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Take this one with a large grain of salt, but a tipster tells our friends at Android Spin that the long-awaited Android 2.2 software update will be hitting the Motorola Droid, Droid X and HTC Droid Incredible as soon as next week. That’s right folks, get ready for some Froyo. There’s no official word from…
Can you hear me now? If you were in parts of Manhattan yesterday, the answer may have been no as a Verizon equipment failure disrupted Big Red’s hardline services, as well as some of AT&T’s wireless services. According to the Wall Street Journal: A “digital cross-connect,” or a box that directs network traffic, was knocked…
Maybe you should have waited in those long lines because it looks like the Motorola Droid X for Verizon is still sold out in many retail stores, according to Gleacher & Co. analyst Mark McKechnie. In a research note, an analyst did supply checks and said there was “no supply available at retail as all…
It looks like Verizon smartphone customers use more data than their counterparts on AT&T with the Apple iPhone, according to a study by Validas. The report said Verizon smartphone users generally use 421 MB of data per month, compared with 338 MB per month for Apple iPhone users. “The key detail in this study that…
For those overwhelmed with the flood of miniature mobile computers that can do a million-and-one things you don’t really need, there are still basic phones coming out. Verizon has just launched the Samsung Haven, which looks like it’ll handle all of the texting and calling you could need in a dated recognizable form factor. In…
A new, still unannounced Samsung phone has been caught in the wild – Samsung Intensity II (SCH-U460). We don’t have all the details, but we do know the basics. First of all, we’re talking about a low-to-mid range device made for heavy text and instant messaging users. Moreover, I would expect it will also come…
Just when you thought Apple was done bashing other smartphones on its “Smartphone antenna performance” web-ucational page, the iPhone maker adds the Verizon Motorola Droid X to its “antennagate” lineup. In doing so, Apple essentially calls out Verizon and Motorola’s Android-powered Droid X flagship for losing reception when its antenna is covered up by a…
It was Wall Street week as Apple, Microsoft and Nokia posted very different quarterly earnings and these provided great insight into who is winning in the mobile space. We also put the Samsung Galaxy S phones under the microscope and Apple finally started taking orders for those free bumper cases. Let’s stop wasting time and…
Buoyed by Android devices like the Droid Incredible and the Motorola Droid X, Verizon was able to sign up more customers than rival AT&T during the last quarter. Verizon added 1.4 million new customers, but the number it really cares about is the number post-paid users, or subscribers on long-term contracts. Verizon was able to…
It seems like the Droid Incredible has been swallowed up by the launch of so many great phones recently, but that doesn’t mean it’s not still kicking around! The video below shows the Droid Incredible hooked up to a car, and replaces the dedicated GPS navigation with the Android experience – the entire Android home…