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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 13, 2012
Friday's the day, folks, when the Verizon Galaxy S3 finally gets its official Android Jelly Bean update. The carrier has been teasing us with the support docs for a couple days now, and finally ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 12, 2012
It was just a matter of time before we got something official out of Verizon indicating that its Samsung Galaxy SIII (S3) would be receiving a Jelly Bean update. Verizon has just published support d...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 12, 2012
Well that certainly didn't take very long. The folks over at XDA, as they like to do, have unlocked the Verizon Galaxy Note 2 bootloader. You'll need to jump through a few hoops and have som...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 11, 2012
We've said it a number of times the past few months -- never before have we seen a time when there are so many good Android smartphones on so many U.S. carriers. We've practically been tripp...
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 11, 2012
As rumored, and subsequently leaked, Verizon is indeed getting its own version of the Samsung Galaxy Camera, equipped with 4G LTE-capable radios. Other specs are identical to the international ...
Review
by Anndrew Vacca
Dec 09, 2012
Since its introduction back in October, Samsung's Galaxy Note 2 has skyrocketed to superstardom, pushing 5 million units and earning the top spot on holiday gift guides across all carriers. It h...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 07, 2012
We saw a Samsung Galaxy Camera go through the FCC just a week ago with Verizon LTE on board, and now a Samsung product page has confirmed the device. The spec page only lists 700MHz as a suppor...
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 05, 2012
A quick heads-up -- Amazon Wireless is now offering HTC's Droid DNA for $149.99 with a two-year service plan. That's a $50 saving compared to Verizon's own list price of $199.99 -- not a...
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by Anndrew Vacca
Dec 04, 2012
Like a lot of Verizon Wireless customers this holiday season, I’m facing one of the hardest choices in my entire 12-year history with the carrier. Big Red’s got one of the most robust po...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 04, 2012
Starting this week, Verizon will be rolling out a targeted advertising system it is calling "Verizon Selects." The basic idea is that customers can opt-in (thankfully) to a system that let...
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by Anndrew Vacca
Dec 03, 2012
What more is there to say about one of the hottest phones on the market today? Samsung's Galaxy Note 2 is poised to be one of the biggest (literally) smartphones this holiday season, and the cou...
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by Chris Parsons
Dec 03, 2012
With the official 'heads up' having arrived last week, Droid RAZR HD and Droid RAZR HD MAXX owners can now delight in the wonder that is Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. By now, we're sure you ar...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 02, 2012
The Verizon edition of the Galaxy Note 2 now has a root method. As is par for the course with Samsung phones, you'll need to use ODIN and flash a rooted image file, but that's not nearly...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 30, 2012
Plenty more going on in our Verizon Galaxy Note 2 forums.
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 30, 2012
Samsung's Galaxy Camera is the first wirelessly-connected, Android-powered camera to hit the mainstream. But so far it's been limited to 21Mbps HSPA+ "4G" speeds in all territ...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 30, 2012
Verizon's Droid DNA is one of the hottest Android phones around right now, so developers are surely waiting to get stuck into the device's hardware. To that end -- and because the open-sourc...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 29, 2012
Consumer Reports has published its annual customer satisfaction rankings for U.S. mobile networks. The rankings reveal that Verizon customers are happiest, while once again AT&T scored lowest ou...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 29, 2012
Hey, how about that -- it's Nov. 29, and that means Verizon Wireless' Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is now available to buy online and in stores. Verizon's Note 2 sells for $299 with a two-year ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 28, 2012
After a month of preorders, Verizon just dropped word that its version of the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 -- differentiated by that not-at-all gaudy Verizon logo on the home button -- will be available on...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 26, 2012
What's a guy got to do to fling some birds in high-definition on the Verizon Droid DNA? As has been the case since its release on Nov. 16, Angry Birds Star Wars HD (see our review) continues to ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 24, 2012
When the HTC Droid DNA finally hit store shelves, Verizon had pulled the plug on the official bootloader unlock method via HTC's dev tools. Since then, the folks over at Android Police and Rootz...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 23, 2012
We've taken a look at the Energizer Qi charging pad back with the HTC ThunderBolt, and it's working great with the new Droid DNA, as well as the Nexus 4. But it's not exactly a looker.
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 22, 2012
When Verizon and Samsung announced the Stratosphere II (full annoying name is Samsung Galaxy Stratosphere 2) a couple weeks ago, the only clue we got as to availability was the ever-ambiguous "...
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by Chris Parsons
Nov 21, 2012
Verizon has now made available their LTE enabled version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, just in case you're not satisfied with the available WiFi versions out there. We've already taken t...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 21, 2012
The HTC Droid DNA debuted on Verizon today, and I know a lot of people are saying goodbye to their current phone and have pre-ordered this beauty. There's a lot to love with its amazing screen (...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Nov 21, 2012
Once upon a time there was a leaked memo regarding Verizon beginning to load "a suite of Amazon apps preloaded on one dedicated home screen for all newly launched Android devices." Wit the...
Review
by Phil Nickinson
Nov 21, 2012
You got something against large, high-resolution displays and the most powerful processor we've used thus far? What's wrong with you?!?!?!
The Verizon Droid DNA has too many pixels, they...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 21, 2012
As was promised at the launch event a week ago today, Verizon has released the latest handset in its Droid series, the Droid DNA by HTC. The phone is available to order right now on VerizonWireless....
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 20, 2012
Verizon continues its expansive 4G LTE rollout today with improvements to its network in several markets in New York. Users in these areas may or may not already have LTE coverage, but Verizon is pr...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 16, 2012
The Verizon 4G LTE rollout continues again today with several new markets going live across the country. Customers in the following markets should be seeing LTE go live today:
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