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Verizon Wireless has agreed to send refunds to more than 15 million customers which were wrongly charged for Internet access. The total could end up being over $90 million, Verizon said. The beef was that many Verizon customers would accidentally hit some buttons on their phone which would access the Internet of the Verizon V…
Need a rugged phone? Verizon says it will be offering the Casio G’zOne Ravine pretty soon, and right on time as we’ve seen this on the leaked list of products for Verizon’s roadmap. The Ravine seems like your average rugged phone in its durability: it’s dust and shock resistant, it can withstand humid conditions, high…
Verizon has launched what’s probably the world’s first dual mode portable hotspot. They’re calling it the Fivespot because it gives up to 5 devices a WiFi connection. If you’re not familiar with portable hotspots, they’re a remarkably simple concept. Instead of device manufacturers having to shove SIM card slots in anything and everything they want…
Verizon Wireless launched the Verizon Wireless Trade-In Program, allowing folks from any mobile operator to get value from no-longer-used wireless devices while help the environment at the same time. Here’s how it works: You submit your device for appraisal. If you like the price (which is, let’s face it, usually below the real market value)…
Verizon Wireless, America’s largest operator with the best network, but also an operator known for nickel and dime-ing their customers and tweaking the software on their smartphones to make them worse than how they left the factory, is going to be issuing 15 million customers a refund over the next two months. Each subscriber will…
The NFL and Verizon appear to be in talks to start delivering football content via a dedicated application. Word is that it will be geared toward the tablet form factor. More specifically, we’re hearing that this may have some relation to the new Motorola Android tablet that we’ve been hearing so much about lately. The…
HTC’s latest hasn’t even been officially announced, but the Merge (or Lexikon) already been pictured and put through a review. The device is also a nice little reminder of where HTC is headed in terms of design and style – very sleek with metal accents and backing. It appears to be well-built, typical of the…
Motorola is covering all of the bases with its Android devices, from high-end devices like the Droid X, to lower-end phones like the upcoming iDEN i886 – there’s a Motorola Android phone for any price these days. Here’s another one that won’t be making the pockets of the power users, the Motorola Ciena, which looks…
Talk about hot scoops today. The guys over at Engadget just got their hands on a shoebox full of information on some upcoming products on their way to the largest U.S. wireless carrier. From tablets to modems, this leak has almost everything you could ask for covered. Blackberry: It looks like the Blackberry Storm 3…
Some spy shots of an upcoming Galaxy S variant have surfaced – a variant known as the Samsung Continuum – and it’s looking mighty fine with its dual displays. The Samsung Continuum standout feature is that it sports a second display below the much larger screen. So what’s this second display for, you ask? The…