There’s nothing cutting-edge about HTC’s Droid Incredible 4G LTE, a smartphone that’s coming to Verizon Wireless in a few weeks. Yet the new Droid Incredible might become one of Verizon’s most desirable phones, simply because you …
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Color’s Video-Sharing App: Now Optimized for Verizon
Back in March of last year, an innovative but ill-fated iPhone and Android app named Color debuted. It let you share photos with nearby folks who you didn’t necessarily know; the idea was that it would be cool for use at …
Verizon to Let Customers Text 911 During Emergencies
We’ve all seen movies where a terrified homeowner hides under the bed or in the closet, afraid to call 911 because of menacing home invaders. Well, worry no more, hypothetical crime victim: Verizon has announced plans to let …
Report: The Fastest 4G and 3G Wireless Networks in America
As SNL so masterfully parodied, TV commercials for wireless carriers are usually a mess of vague technical jargon, meaningless graphs and annoying spokespeople. But who actually has the fastest wireless network?
The editors at …
Verizon Tacks on $30 Fee for Upgrading to a New Phone
Starting April 22, Verizon Wireless will charge an extra $30 to upgrade to a new phone.
The fee applies to “existing customers purchasing new mobile equipment at a discounted price with a two-year contract.” Here’s how Verizon …
How Apple’s iPhone Actually Hurts AT&T, Verizon and Sprint
Apple’s iPhone is the hottest mobile device around — so hot in fact that the major mobile service providers are willing to sacrifice their own profit margins just to carry it. The big three providers, AT&T, Verizon Wireless,
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Verizon Teams Up with Redbox to Go After Netflix
It’s a looming square-off of Shakespearean proportions: Smartphone colossus Verizon is buddying up with movie-rental-kiosk outfit Redbox to take the fight to streaming giant Netflix. Imagine Verizon’s press release articulated by …
Putting the Motorola Droid Razr Maxx’s Battery Life to the Test
As Verizon Wireless tries to push a broad lineup of 4G LTE smartphones on its customers, the company omits an important fact: LTE destroys battery life. This may improve some day, when tech companies figure out how to optimize …
Motorola’s Droid Razr MAXX Almost Achieves the 24-Hour Battery
In a smartphone market where companies breathlessly try to outpace one another in screen size, clock speeds and pixel density, kudos to Motorola for focusing on battery life instead.
Motorola’s Droid Razr MAXX for Verizon …
4 Reasons Verizon’s $2 ‘Convenience’ Fee Is Harsh, Unfriendly and Wrongheaded
It sounds like Verizon’s looking to ring in 2012 with a bill-pay fee for anyone who doesn’t switch to automatic bill payments, electronic checks, or some other form of payment that doesn’t involve single bill paying. If you like …
After AT&T-T-Mobile, Are Verizon’s Cable Spectrum Deals on the Chopping Block?
Move over AT&T and T-Mobile, you may have company: Arch-rival Verizon Wireless is said to be under the U.S Justice Department microscope, specifically the DOJ’s antitrust division, for recent spectrum deals struck with cable …
Verizon Confirms Mysterious Data Outages Nationwide, Already Restoring Service
If you’re a Verizon customer and you’re wondering what’s happened to your data service, you’re not alone. Verizon’s network has been affected by some unknown affliction overnight, leading to 3G and 4G outages across the U.S. The …
