Verizon has announced that select BlackBerry users (Curve 8330, Pearl 8130, and 8830 World Edition) can use their addictive smartphones to “stay connected to their financial information while away from home with Verizon Wireless’ Mobile Banking application.” With Verizon’s mobile banking service, users can: Get account balances and account transaction history. Transfer funds between eligible…
Details on Verizon’s LG Voyager refresh – new firmware, new features, 4G LTE?
Verizon not long ago launched their LG VX10000 Voyager as an answer to AT&T’s Apple iPhone. The touchscreen revolution had just gotten underway and Verizon had to scramble to get its own touchscreen offering on the table. But, with a squishy pressure-sensitive touchscreen and clunky UI, the LG Voyager failed to cash in on the…
FCC: CDMA variant of HTC Touch Diamond shows itself
We love a good FCC-blessing every now and again. It’s always nice to know that the good folks in some non-descript government laboratory are working hard to make sure that the newest and coolest gadgets with radio transmitters don’t fry our brains in to oblivion. And, to make sure CDMA users don’t get zapped into…
Verizon to introduce LG Decoy Limited Edition?
It seems Verizon is confident people will like the LG Decoy – the phone with removable Bluetooth Headset on the back. Hence, they will be launching the special limited edition of the device that will keep all the good things of the original Decoy, but will also add a Bluetooth Desktop Charger with integrated Speaker…
FCC shows HTC NEON 400 – CDMA HTC Touch Dual on the way
The CDMA market isn’t exactly HTC’s bread-and-butter market, what with GSM handsets being the way to go for most of the developed world, but that doesn’t mean the Taiwanese smartphone maker isn’t going to give the US some touchscreen Windows Mobile love. Spotted hanging out with the FCC’s laboratory engineers, the HTC NEON400 hints at…
Verizon to drop LG Chocolate 3 on July 14 for $129
The LG Dare might be stealing more than its fair share of the CDMA spotlight on Verizon’s network, but that doesn’t mean Big Red isn’t prepared to offer its subscriber-base a healthy serving of Chocolate for the summer season. Chocolate, as in LG Chocolate 3 – the second revision (or third helping) of LG’s music-centric…
Motorola Q9 Napoleon does GSM for Verizon world-travelers – picks up BlackBerry Bold design cues
Could it be? A mobile phone from Motorola bearing a design philosophy that we can actually commend? No, you aren’t dreaming. Motorola is preparing to give the popular Motorola Q9 series a bit of a design and hardware revamp. And, Boy Genius has gotten a chance to play with the device – the Motorola Q9…
Palm Treo 700wx does Windows Mobile 6
Sprint, Verizon, and Alltel subscribers with Palm Treo 700wx smartphones in hand, take heed. Following on Sprint’s “minor update” released earlier this year, ROM cooks (“chefs,” as we like to call them) have managed to get a fully-working Windows Mobile 6.0 installation running on a Palm Treo 700wx. The Windows Mobile 6.0 AKU 4.2 ROM…
Palm rolls out firmware update for Verizon’s Palm Treo 755p
What better way to keep that aging smartphone from feeling a little less “wise” in years, especially when compared with the new wave of smartphone hotness slated to drop in the coming months, than to give it a quick firmware update? To be fair, the Palm Treo 755p isn’t exactly old, but the Palm handset’s…
HTC Touch Diamond, Touch Pro coming to Sprint, Verizon?
Just when we reported that the HTC Touch Pro in CDMA flavor has been spotted at the FCC, another news item caught our eye. Apparently, Sprint and Verizon will get to carry both the Diamond and the Touch Pro. And while we’re not sure about the release date at this stage, it seems to me…