Verizon Wireless

Mar

Leaked Best Buy Image Reveals Exact Dates Of ICS Updates For Verizon Motorola Droid RAZR/MAXX And HTC Rezound

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Droid RAZR / RAZR MAXX, Leaks, News, Verizon Wireless

Looks like Rezound a RAZR/Maxx owners could be seeing Ice Cream Sandwich as early as next week, if this leaked document from Best Buy that just landed in our inbox is to be believed.

As you can clearly see, Wednesday, April 4th is slated to be the day that the RAZR twins see the Android 4.0 update; while the Rezound update should begin rolling out just two days later.

Now, we realize that it's pretty close to April Fool's Day, so before you scream out "Fake!", we've already reached out to our sources to verify the validity of the image, and it appears to be the real deal.

Mar

Surprisingly Affordable LG Lucid Now Available On Verizon For $79.99 And Wirefly For $60 Cheaper

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Deals, LG, Lucid, News, Verizon Wireless

The LG Lucid, previously known as the Cayman, is available on Verizon Wireless starting today, March 29th. This decently spec'ed handset sports:

dual-core 1.2GHz processor
1GB of RAM
4" IPS LCD reinforced by Corning glass
5MP rear and VGA front-facing cameras with 1080p video capture support
8GB internal storage with support for a MicroSD card up to 32GB in size (sold separately)
1700mAh battery
Wi-Fi Direct
802.11b/g/n
Bluetooth 3.0 + EDR
4G LTE support (as will be the case with all future VZW phones)
Mobile hotspot with up to 10 devices while on LTE or 5 devices on 3G
Android 2.3, slated for Ice Cream Sandwich
A whole slew of VZW ~~apps~~ crapware

Looking at these specs, if I didn't know any better, I'd ballpark the price for this device somewhere around $150.

Mar

Verizon Unveils The LG Lucid, A Budget LTE Handset Without The Budget Specs

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Lucid, News, Verizon Wireless

We've been hearing about an upcoming LG device for Verizon's LTE network called the Cayman for a few weeks now; that device is now officially official, and it's bearing the moniker Lucid.

At $80 with a two-year agreement, the Lucid will hit a sweet spot in many users' wallets; just because it's affordable, however, doesn't mean it's lacking in the feature department:

4-inch display with Gorilla Glass
1.2GHz dual-core processor
1GB RAM
5MP rear shooter
Front facing camera
Android 2.3, upgradable to Android 4.0

As you can see, it's packing specs comparable to top-of-the-line phones from just a couple of months ago, but at less than half the introductory price.

Mar

Verizon Droid Charge Update FP1 Imminent, Brings Bug Fixes, Enhancements, And The VZW Diagnostic Tool

Posted by Aaron Gingrich in Droid Charge / i510, News, Verizon Wireless

It's always nice to see a device update roll out. This time around, we're seeing the details of a new software update for the Droid Charge spring up on Verizon's support page. The update brings things to version FP1, and mainly consists of some bug fixes and minor improvements:

While there are no really exciting changes here (*cough* Android updates *cough*), it's tough to complain about software support in any form. It's also nice to see another device get the Verizon Remote Diagnostic (VRD) app.

The update checks in at 85MB, and should be rolling out soon (if not now).

Mar

Motorola Droid X2 Set To Receive Minor Software Update To Build 1.3.418.MB870 – Here's What's In Store

Posted by Liam Spradlin in Droid X2, News, Verizon Wireless

Droid X2 owners should be keeping an eye out for a new OTA set to roll out "soon," bringing the device's build up to 1.3.418.MB870. The OTA is pretty light, coming in at around 35MB, and bringing a small handful of enhancements and fixes to the X2, which debuted almost one year ago. Included in the update are Verizon's Video and VZ Navigator 3D City, Google's security patch, Wireless Alerting System compatibility, and a few other small improvements.

As usual, Verizon has provided a cheat sheet with instructions on how to manually check for the update, but by now the process should sound pretty familiar: just tap Settings > About Phone > System Updates > Download.

Mar

Verizon Announces Seven New LTE Markets, Expansion In 17 More On March 15th

Posted by Cameron Summerson in 4G, News, Verizon Wireless

If you haven't already been touched by Verizon's stupid-fast 4G LTE network, then tomorrow may be the day. Big Red will flip the switch on seven new markets, including:

Dothan and Enterprise, AL
Naples, FL
Greenville, NC
Altus and Durant, OK
Longview/Marshall, TX

Also on its quest for world domination (at least on the cellular level), VZW will expand its LTE market in 17 existing markets:

Washington D.C.
Elkhart, IN
Baltimore, MD
Columbus, MS
Northern NJ
Wilmington, NC
Duncan, OK
Allentown/Bethlehem, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, and Scranton/Wilkes Barre, PA
Hilton Head, SC
Cleveland, TN
Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX
Kenosha, Madison, and Milwaukee, WI

This puts Verizon at a little over 200 markets (203 to be exact), and it shows no plans of slowing any time soon.

Mar

Verizon Releases List Of Devices To Get Ice Cream Sandwich, Few Surprises Enclosed

Posted by David Ruddock in Droid 4, Droid Bionic, Droid RAZR / RAZR MAXX, Droid XYBOARD / XOOM 2, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Galaxy Tab 7.7, Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0, Incredible 2 (Vivow), News, Rezound, Rhyme, Spectrum, Thunderbolt (Mecha), Verizon Wireless, XOOM

Verizon Wireless has just made public an official list of handsets on the network poised to receive Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OTA updates, most being devices for which such updates were a given at this point:

HTC:
HTC ThunderBolt™
DROID Incredible 2 by HTC
HTC Rhyme™
HTC Rezound™
Motorola:
Motorola XOOM
DROID BIONIC™
DROID RAZR™
DROID RAZR™ MAXX™
DROID 4
DROID XYBOARD 8.2
DROID XYBOARD 10.1
Samsung:
Samsung Galaxy Tab™ 10.1
Samsung Galaxy Tab™ 7.7
LG:
Spectrum™ by LG

No timeframe was provided, but this is probably the most authoritative ICS update list you'll see out there, if for only one reason: in the end, it's Verizon that decides whether or not a device on its network gets updated.

Mar

[Rumor] 16GB Galaxy Nexus And Droid Incredible 3 Coming To Verizon On April 5 and 26th, Respectively

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Galaxy Nexus / Nexus Prime, Leaks, News, Rumors, Verizon Wireless

Hot on the heels of this weekend's LG Cayman (now called the Lucid 4G) and Droid Fighter release date leak comes rumors of yet another set of release dates for some new VZW hotness. This go around is a 16GB version of the Galaxy Nexus - presumably in both white and black - set to hit on April 4th for all those folks who are convinced that 32GB is just too much storage, or perhaps those who just can't justify the price tag but still want to get in on some of that Nexus action.

Aside from the GNex, the latest iteration of the Droid Incredible line, the Droid Incredible 3 4G is expected to hit on April 26th.

Mar

Verizon's DROID Fighter And LG Cayman Release Dates Leaked

Posted by Liam Spradlin in HTC, Leaks, LG, Motorola, News, Samsung, Verizon Wireless

According to a new document acquired by Droid Life, the DROID Fighter and LG Cayman (which, according to DL, is the LG Lucid 4G) are slated for official releases starting later this month. The LG Cayman is poised to debut March 29th, while the DROID Fighter will be appearing April 12th. Interestingly, the release dates shown match exactly with the workshop dates we reported a couple of weeks ago.

In addition to the LG Cayman and DROID Fighter, the document lists a couple of new devices – the HTC Fireball (which Droid Life's sources are calling the Incredible 4G), and the Samsung Plato, which Droid Life last saw way back in August, listed for a January release.

Feb

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 Release Date Officially Pegged By Verizon - Coming March 1st

Posted by Jaroslav Stekl in 4G, Galaxy Tab 7.7, News, Samsung, Verizon Wireless

The Ice Cream Sandwich-packing Galaxy Tab 2 it may not be, but the Galaxy Tab 7.7 that Verizon unveiled at CES last month still isn’t to be dismissed out of the gate – the now-official tablet will be arriving in stores on March 1st, complete with: