While the BlackBerry Pearl 9100 seems to be going to everybody and their second uncle twice-removed, the BlackBerry 9670 clamshell may be staying exclusive to Vodafone and Verizon. The interesting part here is that Verizon was apparently the one to ask for the bizarre form factor, and as much as we might be confused by…
LG Aloha hitting Verizon this Summer?
We’ve seen this device floating around the net since early March. Now we are hearing that LG’s first Snapdragon Android phone will be hitting Verizon this Summer. In case you don’t remember the LG Aloha, it has a full QWERTY keyboard, Snapdragon processor, Android 2.1, 5 megapixel camera with 720P HD video capture, and is…
Latest Verizon ‘Droid Does’ commercial shows off Incredible features
Verizon’s “Droid Does” advertising campaign is nothing short of impressive. The ads are emotive and perfectly targeted to Android-loving geeks – mostly male, to be sure. The latest in this line of commercials showcases the Verizon HTC Droid Incredible. Or, to be more precise, it lists the Incredible’s high-end features, but falls short of actually…
Verizon Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus get minor webOS update (webOS 1.4.1.1)
If you’re like us, you’re probably a little distracted by HP’s late-Wednesday announcement that the company will be buying Palm for a cool $1.2 billion dollars. So distracted, in fact, that you may not have noticed that Verizon is pushing out an update for your Verizon Palm Pre Plus or Palm Pixi Plus. The webOS…
Droid Incredible sold out online already.
It hasn’t even a full day of sales, and we’re hearing that Verizon’s new Droid Incredible has already sold out online. Yes, the first batch of available phones for online ordering sold out in about 6 hours or so. What makes it more interesting is that the device has been up for pre-order for 10…
Carrier List for Microsoft Kin Phones Uncovered
Buried deep within Kin’s software is a provisioning file directory, which has uncovered a list of carriers who will potentially support Microsoft’s One and Two handsets. These are no guarantees that the carriers will actually be picking up the phones, only that they’re technically capable of running on these networks. It’s entirely possible these were…
HTC Evo rumored to be priced at $200?
Well, it sounds about right. We have some rumored pricing on the much anticipated Evo 4G, according to a Best Buy Geek Squad representative. The rumored price is the standard $200 on a two-year contract with Sprint. The Evo 4G is probably one of the highest-spec’d smartphones to ever exist. The new iPhone should surely…
HTC gets hit with another lawsuit from Klausner Technologies
Remember that Visual Voicemail patent debacle from a couple years ago? Well, the plaintiff in those lawsuits is at it again with another Visual Voicemail lawsuit. This time, the legal battle is aimed in HTC’s direction, at a time when the Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer is dealing with lawsuits over 20 alleged Apple patents. Klausner Technologies,…
Google drops Verizon Nexus One, pushes Verizon Incredible instead
If you’ve been waiting patiently for Verizon Wireless to go live with the much-anticipated Google Nexus One and bring its sexy, Android-powered aluminum unibody to the No. 1 wireless carrier (by subscriber count), you might be a little disappointed with this news. It looks like Google is no longer backing the Verizon Nexus One on…
RIM bows first CDMA BlackBerry Bold – Meet the BlackBerry Bold 9650
While GSM subscribers have been playing with the BlackBerry Bold for years, those of you on CDMA networks – like Sprint and Verizon – may have been feeling a bit ignored. Sure, you could get yourself a Bold-esque BlackBerry Tour from your favorite carrier, but true Bold-fiends aren’t going to be satisfied with a watered…