Samsung’s U470 is an interesting little sucker. It’s definitely one of the smallest swivel-phones that we’ve seen and now we have some more details on the svelte musicphone. The Samsung U470 will be coming to Verizon’s network as the Samsung “Juke.” Thanks to an Engadget Mobile tipster, we’ve got the deets on the external controls…
Live pics: AT&T Tilt spotted in the wild – Verizon VX6800 and Samsung SCH-i760
We’re really closing in on AT&T’s launch of their own-branded version of the hotness that is the HTC Kaiser TyTn II P4550. Following on the heels of that AT&T Tilt mockup picture, we have real, live shots of the “holy grail” – snapped in the wild. The AT&T Tilt is looking mighty fine with it’s…
Verizon celebrates its 3+ million Chocolates
I guess we wouldn’t see this press release, if Apple haven’t announced its 1 millionth iPhone sold… Whatever the case is, Verizon informed us that since its launch last summer, they’ve sold more than 3.4 million LG Chocolate phones. I’ve nothing against LG’s quite solid music phone, but it’s worth nothing how it’s SO MUCH…
Verizon switching to UMTS based LTE for their next generation network, 100 megabits down
The Gods, can you hear them singing? Verizon choose not to go with EVDO revision C for their next generation network, they are instead going with the GSM Association’s standard currently known as 3G LTE (Long Term Evolution)! Much of this is due to the fact that their big brother Vodafone will be implementing the…
Verizon Wireless sues to get FCC rules of 700Mhz auction removed
And we thought AT&T was the evil carrier. As much as we like to poke at AT&T for being the darkside of wireless carriers, we have to give it to them for their innovative offerings and liberal stance on consumer interests. The leading wireless carrier was recently noted as supporting FCC Chairman Kevin Martin’s successful…
First spy pics of the Samsung SCH-U470 swivel-phone?
Could these be the first legit spy pics of the Samsung SCH-U470 swiveling musicphone, or a round of really good photoshop jobs? The pics look real enough to us, and they indicate that this swiveling-Sammy will be headed to Verizon Wireless. The Samsung U470 sports a sleek and narrow figure that is supposed to pack…
NTP sues AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile over mobile email patents
Ahh, NTP – those crazy patent-infringement-lawsuit experts are at it again. Apparently, they weren’t satisfied with their $618 million settlement from RIM, and now they’re jumping on the patent-infringement bandwagon that seems to be rolling through the US these days. NTP alleges that AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile are infringing on eight patents that NTP…
RIM’s got another BlackBerry outage on its hands- here we go again
Reports are starting to come in from all over the interwebs that Research In Motion (RIM) – makers of the BlackBerry and overlords of the BlackBerry BIS network – have another BlackBerry outage on their hands. We can just imagine the hoards of CrackBerry addicts that are starting to feel the wrenching effects of data…
Verizon Wireless Coupe – an entry level handset
Again, it’s our duty to inform you about all the new things happening in the world of mobile phones, both on the low and on the high end of the spectrum. And now we have a new thing to report about the former, as Verizon added a new entry-level handset to its portfolio. The Verizon…
Verizon launches the LG enV VX9900 Green
So, Verizon has just gone live with the new Green-a-licious LG enV VX9900. The last hurrah for the LG VX9900 comes in a military-grade green color and is now available for $149.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate (and 2-year contract, of course). Specs are the same as all the other orange, silver, or black colored…