Verizon Wireless is teaming up with mobile transaction service Payfone to bring a new mobile payment system to customers. The service will work across smartphones, tablets and PCs, and will charge purchases to participating customers’ Verizon statements or through their usual bank accounts, supplementing a partnership with mobile wallet …
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Verizon: ‘iPhone 5’ Will Compete with AT&T for Global Coverage
I noticed this story late last night, basically another ‘iPhone 5’ tease that’s even bigger news from where I sit than whatever newfangled whatsits Apple’s tucked under the hood: global Verizon iPhone support.
The tipster: my wife. She wants a phone she can take on business trips abroad (like the U.K., or more recently, the Middle …
Droid Incredible 2 to Verizon on Thursday, $200 with Contract
HTC’s well-received “Droid Incredible” Android smartphone has gotten an update in the Droid Incredible 2, which is set to launch on Thursday for $200 with a two-year contract through Verizon.
The Incredible 2’s specs aren’t wildly different from the first: It still has a 1GHz processor, Android 2.2, and an 8-megapixel camera like the …
Verizon Fights Back with Strong iPhone Sales
In the first major market scuffle over iPhone sales, which wireless giant takes this round: AT&T or Verizon?
After both companies released their earnings report, it’s still a tough call. AT&T posted solid numbers yesterday, but Verizon is reporting today that it signed up more than 900,000 new net subscribers. That’s more than double …
Verizon iPhone No Sweat for AT&T After All?
After Verizon launched its iPhone in February, predictions for the fate of former iPhone-exclusive heavyweight AT&T were less than winning: revenue losses and a mass exodus of customers.
It looks like all those analysts and pundits were overly dour. AT&T is reporting that even with the added competition, profits during the first …
Apple, Comcast, Others Dissed Over Government Privacy
Apple, Comcast, MySpace, Skype and Verizon are most willing to throw users under the bus when it comes to privacy, says the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Looking to rally users around the issue of privacy, the EFF has drawn up a handy chart for how tech companies respond to government requests for data. The advocacy group has also …
‘Can You Hear Me Now’ Guy, Free From Verizon, Sounds Off
You know him as the “Can You Hear Me Now” guy, or perhaps the Verizon Guy, or the Test Man as he’s called within Verizon, but his real name is Paul Marcarelli, and he’s finally allowed to speak.
The Atlantic has written a rare profile of Marcarelli, who’s feeling comfortable about publicizing his other work now that Verizon has …
Some Verizon iPad 2 Owners Having Connection Problems
A six-page (and growing) forum post on Apple’s support website finds numerous owners of the Verizon-compatible iPad 2 reporting problems connecting to Verizon’s 3G network.
The problem seems to be that if the iPad’s Verizon connection is turned off, the tablet must be rebooted in order to get it connected again. This glitch only …
Verizon’s Anti-Net Neutrality Lawsuit Defeated… For Now
Due to a technicality, Verizon’s attempt to sue the Federal Communications Commission over net neutrality regulations will have to wait.
The FCC voted in favor of net neutrality regulations last December. The rules prohibit wired broadband providers from blocking lawful uses of the Internet or discriminating against individual types …
HTC Thunderbolt Clobbering Apple’s iPhone 4?
Wouldn’t it be nice for HTC, but no, it looks like HTC’s $250 Thunderbolt probably isn’t clobbering Verizon’s iPhone. In fact it’s hard to say exactly what it’s doing, unless you’re an easy sell on tiny sample pools.
The Thunderbolt hit stores a couple weeks ago, supports Verizon’s 4G LTE network, and seems to be an all-around hit …
Verizon CEO: We Don’t Need Sprint
Verizon doesn’t want to buy Sprint, despite this week’s merger between AT&T and T-Mobile.
Verizon CEO Daniel Mead told Reuters:
“We’re not interested in Sprint. We don’t need them.”
The $39 billion AT&T-Mobile deal, announced on Sunday but expected to take months to complete, puts the newly combined company at the the top of the
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AT&T Cracks Down on Unofficial Tethering
Once upon a time, jailbreaking our iPhones allowed us to be blissfully free from the clutches of Apple and AT&T’s official regulations. We used our data plans the way we wanted to, even if that included sharing it with our laptops and iPads. (All of this is rhetorical, of course. We would never actually do such a thing.)
But now it …