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Verizon Literally Puts a Band-Aid on Droid’s Problematic Battery Door

I really like my Droid, but have had the same loose battery door problem as everybody else; it usually slides off while being removed from my pocket, which makes the otherwise-heavy-duty-feeling phone feel weak. Verizon’s solution? Also weak. Apparently Flickr user Anticitizen took his Droid to a Verizon store to see what could be done…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Verizon’s webOS Training Sessions Suggest the Pre and Pixi Are Coming Soon

There’s been plenty of speculation as to when Verizon will begin offering the Palm Pre or the Pixi, but some leaked internal training slides would suggest that it’ll be sooner rather than later. According to Phone Arena these 20-minute long training sessions are “to re-introduce Palm and webOS to [Verizon’s] personnel [and] will be ongoing…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Verizon Waives $21,917 Monthly Bill Caused by 13 Year-Old Data Hog

Attention, teenagers of America: things cost money, even when plucked out of thin air. And attention parents of America: buy a data plan, already. When Ted Estarija added his son to his cell phone plan, he probably wasn’t expecting the adorable little scamp to download 1.4GB in a month. But these kids, that’s they do!…

Tech News Brian Barrett

T-Mobile’s Pushing the Nexus One Google Phone Because Verizon Said No

Google might be selling the Nexus One Google Phone (whatever) unlocked, so you can pick your carrier via menu, but T-Mobile is also gonna push it after Verizon said no, according to Peter Kafka. Guess Verizon felt burned? [MediaMemo]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Verizon Customer Service Rep: That DSL Upgrade Will Burn Your House Down

Michael just wanted to upgrade his DSL to a faster plan. Yet Verizon jerked him around, each successive rep saying something different, until he was told the upgrade would burn his house down. What? This poor guy was a Verizon customer for seven years, dutifully paying his bills on time, until he decided it was…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

The 30 Essential Android Apps

In a year, Android’s gone from shaky upstart to mobile juggernaut. And nowhere is that more apparent than the apps—the Marketplace is positively bursting, with over 14,000 apps. Here are the ones you need, the essentials. If you want them all on one page, click here. https://gizmodo.com/essential-android-apps-5423054 If we’ve missed anything or you’ve got a…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Remainders – The Good, Bad and Ugly Things We Didn’t Post (and Why)

Today in the Gizmodo junk cabinet called Remainders we’ve got another report of a Verizon iPhone, a slightly-skinned new Android phone from Acer, death by exploding gum, and a questionable report of Microsoft being kind of a dick. Onward! More Analysts Make Total Speculation About a Verizon iPhone Sound Confident and Certain Until we get…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Droid Eris Over-the-Air Update Being Pushed Out Tonight

At midnight tonight, Verizon will begin the process of pushing out an update for the Droid Eris. The process will be gradual and it may be up to a week before all customers receive the update. As with the Droid, you’ll receive an alert and then need to accept a download. Things affected by this…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Motorola Droid Has Been Rooted

Diligent Android-tamperers have done it again—the Droid has been rooted. There aren’t many practical benefits quite yet, but it’s a first step to all kinds of custom Droid goodness that’s hopefully coming soon. [AllDroid] https://gizmodo.com/android-hacking-for-the-masses-5341915

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Droid Gets Android 2.0.1 Update Starting Today

Droid owners can expect their promised Android 2.0.1 OTA update to be pushed to their phones within the next 48 hours, if not already. Reported improvements include a fixed autofocus, improved battery life and audio quality, and a new unlock screen. Sounds like a nice holdover until Android 2.1’s arrival early next year. [Android Forums…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Headless Luke Wilson Continues the Great AT&T/Verizon Ad War of 2009

To be bigger but slower, or speedy yet spotty? This is the ridiculous question indirectly posed to us today by AT&T spokesman Luke Wilson. Here’s my question: When do these commercials go away? https://gizmodo.com/luke-wilsons-droppin-post-cards-on-verizon-wireless-5410354 I mean, wasn’t the original Verizon ad that started this off about the size of the 3G network? Now AT&T is…

Tech News Jack Loftus

FCC Heroes Get Into the Verizon ETF Pile-On

First, a senator introduced a bill aimed at keeping Verizon from jacking their early-termination fees to $350. Now the FCC want’s to know just how they’re justifying this bullshit. https://gizmodo.com/senator-introduces-bill-to-smack-down-early-termination-5418692 You’ve gotta love the FCC these days, right? First they ask Google, AT&T and Apple just what they hell they’re doing rejecting Google Voice from…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Senator Introduces Bill to Smack Down Early Termination Fees

Amy Klobuchar, True America Hero and Senator of Minnesota, introduced a bill in Congress today in response to Verizon’s doubled early termination fees, aiming to limit them. https://gizmodo.com/verizon-to-double-early-termination-fee-5396828 Verizon’s response: A broad array of Americans who might not otherwise be able to afford broadband connections to the Internet with a home PC, or by paying…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Droid Commercial Paints iPhone as “Digitally Clueless Beauty Pageant Queen”

Ohhh shit, y’all. This is getting dirty. Motorola/Verizon’s newest Droid ad not only depicts the iPhone as a tiara-wearing, Sandra-Bullock-worshipping Barbie doll, it actually shows a clearly identifiable iPhone. It’s both inflammatory and in your face. Right up in it! I have a Droid, and like it a lot, but I’m a little concerned that…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Android 2.0.1 SDK Available, Plus Droid Getting OTA Update Soon

It’s a minor update, but the Android 2.0.1 SDK just came out, mostly consisting of little bug fixes (Bluetooth, resource allocation, that kind of thing). Alongside that, there’ll be an OTA update for the Droid in “the coming weeks.” The Android 2.0.1 update should be out by the end of the year, but Droid owners…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Verizon’s Buy One Get One Free Deal Includes Droid and Droid Eris (!)

Verizon’s done BOGO (as we in the know call them) deals on BlackBerrys before, but now that they’ve got some seriously solid Android hardware, we’re a lot more excited for the (unconfirmed) Droid and Droid Eris deal this weekend. Boy Genius Report hears that the deal will last only three days, from December 4th (tomorrow!)…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Now Available

In this installment of Now Available: Dell’s snazzy Vostro 1015 laptop, WowWee’s sweet-as-cinnamon pico projector, the not-so-hot Samsung Omnia II, and the Nokia N900, a smartphone that’s so smart it’s not even a smartphone. Dell’s Vostro 1015, the rare business laptop that brings a halfway elegant design to the boardroom table, is now available. The…

Gadgets Kyle VanHemert

AT&T and Verizon Drop Silly Map-Related Lawsuits

According to a note we just received from AT&T, “Verizon and AT&T have dismissed the litigation between them in Georgia and New York.” Here’s the full legal text on the voluntary dismissal in NY: UPDATE IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless (“Verizon Wireless”) and Defendant/Counterclaim…

Tech News Mark Wilson

AT&T Comes in Last in Consumer Reports Study That Surprises No One

Here’s some news anyone with an iPhone could have told you: AT&T delivers crappy service that its customers hate. But this news comes from a reputable source, Consumer Reports, instead of the usual whiny friends. Yes, in 19 of the 26 cities surveyed, AT&T was ranked dead last in every category. Verizon was ranked the…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Verizon Whines About Sprint’s “Most Dependable” Claims

Apparently Verizon has gotten cocky after its court victory over AT&T and decided it wants an encore. This time the wireless provider is playing the bully as it demands that Sprint cease claiming that it’s “America’s most dependable 3G network.” https://gizmodo.com/judge-tells-at-t-to-stop-whining-as-the-verizon-ads-wil-5407902 Sprint isn’t giving in to the request and is proceeding to argue independent test…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Verizon Literally Puts a Band-Aid on Droid’s Problematic Battery Door

Verizon’s webOS Training Sessions Suggest the Pre and Pixi Are Coming Soon

Verizon Waives $21,917 Monthly Bill Caused by 13 Year-Old Data Hog

T-Mobile’s Pushing the Nexus One Google Phone Because Verizon Said No

Verizon Customer Service Rep: That DSL Upgrade Will Burn Your House Down

The 30 Essential Android Apps

Remainders – The Good, Bad and Ugly Things We Didn’t Post (and Why)

Droid Eris Over-the-Air Update Being Pushed Out Tonight

Motorola Droid Has Been Rooted

Droid Gets Android 2.0.1 Update Starting Today

Headless Luke Wilson Continues the Great AT&T/Verizon Ad War of 2009

FCC Heroes Get Into the Verizon ETF Pile-On

Senator Introduces Bill to Smack Down Early Termination Fees

Droid Commercial Paints iPhone as “Digitally Clueless Beauty Pageant Queen”

Android 2.0.1 SDK Available, Plus Droid Getting OTA Update Soon

Verizon’s Buy One Get One Free Deal Includes Droid and Droid Eris (!)

Now Available

AT&T and Verizon Drop Silly Map-Related Lawsuits

AT&T Comes in Last in Consumer Reports Study That Surprises No One

Verizon Whines About Sprint’s “Most Dependable” Claims

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