More freebies are coming to Verizon Wireless customers, as well as Fios TV customers that will receive more channels and learning content for free
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In a time of transition where tablet growth is forecast for more convertible pastures, there are still manufacturers making slabs out there. This one here, as evidenced by a leak from Evan Blass, falls within the majority of the market — a small, budget Android tablet.The ASUS Zenpad Z8 is supposedly headed for ...
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Verizon has been concentrating its wireline operations. It’s about to sell its FiOS assets to Frontier in California, Florida and Texas and refocus on the Boston-to-Washington megalopolis. So, why not get more people onto FiOS by getting people to jump in or upgrade their Verizon Wireless plans?The carrier has confirmed to trade publication FierceWireless that it has rolled out a rather quiet campaign in its northeast stores that will double the XL and XXL data buckets when ...
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In reality, data is really, really cheap to move. But if you’re an internet service provider, add infrastructure, maintenance, repair and expansion costs and you have yourself a bill or two to pay off. So, why not make someone other than your customers foot that bill? AT&T’s been doing Data Perks — surveys done on behalf ...
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Why buy a Droid?Six years ago, when Motorola and Verizon Wireless introduced the very first Droid as the alternative to the AT&T-exclusive iPhone, the answer was obvious. With near-stock Google software running on an aggressively angular chassis and backed up by an even more aggressive marketing campaign, the original Droid was a carefully crafted “anti-iPhone.” It was positioned as the more-powerful, more-capable answer to Apple’s offering, and it sold
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Comcast may have stomped all over T-Mobile’s begging for an acquisition with this move, but it’s a weird one, indeed.Comcast CEO Brian Roberts said in the Q3 company’s earnings call that he is ready to act upon a three-year-old agreement with Verizon to set up as an MVNO using the latter’s network. Test runs are scheduled after a required six-month waiting period. Where we are in that time frame is unknown.The 2011 agreement, in which Comcast gave Verizon spectrum, also allowed the ...
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Samsung’s new mobile payment system has been catching on in South Korea and it’s had pretty good take-up from retail and carrier partners in the United States. One blaring omission from the cell provider list, though, was the big red check. The diss was not a first we’ve seen from
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It’s always fun to look at leaks, speculate, pontificate and exaggerate upon them. That is, leaks for devices. Selling private information for investors to trade on before everyone else knows? That’s plain illegal. We don’t often talk about cases of this ilk, but it’s important that we keep in mind the ever-present underbelly of the industries we deal with.60-year-old James Dunham, a former exec at a Verizon Wireless retail franchise, was sentenced to five months’ prison ...
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Perhaps that check mark needs to become a full-blown crosshatch. Verizon is one of the major US cell service providers using the CDMA standard instead of the more open and cross-compatible GSM standard. In short, it means that taking a non-Verizon phone to Verizon is more difficult than a similar case for AT&T or T-Mobile. Verizon had this problem when activating SIMs for the iPhone 6 and Nexus 6, both phones containing antennas for all four major US networks. It’s the same case for the Moto ...
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Adam Doud propped some major points against buying a new phone with your carrier in this weekend’s debate post. If you haven’t taken a look at his post, please do so to grab some context.But at this point, I think it’s time for some B sides to this discussion. Not only a counterargument, but a hybrid proposal that could break your perception of the usefulness of a contract.No contract, but no credit
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Most new device launches go the same way: usually the press gets review units before they’re widely available, and we get to use them for a few days -or a week if we’re lucky- as we work on our review.Then press day arrives. The embargo on media coverage lifts, and everyone posts their reviews and videos at the same time. It’s a huge frenzy, commenters go nuts, and it’s a giant explosion of frantic opinion-sharing activity.For about … a day. And then it all goes away. Sure, there’s followup coverage as people find bugs and hidden features, but after that initial blast, not many ...
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On paper, Motorola’s latest DROID carries on the brand’s storied legacy in spectacular fashion. A tablet-sized battery mated to a searing hot processor and a super-sharp display, with the whole thing wrapped in a splashproof casing of metallized glass (or better yet, ballistic nylon). “This is what the Moto X should have been!” cried the commenters on our initial hands-on several weeks back.Well, maybe not. While the DROID ...
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Motorola has never been known for its terrific camera performance. I’ve always appreciated the company’s other specialties: its robust hardware, its aggressive styling, and (recently) its innovative software … but from my first-ever Motorola smartphone to my current daily driver
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We’re running out of synonyms for “powerful,” “rugged,” and “beastly” around these parts, so to kick off this photo tour we’ll just say that the Motorola DROID Turbo is an absolute monster of a smartphone. Verizon’s flashy new exclusive bears all the smarts of the impressive Moto X, mated to the screaming specs of an absolutely top-of-the-line handheld. From the Snapdragon 805 to the ...
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The Motorola rumor mill is continuing, with the launch of dome up coming Motorola phones yesterday. Today the acresses are coming yuess, and this Moto S is looking like a Verizon exclusive smartphone. Is it though? Let’s take a look.Apparently, the phone will be a spec monster with a 2K display, ridiculous amount of RAM, 13MP camera, and a display that’s “great”. The other specifications of the device are expected to be high-end, and this device will reportedly run AOSP — it could be one of the first
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