Samsung said they were going to take the Galaxy S III global as fast as possible, but some of us were a little worried as to what that might mean for the U.S. Of course the possibilities of the SGSIII landing states side with a quad-core Exynos processor is slim to none. What we did [...]
Yesterday we made the announcement that Verizon will be making changes to their data plans this summer. While changes are to be expected, it was the information that they would be doing away with grandfathered unlimited plans going forward. In short, that means if you upgrade after the changes, you wouldn’t be allowed to keep [...]
We all knew the next step in carrier evolution would be eliminating the old unlimited data plans entirely. We all figured that AT&T would be the first to pull the trigger, but Verizon seems to be starting the trend. You didn’t think you could sit comfortably on your grandfathered plan forever did you? Verizon Wireless CFO Fran Shammo announces [...]
“Can you hear me now?” Maybe, maybe not. We bet you have 4G LTE service though. Today’s new city announcement brings the red giant to a total of 258 markets nationwide that can rock out on some fast ass 4G LTE services. The new market list spans a list of cities across the nation. Making [...]
There was a leak over the weekend that pegged Motorola and Verizon to launch yet another color variation of the Droid RAZR. Seems that rumor panned out and select stores already have the new blue edition available for purchase. It is slated to land online on May 17th for everyone to purchase. There is nothing [...]
We have all seen the Motorola Droid Incredible 4G LTE device floating around. It was leaked a handful of times with various bits of information and photos. Today Verizon and HTC have finally officially announced the device to the world. It will be yet another 1.2 GHz dual-core Qualcomm S4 chipped device with 1GB of [...]
Samsung Galaxy S III watch 2012 continues. Seems the Galaxy S III may have showed up on a Verizon user agent log. The model number we are looking at is SCH-I535. The reason why this model number has significance is because other Samsung handsets released by Verizon fashioned the beginning model number SCH-I5XX. So looking at this model [...]
You have to love when something slips through the cracks. Either on purpose or by accident. No one would ever officially admit it either way. That doesn’t mean there are enough people around the web snagging screenshots of things that shouldn’t have made it public yet. That was the case earlier today when the HTC Droid Incredible [...]
For those of you who have been waiting to purchase a Galaxy Nexus but couldn’t get around the $299 price, April 23rd might just be your day. Verizon will be dropping their first Android 4.0 ICS device to $199.99 on a 2-Year contract starting 4/23, which comes with 32GB of internal storage. There’s no word [...]
Ice Cream Sandwich update news is always a hot topic, at least until the Jelly Bean hits the street. The Wi-Fi XOOM from Motorola has long since been updated to ICS, leaving the Verizon branded version by the way side. This no doubt has been a thorn in many XOOM LTE owners sides. Some potentially [...]
For those of you who require extreme ruggedness or protection for your phone, you might have picked up a Casio G’zOne Commando. It’s not the most powerful of Android phones, but it certainly holds its cup of tea as a rugged handset. Owners of the device will be glad to know that an update is [...]
This morning, Verizon held their earnings call and gave the press quite a bit of news. First of all, Verizon has stated that their 4G LTE network is quickly expanding, with a total number of 8 million 4G LTE subscribers. Verizon has also sold 2.9 million 4G LTE devices in Q1, up from 2.3 million [...]
Verizon and Motorola are currently pushing out a soak test to both the Droid RAZR and Droid RAZR MAXX. It is being listed as 6.12.181. The update was posted to Verizon website only yesterday outlining what new goodies you could expect to find. Current feed back from those that are part of the test group [...]
Roaming charges on our various carriers is one of the largest thorn in the sides of many business travelers and vacationers from the U.S. Taking a fun-filled weekend Cruise can easily set a person back a few hundred bucks if their device is left on and is not even used. Being a former T-Mobile employee, I have [...]
By now we expect most manufacturers and carriers to be releasing updates to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and not maintenance updates. However, this doesn’t seem to be the case for the HTC Thunderbolt, which was one of the devices in HTC’s guaranteed list of getting Android 4.0. According to AndroidPolice, an HTC Thunderbolt maintenance [...]