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Verizon launches LG Chocolate Touch

by Sue Walsh on Nov 6, 2009 at 06:07 PM

As if the new Droid phone from Motorola wasn’t enough, Verizon Wireless has announced the launch of the LG Chocolate Touch.  The Chocolate Touch has a 3 inch touch screen, a 3.2MP camera, full HTML browser, 1GB of memory with additional memory up to 16GB easily added via the SD… Continue Reading »

Verizon announces pre-paid data plans, available beginning November 15

by Robert Nelson on Nov 5, 2009 at 08:22 PM

Verizon, Verizon, Verizon—it seems they are determined to get some attention lately. We have seen the endless, but exciting Droid coverage, then earlier today we saw the BlackBerry Curve 8530 get announced. Now, it looks like Verizon is getting into the pre-paid data game. Which personally I have to say… Continue Reading »

Verizon announces the BlackBerry Curve 8530, available on November 20

by Robert Nelson on Nov 5, 2009 at 05:29 PM

While there are plenty of people that are getting excited about the upcoming handsets becoming available with Verizon Wireless, we now have one more to add to that list—it is the BlackBerry Curve 8530. Of course, unlike the Motorola Droid and the HTC Droid Eris, the Curve 8530 is not… Continue Reading »

The other Droid launching tomorrow gets unboxed: Eris

by JG Mason on Nov 5, 2009 at 12:25 PM

The lesser known droid, the HTC Eris, is finally shown in an unboxing event.  This Droid, unlike the Motorola Droid, has not hardware keyboard.  The Eris is a touchscreen beauty running Android 1.6 with Sense UI skin for an HTC feel. Boy Genius notes that their source says the phone… Continue Reading »

Droid vs. iPhone: the big hitters weigh in

by JG Mason on Nov 5, 2009 at 10:21 AM

Yesterday, two tech greats chimed in on reviews of the Droid.  Both Walter Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal and David Pogue of the New York Times reviewed the phone and both came away with an overall positive overview.  Neither reviewer could stay away from constant iPhone comparisons. Mossberg’s review… Continue Reading »

Verizon increases ETF for smartphones, netbooks

by Shawn Ingram on Nov 4, 2009 at 09:39 PM

If there’s one thing we can all agree we hate about cell phone contracts, it would have the be the Early Termination Fee.  The ETF has long been the bane of anyone who cannot stick to a single phone or carrier for any extended period of time.  Up until now… Continue Reading »

Droid’s dirty little secret - no monkey business?

by JG Mason on Nov 3, 2009 at 11:10 AM

We knew it was too good to be true.  We knew Verizon couldn’t keep it’s mitts off the phone and tweak something to make it less fun. The good news is unlike most of Verizon’s disabled phone, this one can be fixed by throwing money at it.  $15 per month… Continue Reading »

Droid Eris looks to come same day as Droid

by Shawn Ingram on Nov 1, 2009 at 03:50 PM

By now we all know that the Motorola Droid is coming to Verizon this Friday, November 6th.  Verizon hasn’t been keeping many secrets about the Droid, aside from maybe the fact that Droid is looking to be a full brand rather than just one phone.  A leaked document found by… Continue Reading »

Is Google trying to kill us by screen-only navigation?

by JG Mason on Oct 29, 2009 at 08:57 PM

With all the hype around Google’s big announcement yesterday that they would be providing Android devices with free turn-by-turn directions, you’d think stand alone GPS companies should call it a day and pack up the office.  But we are missing something: nowhere does Google say anything about spoken turn-by-turn directions.… Continue Reading »

How to tell Verizon’s Droids apart: a practical guide

by JG Mason on Oct 29, 2009 at 05:01 PM

Word is that Verizon will launch not one Droid phone in early November, but two.  You know one, the Motorola Droid, the other looks to be the HTC Eris and is quite unlike the Motorola’s version.  The two will run Android but that is about all that keeps them similar.… Continue Reading »

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