If you’ve been looking to get some Verizon Wireless phone, now’s the time to do so using Amazon as a middle-man. The online retailer is running a neat campaign called “The Penny Pincher Deal” through October 17th, offering all Verizon Wireless phones and mobile broadband devices excluding tablets and the iPhone for a single cent.…
Staples to offer Verizon’s Samsung Stratosphere for $79
You’ve probably already seen Verizon Wireless’ recently unveiled Samsung Stratosphere. If you haven’t, make sure to check out our hands-on post where we briefly check the first QWERTY keyboard-equipped Android smartphone that sings along the Big Red carrier’s LTE network. It is available for $149.99 with a new two-year contract, but we’re hearing Staples will…
Senators introduce a bill that says operators need to advertise how fast their 4G really is
Are you using an ADSL line to connect your home to the internet, what about VDSL? Do you have a DOCIS modem, if so then is it DOCIS 1.0, 2.0, or 3.0? You probably don’t know the answer to that question since for you the broadband that gets delivered to your home is simply a…
Watch the iPhone 4S Launch: Live from the Palo Alto Apple Store
Here we are for the annual iPhone release day camp out in front of the Apple Store in sunny Palo Alto, California. This time around it’s for the the iPhone 4S, which was announced last Tuesday, October 4 2011. Stay tuned for some live video and chat throughout the night.
iPhone 4S already sold out at AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint
If you weren’t among the million to sign up for an iPhone 4S on preorder day, odds are you’ll have to wait for more stock to come in. All three major U.S. service providers selling Apple’s latest handset are indicating that they’re out of stock. AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon will be dishing out devices to…
Verizon to light up 35 new LTE markets over the next 5 weeks, bringing their total to 178
Verizon Wireless is an unstoppable beast when it comes to 4G LTE. Earlier this year their network was declared to be the fastest one currently up and running in the United States, with an average download speed of 9.5 Mbps and upload speed of 1.4 Mbps. That’s well within the company’s claims of delivering between…
CTIA 2011: AT&T, Sprint, Verizon CEOs play nice
We were hoping for an epic slugfest between the CEOs of AT&T, Sprint and Verizon during the CTIA 2011 keynote but instead we got a few playful jabs and a whole lot of talk about collaboration, innovation and how amazing the wireless industry is. Unlike the previous CTIA keynote, the CEOs of the three largest…
Live from CTIA 2011 keynote: AT&T, Sprint and Verizon square off
We’re live at the CTIA show in San Diego and we’re about to hear the day one keynote and it should be a doozy, as the CEOs of AT&T, Sprint and Verizon will duke it out. We can consider this round two, as AT&T Wireless CEO Ralph de la Vega, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse and…
CTIA 2011 preview: CEO showdown but no Nexus Prime
We’re live from the CTIA Enterprise and Apps show in sunny San Diego and this was poised to be one of the best fall show yet before a major handset announcement was postponed. Fear not, loyal reader, as the mobile conference will still be jam-packed with interesting news and apps, so let’s take a look…
Verizon announces Samsung Stratosphere, the first LTE phone with a QWERTY keyboard
Verizon just announced the Samsung Stratosphere, the first 4G LTE smartphone that has a physical QWERTY keyboard. If you’ve been yearning for an LTE Android device, but woefully declined the current offerings because of the lack of a QWERTY keyboard, you can rejoice a little. As far as design, however, it’s not too far off…









