Posted by Zach Epstein on Jul 3, 2009 12:43 pm
Filed in Handsets, Samsung, Verizon
If the BlackBerry Tour isn’t your particular brand of vodka and the various other QWERTY handsets on Big Red’s menu don’t rub you the right way, the nation’s biggest carrier may have something right up your alley coming down the pipe. According to a post from last night, Howard Forums member StandardsDT decided to go [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Jul 2, 2009 11:01 am
Filed in BlackBerry, Exclusives, Handsets, RIM, Verizon
Following our post yesterday and the ensuing outcry, it looks like Verizon had a change of heart where BlackBerry Tour pre-orders are concerned. Are you a current Verizon Wireless subscriber whose spirits were crushed upon learning that pre-orders were only open to new customers? Fret not, future Tour addicts, as Verizon’s site is singing a [...]
Posted by The Boy Genius on Jul 1, 2009 3:43 pm
Filed in 1xRTT, BlackBerry, BlackBerry OS, CDMA, EDGE, EV-DO, Features, GPRS, GSM, HSDPA, Handsets, RIM, UMTS, Unboxing, Verizon
Well boys and girls (and especially CDMA BlackBerry-lovers), your much-awaited BlackBerry Tour launch date is getting closer and closer. To try and make it easier on you, we’ve got our hands on a retail Verizon BlackBerry Tour and put together a quick unboxing for you. Part 2 of our popular BlackBerry Tour review will be [...]
Verizon Wireless confirmed today what a lot of excited and angry Verizon Wireless customers knew already — The BlackBerry Tour is currently not available for pre-order if you are upgrading your current line. It’s not a random ordering glitch or a problem with Verizon’s website as many initially thought. Front and center on the Tour [...]
Folks who scooped up the HTC Ozone from Verizon Wireless or the HTC Snap from Sprint may be pleased to learn that an official upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.5 may be in your future. According to documents published on the Bluetooth Special Interest Group’s website, a Windows Mobile 6.5 variant of the HTC Cedar, codename [...]
Posted by Michael Bettiol on Jun 30, 2009 7:50 am
Filed in BlackBerry, Handsets, RIM, Verizon
Despite the fact that BES admins can put IT policies into effect that physically prohibit their use, many companies, organizations and governments (and gym locker rooms) flat our refuse to give their employees a BlackBerry that is equipped with a camera. With the 88xx series devices being the only camera-less BlackBerrys still on the market [...]
Posted by The Boy Genius on Jun 29, 2009 11:36 pm
Filed in BlackBerry, Handsets, Verizon
We’re not sure how much doubt a person could have had before, but in the interest of being crystal clear, Verizon Wireless will make the BlackBerry Tour available online and in stores on July 12th for $199 with a two year agreement. You can preorder the device starting from this moment on.
Thanks, Stang68!
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Posted by Zach Epstein on Jun 29, 2009 12:55 pm
Filed in AT&T, Apple, BlackBerry, Features, HTC, Handsets, Palm, RIM, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon
Over the past few month, we’ve seen several sites run cost comparisons on the latest and greatest smartphones from each of the top four carriers in the US. Good — presenting readers with cost analysis is always a good idea. We’re finding that just about all of these comparisons do so on the high end [...]
Posted by Kelly Hodgkins on Jun 29, 2009 9:43 am
Filed in 1xRTT, AT&T, CDMA, EDGE, EV-DO, GPRS, GSM, HSDPA, HTC, Handsets, Motorola, Retail, Verizon, Windows Mobile
Two new low cost handsets are now available for your budget-minded buying pleasure. This weekend AT&T debuted its teen and tween texting machine, the Motorola Karma QA1. The quad-band EDGE/dual-band HSDPA handset features a sliding QWERTY keyboard, 2.5-inch QVGA display, 2 megapixel camera, aGPS, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, 3.5mm headphone jack, microSDHC expansion and, most [...]
Posted by The Boy Genius on Jun 26, 2009 9:17 pm
Filed in 1xRTT, BG's Corner, BlackBerry, CDMA, EDGE, EV-DO, GPRS, GSM, HSDPA, Handsets, RIM, UMTS, Verizon
Well, you heard that right peoples. It looks like Verizon Wireless is gearing up to launch the much-awaited BlackBerry Tour on July 12th. The best part? It appears it’s going to go for $199 with a two-year agreement according to Verizon’s testman site. That’s sweet spot pricing and hey, let’s be upfront — they’re going [...]
Posted by Kelly Hodgkins on Jun 25, 2009 10:26 am
Filed in 1xRTT, CDMA, EDGE, EV-DO, GPRS, GSM, HTC, Handsets, Verizon, Windows Mobile
No surprises with this one as our leaked spy shots, release date, pricing details and specifications were all spot on. Today, Verizon Wireless made all that we already knew about the HTC Ozone official. Those looking for a basic Windows Mobile phone with a QWERTY keyboard will only have to shell out a meager $49.99 [...]
Posted by Kelly Hodgkins on Jun 24, 2009 1:08 pm
Filed in Handsets, Samsung, Verizon, Windows Mobile
Thus far, Verizon Wireless has made good on 66 percent of its promise to unlock GPS on its latest Windows Mobile handsets. First we had an update for the HTC Touch Pro and today we have an update for the Samsung Saga. Left behind and still waiting for GPS freedom, for the time being, [...]
Posted by Michael Bettiol on Jun 22, 2009 8:01 am
Filed in 1xRTT, CDMA, EDGE, EV-DO, Exclusives, GPRS, GSM, HTC, Handsets, Verizon, Windows Mobile
We’ve already given the world its first peek and Verizon’s upcoming HTC Ozone, nailed down its scheduled availability of June 29th/July 13th and pegged its pricing at $49.99 after MIR, but we’re not done yet because two of our VZW ninjas just hit us up with the complete spec list for the device — and [...]