During the recently ended CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas, Verizon Wireless announced that their phone recycling and refurbishing program, HopeLine, has seen a double-digit increase in phones collected since January 1st, compared to the first two months of 2008. As a result, the carrier expects to see more than one million phones collected by the…
Verizon gearing up for WiFi-toting BlackBerry Storm 2 in September?
Let’s set aside the BlackBerry Storm’s SurePress shortcomings for a minute and consider its other major sticking point, the lack of WiFi support. As RIM’s first touchscreen smartphone, we’d have thought that RIM would have endowed the handset with WiFi connectivity. Alas, the first-generation Storm lacks any WiFi support. But that may all soon change.…
Verizon set to launch HTC Touch Diamond on April 10?
Verizon Wireless is known for a lot of things. Launching popular smartphones in a timely manner isn’t one of them. As we wait to put the HTC Touch Diamond2 in our pockets, Verizon is apparently gearing up to release the HTC Touch Diamond. Following on the leaked Verizon Touch Diamond images last month, Boy Genius…
Verizon Wireless announces its app store
Verizon is joining the app store craze with its own offering. At the CTIA, the carrier announced its fairly hard to remember “Mobile Web Games and Apps Store,” which works across multiple platforms, supported by the carrier. And while we’ve no much details at this stage, we know that Mobile Web Games and Apps Store…
Sierra Wireless USB 598 modem can sing along Verizon’s network
Sierra Wireless announced that its USB 598 modem, which we’ve already seen being offered through Sprint, is now compatible with the Verizon Wireless network. This, however, doesn’t mean you can grab the device on a contract. Rather, Sierra only wanted to say that you can buy the modem and separately pay for Verizon’s mobile broadband…
Verizon Wireless to join Joint Innovation Lab established by China Mobile, SOFTBANK and Vodafone to bring mobile widgets to millions
Verizon Wireless announced that it plans to join the Joint Innovation Lab (JIL) established by China Mobile, SOFTBANK and Vodafone to “help accelerate the uptake of innovative mobile technologies on a mass-market scale.” Primararily, we’re talking about mobile widgets here, which seem to be the hot topic these days with Microsoft and Samsung announcing their…
Verizon offering Glyde Refresh?
Some time ago, we talked about Verizon Glyde’s problems with the touchscreen. Apparently, software update wasn’t able to fix all the issues, hence Samsung decided to change the screen. As a result, capacitive touchscreen is dumped for the resistive one, meaning you won’t be able to read the screen’s contents on a sunny day, but…
U.S. Carriers Agree on Mobile Marketing Standards
AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon Wireless have all agreed on a set of guidelines for mobile advertising standards through the Mobile Marketing Association. By effectively merging their standards, all carriers have a few benefits to look forward to: Promote a consistent consumer experience including standardizing key consumer disclosures Enhance efficiencies in running short code programs…
More Samsung Alias2 Pictures Surface
Remember the Samsung phone with that cool morphing keyboard from yesterday? Well, a few more snaps of the Alias2 U750 have cropped up from a Verizon equipment guide, and the menu design is interesting, to say the least. I’m not sure if I would want to feel like I’m in a kindergarten class every time…
Samsung Alias2 U750 bringing morphing keys to Verizon!
We’ve all seen touchscreen interfaces that dynamically change according to the phone feature being used. In fact, that’s the whole point in having a touchscreen. But, the Samsung Alias2 U750 may just be the first cellphone we’ve seen with dynamically morphing individual keys. Little is known about the Samsung Alias2, but the unreleased handset reportedly…