Verizon Wireless
Verizon goes 4G LTE crazy at Super Bowl 46
Befitting the over-the-top nature of the Super Bowl, Verizon Wireless has gone overboard to ensure that anyone in or near Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis for the big matchup between the New England Patriots and New York Giants will be able to distract themselves during the game by using their smartphones constantly.
Verizon gave Gotta Be Mobile a behind the scenes look at its COW (cell on wheels) installations and hundreds of other antennas at or near the stadium. Read more
Review: Verizon Wireless MiFi 4510L mobile hotspot
The scoop: Verizon Wireless MiFi 4510L Intelligent Mobile Hotspot, by Novatel Wireless, about $100 (after $50 debit card mail-in rebate with two-year agreement, plus $50 per month, 5GB data plan).
What it is: So, Verizon’s LTE (Long Term Evolution) 4G wireless network has been up and running in the Boston area for almost six months now, so it’s always fun to try out the newest devices that can connect to this speedy network, especially since our office in Framingham has a 4G LTE tower on top of it. This guarantees pretty good 4G speeds for the devices, as is the case with the 4510L.
This Just In: Consumer Reports Identifies That Ol' Antenna Problem in Verizon iPhone
Consumer Reports has just published a review of the Verizon iPhone 4 that seems to indicate that the "AntennaGate" problem has indeed returned - and this time in an entirely different engineering release of the iPhone 4. This is weird, to say the least. Read more
Verizon to make iPhone announcement tomorrow
This past weekend, the Wall Street Journal confirmed what the rest of us were already thinking - the iPhone is coming to Verizon. But unlike previous reports, the Jounrnal pinpointed an exact date for the announcement -Tuesday, January 10.
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Is Verizon 4G LTE as fast as advertised?
Cool Tools columnist Keith Shaw takes a look at Verizon's 4G LTE network via the LG VL600 USB data modem. He compares advertised download/upload speed with what the network actually delivers. Don't want to spoil the video but I will say he declares the results to be "very good." Read more
What if the Cellular Carriers Don't Do Wi-Fi?
I don't think anyone even mentioned the term cellular offload last year, but it would be difficult to imagine the cellular carriers surviving without access to the Wi-Fi safety valve. I've contended for some time that, even if the FCC finds another 300-500 MHz. of spectrum for the mobile operators, even that won't be enough to keep up with the demand. Read more
AT&T and Verizon Wireless
Hello everyone.
I just wanted to see if I could get some feedback on the AT&T and Verizon Wireless situation.
Now I have been on both sides of the track in this war but you know, at least Verizon tried to play a little nice at first.
At first when the war of the phone companies started we had so many different ones that you had all it seemed Verizon did was do that silly "can you hear me now" pitch. After AT&T took over Bellsouth it really started then. Read more
Verizon Wireless chops Palm smartphone prices by 60%
[This is a copy of a news story appearing elsewhere on our Website] Read more
Verizon’s Motorola Droid arrives Nov. 6
Verizon Wireless and Motorola today announced that its Droid device, a smartphone that uses the Android 2.0 operating system, will be available on Friday, Nov. 6. Features include high-speed Web browsing, voice-activated search, access to Android applications and connectivity to Verizon’s 3G wireless network. The phone will cost $199.99 (after a mail-in $100 rebate in which customers receive their rebate as a debit card) with a two-year agreement; service plans require a Nationwide voice plan and the Email and Web for Smartphone plan, which begin at $39.99 per month for 450 voice minutes, and the data (Email and Web) plan costs $29.99 per month. So, slightly cheaper than an iPhone voice and data plan. Read more
Apple iPhone vs. Palm Pre: No Contest
Submitted by Craig Mathias on Wed, 06/10/09 - 7:49pm.Monday's iPhone 3G S announcement was a bit of an anticlimax, and certainly contained no surprises. I mean, a compass app getting top billing? Even the $99 entry-level model was expected. Read more
Branding in your Out of Office message
Submitted by Keith Shaw on Fri, 05/15/09 - 3:33pm.Got this message when I sent an e-mail to a Verizon spokeswoman looking for more info on a new product:
"Thanks for your message. I'm on vacation on Friday, May 15 - even though my sweet BlackBerry Storm runs on the fastest and most reliable network in the country, I will not be checking e-mail."
Gotta admit, that's pretty funny, and a great use of the boring Out of Office message. Kudos to some originality in writing!
Will Verizon Wireless Get the iPhone?
Submitted by Craig Mathias on Tue, 04/28/09 - 2:33pm.Well, as a Verizon Wireless customer, increasingly-avid Mac user, and resident of a spot with no AT&T wireless coverage, I certainly hope so. I've seen a number of stories lately about how the exclusive (and still secret) iPhone distribution agreement between Apple and AT&T comes to an end next year, and how (duh) AT&T would love to keep the exclusive. Read more
Verizon Wireless takes aim at pesky 'Rabbit'
Submitted by Paul McNamara on Thu, 02/26/09 - 8:27am.It's not often I cheer for a corporate giant unleashing its legal might, but let's make an exception for the lawsuit Verizon Wireless has filed this week against a film distributor.
In fact, it might even enough for me to forgive Verizon for its own robo-call assault on my house.
From the Verizon Wireless press release:
Verizon Wireless said today it has filed a lawsuit to stop a Utah-based telemarketing company from calling its customers and employees to advertise the upcoming movie, "The Velveteen Rabbit." The lawsuit, filed this week in U.S. District Court in Trenton, alleges Feature Films for Families, Inc. illegally used an autodialer to call Verizon Wireless customers on behalf of a company called Family 1 Films, based in Los Angeles.
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Verizon stomps on "Velveteen Rabbit" robocalls
Submitted by Layer 8 on Wed, 02/25/09 - 3:43pm.Perhaps they were just trying to hide behind the cute tale of a cuddly rabbit come to life, but Verizon Wireless has today filed a lawsuit to stop a telemarketing group from bombarding its customers with robocalls touting the upcoming f Read more
Microsoft-Verizon mobile search deal to be announced at CES
Submitted by Microsoft Subnet on Wed, 01/07/09 - 6:18pm.Microsoft won a nice coup over rival Google by scoring a mobile search deal with Verizon. Microsoft will become the default provider of Internet search for Verizon Wireless customers, reports the Wall Street Journal. A Verizon executive spilled the beans on the agreement Wednesday at the annual Citigroup entertainment, media and telecommunications conference, the WSJ said. Read more
It's not a successful launch unless the order system gets hurt
Submitted by Mitchell Ashley on Sun, 11/23/08 - 3:04am.Well, it looks like the Blackberry Storm's debut on Friday was a hit. The Blackberry cult is still alive and well, with thousands of Crackberry users showing up to upgrade their CBs and new recruits ready to join the throngs of The Berry. But a disturbing trend has emerged; crashing the order system. Reports are that Verizon offices and online Storm purchasers were stopped in their tracks by an overloaded back office ordering system. Did Verizon not anticipate the iPhone-like frenzied demand? Read more
Storm Rumbles Across iPhone Plains
Submitted by Mitchell Ashley on Fri, 11/21/08 - 8:01am.Well, the Blackberry Storm is finally here. I've had a chance to use both and here's my honest assessment of the Blackberry Storm compared with the iPhone. I know, you're probably wondering how I know what an iPhone is like after all the ranting I've done about Apple and it's black box iPhone and socialistic company behaviors towards end users. Well, I actually have both a Blackberry Storm and an iPhone. Read more
BlackBerry Storm: iPhone's worthy foe
Submitted by Keith Shaw on Thu, 11/20/08 - 12:56am.OK, so do we finally have an iPhone killer, now that the BlackBerry Storm from Verizon Wireless is out?
Killer? No. Worthy opponent? Yes.
In the less-than-24-hours that I've had the device and have been able to do a basic set of tests on the BlackBerry Storm (on sale Friday, Nov. 21, for $199.99 after $50 mail-in rebate and two-year agreement), I can say that people who abhor the Apple iPhone will be able to grab a Storm and go, "Nyah Nyah Nyah" to their fellow iPhone owners. But I don't expect that large mobs of iPhone owners will suddenly switch gears to the Storm, either (they can't, they still have their own two-year contracts). But the Apple Haters now have a horse in the race – the Storm does an admirable job of matching several of the iPhone's features and provides some features that the iPhone doesn't have. Read more
Sprint whines, Verizon kills the trash talk
Submitted by Layer 8 on Fri, 11/07/08 - 11:24am.Sprint Nextel had some really bad news today - it lost another 1.3 million wireless customers last quarter as well as $326M -- but at least Verizon won't be picking on it in public, at least for now. Read more
Verizon Wireless: Big Progress Toward Open Access
Submitted by Craig Mathias on Mon, 11/03/08 - 9:38am.I know a lot of people have been more than skeptical of Verizon Wireless' claims, beginning in late 2007, that they would go open access, allowing any (technologically-compatible, obviously) device and any application on their network. Was this, as many assumed, just a ploy to influence the regulators, simply a cynical attempt to curry market favor supported by little or no real effort? Read more
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