wait until Google announces the availability of the new…
Although we know pretty everything there is to know about the upcoming Motorola Droid X2 aka Daytona, we did want to share the official spec sheet we got from PocketNow. Let me recap the key features: 1GHz dual-core Tegra 2 processor 4.3-inch qHD capacitive touchscreen (that’s 540×960 pixels) EV-DO Rev. A connectivity 8-megapixel camera with…
This isn’t the first time we heard Verizon is about to launch the HTC Trophy, its first Windows Phone 7 device. However, this time around we haven’t seen the carrier’s Windows Phone apps or a leaked roadmap — rather we have the official press shots of the device. That could simply mean the marketing/PR department…