Now that Verizon Wireless is not assessing any activation fees on Apple’s iPad 2, it seems appropriate that the carrier will be following suit for Android tablets. Dubbed a ‘limited time’ promotion, Verizon is now waiving activation fees on Android tablets as well. Owners of the Motorola Xoom and the Samsung Galaxy Tab on a [...]
Are you ready for 4G LTE to hit HTC’s Android smartphone? If you are and are itching to grab an HTC Thunderbolt, Verizon Wireless is featuring a page on its website for you to track thunder and is promoting it on its homepage. The device is expected to launch on St. Patrick’s Day in the U.S. [...]
Verizon is offering free calling and messaging to Japan for most of its customers through April 10. The move is an attempt to make it easier for friends and family to communicate with those affected by the earthquake and Japan. Verizon is partnering with non-profits to make it easy for Verizon Wireless customers to donate [...]
Wirefly has posted a HTC Thunderbolt product page that stresses an important feature that’s missing from the Verizon iPhone 4 and other 3G phones on the network. The Verizon Thunderbolt by HTC will be the first to support simultaneous voice and data use, whether in 3G or 4G LTE coverage areas. This is great news [...]
It looks like the HTC Incredible S, which was announced at Mobile World Congress, will be making its appearance Stateside as the Verizon Wireless HTC Incredible 2. The largest U.S. carrier had carried the original HTC Incredible as part of its Droid brand. Based on the specs and leaks on AndroidSPIN, it appears that Verizon [...]
The Motorola Xoom, which is currently available only through Verizon Wireless in the U.S. with integrated 3G that will get upgraded to 4G LTE support, will also be coming soon with a $600 WiFi-only version, a full $200 cheaper than the Verizon edition. That model, which eschews any mobile broadband wireless support, will retain all [...]
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Finding an iPad 2 after launch is going to be a challenge, but if you need to find an iPad 2 we have the best tips for finding an iPad 2 in stock at a local store. The bad news is that if you are looking for an iPad 2 at a local store you [...]
Tipsters are saying that the HTC Thunderbolt, believed to be the first 4G Android smartphone for Verizon Wireless, will make its debut on the carrier with LTE support on March 21st, which is the eve of the CTIA wireless trade show in Orlando, Florida. The phone’s numerous delays and launch setbacks in the past have [...]
Long believed to be the first 4G LTE Android smartphone to debut on Verizon Wireless’s mobile broadband network, the HTC Thunderbolt has been plagued with numerous delays. To be fair, though, Verizon never really disclosed a specific actual launch date for the device so theoretically the phone’s non-launch at this point can’t be a delay. [...]
While Samsung and Verizon Wireless had shown off the manufacturer’s 4G LTE Android smartphone earlier this year at the Consumer Electronics Show, Samsung did not have a name for the phone, which utilizes Verizon’s faster 4G mobile broadband network along with rivals like the LG Revolution, HTC Thunderbolt, and the Motorola Droid Bionic. However, since [...]
Instead of the 16 GB micro SDHC card that had shipped with the first generation Motorola Droid X, a device that Verizon Wireless had positioned against the Sprint HTC EVO 4G at the time of launch, the successor, the Motorola Droid X2, will ship with a paltry 2 GB micro SD card according to leaked [...]
According to Verizon’s CTO, Verizon’s first 4G LTE phones will launch before the second half of 2011.The HTC Thunderbolt is one of the most-anticipated phones of the year and there have been several signs that the phone would be launched earlier rather than later. We’ve written about quite a few Verizon Thunderbolt rumored launch dates, [...]
Droid Life has gotten its hands on a Verizon document that seems to indicate that the thunderbolt will not be released until after the iPad 2 launches. If you are hoping to buy an HTC Thunderbolt soon, don’t hold your breath. The HTC Thunderbolt was originally announced at CES 2011, but Verizon has yet to [...]
Best Buy’s weekly circular ad has three nice phones on its back cover. Unfortunately, the HTC Thunderbolt, perhaps the most desired out of the three, still isn’t available and Verizon still hasn’t announced an official release date for the 4G LTE phone. Best Buy is still advertising the $299.99 on-contract price. The HTC Thunderbolt is [...]
It looks like Target will join Wal-Mart, Best Buy AT&T and Verizon, as locations where you can line up to purchase an iPad on Friday, March 11. I don’t know if we’ll hear about more outlets as the week goes on, but I’m sure we’ll hear more about the how’s and why’s of ordering as [...]
A CDMA-based 3G Motorola smartphone was seen recently at U.S. regulatory agency, the FCC, for approval. As the device lacks 4G LTE support, it rules out the possibility for the Motorola Droid Bionic. Not a lot of information is revealed via the FCC filing, but if the phone is in fact the Motorola Droid X [...]
There’s another unofficial HTC source confirming the March 10 release date of the HTC Thunderbolt, the first 4G phone announced for Verizon’s LTE network. The guys over at Android Community are pointing to SentNation for this latest tidbit in the Thunderbolt gossip. Apparently SentNation who recently had a chat with an HTC source about the [...]
According to a few loose-lipped Best Buy retail employees I spoke with, the HTC Thunderbolt will go on sale on March 10, not tomorrow (March 4) as had been previously slated. The March 4 HTC Thunderbolt release date was the target as recently as late last week, but apparently not all of the ‘politics’ have [...]
Apple will be announcing the iPad 2 in about 12 hours and it will probably have Verizon 3G baked in. Recent moves by Verizon and Apple point to the likelihood of a Verizon compatible iPad 2 . (Update: Apple’s made it official – The iPad 2 will have Verizon 3G built in.) The first generation Apple iPad [...]
While Verizon Wireless has still not announced availability of the HTC Thunderbolt, a 4G LTE Android smartphone, the carrier has already released a version of its turn-by-turn GPS app compatible with the device and available for download in Google’s Android Market. VZ Navigator is a turn-by-turn GPS solution that is offered either as an a [...]
The Verizon Thunderbolt is getting a ton of attention, not all of it good. There’s still not a clear release date for the device, despite the fact that Best Buy, the ‘exclusive’ retail partner for the Thunderbolt launch is already advertising the device in its weekly circular and has been taking pre-orders since February 6 [...]
Crowds didn’t gather at Apple stores like they did during the original rollout of the iPhone 4, but approximately a million have been sold since the device went on sale earlier this month. According to Verizon CEO Dan Mead, 60% of iPhone 4 sales were pre-orders. The Street did a little math and came up [...]
In a move to appease angry fans awaiting the delayed launch Verizon’s first 4G LTE smartphone, the HTC Thunderbolt, which runs the HTC Sense user interface on top of the Android 2.2 operating system on a single-core processor, Verizon has taken to social networking site Facebook to let eager customers know that the handset is [...]
The Verizon Thunderbolt by HTC has generated a ton of consumer interest since it was announced last month. The Thunderbolt is Verizon’s first 4G phone and consumers are understandably excited to get their hands on it. Best Buy began taking reservations for the HTC Thunderbolt on February 6, which required a $50 deposit. At that [...]
While Apple is still selling the original iPad at its retail stores and Apple.com, the company has cut off retailers. This means they iPad resellers can sell what they have on their shelves, but can’t order more iPad stock. This move signals that Apple already has iPad 2 stock ready to roll out to the [...]
Verizon’s airing another Motorola Xoom commercial that I think is pretty good. The commercial highlights an Android version of Vendetta Online, a game that’s also available for Windows, OSX and Linux devices. The commercial shows an actor grabbing the Motorola Xoom and a spacecraft wrapping around him while he plays the game. A voiceover tells viewers about [...]
Despite early comments by Verizon Wireless’s executives that 4G LTE Apple products will be coming to the carrier in due time, plans for a 4G iPhone and iPad on the carrier’s next-generation faster mobile broadband network may be hampered by an earlier agreement between Verizon Wireless and Google according to a report citing legal reasons [...]
A recently leaked inventory listing on Verizon Wireless’s internal system shows that the carrier is poised to carry the Droid Incredible 2, the successor to the popular Droid Incredible made by HTC. Given that HTC had recently announced a larger screen Incredible S, there is speculation that the Incredible S may arrive on the U.S. [...]
Motorola released a TV commercial for the Motorola Xoom that will introduce the product to the masses. It looks to be an effective ad, but it does leave some room for improvement. The Xoom ads starts off with an actor holding a laptop that he folds into a Xoom. A voiceover confidently states that the [...]
The HTC Thunderbolt was announced during a Verizon press conference at CES 2011 way back on January 8th. No firm HTC Thunderbolt release date has been mentioned by Verizon or HTC, even though Best Buy began taking reservations on February 6. The latest word is that the HTC Thunderbolt will be released on March 4…or [...]
Several people have pointed out that the Verizon version of the iPhone 4 suffers from the same antenna issue we saw on the AT&T iPhone 4, but Consumer Reports did some scientific testing to prove the issue in its lab. The Verizon iPhone 4 has a redesigned antenna layout, but it’s still recommended to use [...]
The Motorola Xoom is the first Android tablet to seriously challenge the iPad. The hardware is pretty solid, but what about the apps? Unfortunately, there just isn’t much to talk about since there are only 16 Android apps available in the Android Market. The number’s sure to grow as more Android tablets are sold, but [...]
Verizon Wireless has removed its HTC Thunderbolt commercial from public view, which was originally published on Tuesday. Both the English and Spanish versions of the Thunderbolt commercial are now marked as private and have been removed from Verizon’s YouTube channel. It’s almost as if Verizon wants to quell the crowds clamoring for an official Thunderbolt release date. [...]
Now that Verizon Wireless is carrying the CDMA iPhone 4 for its 3G network, the carrier’s CEO revealed that additional 4G LTE Apple products are forthcoming on its nascent but growing next-generation faster mobile broadband network. Comments about 4G LTE Apple products were reported by the Wall Street Journal in relation to Verizon’s comments about [...]
We reported earlier that Best Buy confirmed a March 4 release date for the HTC Thunderbolt via Twitter, but that date isn’t set in stone. According to an HTC product specialist we spoke to while he was in the midst of training Verizon employees on the device, there a lot of politics at play and [...]
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