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Verizon’s 4G LTE Network Launches Dec. 5: How Fast, How Much and Where It’s At

Here we go: Verizon’s LTE network is launching on Dec. 5 in 38 markets and 60 airports—going nationwide by 2013—with two USB sticks from LG and Pantech supplying the superfast goodness. But just how fast is it? Verizon says in “real-world, loaded network environments,” you can expect 5-12Mbps downstream, and 2-5Mbps upstream. The pricing’s not…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

HTC Merge Surfaces on Verizon’s Site, Only To Be Yanked

Last we heard of the Merge, it was sporting Android 2.2 and had an 800MHz processor. With a 5MP camera and 3.7-inch screen, it looks like it’ll be on sale soon, judging by Verizon’s slip-up. [AndroidCentral] https://gizmodo.com/the-verizon-htc-merge-is-a-world-phone-with-a-slider-ke-5654000

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Microsoft’s Kin ONEm and Kin TWOm Are Back On Sale, at Verizon

We warned you they would be back—and look who just swaggered into town today, as if they never even got killed off by Microsoft. Should’ve picked better aliases, though—Kin ONEm and Kin TWOm is just plain weird. https://gizmodo.com/the-microsoft-kin-is-coming-back-to-life-on-verizon-5687979 The Kin ONEm is selling for $120 and the Kin TWOm almost double that, at $220. That’s…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Verizon Wireless iPad Now On Sale

Today’s October 28th, which means Verizon Wireless has begun selling Wi-Fi versions of the iPad, with MiFi mobile hotspot dongle packages on offer starting at $630 for the 16GB model. https://gizmodo.com/ipad-coming-to-verizon-stores-on-october-28th-5663702 Prices go up to $730 for the 32GB model, and $830 for the 64GB-er. Monthly payments beginning at $20 for 1GB of data will…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Verizon Wireless Customers With Crappy Service: Your 3G Microsite Is Here

Live in an unfortunately located apartment or rural area (or any other cellular phantom zone)? Verizon will let you turn your net connection into 40 feet of 3G. This is still, however, a pricy fix for bad service. The 3G Network Extender—a generic black box from Samsung—will allow use from up to six phones at…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Rumor: Verizon Tiered Data Plans Start October 28th

We’ve known for a while that Verizon’s tiered data pricing was coming soon, but now we’ve got a supposed date when you can kiss the unlimited data buffet goodbye: October 28th. But all’s not lost for smartphone owners. https://gizmodo.com/verizon-end-of-unlimited-data-plans-likely-coming-soon-5567119 According to Engadget, there will still a $30/month unlimited plan for smartphone owners, with an option…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Verizon Android Phones Should Use the Force and Download This Star Wars App

You don’t need the R2-D2 Droid phone to download this app, but for full credibility I’d suggest all owners of that phone fork out the $3 it costs. In fact, any Verizon customer with an Android phone should pay up. It’s celebrating the 30th anniversary of Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Verizon Will Refund $90 Million to Overcharged Data Users

Verizon Wireless, writing to us this evening, has officially confirmed it will credit 15 million customers with $90 million in compensation for “mistaken past data charges.” Most customers should expect a credit in the $2 to $4 range, although some royally screwed customers will apparently “receive larger credits or refunds,” the statement read. The credits…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Windows Phone 7 Not Arriving On Sprint and Verizon Until Next Year

Verizon’s already told Bloomberg not to expect WP7 devices until next year, but now CNET has heard from Microsoft that it will only be sold on GSM networks this year—with CDMA expected “in the first half of 2011” according to their senior product manager, Greg Sullivan. [CNET] https://gizmodo.com/verizon-wont-sell-windows-phone-7-this-year-5640176

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Verizon Grabs BlackBerry Curve 3G, Though It’ll Ship With OS 5

Verizon customers keen for some 3G QWERTY-lovin’ can hitch a ride on the new BlackBerry Curve 3G train, with the 9300 model being announced today for the carrier. It’ll cost $30 after a $100 mail-in rebate—not bad. https://gizmodo.com/blackberry-curve-9300-3g-runs-os-6-0-too-5608011 RIM announced the phone back in August, and confirmed it to be running the new OS 6.0—though…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Samsung Fascinate Lightning Review: When Greedy Carriers Ruin Decent Phones

Samsung’s Galaxy S phones, like the Fascinate on Verizon, represent everything that’s good—and bad—about Android. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-galaxy-s-known-as-vibrant-captivate-and-fascin-5574325 A single phone, a platform really, spread across every major carrier is something of a feat. The Galaxy S manifests itself as the Captivate on AT&T, Vibrant on T-Mobile, Epic 4G on Sprint and finally here, the Fascinate on…

Reviews Matt Buchanan

Unlimited and 25MB Data Plans Available at Verizon Wireless Now

This is great news for pre-paid Verizon Wireless customers, with the carrier introducing unlimited and 25MB data options for their SIMs. Available from today in-store (or online on September 28th), the plans will only work with (most of their) 3G smartphones—which makes sense, really. The unlimited plan comes in at $30 per month, and for…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Samsung Galaxy S Known as Vibrant, Captivate and Fascinate With US Carriers

Confusingly, Samsung’s Galaxy S will be sold under different names in the US. Verizon will have it as the Fascinate, T-Mobile as Vibrant, AT&T as the Captivate and US Cellular as the Galaxy S—and Sprint as Epic 4G. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-captivate-at-ts-first-serious-android-phone-5566087 It’s essentially the same phone as the Galaxy S which is already on sale in the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Verizon: End of Unlimited Data Plans Likely Coming Soon

Verizon has beaten this drum before, but it seems that AT&T’s move to tiered data has inspired them to cut unlimited plans as soon as this year. It’s time to say goodbye to the all-you-can-download buffet. The comments this time came from CFO John Killian, who came out more explicitly than past Verizon execs in…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Say Goodbye to Unlimited Wireless Data Plans

While thinking about how AT&T screwed everyone by killing unlimited wireless data, we remembered that we saw this coming a few months ago. Here’s another look at what we already realized back then. You know how you pay a fixed monthly fee for your phone, and can check email and Twitter, surf the web and…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Motorola Launching Two Droid Phones In July With Verizon

It’s no secret that the Droid Shadow will be sold exclusively with Verizon Wireless as soon as next month, but the WSJ is reporting that another Motorola smartphone will also be added to Verizon’s shelves in July. https://gizmodo.com/motorola-droid-shadow-found-in-gym-5546986 Motorola’s co-CEO Sanjay Jha told investors yesterday that “we will introduce new Droid products in the Verizon…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

So Long, Unlimited Data: Verizon Wants Tiered 4G Plans

Yesterday, Verizon Wireless big boss Lowell McAdam told investors that when 4G hits, unlimited data plans won’t make sense anymore. Instead, buying “buckets” of data—where you’d purchase a set number of monthly megabytes—is the model of the future. Just to be clear: segmented data plans like that might be ideal for Verizon Wireless, but they’re…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Motorola Droid Shadow Found In Gym

The story goes that this phone was left in a corporate Verizon gym in Washington, but before it was remotely locked the finder saw a text message confirming it was “unreleased”. What is it? Why, the Motorola Droid Shadow. https://gizmodo.com/is-this-the-motorola-droid-shadow-5545366 Based on previous information about the handset, we already know it’ll be Motorola’s second Droid,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Palm Pre Plus Reduced To Quivering $30 By Verizon Wireless

In light of HP’s acquisition of Palm, Verizon Wireless‘ discount on the Pre Plus—which has only been on sale a little over three months now—might seem a little hasty. Palm’s the flavor of the month again, after all! https://gizmodo.com/why-hp-buying-palm-is-good-for-you-5526620 It’s still offered on a long two year contract, but instead of costing $50 upfront, it’s…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

HTC Incredible Is Droid Incredible, Will Launch With Verizon April 29th

Ooh, this is something unexpected. That Incredible phone that’s been knocking around for months now will be part of the Droid line-up, launching with Verizon Wireless on April 29th. https://gizmodo.com/htc-incredibles-specs-leak-show-snapdragon-android-pho-5515922 They haven’t announced full spec just yet for the phone, but thanks to yesterday’s leak we know all of that anyway. The Android phone will…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Verizon’s 4G LTE Network Launches Dec. 5: How Fast, How Much and Where It’s At

HTC Merge Surfaces on Verizon’s Site, Only To Be Yanked

Microsoft’s Kin ONEm and Kin TWOm Are Back On Sale, at Verizon

Verizon Wireless iPad Now On Sale

Verizon Wireless Customers With Crappy Service: Your 3G Microsite Is Here

Rumor: Verizon Tiered Data Plans Start October 28th

Verizon Android Phones Should Use the Force and Download This Star Wars App

Verizon Will Refund $90 Million to Overcharged Data Users

Windows Phone 7 Not Arriving On Sprint and Verizon Until Next Year

Verizon Grabs BlackBerry Curve 3G, Though It’ll Ship With OS 5

Samsung Fascinate Lightning Review: When Greedy Carriers Ruin Decent Phones

Unlimited and 25MB Data Plans Available at Verizon Wireless Now

Samsung Galaxy S Known as Vibrant, Captivate and Fascinate With US Carriers

Verizon: End of Unlimited Data Plans Likely Coming Soon

Say Goodbye to Unlimited Wireless Data Plans

Motorola Launching Two Droid Phones In July With Verizon

So Long, Unlimited Data: Verizon Wants Tiered 4G Plans

Motorola Droid Shadow Found In Gym

Palm Pre Plus Reduced To Quivering $30 By Verizon Wireless

HTC Incredible Is Droid Incredible, Will Launch With Verizon April 29th

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