Everyone may be talking about Apple’s iPhone 4S right now, but Android may be the mobile OS that is actually taking over America, with Verizon Wireless reporting that half of the smartphones it has sold in the last quarter use the Google operating system.
Verizon announced sales of 5.6 million smartphones in Q3 2011, with only 2 …
It it really, truly “impossibly” thin? With “unstoppable power”? A device ready-made for America’s “fastest and most reliable 4G network”? Hey, what do you expect Verizon and Motorola to say when they’re showing off their new powerhouse portable, a smartphone they’ve dubbed the DROID RAZR? As in: “DROID Strong” and “RAZR Sharp” (go …
Hoping to casually wander down to your local store tomorrow and pick up a new iPhone 4S without any hassle? That’s not likely to happen—nor is it looking like it’ll happen anytime soon, either. According to the websites of AT&T, Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel, the new iPhone has sold out for immediate shipment. It’ll be interesting …
With three carriers now selling the iPhone, your options have gotten a bit more complex as far as monthly service plans go. We’ll take a look at which carrier’s plans are best for cheapskates, big talkers, big texters, and those who want it all—voice, data and text messaging.
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Cellphone carriers in the U.S. are holding onto sensitive data about their customers for a significant amount of time, according to a Department of Justice memo that compares the data retention policies of four of the country’s largest carriers.
Looking at the policies of Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile, the memo reveals that while …
As if Tropical Storm Irene hadn’t done enough damage while it was actually hitting parts of the country, it seems that it’s made life miserable for Verizon customers: The company has said that the cost of recent weather, as well as a labor strike, has left it facing a bill of up to $250 million and a backlog of work requiring …
I bought an iPhone 4 in February, but my wife, who wants one badly, decided to wait. She travels to Europe and the Middle East frequently through the year for her job, and while AT&T would cover her in all the places she currently visits, their coverage at her parents’ house in the U.S. is a voice and data black hole. Considering we …
It’s goodbye T-Mobile, hello Verizon at RadioShack HQ this morning. The scrappy consumer electronics chain says it’ll sever its profit-starved relationship with T-Mobile and take up with mobile giant Verizon Wireless instead. While RadioShack reported a sharp decline in second-quarter profits, news of the Verizon deal sent company shares …
Is it time to start talking about cord-cutting again?
Two days after analysts at research firm SNL Kagan forecast that 12.1 million homes will have abandoned traditional TV providers for video-on-vemand services by 2015, Verizon and AT&T released their Q2 2011 subscriber numbers and, well, if people are planning on abandoning …
AT&T could be in serious trouble if a new study by data analytics firm Localytics proves accurate. According to the study, Verizon has already snatched nearly a third of the U.S. iPhone 4 market, despite AT&T’s roughly eight-month lead and the Verizon iPhone’s lack of unique hardware features. If you buy the argument that many would-be …
In light of its plan to kill off unlimited data, Verizon quietly announced their first foray into tiered-data with the Motorola Droid 3, which is available for purchase as of this morning for $199 with a two-year contract.
The original sliding iPhone alternative is back touting the “word’s thinnest full QWERTY” in addition to a slew …
Yep, you can pretty much kiss those Verizon unlimited data plans goodbye. We’d heard their demise was coming, and now we’re hearing it’s nearly here: Verizon will roll out new definitively limited data plans on July 7th, reports Droid Life.
Verizon’s confirmed plan changes are coming without getting into specifics, admitting it “will …
