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At HP’s event this morning (liveblog ongoing), it was confirmed that the long-awaited Palm Pre 2 would be available for pre-order on Verizon starting tomorrow. Of course, now that they’ve announced the Pre 3, it’s hard to imagine anyone with an iota of patience wanting to pick up the Pre 2. As for the actual…
It has been just shy of a month since the Verizon iPhone was officially announced in New York City, and many Verizon customers already have theirs in hand. For the rest of us, however, today is the day we can order it online from Apple and have it shipped out ASAP. Tomorrow, it will be…
Verizon Wireless announced that it has collected more than 1.1 million mobile phones through its HopeLine program in 2010 and awarded more than $2.1 million grants to nearly 450 domestic violence prevention and awareness programs. Moreover, the operator provided 25,392 phones with a total of 75 million free minutes of service to shelters and agencies…
Line2, the popular mobile VoIP app for iOS and Android devices, has a compelling offer for Verizon iPhone 4 users, allowing them to save up to $1,000 per year on their Verizon bill. Moreover, the company is betting on Verizon iPhone’s lack of simultaneous voice and data to entice consumers to use Line2. As you…
A tip sent into skatter tech suggests the BlackBerry PlayBook may land at Verizon Wireless. The tipster sent in the URL for a website that is apparently a registration page for a beta program to demo the PlayBook on Verizon’s network. The portal landing page confirms the beta program is closed and contains links to a…
Are you getting tired as I am of these iPhone 4 antenna issue stories? Let’s make one thing perfectly clear: the iPhone 4’s antenna, whether it’s the GSM or CDMA iPhone model, is also its frame. When you touch that frame, you’ll have some attenuation issues whether you’re gripping it as you would when making…
It looks like the LG Revolution will be the first Verizon phone to make voice calls over the 4G LTE network, the carrier said in an interview. A Verizon spokesperson told CNN that the LG Revolution would be the first to do voice over LTE (VoLTE) but it won’t be there when the device launches…
The HTC Thunderbolt isn’t due out on Verizon for a couple of days still, but Wirefly was nice enough to provide a sneak peek at the phone prior to launch. It scored 1831 on the the Quadrant benchmark test, and 1113 on producitivity in SmartBench 2010, and 1525 for gaming. There aren’t any huge surprises…
Given the years of speculation and dreaming, we knew the Verizon iPhone was going to be big. In fact, Verizon says that the Apple smartphone helped set a new record in first day sales for the carrier – its biggest ever. Pre-order stock was completely sold out, and there are plenty of customers and would-be…
Amazon’s website has a product page for the HTC Thunderbolt that points to a February 14th release date. The placeholder page lets you sign up to be notified when this handset become available. Underneath this notification is a blurb that states “The HTC ThunderBolt 4G will be available for purchase starting 2/14.” This is not the…