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Verizon has just gone live with their own variant of the Samsung Galaxy S Android phone, dubbed the Verizon Fascinate, so of course we had to get our very own Fascinate to play with. The $200 (with new 2-year contract) Verizon Fascinate is the last Galaxy S phone to hit a major US wireless carrier,…
Analyst firm Piper Jaffray did a survey of 258 Minneapolis cell phone owners about their purchasing decisions, and 20% of those who had heard of it said that the whole Death Grip / Antennaegate situation on the iPhone 4 affected which phone they ended up buying. That’s nice and all, but the real news is…
The Motorola tablet we’ve been hearing about for some time now has now shown off that MZ600 model number again in Verizon’s inventory system. With a predicted launch for sometime this holiday season, we wouldn’t be so surprised if more leaks are on the way. The tablet, which may be codenamed Stingray may indeed be…
Who says people don’t really make phone calls these days? J.D. Power recently conducted a survey saying call quality is still very important to most consumers, which puts Verizon and Sprint at the top of the charts. AT&T, popular home to the iPhone 4, however, doesn’t fare so well. As far as T-Mobile goes in…
Time for some official BlackBerry OS goodness. No leaks here, only the good stuff. Looks like OS 5.0.0.886 is now available for the BlackBerry Curve 8530, thanks to the good folks at Verizon Wireless. If you’re on an 8530, take note. I can’t tell you the exact rundown of what’s new in this build, but…
Quite a zinger has been given to Google today for their Android mobile operating system, by none other than Verizon Wireless. Verizon will apparently be shifting to Bing as the default search provider for all upcoming Android phones from now on. The whispers that Verizon will be using Microsoft’s Bing search engine exclusively on all…
RIM’s refreshed entry-level smartphone will be making the switch from GSM to CDMA shortly, as the BlackBerry Curve 3G 9330 has showed up internally, complete with specs and launch dates, but no pricing. Business channels will gain availability starting September 6, while everywhere else will become stocked as they run out of Curve 8530s. Colour…
With the Samsung Fascinate now available, our eyes turn to the Samsung Gem, an entry-level Android handset slated to land at Verizon Wireless. Little is known about the Gem; we spotted it in the wild at the beginning of August and revealed the first specs for this Android handset. Last week, Best Buy unveiled the handset in its…
The Samsung Fascinate (Galaxy S) is now available online from Verizon Wireless for $199 with a $100 mail-in rebate and a two-year contract. The Fascinate will set you back $269 with a $100 mail-in rebate and a one-year contract and $579 off contract. As a smartphone, the Fascinate requires the Email and Web for Smartphone plan…
Vodafone confirmed late on Tuesday that it has agreed to sell its 3.2% minority stake in China Mobile. Vodafone owns 642.9 million shares of China Mobile stock and the sale would net the carrier about £4.3 billion ($6.58 billion). Seventy percent of the proceeds from the China Mobile sale will be directed back to stockholders; while the…