Verizon Wireless today announced a data promotion that will be available to those who buy smartphones starting November 8. Customers who subscribe to a 4G smartphone data plan will receive double the amount of monthly data. For example, someone who chooses the 2GB plan for $30 per month will receive 4GB of data per month for the same $30. Verizon says the promotion is available to new and existing customers. Existing customers need only change their plan via Verizon’s online account controls. For customers who want a smaller data plan, they will be able to add a 300MB plan to any ...
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Sprint Affirms Android 4.0 for its HTC Lineup
Following HTC’s announcement earlier today, Sprint confirmed via its community support forums that it will update the HTC EVO Design 4G and the HTC EVO 3D to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in early 2012. Sprint said that Android 4.0 will be pushed out to these devices over the air. It also said that Android 4.0 will be available to “other key products in our line-up.” Sprint said that more information will be provided in due time. Tweet Vote on HN ...
LG Marquee for Sprint
LG’s Marquee Android smartphone for Sprint is a solid offering from the Korean handset maker. While it may not be a flagship device with every bell and whistle, it performs when and where it counts most. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Hands On with the ZTE Warp for Boost
The Warp is ZTE’s first phone for Boost, and a part of Boost’s new and growing lineup of Android phones. Like all Boost phones, there’s an emphasis on affordability. However, the specs aren’t bottom of the barrel. Read on for our first hands-on impressions from the launch event. Tweet Vote on HN ...
HTC Vivid for AT&T
Following the Samsung Skyrocket, the HTC Vivid is the other leading Long Term Evolution 4G smartphone for AT&T’s burgeoning high-speed network. Here’s a first look.The HTC Vivid is a new LTE 4G smartphone for AT&T. It takes a different design approach when compared to phones we’ve seen recently from HTC. It is weighty, dense, and has an odd, trapezoidal shape that gives it a curious appearance.With its qHD display stretching across most of the front surface, the Vivid is the plainest, blackest-looking smartphone I’ve seen from HTC in recent memory. Gone are ...
HTC Rezound Brings Beats Audio
Verizon Wireless and HTC today announced the Rezound, the first Android smartphone to include integration with Beats Audio technology for the U.S. market. Features of the Rezound include Long Term Evolution 4G, 4.3-inch 720p HD display, and both Beats Audio software and a set of Beats Audio headphones that work together to produce a better music experience. Other specs include a dual-core 1.5GHz processor and 1GB of RAM; 8-megapixel camera with f/2.2 lens, action burst, dual-LED flash and 1080p HD video capture; and 2-megapixel user-facing camera. It will ship with 16GB of internal storage ...
iPhone Voice Assistant
Siri, the personal, voice-controlled assistant that is part of the iPhone 4S, has been unavailable to many users across the U.S. today. Siri requires Apple’s servers in order to work. When users attempt to pose questions to Siri, Siri says that it can’t connect to the network. Apple has not yet commented on the outage. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Hands On with the HTC Rezound for Verizon
We spent some time with the new HTC Rezound for Verizon. How does this flagship Android phone stack up? Find out in our hands-on report. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 is one of the best tablets yet released.Taking a lesson from the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and adding a few features beyond what the Apple iPad 2 offers, this thin, light and longer-lasting tablet is the best option around if you’re more interested in portability than in playing games and watching movies on a 10-inch screen.The slightly smaller size is also a better fit for reading books, browsing the web and checking email.Some might wonder why this model even exists. After all, there’s a slew of 7-inch tablets available, including the Acer Iconia Tab ...
Motorola Xoom 2
Motorola’s Xoom was the first Android Honeycomb tablet, and the rumour mill says history’s about to repeat. Will the Xoom 2 be the first Ice Cream Sandwich tablet – and if it is, will it have cutting-edge hardware to match the software?Let’s squat by the river of rumour to sift shiny fact nuggets from the slurry of speculation.The Xoom 2 operating system will be Ice Cream SandwichThis is one rumour many people are very sure of: tablets were conspicuous by their absence at this month’s Ice Cream Sandwich launch, so is Google’s pet manufacturer – ...