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We’ve got bad news for all you Android fans looking to pick up a Motorola Droid X from Verizon – it seems Big Red is having trouble keeping up with demand for the hot, new Android smartphone and has pushed back ship dates to early September. Going on all the reviews of the Droid X,…
Verizon is making its very first Chinese made handset official: the ZTE Salute. Sure, it’s not as glitzy and glamorous as the Droid Incredible or the Droid X, but for those who don’t need all the bells and whistles of a smartphone, the Salute might be a decent ticket. The slider handset is very basic…
Clockwork recovery has hit the DROID X courtesy of Koush who made the exciting announcement on Twitter. Previously demonstrated as a proof of concept earlier this week, the app that modifies the boot process and enables this custom recovery mode is now available as an apk from Koush’website for free or from the Android Market…
Well, we passed along a rumor from Mashable which said the HTC Droid Incredible would get Android 2.2 today and it looks like that was full of bullspit. On the Verizon support Twitter account, Big Red said, “We currently do not have information for the Incredible update at this time and is not being sent…
The Verizon and Skype partnership is bearing more fruit as the VoIP calling service is coming to variety of 3G BREW phones on Big Red. Skype is already available on devices like the Motorola Droid but it is now coming to devices like the LG enV Touch, Chocolate Touch and the Samsung Reality. With the…
Those Verizon-Chrome OS tablet rumors from last week are one step closer to fact and one step away from fiction. The existence of the rumored Chrome OS tablet with Verizon branding was reportedly confirmed by a source of Downloadsquad who provided the initial hardware details and tentative launch date for this interesting, yet mysterious tablet.…
Earlier this month, we had a preview of the upcoming primarily Android smartphones, tablets, and mobile broadband devices slated to hit Verizon Wireless. Today, the remaining devices in the wireless carrier’s portfolio were identified in a another roadmap leak that focuses on the feature phones, BlackBerry handsets, netbooks, and more that are expected to land this…
Amidst all the rumors about the CDMA iPhone, one of the most controversial is the insinuation that the CDMA version of Apple’s popular smartphone would offer improved hardware, including an internal antenna and a faster 1.2 GHz processor. While we can’t comment on the validity of the processor rumor, we can relay the information from an…
We’re hearing from a trusty Verizon Wireless source of ours that Big Red is testing a new plan today in Southern California called Rev It Up. While Verizon still reigns as the number one carrier in the nation, and it has an army of desirable smartphones, but it’s looking to secure that spot by offering…
Good news, the original Motorola DROID is back on sale with Verizon Wireless! After its recent removal from Verizon’s online website, the Android handset is making a surprise encore appearance. The reasons for its re-appearance are unknown but one could speculate that Verizon may have discovered some remaining inventory sitting in warehouses or maybe even…