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We know Verizon is starting an early and aggressive push for LTE, and there is a rumor floating about that Best Buy will be carrying LTE-capable devices as early this fall. After all, the carrier says it’s going to be launching LTE in 30 “NFL cities” very soon. What good is a lightning fast network…
Verizon Wireless has just thrown up a teaser site about its upcoming 4G network based on Long-Term Evolution and we’re not too far away from some blazing fast mobile data speeds, folks. The teaser site doesn’t say much about Verizon’s LTE 4G network launch plans but we already know a lot about this. It’s safe…
The BlackBerry Curve 3G 9330 came out on Verizon yesterday, and like its GSM cousin, was announced with OS 6 compatibility. Of course there was no timeline given for such a software upgrade, but it looks like it won’t take long; a shot of the 9330 running OS 6 surfaced today, and it’s apparently running…
Bernie McMonagle, a Verizon Senior Federal Sales Executive, was giving a talk in Bethesda, Maryland and of course the topic of LTE was brought up. Much of what he said isn’t new, but it’s nice to hear reassurances that all is going well. We’ve known for a long time that Verizon’s goal was to launch…
According to Microsoft senior product manager Greg Sullivan, Microsoft has decided to delay the production of its CDMA Windows Phone 7 handsets until 2011. All Windows Phone 7 handsets released in 2010 will be GSM-only, limiting the US launch to AT&T and T-Mobile only. This disclosure follows a statement by Verizon Wireless that suggested the…
The first decent Android tablet has been officially announced by Samsung today. The Samsung Galaxy Tab, which we were very impressed by when we got some hands-on action with, will be available for all four major U.S. carriers, as well as Rogers in Canada. As you’ve likely heard before, the Galaxy Tab sports a 7-inch,…
Samsung already said it has sold more than 1 million Galaxy S Android handsets but the company just said that it will hit the two million mark by the end of next week. That’s pretty darn impressive. The company was able to achieve this because it took a blanket approach – it eschewed the exclusivity…
In some crappy but not completely unexpected news, the Verizon Droid Eris will not be getting the Android 2.2 (Froyo) update. Bleh. In an e-mail to Computer World, Verizon spokesperson Brenda Raney said the Froyo update won’t hit this device and: “We have other options in Android devices, so this is part of the normal…
AT&T will begin deploying its 4G Long-Term Evolution network in the middle of 2011, the company’s operations CEO John Stankey said in an interview. The nation’s second largest mobile operator wants to cover between 70 to 75 million people by the end of next year with its LTE 4G network. This will be in addition…
If you’re on Verizon and were hoping to get a brand new Microsoft Windows Phone 7 device when it launches next month, you’re out of luck because the nation’s largest carrier won’t offer one of these devices this year. Geez, are they still smarting over the Kin? From BusinessWeek: Verizon Wireless won’t offer a device…