Motorola Mobility had a solid fourth quarter with about $80 million in profits but the company if going to face a stiff challenge when the Verizon iPhone lands early next month. Motorola is now an independent company that focuses on handsets and set-top boxes. The handset maker has been riding Android hard during its attempt…
Verizon HTC Thunderbolt training begins, shows simultaneous voice and data
The HTC Thunderbolt is one sexy device, plain and simple. It may not come with the dual-core innards of the Droid Bionic but HTC always delivers with its great eye for design and custom user interface, Sense. Starting today, Verizon employees will begin training on the much-anticipated device and it looks to come with a…
Verizon to add Mac support to its 4G LTE Modems in February
An email sent to PhoneScoop from Verizon Wireless confirms its 4G LTE modems will finally receive Mac support in February. The two modems, one from LTE and one from Pantech, caused a stir when they launched with support only for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. During its December LTE launch, Verizon confirmed its modems…
Verizon iPhone hotspot will cost $20 a month
We know that the Verizon iPhone 4 will land in a couple weeks and will come with a $30 unlimited plan, but Big Red has also shed some light on how much the mobile hotspot feature will cost. It looks like the Verizon iPhone hotspot will cost $20 per month for 2 GB of data…
BlackBerry OS 6 Rolling Out to Verizon Curve 3G and Bold 9650
Verizon BlackBerry owners, your wait for OS 6 on the Curve 3G 9330 and Bold 9650 is at an end. At 8 PM EST tonight, RIM and Big Red are rolling it out to everybody. The biggest addition in the OS is universal search, which lets you pull up local content, like contacts and e-mails,…
Latest update for Verizon Fascinate breaks emergency dialer
Circulating reports from owners of the Verizon Fascinate, a Galaxy S handset, suggest the latest over-the-air update has disabled the Emergency calling feature in a handset that is locked using a pattern. This glitch does not effect day-to-day operation of the phone but it would have an impact in an emergency situation. Samsung has responded to…
Verizon posts strong quarter before iPhone lands
Verizon Wireless posted a strong fourth quarter with nearly 1 million net customer additions and we expect the nation’s largest carrier to continue this streak once it begins offering the Verizon iPhone. Verizon said it had 955,000 net customer additions for its fourth quarter and it now has 94.1 million total customers. On the bright…
HTC Thunderbolt accessories show up in Best Buy system, slated for February 19
We caught our first real glimpse of the HTC Thunderbolt at CES 2011, and we were pretty impressed with the handset. It’s the typical HTC design: soft edges, thin, soft-touch coating and sleek design. It’s very EVO-esque and features a kick-stand behind the phone to prop it up for watching videos. Additionally, it will come…
Verizon iPhone to get unlimited data plan, but only for a limited time!
Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Verizon COO Lowell McAdam confirmed that the Verizon iPhone will be offered with an unlimited data plan costing $30 per month. This move by Verizon is designed to entice AT&T customers who, unless they are grandfathered into an unlimited plan, can only choose from data plans that limit usage…
HTC Merge headed to Alltel instead of Verizon?
We were beginning to think we’d never hear of this handset again, but at long last, the HTC Merge has re-emerged from the shadows. Initially a Verizon handset, the Merge may now instead be headed to regional carrier Alltel. The evidence that says that the Merge is headed to Alltel could easily have been faked,…