Posts Tagged ‘Verizon Wireless’
Friday, August 21st, 2009
Filed under: Multimedia, RIM, Verizon Wireless
If you want to watch live hockey games played by NHL teams not owned by RIM’s Jim Balsillie — that would be all of them, by the way — you need look no further than the warm glow of your Storm’s display now that Verizon has brought its V CAST Video service to the device. Starting today, users will be able to download a dedicated VCAST Video application to their Storms, bringing a host of feature-length and live programming that makes us thank our lucky stars for high-limit data plans. Sure, it’ll set you back $10 a month and kill productivity — but isn’t wasting money and time what life is really all about?
V CAST Video comes to Verizon’s BlackBerry Storm originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: accessories, BlackBerry Storm, blackberrystorm, browser, network, RIM, Storm, v cast video, vcast, Verizon, Verizon Wireless, verizonwireless, video
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Verizon Wireless, Windows Mobile, EV-DO, CDMA
HTC’s making some serious moves in North America at the moment — not to say that’s necessarily anything new — and the Touch Diamond2 and Pro2 are both getting love from every angle. That’s a good thing, we figure — and the parade of high-end Windows Mobile hardware continues with the Whitestone, a presumed Diamond2 variant with a 3.6-inch WVGA display and 5 megapixel cam. Test documents confirm that it’s CDMA / EV-DO, though we’re not seeing any evidence of GSM; that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s not there since the FCC doesn’t care to test non-US bands, but we definitely expected to see a full report on EDGE 850 / 1900. Now that the approval’s in, Verizon, it’s your move — let’s get the ball rolling, shall we?
Verizon’s HTC Whitestone garners FCC approval originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: breaking-news, handsets, network, stumbleupon, touch, Verizon, Verizon Wireless, whitestone, windows, Windows Mobile, WinMo
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
Filed under: Sprint, Verizon Wireless, MVNOs
They’ve taken their time, but Qwest is finally winding down its Sprint-based MVNO offering and kicking subscribers off the last shreds of its network over the next couple months. To be exact, every last customer will have be off the airwaves by October 31 — and to really drive the point home, outgoing calls will be rerouted to customer service for friendly reminders starting next month (don’t worry, you’re allowed to complete your call after the reminder’s over). The good news is that Qwest is waiving ETFs for folks porting away — they frickin’ better be — and the company has hooked up with Verizon as an affiliate, so you can still work with ‘em to manage your wireless life if you’re so inclined.
Qwest’s wireless service says goodnight on October 31 originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: accessories, engadget, engadget-mobile, mobile, mvno, network, Nokia, podcasts, qwest, Sprint, Verizon Wireless, verizonwireless, vzw, Wireless
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
Filed under: Sprint, Verizon Wireless, MVNOs
They’ve taken their time, but Qwest is finally winding down its Sprint-based MVNO offering and kicking subscribers off the last shreds of its network over the next couple months. To be exact, every last customer will have be off the airwaves by October 31 — and to really drive the point home, outgoing calls will be rerouted to customer service for friendly reminders starting next month (don’t worry, you’re allowed to complete your call after the reminder’s over). The good news is that Qwest is waiving ETFs for folks porting away — they frickin’ better be — and the company has hooked up with Verizon as an affiliate, so you can still work with ‘em to manage your wireless life if you’re so inclined.
Qwest’s wireless service says goodnight on October 31 originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sunday, August 16th, 2009
Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, Verizon Wireless, EV-DO, CDMA
If you want to get in on the Glyde’s successor in the next few months, odds are good you’ll be asking for the Rogue when you mosey into the store. Actually, the odds are virtually 100 percent now that Verizon has actually kicked off the Rogue’s advertising campaign — despite the fact that the phone is yet to be announced. Whoopsie! If we had to guess, this is a sign that the phone’s announcement is imminent; last we’d heard it was on track for an August 23 launch, so we could definitely imagine a press release coming this week.
[Thanks, Adam]
Verizon ponies up to Google for premature Samsung Rogue ad originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Saturday, August 15th, 2009
Filed under: Handsets, RIM, Verizon Wireless, BlackBerry OS
Still not convinced that the BlackBerry
Storm 2 is alive and kicking in places outside of RIM’s “secure” labs up in Waterloo? How’s a seven minute long video showing off this perennially-leaked device for all you skeptics? The blur-free video shows off the updated
SurePress screen that only clicks when the unit’s actually in use, as well as some size comparisons with the
Onyx and Tour. The mystery man behind the camera says that even though his OS is super old — at least by pre-release firmware standards — it’s much faster than the previous-gen Storm. Also interesting is the fact that WiFi doesn’t appear to be present in the “Manage Connections” screen, although we can almost say with 100% certainty that there will be WiFi at launch. The full video’s posted after the break, conspiracy theorists: go wild.
[Thanks, bighap]
Continue reading Video: BlackBerry Storm 2 gets yet another prerelease review
Video: BlackBerry Storm 2 gets yet another prerelease review originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: blackberry os, browser, engadget, Storm, surepress, Verizon Wireless, verizonwireless, video
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Saturday, August 15th, 2009
Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Verizon Wireless, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE, EV-DO, CDMA
Regardless of carrier, we know that these in-the-wild shots of the Touch Pro2 drive impatient buyers within an inch of madness, so we apologize in advance if this latest batch leads to any mental health facility commitments — but, you know, we’re just doing our job here. This time around, we get Verizon’s version of the phone pitted against a Sprint Touch Pro, starkly demonstrating that the new model is a good deal longer — something we hadn’t really considered. We also get a good look at the Device Information screen showing 86.85MB of free RAM and 230.69MB of free ROM, though we can’t say with certainty that the shot was taken on a bone-stock Touch Pro2 that was fresh out of the box, not to mention the fact that we could still see firmware revisions before it even hits the market. With global roaming capability, we bet this one’s going to be a hot seller in certain audiences — particularly those with far more business attire in their closets than ourselves.
[Thanks, morrowa2]
Verizon’s Touch Pro2 in the wild again, just for kicks originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: accessories, engadget-mobile, HTC, in the wild, inthewild, mobile, network, touch, touch-pro2, touchpro2, Verizon, Verizon Wireless, verizonwireless, vzw
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Friday, August 14th, 2009
Filed under: Verizon Wireless, LTE
Big Red’s flexing its 4G muscle today, announcing that it has successfully completed the first true tests on its nascent LTE network — end-to-end data calls that presumably approximate real-world usage. The action actually happened way back on July 15 in Seattle, while Boston just went down today — the two markets where Verizon said it’d be running the first trials — both on 700MHz spectrum won not terribly long ago. LG and Samsung provided the mysterious, unspecified “trial devices,” but don’t worry, Motorola fans — Verizon says they’ve got devices in the pipeline as well. Both Seattle and Boston currently have ten LTE cell sites live as the carrier trudges toward a 2010 date with destiny when it’ll take “up to 30″ markets live, at which point EV-DO and HSPA will theoretically feel like trying to send packets via carrier pigeon. Progress!
Update: We just spoke with Verizon CTO Tony Melone to expand a bit on the trials. Here are some of the key takeaways:
- Though they’re not talking speeds with these trials specifically, they’re confident in saying that everything’s in line for 7-12Mbps down and 3-5Mbps up at launch.
- The trials are being conducted on commercial LTE base station hardware, but everything else is prototype (and changing very rapidly). The end-user equipment doesn’t currently resemble anything you’d actually buy.
- Data modems will be the priority at launch, which makes sense considering the amount of industry flux with regard to voice over LTE. Though Verizon believes the solution will ultimately be some form of VoIP, there are several outstanding issues, including handling of 911 calls.
- Everything in the trial so far leads Verizon to believe that they’re on track for a 30-market launch in 2010.
- This doesn’t spell the end of EV-DO deployments — far from it. Melone says that upgrades could continue all the way through to the initial LTE launch and beyond.
Verizon tests first data connections on LTE network in Seattle and Boston originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: Apple, breakingnews, data, games, lte, messaging, News, podcasts, seattle, trial, Verizon, Verizon Wireless, verizonwireless, vzw
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Thursday, August 13th, 2009
Filed under: Verizon Wireless
We’ve been seeing a lot of reports of Verizon data services being down today, possibly limited to BlackBerrys (which, ironically, are probably used in mission critical situations more than most other devices). What’s the status out there in the field? Anyone see any issues?
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Update: Response from commenters has us thinking this is a pretty isolated incident, but keep the reports coming. Thanks, everyone!
Is Verizon data down for you? originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: BlackBerry, data, detroit, engadget, engadget-mobile, games, neutral, Verizon, Verizon Wireless, verizonwireless
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Thursday, August 13th, 2009
Filed under: Others, Verizon Wireless, GSM, EDGE, EV-DO, HSDPA, UMTS, CDMA, HSUPA
So here’s some interesting insight into the wild, rough-and-tumble world of wireless product launches: Verizon announced ZTE’s AD3700 USB modem today, a product that gained FCC approval over five months ago, which means it’s probably been getting a trial by fire on Verizon’s test labs since then. You’ve gotta figure that ZTE was working on the prototype for many months before FCC approval, so all told, this launch is probably a culmination of a solid year of work, cash, blood, sweat, and tears. Don’t you feel obligated to buy it now? Anyhow, the modem runs $79.99 after a $50 rebate when it launches on the 14th, which is actually a really solid deal considering that it’ll do EV-DO in the States and HSPA around the world for 3G service no matter where your job or your whimsical vacation travel habits might take you.
Verizon announces AD3700 global modem from ZTE originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: accessories, Apple, data, datamodem, engadget-mobile, global modem, messaging, mobile, network, USB, Verizon Wireless, verizonwireless, Wireless
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