The Big Red is continuing with its app recommendations. This week, however, they are tackling multiple platforms, not just webOS and/or Android. Here’s what they got: For webOS devices (Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus): Baseball Fans – The $3.99 app gives customers access to the latest news, videos, stats, standings and scores for all…
Verizon hit with major data outages
Verizon Wireless said it has fixed a software issue that caused customers east of the Mississippi to not receive mobile data or get 3G at pathetic speeds. he nation’s largest mobile operator said there was a bad switch software at one of their data centers that caused slower data speeds, or no access at all…
Tiered iPhone data pricing may be inevitable, says AT&T
Get ready to pay more if you use a lot of mobile data, as AT&T’s Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson said the second largest U.S. carrier may have to implement tiered pricing in order to better manage its network. Speaking at a Morgan Stanley conference Tuesday, Stephenson said 40% of the company’s network capacity is being…
Verizon on track with LTE rollout
Get ready for 4G folks, as Verizon said it is on schedule to roll out its next-generation mobile broadband network using Long-Term Evolution technology. In an interview with Network World, Verizon Wireless CTO Tony Melone said the company has been “pleasantly surprised” by the readiness of the infrastructure, and that deployment is “looking better each…
Verizon sued for data fees
Big Red is being hit with a class-action lawsuit alleging the largest U.S. carrier has been improperly charging non-smartphone users for data. Feature phone users who don’t have a data plan are charged $1.99 per megabyte for mobile data access and it recently said accidentally opening up the mobile browser or VCast apps won’t accrue…
Verizon makes phone calls to Chile free after earthquake
When a natural disaster strikes, the first thing most people do is to try to get in touch with friends and family in the affected region. When Haiti was hit by their earthquake, we saw a handful of companies doing their part by facilitating ways to communicate with Haiti for free. Today, Verizon is doing…
Google: Nexus One raised the bar for smartphones
Google sure seems pleased with its Nexus One “superphone,” as the search giant’s Chief Financial Officer Patrick Pichette said the handset is the “benchmark setter” in the mobile world. During a Morgan Stanley conference Monday, Pichette said the Nexus One has raised the bar for the industry and showed consumers that there are legitimate alternatives…
BlackBerry Contact Backup En Route for Verizon Customers
A BlackBerry contact backup application for Verizon subscribers will be arriving on March 9, according to some leaked training documents. What this Backup Assistant will do is store your contacts up in the cloud, occasionally check to see if you’ve added, changed, or removed entries, update the stored database as necessary, and when you need those…
Verizon Wireless to launch Nexus One on March 23rd?
There’s nothing set in stone yet, nor is there anything more than rumors being passed around for the moment, but we’re hearing that the highly-acclaimed Google Nexus One will be launching on Verizon’s CDMA network on March 23rd. Following a recent FCC filing that all but ensured the Nexus One’s CDMA launch in the near…
Palm webOS 1.4 comes to Verizon’s Pre Plus and Pixi Plus
After taking care of Sprint customers, Palm is issuing an update for the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus owners on Verizon Wireless. Probably the single most important feature of the new version (1.4) of webOS is the ability to capture, edit and share video (via YouTube, Facebook, email and/or MMS). Also worth noting are enhanced…