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Verizon Wireless’ DROID Incredible 4G will soon get an important update, one that will pack several cool new features. Among the most important things software version 2.17.605.2 brings are global roaming across 220 countries and support for Isis Mobile Wallet (so you can make payments with your phone). In addition, users will also get Verizon’s…
Verizon finally made it official – the recently announced Motorola DROID RAZR HD and DROID RAZR MAXX HD will land on retail shelves starting October 18. Both the RAZR HD and the RAZR MAXX HD feature a 4.7-inch display, an 8-megapixel camera, NFC, LTE connectivity and either 16 GB or 32 GB of internal storage.…
A new Nokia phone is heading to Verizon Wireless. Dubbed Atlas, it runs Windows Phone 8 and as far as we know, it could be the different name for the Lumia 822 we caught at Verizon systems a month ago. Our source, EVleaks, failed to share any specs but we can see that the Atlas…
Last year, Verizon Wireless changed its privacy policy and started anonymously tracking mobile phone usage among its customers. All new customers, including iPhone 5 owners, are automatically opted in to this program when they activate a line of service with the carrier. The anonymous tracking collects information like the URLs of websites that you visit…
Verizon Wireless will soon launch a firmware update for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7. Software version i815.LP10 packs a number of new features, including: New homescreen layout with widget tab that enables adding widget to the Homescreen New Video Calling icon to the apps menu makes it easy to begin making video calls with apps…
Not too long ago, we learned that Samsung was planning to release three additional colors for its flagship Galaxy S III. Sammy failed to give us details on availability and pricing of these new colors expected to hit our shores. Thankfully, Verizon in an ad on its site, showed it will be getting the colors…
If for some reason you’ve been looking with a dose of envy at Verizon’s HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE, you’ll want to know that the carrier now offers it for $50 less than what it used to – $99.99 instead of $149.99. However, that’s still more than what two third-party retailers, Amazon and Wirefly, are…
Verizon owners of the iPhone 5 may be in for a bit of a surprise when they look at their data usage statistics. A bug in the software on the Verizon iPhone 5 caused cellular data to be used in some instances when a user was also connected to WiFi. Fortunately, Verizon caught the bug…
We know that all major carriers in the U.S. will get their version of the Samsung Galaxy Note II, though we don’t have exact launch dates for every one of them [carriers]. Now we caught two Note II variants — one for AT&T (model number SGH-i317) and other for Verizon Wireless (SCH-i605) — at the…
Verizon will soon be updating the Samsung Galaxy Nexus to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, according to a document posted on Verizon’s support page. Soon, owners of the Galaxy Nexus will receive an OTA update to install the latest Google operating system on their devices, something owners of GSM Galaxy Nexus devices have been enjoying for…