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BlackBerry Curve 8530 Now on Sale at Verizon

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has just put on sale yet another BlackBerry device from the Canadian handset maker Research In Motion, the BlackBerry Curve 8530. The new device comes tot he market as the CDMA version of the Curve 8520, which has already been launched on the United States market via wireless car...

21 November 2009
05:18 GMT

Samsung Omnia 2 on Verizon on December 2

Samsung Omnia 2 is a mobile phone that has been long rumored to become available in the United States on the airwaves of Verizon Wireless. Expected to arrive for about two months now, the handset is finally said to be on its way to the market with the mobile phone carrier and should become available for purchase as ...

20 November 2009
10:41 GMT

Verizon Launches Social Beat App

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless and iSkoot, a leading provider of mobile Web services, announced on Wednesday the launch of a new social media application, dubbed Social Beat. The new software solution is a free app that enables users to access social networking sites much easier, from a single solution. &ldqu...

19 November 2009
04:33 GMT

250,000 DROID Units Sold in One Week

It seems that Motorola DROID, the second Android-based mobile phone the handset vendor delivered to the US market, has had a good first week of sales. A recent report from Flurry shows that the device was sold in around 250,000 units, which can be considered a great result both for Motorola and for Verizon. The Moto...

17 November 2009
05:10 GMT

Toshiba TG01 Goes to Taiwan, Expected in the US

Toshiba TG01 is the first smartphone that came to the market with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz processor inside. The handset was launched in a series of European markets in July, and its maker says that it has seen strong demand in the UK, Spain, France, Germany and Italy. Based on this, the computer maker has also lau...

13 November 2009
08:16 GMT

Alleged Photo of HTC Dragon's Screen Emerges

Verizon Wireless has just launched on its airwaves its first two mobile phones powered by Google's Android operating system, the Motorola DROID and HTC DROID ERIS, and now the rumor is that it is getting ready for the releases of a third such handset. The said Android device might be none other than the previous...

11 November 2009
07:10 GMT

Motorola DROID Gets New, Improved Ads

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has just released a series of three new video ads for the Motorola DROID, its first handset running under Google's Android operating system. Most of you might have already seen the ads Verizon aired before the phone's launch, and know that the first of them was aimed at...

10 November 2009
06:18 GMT

DROID Makes People Line Up in Front of Verizon's Store in Big Apple

Motorola DROID, the second mobile phone the handset maker delivers to the market with Google's Android operating system on board, and also the first Android device launched by Verizon Wireless, seems to have managed to get people line up in front of Verizon's store in Manhattan at midnight. The handset went...

6 November 2009
10:06 GMT

BlackBerry Curve 8530 Comes to Verizon, Sprint

The BlackBerry Curve 8530 smartphone, one of the latest mobile phones delivered to the market by Canadian handset maker Research In Motion, is set to make an appearance on the airwaves of two wireless carriers from the United States, namely Verizon Wireless and Sprint. Both operators announced that they plan on bring...

6 November 2009
05:56 GMT

Verizon Gets Sued by AT&T

Wireless carrier AT&T has sued Verizon Wireless over the “There's a Map for That” commercials Big Red has been airing for quite some time now, and which are aimed at the “There's an App for That” ads Apple delivers for its iPhone. According to AT&T, that filed the lawsuit on Tuesday,...

4 November 2009
10:02 GMT

Leaked Motorola DROID Launch Kit and User Manual

Motorola DROID, Verizon Wireless' first ever Android mobile phone and the first device that was announced to come to the market with the 2.0 flavor of Google's operating system, will become available for purchase in about one week from now. There are many enthusiasts already waiting for November 6 to come s...

30 October 2009
11:37 GMT

New HTC Droid Eris Photos Available

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is getting ready to release on its airwaves the first handset powered by Google's Android operating system, the Motorola DROID, but it seems that it won't stop here. Some of the previous reports on the carrier's plans already showed that it intends to deliver multi...

29 October 2009
12:07 GMT

Motorola DROID Now Official, Available Come November 6

Wireless carrier Verizon has announced officially today the launch of Motorola DROID, the first smartphone that reaches the operator's offering with Google's Android operating system on board. The new mobile phone is the first handset to come to the market with Android 2.0, the newest flavor of Google'...

28 October 2009
10:33 GMT

BlackBerry Storm2 9550 Already Available at Verizon

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has put on sale on its website the second touchscreen handset from Research In Motion, the BlackBerry Storm2. As announced a few days ago, mobile phone users in the US can now purchase the new handset from the wireless operator, paying $179.99 for the device upon the signing of a...

28 October 2009
05:36 GMT

BlackBerry Storm2 Officially on Verizon on October 28

Verizon Wireless and Research In Motion have officially announced today the launch of the second touchscreen handset from the Canadian phone maker on Verizon's airwaves. Starting with October 28, mobile phone users in the United States will be able to purchase the new BlackBerry Storm2 smartphone from the wirele...

26 October 2009
09:17 GMT

BlackBerry Storm 9530 OS 5.0 Available from Verizon

BlackBerry Storm, the first touchscreen mobile phone the Canadian handset maker Research In Motion unveiled to the world about a year ago, is now getting ready to see a general software update. The new software version for the device is OS 5.0, which has been rumored to come for quite some time now, and which is also...

26 October 2009
06:25 GMT

More Motorola Droid Images Available

Motorola Droid seems indeed to be turning into the next big thing when it comes to Google's Android operating system. The handset is expected to become official with Verizon within the following weeks, hopefully before this week is over, and should deliver a wide range of great features, including a speedy proce...

26 October 2009
05:58 GMT

LG Chocolate Touch VX8575 Spotted at Verizon

South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics unveiled a few months ago plans to come to the market with a series of new Chocolate mobile phones, among which we already saw the BL40 New Chocolate device, and some even expected it to come to the US market via Verizon Wireless. The carrier was said to soon launch a Ch...

26 October 2009
05:16 GMT

HTC Dragon to Become Verizon's HTC Passion

HTC Dragon is yet another unannounced mobile phone that might come to the market running under Google's Android operating system. The handset has been rumored for a few weeks now, and has popped up in the news once again, this time getting a more specific name, as well as a carrier: it might become the HTC Passi...

26 October 2009
04:08 GMT

Verizon's Storm 2 Almost Confirmed for October 28

BlackBerry Storm 2 (9550), the second smartphone the Canadian mobile-phone maker Research In Motion will deliver to the market with a touchscreen display, seems set to make an appearance on Verizon's lineup as soon as October 28 is here. The handset has been already rumored to come to Big Red on that day, with a...

24 October 2009
06:25 GMT

Verizon to Launch Multiple Droid Phones

According to the latest news around the Internet, mobile-phone carrier Verizon Wireless has some big plans when it comes to the Droid name. While we're considering the Motorola Sholes as being the only handset to carry the Droid name, it seems that the entire series of Android handsets that will reach Big Red�...

24 October 2009
04:19 GMT

Storm2 Available on Verizon Starting with October 28

BlackBerry Storm2, the second touchscreen device from the Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion, was officially unveiled a few days ago, and a series of carriers around the world already started to announce the upcoming availability of the device on their airwaves, with Verizon Wireless being the only operat...

23 October 2009
08:30 GMT

HTC Desire Makes Another Appearance

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is getting ready to launch its first handset powered by Google's Android operating system, the Motorola Droid, in a matter of days, and one should definitely ask what will come next, considering the fact that more than one Android phone was announced by the operator for the ...

23 October 2009
03:42 GMT

Droid's Specs Leaked on Motorola’s Website

Motorola Droid seems to be turning into one of the most anticipated mobile phones that will come to Verizon Wireless during the ongoing year, exactly the thing that the wireless carrier is counting on. The Android-based handset is expected to become official with Verizon on October 28, as the company already announce...

23 October 2009
02:50 GMT

Verizon Plans Droid Event for October 28

Motorola Droid, the Android-based handset that will soon make it to Verizon Wireless' offering, hasn't got an official launch date yet, though it seems that things are about to be unveiled in the very near future. The wireless carrier is reportedly sending out invites to the media for a Droid-related event ...

22 October 2009
05:32 GMT

Motorola Calgary with Android in New Photos

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is ramping up for the launch of its first handset running under Google's Android operating system, the Motorola Droid, and it seems that the operator has some big plans for the OS in the near future. Following the launch of Droid, Big Red is expected to add to its offering a...

22 October 2009
03:13 GMT

BlackBerry Storm 2 Shows Up on Verizon's Website

BlackBerry Storm 2, the second mobile phone the Canadian handset maker Research In Motion is set to deliver to the market with a touchscreen display on it, has finally made an appearance on Verizon Wireless' website. Although the smartphone has already been spotted on BlackBerry's official site and has also...

20 October 2009
10:58 GMT

Motorola Droid Accessories at Best Buy

Motorola Droid, the second mobile phone the handset maker is expected to deliver to the market running under Google's Android operating system, has been already reported to be on its way to the market sometime at the end of October or in early November, and some of the latest news reports on the Internet are poi...

20 October 2009
05:30 GMT

Rumor Mill: Verizon's LTE iPhone in Testing Stage

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has been rumored for quite some time now to be getting ready to add Apple's iPhone to its offering, and now the same suppositions have emerged once again, with a series of new pieces of information. For starters, we should mention that Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam is reportedly...

20 October 2009
02:30 GMT

Palm Pre Goes to Verizon in Early 2010

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is already known to plan on adding to its offering the still new Palm Pre smartphone running under the recently released webOS platform, and now it seems that all roads are heading towards the same point: an early 2010 release time frame for the high-end device. Nothing new here,...

19 October 2009
06:55 GMT

Android 2.0 'Droid' on Verizon on October 30, Video Available

Wireless carrier Verizon has finally made a more solid move in letting us know when it will release its first mobile phone powered by Google's Android operating system. October 30 will be the lucky day, showed on a recently launched promotional website from the carrier, which touts an upcoming Droid phone that w...

18 October 2009
08:32 GMT

Samsung Omnia 2 on Verizon on November 1

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless and the rumors regarding the availability of Samsung's Omnia 2 on its airwaves have made the headlines once again. Previously expected to be pushed on the shelves sometime in mid-October, it seems that the Windows Mobile-based Omnia 2 won't make an appearance at Verizon...

17 October 2009
05:19 GMT

HTC Touch Pro2 Returns to Verizon's Stock

HTC Touch Pro2 is one of the nicest mobile phones that came to the market this year from the Taiwan based handset maker HTC Corporation with Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system on board. Available on the United States market via Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon, the handset is also expected to soon becom...

16 October 2009
05:22 GMT

Verizon to Launch a MiFi-Capable Android Phone

Wireless carrier Verizon is already known to plan on launching a series of mobile phones based on Google's Android operating system, and a new rumor regarding one of these devices has recently emerged into the wild. According to it, the mobile phone operator will launch one Android handset that will come with Mi...

14 October 2009
14:11 GMT

BlackBerry Storm 2 Dummies in Verizon Stores

BlackBerry Storm 2 is one of the handsets the Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion is reportedly getting ready to release into the wild before the end of the ongoing year, and some of the latest rumors on the Internet show that October 21 might be the lucky day for enthusiasts out there. Moreover, the fact ...

14 October 2009
11:04 GMT

Verizon's Omnia II in New Images

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is expected to soon announce the availability of a new high-end device powered by Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, the Samsung Omnia II, which has been spotted recently at CTIA Wireless, and which still doesn't have an official launch date added to its n...

14 October 2009
05:45 GMT

Motorola Droid and Calgary Spotted at Verizon

Mobile phone maker Motorola seems indeed set to come to the market with some nice handsets running under Google's Android operating system, and Verizon's users should be those to rejoice upon learning this, as two of the company's devices, namely the Motorola Droid (aka Sholes/Tao) and the Motorola Cal...

14 October 2009
04:16 GMT

Storm 2 to Be Included in Verizon's BOGO Promotion

BlackBerry Storm 2, the second touchscreen capable smartphone the Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion is working on, is expected to come to the market within the following weeks, and it seems that it might even get included in Verizon Wireless' Buy One Get One promotion that currently applies to a han...

13 October 2009
05:19 GMT

Motorola Sholes and HTC Hero for Verizon in Live Pictures

It was only yesterday that Verizon and Google announced that a series of mobile phones running under the Android operating system would soon become available for purchase through the wireless carrier, and now various images with the supposedly first two such devices to come to Big Red have emerged into the wild. To b...

7 October 2009
06:06 GMT

Verizon and Google to Hold Press Conference Today

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has sent out word that it plans on hosting a press conference with Google today, and that Lowell McAdam, Verizon Wireless’s CEO, and Eric Schmidt, Google’s chairman and CEO, will be present at the event. Since CTIA kicks off on Wednesday in San Diego, the two companie...

6 October 2009
04:37 GMT

Samsung Omnia II on Verizon in October

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has just announced the launch of an entire series of new mobile phones, including one running under Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system, the HTC Imagio, and it seems that it might come to the market with other nice devices during this month, including a Windows M...

3 October 2009
05:55 GMT

Motorola Sholes to Go Official as Motorola Droid

The second mobile phone that Motorola is expected to launch on the market running under Google's Android operating system has been spotted in the wild as the Motorola Sholes or Tao, and now there are some reports that suggest it might actually be named Motorola Droid when it will hit Verizon's airwaves late...

2 October 2009
07:17 GMT

Motorola Barrage on Verizon Today, Nokia Shade on October 6

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless announced today the launch of two new handsets on its airwaves, namely the Motorola Barrage and Nokia 2705 Shade. According to the operator, the new Motorola device is available for purchase for its users starting today, October 1, on Verizon's website, while the Nokia Shade...

1 October 2009
09:54 GMT

Motorola Sholes/Tao to Be Launched Come December 1

Mobile phone maker Motorola has recently announced the launch of its first Google Android-powered handset, the Motorola Cliq, soon to hit the shelves via T-Mobile in the United States and Orange in Europe (as Dext), and is expected to announce in the near future the launch of a second Android handset, the Motorola Sh...

1 October 2009
06:55 GMT

Rumor Mill: Storm 2 on Verizon Come October 25

Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion is already known to come to the market during the ongoing year with a second version of its first and only touchscreen-enabled BlackBerry device, the Storm. While the presence of Storm 2 in RIM's plans is no mystery, there are no details on when the handset might ar...

1 October 2009
05:48 GMT

HTC Imagio for Verizon in New Photos

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is reportedly preparing to launch on the market a series of new handsets coming from the Taiwanese maker HTC Corporation, among which one should count the HTC Imagio. Supposedly a Windows Mobile-powered handset, the device should become available with the 6.5 flavor of the operat...

29 September 2009
06:00 GMT

HTC Desire Gets FCC Approval, Wi-Fi Certification

There are two mobile phones coming from the Taiwanese handset maker HTC Corporation currently available on the US market with Google's Android operating system, namely the T-Mobile G1 and myTouch 3G. However, one more awaits for its launch date, the HTC Hero for Sprint, yet it seems that another such device is t...

29 September 2009
03:07 GMT

Motorola Sholes Gets FCC Approval

Motorola Sholes is another handset that the mobile phone maker should soon introduce on the market running under Google's Android operating system. The phone has been spotted in the wild for quite some time now, and, although Motorola hasn't unveiled it officially at Mobilize 2009, the device is still on it...

28 September 2009
09:34 GMT

Motorola Entice W766 Already Available via Verizon

Wireless carrier Verizon and mobile phone maker Motorola announced on Tuesday that a new handset was available for the operator's customers, namely the Motorola Entice W766. The new device comes to the shelves with one-touch access to features like a music player, the camera or its speakerphone, as well as with ...

23 September 2009
05:56 GMT

Verizon's LG VX8575 Chocolate Touch in New Photos

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is expected to add to its offering this year another appealing LG handset, the LG VX8575, which also surfaced on the Internet under the name of Chocolate Touch. The mobile phone has already passed through FCC's hallways and has been spotted in a series of images a while ago,...

22 September 2009
03:28 GMT


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