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The impending arrival of DROID 4 has prompted Motorola to sell its elder cousin the DROID 3 for $99; which is a straight $100 drop from the earlier $199 contract pricing for two years. These are new plans, of course. You get free shipping with the online purchase.

Verizon Wireless has announced the month-end availability of the LG Spectrum at the ongoing CES 2012. The 4.5-inch screen on this 4G LTE smartphone has a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels with a pixel density of 329 pixels per inch (ppi). The In-Plane Switching (IPS) display with this phone is similar to what LG uses for its [...]

The Verizon Wireless carried Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 LTE tablet has been announced at the CES 2012. The tablet specs are a definite improvement on the original Samsung Galaxy Tab.
Verizon and Microsoft have joined hands to bring the Verizon FiOS TV to Xbox Live Gold members. It is open to orders as of now; the FiOS TV app for Xbox consoles will be available for download next month; so basically there is no hardware setup involved with this. And what do you get? You [...]

The Samsung Illusion is available on Verizon Wireless from today for $79 with two-year contract pricing. You can also get it free if you pick it up between 24th November and 28th November, contract pricing of course! You can purchase it online now, the Verizon stores will begin stocking it from January 2012.

Motorola DROID4 has been spotted sharing space with other Motorola devices in the Verizon internal systems and the device manager. The 4G LTE [as affirmed by the image] sliding QWERTY smartphone could soon make an appearance in the market via Verizon.

The HTC Thunderbolt is getting its Gingerbread update one more time, and this time it arrives with fixes for broken voicemail notifications and security vulnerabilities that led to the earlier update being pulled out. The update version number is 2.11.605.5. The update is 146MB in size.

The Motorola DROID RAZR comes up at the Verizon Equipment Infocenter. It will most likely be available for sale from October 27th onward for $299.99 and a two-year contract. photo courtesy Motorola DROID RAZR Specs Form Factor: Touch Screen Software Platform: Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread) Size/Dimensions: 130.70mm (x) 68.90mm (y) 7.1mm (z) Display: 4.3” 540×960 Super [...]

Verizon has released tentative dates for the launch of the three most eagerly awaited smartphones of the holiday season. And it’s the same date! As of now, it appears that the Droid RAZR, Galaxy Nexus, and the HTC Rezound will be launching on the 10th of November.

The Motorola Droid 2 Global that saw an attempted Gingerbread update is getting a new update. The September update had to be called off because of a fault introduced into the Microsoft Exchange encryption.

Samsung Stratosphere, the first 4G LTE smartphone, with a full-QWERTY physical keyboard, has shown up on a Verizon internal comparison chart. The chart informs on Samsung Stratosphere specs. Word online is that this handset will debut October 6th for $149.99 on contract.

At the ongoing Broadband World Forum in Paris, Verizon has said that it is time wireless service providers looked to extend beyond cellular. Said Aparna Khurjekar, E.D Business Solutions Group at Verizon – “We could be providing a gamut of services that could be supported by Verizon and monetising them. You have to extend beyond [...]

Verizon has started rolling out the Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread update on the HTC Droid Incredible 2. The phone software gets updated to version 4.06.605.3.

The Android 2.3 update on Motorola DROID2 that was on, has been stopped and pushed back by a at least a week. Soak test volunteers reported a bug in the form of a Microsoft Exchange encryption issue. During the update a message comes up which says something to the effect that the phone needs to [...]

The Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for the HTC Droid Incredible is on. The update takes the OS to 2.3.4. Folks on the East Coast have mentioned getting the update on their devices and the general impression is that it’s nothing too fancy…but hey, no one’s complaining either. Most just happy that they have not been [...]

Verizon Wireless will make available the BlackBerry Torch 9850 on its 3G network (not 4G LTE) from the 8th of this month. For 199.99 and a two-year contract, you can take home this smartphone with a full-touch WVGA screen. $39.99 per month gets you the Verizon Wireless Nationwide Talk plan and $30 / month for 2GB of [...]

Leaked images of the Samsung Stratosphere that is going to Verizon tell us that this LTE handset will have a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The phone will most likely ship with Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread. Those with keener eyes suggest that this piece is a tweaked Epic 4G available through Sprint. The phone reportedly has a [...]

The Pantech Breakout LTE for Verizon is set for release this month (may happen any day now) and packs what could be termed low-to-mid level specs. It has a large 4-inch WVGA screen and will be powered by a 1GHz single-core CPU. The standout feature of the Pantech Breakout LTE is that it comes with [...]

Verizon Wireless has begun offering the Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread update 4.06.605.3 for its HTC Droid Incredible handsets. This 87.7MB update is OTA and can be installed manually as well. Here are some of the features that you can expect from this update. Make sure that once the installation is done, check that the software build number [...]

Although the Android 2.3 upgrade for Milestone 2 is still some time away, the Verizon Motorola Droid 2 is getting its Gingerbread OTA update from today. If you want to take your Droid 2 to Android 2.3.3, then go to Settings > About Phone > System Updates. Just make sure that your device is fully [...]

Blackberry Bold 9930 is the latest offering from Research in Motion and is already available on the Verizon website at a price of $249.99 with a two-year contract. It works on the Verizon 3G network. It will also be available on Sprint from 21st August and will cost the same. This smartphone features a full [...]

The Verizon Motorola DROID 3 is a hot-seller in its own right. The smartphone with impressive specs is now available through a neat offer – buy one and get one free!

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is set for a U.S release via Verizon on May 26th. The Android Gingerbread smartphone is more for fun and gaming rather than any serious productivity enhancements. It features complete support for Adobe Flash 10.2 and Playstation-certified slideout controls. No word on pricing as yet. Read more here.

So the wait for Samsung Galaxy S II in the U.S is soon going to be over. The smartphone will debut as the Samsung Attain on AT&T; Samsung Function on Verizon; and Samsung Within on Sprint.

The Cisco Cius tablet is meant for enterprise use and carries appropriate specs for the purpose. The tablet was actually announced last June; it is now being made available through channel partners and should start retailing actively by May.