The Nokia E71, as rumoured, will finally be finding its way to AT&T next month according to a leaked retailer inventory. It’s an enterprise favourite, even among the BlackBerry faithful, and will find a home in many a pair of thumbs. Other handsets due to land on Big Blue include an appropriately blue Propel, a…
Samsung Smooth coming to Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless will be adding a new low-end phone to its portfolio in the coming weeks. While we’re not sure about the exact release date, we’re sure the Samsung Smooth is designed for the first time phone buyers, or for those who are not really looking up into the feature set that much. That said,…
First Pics of the Verizon HTC Touch Diamond
The folks at BGR have come along with some new pictures of the Verizon HTC Touch Diamond. The images will certainly get any HTC fan excited in the US. The device itself is a test model that comes complete with that unique faceted back. I love that look. Memory on the Touch Diamond might be…
Verizon to pay out quarterly dividend
Looks like Verizon Wireless is doing quite well for themselves. So well, in fact, that Verizon’s Q4 2008 accounting books showed a 15% growth in quarterly earnings. Verizon netted themselves a cool $1.24 billion in the previous quarter, bucking the trend of fiscal losses in this gloomy economy. All that success is being passed down…
Nokia Places Bets on LTE, Device by 2010
James Harper, senior manager of technology marketing at Nokia, talked up their LTE plans in Texas recently, much to the chagrin of Sprint and their hopes for a successful WiMAX network. “WiMAX has some place in the market, but we do believe it’s a niche play,” Harper says. Some think Verizon is the one who…
Radio Shack pushing Verizon Wireless once again
Verizon Wireless and Radio Shack parted ways a few years back, when AT&T was the leading US wireless carrier. Since then, Radio Shack has been a one-carrier type of retailer. Tomorrow that all changes. Boy Genius has confirmed that Radio Shack will once again offer customers Verizon Wireless cellphones and Verizon Wireless plans (of course).…
Verizon Customer Service Fails at Math
Not one, but two customer service reps at Verizon can’t tell the difference between a cent and a dollar… Oi… Anyone here have some good ol’ support horror stories with carriers? [via FailBlog]
MetroPCS planning LTE deployment with BlackBerry on tap?
While the major, national carriers are looking to deploy their 4G LTE networks in a couple years’ time, regional carrier MetroPCS has been quietly shoring up their own LTE roll-out plans. Today, we’re hearing that MetroPCS will be looking to deploy their own high-speed mobile broadband network in the second-half of 2010. With just 14…
Verizon LG Versa Now Available in Stores and Online
Looks like the touchscreen LG Versa has made an appearance over at Verizon stores nationwide, and online. The device is offered up for $199 with a $50 mail-in rebate… and of course, a 2-year contract needs to be penned to pick up the handset. Although I’ve never actually held the Versa in my hand, I…
FEMA taps AT&T and Verizon Wireless for emergency communications providers
It sure is good to see the federal-response agency nightmare we call the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) doing something to actually prepare for an emergency. You know, instead of waiting until an emergency hits and then scrambling to figure out how to get water to catastrophe victims. With the new Obama administration cleaning up…