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Verizon Wireless took some time at CTIA SF 2010 to talk about their upcoming 4G LTE mobile broadband data network in the US. Following on the beans that the carrier spilled during the CTIA opening keynote this morning, Big Red held a press conference to give us a rundown of which US cities and airports…
Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam stepped on his own company’s press conference a little during a keynote at the CTIA Wireless show, as he revealed the company’s deployment plans for its 4G network based on Long-Term Evolution technology. Get ready for some 4G LTE goodness in 38 cities by the end of the year. The company…
Motorola announced the Motorola CITRUS and revealed the specs for this entry-level Android handset headed for Verizon. Previously identified as the Motorola Ciena, the CITRUS re-defines the term “entry-level smartphone” with a set of specs that are lower than low. This latest Verizon Android offering includes CDMA 1X/ EV-DO Rev 0 connectivity, a 3.0-inch QVGA touchscreen…
Motorola made a big splash on the evening before CTIA by introducing five Android handsets. Of those, the one that most interested us was the Motorola Droid Pro, so we had to take it around for a little spin. You’re going to have to excuse the quality of the audio, as it somewhat of a…
It’s official! Motorola confirmed the Verizon DROID Pro today in a pre-CTIA press event. Harkening back to earlier days, the DROID PRO has a front-facing QWERTY keyboard that is reminiscent of the Windows Mobile-powered Motorola Q with a hint of the BlackBerry Bold. Looking beyond its strikingly handsome appearance, this hot, new Android handset includes the following specs: CDMA 800/1900…
Remember the Motorola Ciena from a few days ago? Well the budget Android phone has gone official, and it’s as cheap as we thought it was without actually hearing a price on the thing. Or specs for that matter. We actually don’t know much about the Citrus, but we can expect this cheap phone to…
Well, Motorola has thrown us a curve ball on the eve of CTIA, as it has introduced the Verizon Droid Pro and it rocks a portrait QWERTY keyboard. We had heard word about the Droid 2 Pro, which will be a world edition of the phone but the Droid Pro kind of takes us by…
There has been speculation that Qualcomm would cancel FLO TV, its direct-to-consumer media operation, and now the company has finally made it public. Yes, FLO TV will be toast as Qualcomm stops selling new devices to customers and says that FLO programming likely won’t go on after next spring. Perhaps what’s even sadder is that…
Verizon Wireless announced today that it will unveil its LTE launch plans during a press event at CTIA tomorrow. While this is an official announcement, many of the details surrounding Verizon’s LTE Launch have been leaked by unofficial sources and hinted at by loose-lipped executives speaking at public events. From this myriad of sources, we…
It looks like Skype will be swiping Cisco executive Tony Bates as its CEO and he will be heading a company which has the opportunity to be a major disruptor in the mobile space. Skype has more than 560 registered users and about 124 million of those use the VoIP-calling service on a monthly basis.…