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Two blogs, two stories about what happened to the supposed rollout of an update to the Motorola Droid’s operating system.  One says this is all on purpose the other suggests a flaw was found in last minute testing and aborted.  Supposedly, Verizon has confirmed both, so what’s the truth? Planned… Continue Reading »

Beginning Thursday at noon, batches of 250,000 Droid customers will begin to see Android 2.1 rolled out them via an over-the-air (OTA) update.  Based on Verizon’s website, the update is finally official and it seems Droid users are besides themselves happy.  Will it be worth waiting for? Software highlights: Big… Continue Reading »

I really want a Palm Pre Plus, mostly due to the fact that I have had a review unit for a little while and have been digging it. But at the same time, and as much as I want one, I will not, repeat will not be paying $150 bucks… Continue Reading »

Another smartphone has made its way into my home office, unfortunately, like the others this is also a review unit that will go back in a few weeks—but still fun to play with for a little while. The phone is the recently released Motorola Devour, which is available with Verizon… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Gadgetell Hands On: Motorola Devour

According to reports in a Chinese newspaper, HTC has already begun shipping a CDMA version of the popular Android based Nexus One to Verizon and it should be on sale by early next month. This will come as good news to Android lovers, many who have been waiting anxiously. UK… Continue Reading »

Welcome to another week gone that you are not getting back.  No matter how much we loathe the week, it’s in the books and no amount of illegal narcotics is going to change that fact.  For these nominees, who I suspect are on crack, this week hasn’t been kind.  Let’s… Continue Reading »

ZD Net has declared, “Google’s online-only phone selling model has failed.”  Today, Goldman-Sachs announced they will slash estimates for Nexus One sales by 70%.  Can we call the experiment a failure? The Google store was supposed to revolutionize how we bought phones, free from the high pressure sales of tiny… Continue Reading »

4G and LTE technologies are just around the corner. In mid-2011 (about six months earlier than the previous announcement), Verizon claims its LTE network will be ready and phones will start releasing with LTE technology built-in. This new, faster network will allow for faster download speeds and better reception around… Continue Reading »

Although the iPad’s 3G version is targeted for AT&T users only, Verizon is seeing a golden opportunity in the device’s upcoming release. Sales documents leaked to Engadget show Verizon is prepping it’s staff to encourage customers to buy the WiFi only version instead and then pick up a MiFi and… Continue Reading »

I have been playing with the Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus for a little while now and I have to say that one of my favorite features is the Mobile Hotspot app. This app comes pre-installed on both the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus and allows the user to… Continue Reading »