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Feb

7

2012

DROID Bionic Software Update 5.9.902 Details have Emerged

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by Emily Aquin
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  Verizon has officially announced the 5.9.902 update for the Motorola DROID Bionic.  There have been rumors for a few weeks on just what Verizon had up its sleeve for the Motorola handset.  There is some good stuff packed into this update, including more stability.  The black screen lockups, camera lockups, idle resets and multimedia [...]

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Feb

6

2012

Have Your Heart Set On A New Phone? Win A Droid RAZR With Verizon’s Twitter Contest

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by Josh O'Donnell
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Verizon is kicking off the Valentine’s “season” with a lovely (pun intended) Twitter contest! Tweet off a poem, a romantic(ally hilarious) moment, or tweet a picture with a Valentine’s Day confession. Close it off with a #tweetheart (nice one, Verizon) and you’re on your way to quite possibly owning a nice piece of Android hardware, [...]

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Feb

6

2012

Verizon and Redbox team up to bring video rental and streaming service

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by Chris Stewart
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Rumors of a joint venture between Verizon and Redbox can finally be laid to rest as the pair have announced today a streaming media and Blu-ray/DVD rental service.  The newly partnered dynamic duo will be looking to take the fight to current streaming and DVD mailing leader Netflix. The service is expected to be available on all [...]

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Feb

4

2012

Latest Casio G’zOne Commando Update Brings Free Push-to-Talk Capabilities and More

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by Emily Aquin
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  Verizon is rolling out a new software update for the rugged Casio G’zOne Commando that brings free Push to Talk capabilities.  The update (C771M100) will also include: Security improvements An update to Gingerbread R8 for Google Mobile Services A replacement to the V CAST Video app Improvements to email deleting Text notifications have been added Improved password [...]

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Feb

3

2012

Google Drops Official “Developer Support” for CDMA Galaxy Nexus, Google Releases Statement, Will Still Provide Direct Software Support

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by Jack Holt
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While most of us aren’t surprised by this move, I’m certainly not, Google has dropped official support for the CDMA (Verizon) Galaxy Nexus as a developer device. They did the same for the LTE Xoom and Nexus S 4G as well. At first folks thought was in regards to Google Wallet not being officially supported [...]

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Feb

2

2012

Get the Droid 4 for $199 On-Contract, $549 Full Retail

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by Jack Holt
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Photo Courtesy of Droid-Life Yesterday we told you about how the Droid 4 would probably see a release on February 9th and that it would probably be going for $199. While a previous Verizon roadmap showed the next QWERTY Droid going for $249, the folks at Droid-Life are reporting that an inside source shows it going [...]

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Feb

2

2012

Google Wallet gets official for AT&T, semiofficial for Verizon

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by Jim Farmer
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The road to getting Google Wallet officially supported on Galaxy Nexus phones has been an arduous one. When news came forth that Verizon was to block the app for their variant it was a major letdown. AT&T followed suit. Despite citing incompatibility issues, its widely believed the real issue was simply conflicts of interests, namely [...]

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Jan

30

2012

Verizon Employee Training Doc Reveals Details of Shared Data Plans

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by Stacy Bruce
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A while back we told you about Verizon’s plans to start offering shared data between members of a family plan. That means all devices enrolled under one family plan will eventually have the option to dip out of one pot of allotted data and according to a leaked screenshot acquired by Engadget, eventually might be [...]

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