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Verizon Teases Us With Android 2.1 Update Details for the Droid

We’re still waiting to get Android 2.1 on our Droids, but at least Verizon has shared the details of what’s coming: Enhancements: Pinch-to-zoom is now available when using the browser, Gallery, and Google Maps. New Weather and News application plus widget. The Weather and News app pulls the information you want from theWeb and brings…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: What Lies Beneath Edition

In today’s Remainders: things lurking below the surface. Literally, a fuel cell-powered fish. Less literally, ISP’s seething contempt for the FCC’s new National Broadband Plan. Also: Samsung’s David Lee Roth tablet love and a helicopter with rocket-powered blades. Yikes. ISPs and FCC, Sitting In a Tree Yesterday, FCC announced it’s National Broadband Plan. It’s ambitious—hoping…

Gadgets Kyle VanHemert

It’s Time For One Data Plan to Rule All Our Gadgets

If you buy a 3G iPad, you’ll be able to purchase data, month by month, from AT&T. Neat! But you already pay for unlimited data access on your iPhone, also from AT&T. So why not have one plan, for everything? https://gizmodo.com/how-ipad-3g-service-works-or-why-you-should-buy-the-3-5491994 This isn’t a rant about iPad data or AT&T, because if anything, the iPad’s…

Tech News John Herrman

Want a Verizon-Based Nexus One? You’ll Have To Buy It From Google

It doesn’t really come as a huge surprise, but apparently the only way to get your hands on a Verizon-based Nexus One will be to order it straight from Google. On the somewhat odd side though, it seems that the device might run HTC’s Sense UI. Looks like an updated version of the product listing…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Say Goodbye to Unlimited Wireless Data Plans

You know how you pay a fixed monthly fee for your phone, and can check email and Twitter, surf the web and the Yelp app anytime you like without counting minutes or megabytes? Yeah, well that’s all gonna end. Yesterday, Verizon CTO Tony Melone said that the days of all-you-can-eat data plans are ending, echoing…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

First Verizon Wireless 4G Phone Could Appear Mid-2011

Nokia was rumored to be building it, but according to the WSJ Verizon Wireless‘ first 4G handset will debut mid-2011, running on the LTE network that’s launching end of this year after Boston and Seattle guinea pigged the service. https://gizmodo.com/verizon-and-nokia-are-secretly-planning-a-4g-phone-5165071 According to the WSJ, Verizon Wireless’ first LTE phones will use dual chipsets so they’ll…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Time Warner’s Plan to Make AT&T Suck Less (In NY, Anyway)

I never thought I’d forgive Time Warner for abominable service before I switched to FiOS—but I just might, if their plan to lease their pipes to AT&T and Verizon makes using an iPhone in NY actually tolerable. UPDATED. AT&T’s iPhone problems are two-fold. There’s the wireless aspect, which is having enough towers with enough spectrum…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Leaked Documents: Microsoft’s Secret Phones Coming to Verizon

After the Windows Phone 7 launch passed without so much as a mention of Project Pink, Microsoft’s other new phone project started to fade into memory. Today, we can confirm: Pink’s coming, and Verizon’s the carrier. UPDATE: First live shots. https://gizmodo.com/first-shots-and-specs-of-microsofts-secret-project-pink-5485796 A tipster passed us a load of 3rd-party marketing materials, in which a promotional…

Tech News John Herrman

Verizon Customers Are Amidst a Nationwide Data Blackout

If you’re a Verizon customer and your phone isn’t connecting to data this morning, it’s not just you. Verizon has confirmed that its data is down across the nation, though apparently NY is doing just fine. UPDATE Your make/model of phone has nothing to do with the problem, as everything from Blackberries to Droids are…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Nexus One Coming to Verizon March 23?

Yesterday we heard that a CDMA version of the Nexus One was approved by the FCC, and now Neowin has word from an anonymous Google employee that the Google phone will land on Verizon on March 23. That’s the day the CTIA wireless convention kicks off and it’s less than a month away; Perhaps a…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

CDMA Nexus One Apparently Zips Through FCC, On Way to Verizon

Oh hello! The FCC has just approved a phone with the model number PB99300. It’s HTC-made, CDMA-using and just happens to remind us of the Nexus One‘s PB99100 model number. Odds are that this handset is the Nexus One bound for Verizon, but we’ll have to wait for an official confirmation and a release date.…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Details On RIM’s New BlackBerry Slider?

This isn’t confirmed, but with RIM rumored to be exploring sliding-QWERTY devices for a pretty long time, one of our BlackBerry connects dropped some info on us and we wanted it to share it. Here’s what we know: • It’s a portrait-oriented slider. While most people assume a device with slideout keyboard would end up…

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Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Empire Edition

In today’s Remainders: Empires. Apple tends to theirs at their annual shareholders meeting; Verizon reinforces their cellular empire for Spring Break action; and the Galactic Empire’s graphic design team faces off with Ole Miss’s new rebel mascot. And more! It’s a Mascot! Ole Miss has been without a mascot since 2003, when its Colonel Reb…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Android’s Budget Future, Now: Droid Eris Free On Contract

Super-spec’d premium phones like the Droid and Nexus One are only part of Google’s long term plan for Android. What we have here is a glimpse of Android’s other future: Free. Android handsets are the new flip-phones! Sort of! Today’s Motorola Devour launch at Best Buy Mobile brought some extra goodies, including an awkwardly priced…

Tech News John Herrman

Android’s Dude Problem

73% of Android users are men, compared to the rest of smartphone platforms, which skew only slightly manward. But really, we should have expected this. (And not in a sexist way!) The statistic comes from AdMob’s January Mobile Metrics report, which is littered with fascinating little nuggets. Like, did you have any idea 65% of…

Tech News John Herrman

With Lowered Sales Expectations, Palm Runs Out of Options

When Palm issued a release announcing lowered guidance and sales expectations for this year, Jon Rubinstein didn’t even try to cushion it, admitting, “driving broad consumer adoption of Palm products is taking longer than [he] anticipated.” OK. Now what? UPDATED The implication of “longer than expected” is that success will come if everyone just waits…

Tech News John Herrman

HTC Incredible Turns Up On Verizon Wireless’ System, Implying Launch Is Near

The chocolate brown HTC Incredible has reappeared on the scene, this time in Verizon Wireless’ inventory system. Is the Android phone close to announcement? It’s peculiar HTC hasn’t officially announced it yet, instead outing the Legend and Desire. https://gizmodo.com/htc-incredible-photos-leaked-reveal-incredibly-brown-b-5466195 The Android 2.1 phone (with HTC Sense slicked on top) is rumored to run on a…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Exclusive: TheStreet.com’s Tech Exclusives Are a Crapshoot

Scott Moritz of TheStreet.com has a knack for landing exclusive stories—Microsoft-branded phones, Verizon-based iPhones and more—but his track record isn’t exactly the best based on what Technologizer found in their breakdown of these “exclusive” stories. TheStreet.com’s Scott Moritz has an exciting exclusive: Northeast Securities analyst Ashok Kumar has learned that Microsoft is working on a…

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Verizon Apps Turn Your Droid or Imagio Into an All-In-One FiOS Remote

Verizon’s Mobile Remote is an app for Windows Mobile and Android (though for the time being, just the Imagio and Droid) which lets you control your FiOS box locally over Wi-Fi, and share photos from your smartphone. While Verizon’s promo video implies that it’s a makeshift solution—”if you can’t find your remote”—from the looks of…

Tech News John Herrman

Verizon Smartphones Score Unlimited Skype-to-Skype Calling

Next month, nine Verizon smartphones with accompanying 3G plans will be able to make unlimited Skype-to-Skype calls, as well as call out to regular phones internationally at a reduced rate. UPDATE UPDATE: However, it appears the service is pretty gimped as you can’t call Skype out to regular lines domestically in order to save minutes.…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Verizon Teases Us With Android 2.1 Update Details for the Droid

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: What Lies Beneath Edition

It’s Time For One Data Plan to Rule All Our Gadgets

Want a Verizon-Based Nexus One? You’ll Have To Buy It From Google

Say Goodbye to Unlimited Wireless Data Plans

First Verizon Wireless 4G Phone Could Appear Mid-2011

Time Warner’s Plan to Make AT&T Suck Less (In NY, Anyway)

Leaked Documents: Microsoft’s Secret Phones Coming to Verizon

Verizon Customers Are Amidst a Nationwide Data Blackout

Nexus One Coming to Verizon March 23?

CDMA Nexus One Apparently Zips Through FCC, On Way to Verizon

Details On RIM’s New BlackBerry Slider?

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Empire Edition

Android’s Budget Future, Now: Droid Eris Free On Contract

Android’s Dude Problem

With Lowered Sales Expectations, Palm Runs Out of Options

HTC Incredible Turns Up On Verizon Wireless’ System, Implying Launch Is Near

Exclusive: TheStreet.com’s Tech Exclusives Are a Crapshoot

Verizon Apps Turn Your Droid or Imagio Into an All-In-One FiOS Remote

Verizon Smartphones Score Unlimited Skype-to-Skype Calling

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

Travelers Experiencing the Longest Security Lines in TSA History

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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