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It’s happening, but it should come as no surprise to anyone: Verizon is going to be getting tiered pricing according to CEO Ivan Seidenberg. The carrier, who currently offers unlimited data packages with its smartphones, will start metering data or offering tiered packages. Although it has been argued that Verizon is the best network in…
Ivan Seidenberg, Chief Executive Officer of Verizon, put a damper on the latest CDMA iPhone rumors by stating that “at some point, Apple will get with the program” and hinting that the wireless carrier would love to have Apple come on board with its 4G LTE network. Seidenberg purposely did not drop any hints about an…
Verizon’s LG Vortex was spotted in the wild earlier this week and the handset has made an encore appearance. As suspected, the Vortex is an entry-level handset from LG that reportedly runs Android 2.2 smoothly on its 600MHz processor. Though initial specs suggested that an FM radio was included , this LG handset does not have…
Following up on the About screen posted this morning, we’ve got a fresh picture of the proper device, along with a few more screenshots showing OS 6 in action. As you can tell, it looks pretty much exactly like Verizon’s BlackBerry Storm2, aside from the added RAM and upgraded 5 megapixel camera. If the leaked…
During the Verizon Developer Community Conference in Las Vegas, the Big Red carrier unveiled NAVBuilder Inside (NBI), which is an SDK that gives developers a simple way to add interactive location, mapping, and other location-based services to their applications across multiple operating systems. In addition, the APIs included offer the capability to provide 3D voice-guided…
We’re not sure if this is enough to sway you from getting the Motorola Droid 2 R2D2 edition, but we’ve got the first pictures Droid 2 World Edition showing off a new color scheme and a rumored new processor. Not only is the new Droid 2 decked out in a new white-and-chrome color scheme, the…
DROID X owners are downloading the 2.2 update in droves and are enjoying their first official taste of froyo on this monster of a handset. While the update process was smooth sailing for most, a handful of users are receiving a particularly nasty software update failed error. Don’t panic as this update failed error is the result of…
Right on time, the highly anticipated Android 2.2 (froyo) update is hitting Motorola DROID X handsets en masse.The latest 2.3.15.en.US update adds all the goodies associated with Android 2.2 including Flash support, Bluetooth voice dialing, improved screen rotation, updated 3G mobile hotspot app, and a handful of bug fixes and enhancements that improve the handset’s performance. Now that…
So, you pulled the trigger and installed the leaked Droid X Froyo ROM and you’re looking to get back to Android 2.1 before the official update comes out tomorrow, eh? Thankfully, Droid-Life has posted a great how-to on how to do just that. The tutorial is not for the faint of heart but you put…
If we’ve heard it once, we’ve heard it a hundred times, but this time around, there’s documentation to back up the availability of Android 2.2 Froyo on the Motorola Droid X. The Verizon Wireless Droid X support page was updated and it looks like the update is ready to launch. While there’s no specific date…