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Today, MetroPCS announced that its customers can now use unlocked GSM devices on their network, which has been solely CDMA up until this point. Because of the recent merger of T-Mobile with MetroPCS, MetroPCS will be transitioning from its CDMA network to T-Mobile’s GSM network. MetroPCS customers in a handful of cities such as Boston,…
Looks like Verizon Wireless is preparing to add another rugged Casio smartphone to its portfolio. The upcoming Casio Commando 4G LTE has been leaked by EVLeaks, which unfortunately doesn’t say anything about the release date. Moreover, we’ve no idea what kind of hardware this phone hides under the hood and can only hope the Japanese…
Verizon Wireless has recently expanded its offering of low-cost smartphones for prepay customers with the addition of LG’s Optimus Zone and Optimus Exceed. The first of the two is a slightly different version of last year’s LG Optimus L3. It comes with a rather small 3.2-inch QVGA touchscreen, 3.2-megapixel rear camera, 800MHz single-core processor, 512MB…
As usual, Verizon Wireless decided to take its sweet time announcing the availability of the HTC One, but it finally did via a tweet today! We can expect the device to hit some time later this summer! It’s coming – the HTC One will be available on the #Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network later this…
If you’re looking to upgrade your Apple iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S for the shiny new iPhone 5, you might want to head over to Best Buy for a spectacular one-day deal this Saturday. Tomorrow, Best Buy is offering a $150 trade in credit towards an iPhone 5 for customers who trade in their iPhone…
Verizon is next in line to get the BlackBerry Q10 on June 6. This comes after T-Mobile announced it would have the QWERTY device available a day before Big Red’s release date. Potential customers stand to get BlackBerry’s notorious keyboard, a 3.1-inch Super AMOLED 720 x 720 pixel resolution display, a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4…
Samsung’s Galaxy S4 smartphone became the fastest selling Android phone in history a couple of weeks ago. Samsung announced its flagship phone had surpassed 10 million units sold in under a month. While it can’t move at that speed forever, RBC Capital Markets analyst Mark Sue predicts sales will hit 80 million units this year. He had this…
HTC may be adding some color to its popular HTC One handset, according to a report from Pocket-Lint. Pictures of a red HTC One have been floating in the cloud for some time now, and it looks as though a blue colored HTC One will be available when the red version is launched, according to…
It looks as though the Samsung Galaxy S4 won’t be the only device to gain support for Verizon’s upcoming AWS LTE network upgrade. According to a report from Laptop Mag, Verizon has confirmed that seven devices will be ready to take advantage of the new AWS upgrade when it goes live. Devices that will utilize…
A new update for the Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III is beginning its rollout today, bringing with it some new features and bugfixes. The update is a bit on the large size, 129.1 MB to be exact, and is billed as software version JZO54K.I535VRBMD3. The new update breathes new life into the Galaxy S III, bringing…