Samsung Trance is expectantly hitting Verizon Wireless portfolio. The optimized-for-music device prides itself with such features as cool touch-sensitive navigation, ICEpower audio from Bang & Olufsen, Bluetooth, aGPS, and 1GB of internal memory that is further expandable with microSD cards up to 16GB. On the downside, there’s an old school-ish 1.3 megapixel camera and why-not-QVGA…
Verizon unveils online User Review ratings for handsets
Verizon wants you, the customer, to learn everything you can about their mobile lineup so that you can make a more informed decision. As long as they control the information you’re reading. Today, Verizon has taken the wraps off their new online “handset review” system that lets Verizon customers sound off on what they liked…
Verizon Wireless Implements User Review Features
Verizon has finally implemented a user review feature on their main website. The feature had apparently been running for a while on a test site, but now, thanks lots of testing and tweaking no doubt, you can access the same user review features on the main Verizon website. All you have to do to get…
Verizon Wireless announces LTE specs
Verizon Wireless has made a significant step towards their 4G LTE network deployment with today’s announcement of LTE network specs. The commercial launch of the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network is still a year or so away, and the newly released LTE network-spec will give hardware manufacturers a head-start on their 4G-compatible hardware. LTE will…
Verizon CEO Hints at LTE iPhone
According to a recent interview, Verizon Wireless CEO Ivan Seidenberg hinted that since CDMA carriers got passed on for the original iPhone, they might have a shot at a future Apple phone once LTE networks are rolled out across the board. Wishful thinking? Maybe, but a distinctly awesome possibility. Aside from that, Seidenberg said that…
Verizon still dragging their feet on official BlackBerry Storm v113 update
Verizon’s BlackBerry Storm 9530 has been criticized ad-nauseum for its buggy software and unacceptably awkward on-screen keyboard paradigms. Unfortunately, it seems Verizon’s reputation as being America’s slowest-to-adopt and late-to-market wireless carrier has prevented the No. 1 US wireless carrier from rolling out the official bug-killing BlackBerry OS 4.7.0.113 firmware version to its subscribers. Because, you…
Nokia QWERTY-Swiveler Coming to Verizon?
BGR has it on good authority from one of their ‘ninjas’ that Nokia is working hard to launch a rotating/swiveling QWERTY device on Verizon for July or August. Not very much is known at this point, other than the fact that the OS to come preloaded on the ‘Swiveler’ is S40… Boo-urns. The image above…
Samsung Omnia i910 GPS unlocked by new ROM!
If you’ve been scouring the interwebs for an easy way to unlock your Samsung i910 Omnia’s GPS hardware to work outside Verizon’s premium VZ Navigator service, you’ve probably found yourself up a certain creek without a certain paddle.Until now. Rejoice, ye Verizon customer! A new “unofficial” Windows Mobile ROM for the Verizon Samsung Omnia promises…
Verizon Casio Exilim Withstands Water, Sexting
Call a promo video featuring sexting a cheap ploy appealing to the lowest common denominator if you must, but the Casio Exilim, a flip with a 5.1 megapixel camera bound for Verizon spied late in December, is at least getting a little more public. Water resistant phones is an awesome idea that I’ve been hankering…
Verizon launches HTC Touch Diamond!
The rumors, they ran true, it seems. Earlier this week we had heard rumblings that the HTC Touch Diamond would finally launch in CDMA-form on Verizon Wireless on April 10. Lo and behold, Verizon has gone and launched the once-spectacular Touch Diamond! Starting April 10, Verizon customers can pick up the HTC Touch Diamond through…