Verizon Evdo News
- U.S. Cellular joins AT&T in local 3G network launches Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 4:10PMDay after exclusive carrier of iPhone and new iPad - at least for now - announces it will launch Central Oregon 3G network coverage April 1, U.S. Cellular says it has launched 3G mobile broadband coverage in Bend-Warm Springs area, others around Oregon.
- 3G test sees major turnarounds in AT&T speed, stability Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 12:57PMAT&T today landed a surprise win in a new test of 3G performance in the US. The carrier had both the fastest average download speeds, at 1.4Mbps, and the fastest uploads, at 773Kbps. Both were major improvements and were as much as 84 percent faster than what was seen a year earlier. T-Mobile and Verizon were only periodically able to crest 1Mbps while Sprint would only come close to the mark....
- Verizon Wireless To Offer Skype 3G Calling Starting In March Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 1:54PMWith AT&T just announcing SlingPlayer 3G capabilities Verizon apparently didn’t want to be out done and they have announced that Skype calling over their 3G EVDO network will be allowed on Smartphone devices starting in March. The 3G calling ability will require a data plan to be activated on the customers account and will allow Skype-to-Skype [...]
- Broadband2Go: Mobile broadband without the contract Tuesday, February 2, 2010 @ 12:20PMProviding pay as you go mobile broadband seems like a great idea. Service providers must agree, as more plans are becoming available.
- New iPhone/iPad SDK Lifts Ban on 3G VoIP Support Thursday, January 28, 2010 @ 9:08AMiPhone users may be able to leverage VOIP 3G to cut their monthly bills...
- Ambient ends debt, issues 666M shares Monday, January 25, 2010 @ 9:30AMAmbient Corp., a Newton-based company that provides networking capabilities over broadband, has issued roughly 666 million shares of common stock to its largest shareholder, Vicis Capital LLC, in order to completely retire Ambient’s long-term debt.
- Report: Apple prepping dual-core iPhone for April launch Tuesday, January 12, 2010 @ 2:51PMApple is reportedly preparing to launch its next-gen, dual-core 4G iPhone in April 2010. read more
- April iPhone upgrade: 5MP camera, killer CPU/GPU, videoconferencing, OLED, removable battery Tuesday, January 12, 2010 @ 1:13PMGoogle’s Nexus One apparently got Apple worried enough to rush the fourth-generation iPhone ahead of schedule. The upgraded handset should make techies happy while giving iPhone critics a few less reasons to complain. Officials at KT, Apple’s exclusive iPhone carrier in South Korea, told the Korea Times that the Californian gadget maker might launch the fourth-generation [...]
- Apple Nabs Quattro, Still Haggling With Verizon Tuesday, January 5, 2010 @ 6:44PMiPhone maker scores a wireless ad firm, while talks with Verizon about a carrier partnership continue.
- Sprint Gets The Blackberry Curve 8530 For Just $50 Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 2:56PMThese days I’d normally let out a big yawn when it comes to the Blackberry Curve 8530, however at just $50 on the Sprint Network the phone actually proves to be a great “budget friendly” device for business users looking to replace older devices. The unit, priced at $49.99 comes with a two year contract with [...]
- Top Ten Mobile Tools for Small Business Wednesday, December 16, 2009 @ 11:39AMWe pick 10 essential tools and services to help mobile professionals get the job done on the run.
- LG Chocolate Touch Music Phone Tuesday, December 15, 2009 @ 10:48PMThis entry is part 5 of 5 in the series A week with the HP Pavilion dv2 - A vacation from my Macs This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of LG Chocolate Touch. All opinions are 100% mine. After I purchased the first generation iPhone, I stopped using my iPod classic and transferred [...] Filed in categories: Audio / Video Gear , Reviews , Wireless Tagged: LG , verizon LG Chocolate ...
- Foxconn already building next-generation iPhone? Thursday, December 10, 2009 @ 11:41AMA long-time Apple manufacturing partner, Foxconn, has already received an order to begin building the next-generation iPhone, says Mobile Review editor Eldar Murtazin. While it is not known if Foxconn has begun the production process, the company could require a lengthy headstart to meet demand. The iPhone 3GS is already available in dozens of countries, meaning that any future phone would ...
- Wi-Fi on the Go Friday, December 4, 2009 @ 12:28PMOne of the best options to come along in a while for Linux users is the MiFi device from Novatel Wireless. These devices are slightly larger than a credit card but pack a whole lot of functionality into that small package.
- Sholes Tablet With Android 2.0, HDMI Smiles for the Camera Wednesday, December 2, 2009 @ 3:39PMA leaked Motorola road map showed a Sholes tablet and sure enough, a Sholes tablet has been peeped. That’s the story over at mobile-01 (translated) , anyway.
- The iPhone may arrive on T-Mobile USA in 2010 Wednesday, December 2, 2009 @ 1:43PMRather than Verizon Wireless, Apple’s iPhone will expand to T-Mobile’s US network when the AT&T exclusivity expires the next year, an analyst says. Unlike most pundits and analysts that are expecting the iPhone on the Verizon network in 2010, a Thomas Weisel analyst Doug Reid believes that the handset will hit T-Mobile’s US network instead. The [...]
- It’s official: AT&T ranks last in customer satisfaction and cell service Tuesday, December 1, 2009 @ 4:43PMAll the major US carriers trumped AT&T in terms of voice service, web and email, messaging, and customer support. According to an annual report of cell phone services, AT&T came last in key categories. The finding has been revealed in a Consumer Reports’ survey of more than 50,000 readers scattered across 26 US cities who were [...]
- A next-generation iPhone prototype spotted in the wild Monday, November 30, 2009 @ 11:13AMUnknown iPhone hardware has been caught roaming the SF Bay Area, near where Apple is located. According to MacRumors, the developer Panday has spotted an unreleased iPhone device in the analytics of its iPhone app called iBART, a public transportation guide for the San Francisco train system. The developer said that Pinchmedia that analyzes customer [...]
- Leak shows Omnia II for Verizon shipping Dec. 2 Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 9:28AMThe Verizon edition of the Samsung Omnia II should at last ship in about two weeks if a leak proves accurate. Internal product info has the phone shipping with Windows Mobile 6.5 on December 2nd, contradicting rumors of a Windows Mobile 6.1 version. The Engadget document gives it an effective price of $200, albeit after a large $100 mail-in rebate and signing a two-year contract....
- Subsidized Toshiba Netbook Comes With 3G, Windows XP Monday, November 9, 2009 @ 11:39AMLooks like you can add Toshiba to the ranks of netbook brands going the subsidy route. Over the weekend, jkOTR reader Hector Gomez and I both saw the deal in this week’s Best Buy circular — which is actually square, not circular at all.
- Verizon Gets Blackberry Curve 8530 On November 20th, $99 Price Thursday, November 5, 2009 @ 9:52AMThe Blackberry Curve 8530 is set to be released by Verizon Wireless on November 20th, adding to the slew of new devices the company plans to release before the end of 2009. The Curve 8530 features EVDO Rev. A data access, alongside WiFi, GPS (VZ Navigator comes standard) and a full Qwerty Keyboard for quick email [...]
- Sprint Finds That Growing Up Is Hard to Do Friday, October 30, 2009 @ 2:01PMA maturing U.S. wireless market leaves the company in a tough spot.
- Review: Motorola Droid smartphone Thursday, October 29, 2009 @ 7:24PMThe Droid certainly lives up to its promises and does a lot of things the iPhone doesn’t. The iPhone will probably keep its smartphone throne for now, but it will have to deal with a powerful new competitor.
- Mot, Verizon announce Android phone Wednesday, October 28, 2009 @ 2:26PMVerizon Wireless announced its first Android phone, built by Motorola.
- Apple to lose massive iPhone subsidies with Verizon? Wednesday, October 28, 2009 @ 12:26PMApple will lose its current "sweetheart" US carrier subsidy if and when it signs an iPhone deal with Verizon, says Brian Marshall of Broadpoint.AmTech. The analyst argues that a Verizon iPhone will arrive in the second half of 2010, but with Apple unable to pressure the carrier into paying the same subsidy per phone required of AT&T, thought to be $450. A more likely Verizon figure is pegged at ...
- Sprint Seizes the Android Moment Friday, October 9, 2009 @ 8:02AMSprint is adding another Android phone to its lineup -- the Samsung Moment. The Moment, which has an 800 MHz CPU, will be available from Nov. 1. Meanwhile, Gartner predicts that Android installations will surge, putting it in second place after Symbian by 2012. The Moment runs Android 1.5 Cupcake. It has a 3.2-inch AMOLED screen, which is slowly becoming the norm for the newest high-end mobile ...
- Sprint focuses on wireless M2M with new business unit Thursday, October 8, 2009 @ 12:52PMSAN DIEGO -- Sprint Nextel Inc. has been in the wireless M2M (machine-to-machine) business for a decade, but this week announced a greater focus on the exploding market area by creating a new Emerging Solutions business unit to speed up delivery of the technology to businesses and consumers.
- Broadcast From Your Backpack With New Livestream Device Thursday, September 24, 2009 @ 12:09PMThe most aptly named live-streaming company in the business, Livestream, is taking the wraps off its new Livepack — an all-in-one, backpack-sized device that enables live, mobile, HD-quality broadcasts.
- iRex Outs New e-Book Reader: Verizon 3G, Gobi and Multi-Format Wednesday, September 23, 2009 @ 5:09PMWe first heard of an e-book reader from iRex a month ago , and today the company has officially announced the DR 800SG . The reader will be launched in affiliation with Barnes & Noble, and the integrated Verizon 3G connectivity makes this a solid competitor to the Amazon Kindle. iRex is using Gobi technology, making the 800SG compatible with EVDO and HSPA 3G networks worldwide.
- Analyst: AT&T likely to keep iPhone exclusive deal Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 12:39PMiSuppli thinks AT&T will continue to enjoy an exclusive arrangement with Apple to provide service for the iPhone in the U.S. The reason? Growth in usage of a faster wireless standard at AT&T known as High Speed Packet Access.
- Apple to Extend AT&Ts iPhone Exclusivity Deal? Thursday, September 10, 2009 @ 1:41PMAT&Ts iPhone exclusivity deal with Apple is set to expire as early as next year, but that doesnt necessarily mean it wont be renewed -- despite compaints about the carriers network.
- Hands On with the Palm Pixi Wednesday, September 9, 2009 @ 1:37PMPalm released its second WebOS smartphone on Wednesday, a slim, candybar-style phone called the Pixi. We took the new phone for a spin and liked what we saw. The bottom line: the Pixi looks like a great messaging phone, but how much will it cost?
- Samsung Rogue Has AMOLED Display, May Be Better Than Glyde Tuesday, September 8, 2009 @ 6:11PMWe less than liked Verizon’s Samsung Glyde , but perhaps the Glyde 2 or the Rogue will make us forget. The Rogue looks like a normal slider but its AMOLED display should be bright (much like the Impression’s ). (more…)
- CDMA Variant of HTC Hero Approved by FCC Thursday, August 20, 2009 @ 11:34AMToday documents seen on the FCC web site confirm that HTC is making a CDMA version of the Hero Android phone that it announced earlier this year. The FCC notes that this version of the Hero has EVDO and ... (follow link to read)
- With Some Help From the Cloud, My 30-Minute PC Switch Sunday, July 12, 2009 @ 10:44PMEvery so often, one (or more) of our readers chastises me for being way too Apple-centric in my view of the world. Frankly, I can’t help it. Why argue with something that looks great and functions flawlessly (at least most of the time)?
- Nokia Siemens Networks Signs Agreement With Nortel To Purchase LTE and CDMA Assets Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 10:35PMPlanned acquisition will keep Canada at the forefront of next-generation wireless research and development; strengthen Nokia Siemens Networks in North America and LTE
- Nokia Siemens Networks Signs Agreement With Nortel To Purchase LTE and CDMA Assets Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 9:19PMgeneration wireless research and development; strengthen Nokia Siemens Networks in North America and LTE
- Samsung Omnia II & Jet Monday, June 15, 2009 @ 2:43PMHands-on with the new Jet and Omnia II from Samsung. (follow link to read)
- Samsung Omnia II Phone Arriving on Verizon Monday, June 15, 2009 @ 2:33PMSamsung on Monday announced a new flagship Windows Mobile phone for Verizon Wireless, the Omnia II, along with a range of other high-end smartphones that are less likely to come to the U.S.
- Samsung Omnia II Phone Arriving on Verizon Monday, June 15, 2009 @ 8:51AMSamsung on Monday announced a new flagship Windows Mobile phone for Verizon Wireless, the Omnia II, along with a range of other high-end smart phones that are less likely to come to the U.S.
- U.S. Cellular Delays Making Any LTE Decisions Wednesday, May 6, 2009 @ 2:45PMU.S. Cellular recently revealed that it will hold off making any decisions about deploying Long Term Evolution for the time being. The company, which recently reporting its first quarter earnings, said that the build out of its EVDO 3G ... (follow link to read)
- Wirefly Announces Sharp Growth in Touchscreen Phone Sales and Reveals Its Top Ten Hottest Selling Models Wednesday, April 29, 2009 @ 11:57AMWirefly ( www.wirefly.com ), America’s trusted source for cell phones and wireless service plans, today released an analysis of the recent sharp growth in its sales of touchscreen devices and announced its current Top 10 best-selling touchscreens. (PRWeb Apr 29, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Wirefly_top-selling/touchscreen_phones/prweb2372024.htm
- Wirefly Announces Sharp Growth in Touchscreen Phone Sales and Reveals Its Top Ten Hottest Selling Models Wednesday, April 29, 2009 @ 10:51AMWirefly (www.wirefly.com), America’s trusted source for cell phones and wireless service plans, today released an analysis of the recent sharp growth in its sales of touchscreen devices and announced its current Top 10 best-selling touchscreens.
- Apple, Verizon contemplating iPhone deal? Monday, April 27, 2009 @ 11:36AMA version of the iPhone for Verizon could be coming next year, claims USA Today. The newspaper cites "people familiar with the situation," who say that Apple is in negotiations with Verizon, and in fact has been talking with the carrier for several months, back to point before Apple CEO Steve Jobs took a medical leave of absence. The diminished participation of Jobs has not stopped efforts, say ...
- Dual-Sliding to the FCC with Nokia 8208 Feature Phone Wednesday, April 22, 2009 @ 1:05PMTaking a quick jaunt over to the offices of the almighty FCC, we discover a great looking phone from Nokia that may soon be launched with an American CDMA wireless carrier.
- Tata Indicom launches QUICKFINDER A-GPS Service Tuesday, April 21, 2009 @ 6:40AMTata Teleservices Limited, India’s fastest-growing pan-India telecom service provider, today announced the launch of a unique QUICKFINDER A-GPS (Assisted Global Positioning System) service.
- Apple Could Partner With Verizon, Rack Up Sales Thursday, February 26, 2009 @ 12:59PMMore rumors are making the rounds that Apple will soon be breaking up the sweetheart deal that has held until now with AT&T and do some seriously flagrant cheating with rival Verizon Wireless.
- LG Versa detachable touch phone at Verizon Thursday, February 26, 2009 @ 8:11AMVerizon this morning made another attempt at the touchscreen phone market by launching the LG Versa. The handset also known as the VX9600 tries to stand out from its close competition by letting users choose either greater control or a smaller size: while the phone normally has a leather-like case with a built-in QWERTY keyboard and an external OLED for call notifications, owners can detach just ...
- Bridgewater Systems Announces Record Revenue for Fiscal 2008 Thursday, February 26, 2009 @ 7:00AM Bridgewater Systems , the mobile personalization company, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008 consistent with the preliminary results issued on February 4, 2009.
- Apple Looking to Free the iPhone from AT&T? Tuesday, February 24, 2009 @ 8:36AM The IT Examiner reports that while Jobs is away from his spot as CEO of Apple the interim CEO is looking to free the iPhone from the grips of AT&T notoriously spotty network. The publication cites an unnamed source that claims Apple will announce an iP...
