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Skype Phones To Be Announced by Verizon at MWC?

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February 14, 2010
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Verizon has officially stated that they will be holding a joint press conference with Skype at MWC on Tuesday, and now Business Week is reporting that Verizon will announce new phones preloaded with Skype for use with their 3G network.

Well yes, that seems like a pretty reasonable guess for what the two companies will be announcing come Tuesday. Despite constant rumors of such, there’s no iPhone or iPad on the Verizon horizon, and adding Skype to their stable would be an attractive option for customers who are making fewer and fewer calls but are already plunking down considerable More >

Motorola DEVOUR Coming to Verizon Wireless

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February 3, 2010
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Verizon Wireless and Motorola officially announced the Motorola DEVOUR’s availability on America’s largest wireless carrier.

This Android handset features:

  • MOTOBLUR, a 3.1″ capacitive touch screen,
  • touch-sensitive track pad
  • 3G connectivity,
  • aGPS, Bluetooth
  • a micro-SD card slot.

Available in early March, this device will fall under Verizon’s list of “advanced devices” and require a $29.99 data plan and, will come with a $350 early termination fee as well.

VZ Navigator updated for Blackberry

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February 1, 2010
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Verizon went ahead and updated VZ Navigator to version 5.1. VZ Navigator has taken a full turn in becoming a very useful application other than just turn by turn direction. On the main screen as soon as you open, you’ll notice that the name of the town you are in (along with the nearest street name) displayed up top with local search results as well. The local results include weather, movie theaters with times, gas prices, events, and concerts.

Here’s the full change log:

  • Improved Customer Experience – No need to wait for the entire route to download before More >

Verizon Offers slotRadio+ microSD Cards for Blackberry Devices

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February 1, 2010
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Verizon offers BlackBerry users a better way to get songs on their devices. The $49.99 microSD card comes pre-loaded with 1,000 MP3s and boasts an additional 4GB of storage. The Billboard HITS and Billboard DECADES cards are loaded up with 8 preset “handcrafted playlists” and make it easy as can be for you to listen to music on your device. Just pop in the slotRadio+ card, fire up your media player and you’re done. The catch seems to be that you can’t play the songs in any order you want – you have to use the preset playlists, and cannot shuffle or rearrange anything. Still, you’ll have some More >

Apple’s iPhone will be available to all Carriers in US?

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January 26, 2010
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Tim Horan, a telecommunications analyst at Oppenheimer &Co is predicting that Apple’s iPhonewill be available on all US carriers over the next 18 months.

According to Tim, this change in strategy in the US will help Apple sell two or three times more iPhones. The strategy of multiple carriers is already paying rich dividends in the UK.

Tim Horan said:

We believe AT&T’s iPhone exclusivity arrangement with Apple will be expiring by mid-2010.

For wireless carriers, customers are demanding the device and they need to remain competitive.

We’ve already heard rumors about More >

AT&T iPhone Exclusivity to End on Jan 27th?

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January 25, 2010
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Apple is not only going to announce iTablet on Jan 27th event, rumor is that Apple is also going to end the AT&T iPhone exclusivity on the coming big event, according to HotHardware.

Apple is expected to bring iTablet, iPhone OS 4.0 beta and an end to AT&T exclusivity, the coming week is shaping up to be a big week for Apple. Apple’s iPhone sales could skyrocket, especially since some people have avoided the iPhone like the plague strictly because of AT&T network.

Nothing however is said or heard about which carrier(s) is going to carry iPhone come this Wednesday. Rumors also has it that More >

Is Apple Going to Announce iPhone 4G with OS 4.0 on Verizon?

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January 21, 2010
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Apple might be announcing the iPhone 4G loaded with OS 4.0 on Verizon on it’s upcoming event on Wednesday 27th.

Canaccord Adams analyst Peter Misek Quoted -

“Together with our semi-conductor partners, we have ascertained that there is a reasonable chance the Asian supply chain is prepping for mass production of a new iPhone in March, for availability in late Q2, likely June,” Misek wrote in a note to clients today.

“The phone will be carried on Verizon and hence will operate on the CDMA network; however, it will also support European GSM and HSPA standards. An updated 4GS More >

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