Verizon Wireless announced its new viewdini video searching Android application on Tuesday. At launch, this new app will hunt and peck through streaming video content from major players such as Netflix, Hulu Plus, Comcast Xfinity and mSport. In addition to these content heavyweights, Verizon’s very own FIOS is expected to be added soon. “Verizon Wireless has the

Verizon announced on Tuesday that its Jetpack 890L 4G LTE hotspot will be available on May 24th for $19.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and with a new two-year contract. The ZTE-made Jetpack 890L was first unveiled during the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show and supports up to 10 Wi-Fi-enabled devices at once, as well as

Jon R. is back to tackle more questions and queries from Buffalo readers, viewers and fans! In this episode, Jon goes over Apple news and rumors – from what to expect out of WWDC 2012 to what features iOS 6 might have and should have. Tune in for all this and more in this episode

Amazon just started offering a $40 credit for anyone who purchases any of Verizon Wireless’s 4G LTE smartphones. The deal applies from handsets priced at just $0.01, such as the DROID RAZR or DROID BIONIC 4G, which means you’ll basically be paid to purchase the device, and even high-end best-sellers such as the Samsung Galaxy

T-Mobile is in no way, shape or form moving toward shared family data plans, even if other players in the industry are. Following news that Verizon is nixing grandfathered unlimited data in favor of shared family data plans, Andrew Sherrard, T-Mobile Senior Vice President of Marketing, said it just ain’t gonna happen on its network.

Motorola Mobility has made several updates to its Ice Cream Sandwich update schedule, specifically concerning the DROID RAZR, DROID RAZR MAXX, DROID 4, DROID BIONIC, DROID XYBOARD 8.2 and 10.1, and MOTOROLA XOOM WiFI + 3G. In the next month and a half, U.S. owners of the DROID RAZR, RAZR MAXX and XOOM WiFi + 3G can expect

There was quite a bit of backlash following Verizon’s CFO Fran Shammo announcement that Verizon will kill off grandfathered unlimited 3G data plans for customers upgrading to 4G LTE devices. In fact, things have gotten so heated that America’s largest wireless carrier has gone the route of releasing a cryptic, but official, statement concerning the future of its data

When Verizon did away with its $30 per month unlimited data plans back in July, grandfathered customers held on for dear life. However, all good things must come to an end and times they are a-changin. While speaking at the 40th J.P. Morgan Technology, Media and Telecom conference, Verizon Communications CFO Fran Shammo said that

Verizon Wireless announced on Tuesday that it will activate its 4G LTE network in 28 new markets and expand its existing 4G LTE footprint in 11 active markets on May 17th. The carrier will have a total of 258 U.S. markets covered with its new network once those new markets are live and said it

This may come as a bit of a bummer to anyone hoping to get their hands on a Verizon-branded HTC One X. HTC spokesperson Jeff Gordon has confirmed that Verizon will not carry any of the Taiwan-based phone maker’s One-series devices. We’re not too surprised, since Verizon Wireless just announced the HTC DROID Incredible 4G

Verizon Wireless is now selling the Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX — a model of the DROID RAZR with a larger 3,300mAh battery — for just $199 with a new two-year contract. The phone was originally available for $299.99 with a new contract. The DROID RAZR MAXX was initially launched in February and features a 4.3-inch

We’ve long expected for each of the big four U.S. carriers — AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile — to launch Samsung’s latest Galaxy S III flagship smartphone. On Monday, test images, some of them awful, surfaced and revealed the model numbers for each carrier. The shots essentially dispel any doubts that the phone wouldn’t show

Apple’s new iPad is the first of its iOS devices to be equipped with 4G LTE technology. It’s great if you’re in the United States and you can take advantage of those super speedy LTE networks from AT&T and Verizon, but for most international customers, it’s almost useless. You see, despite being advertised as a

We’re running all over New Orleans at CTIA 2012 to bring you hands-on photos and video of the latest devices as soon as possible. Our latest stop was at a Verizon Wireless event where we got go to hands-on with the DROID Incredible 4G LTE, which was just announced today. It runs Android 4.0 Ice

Just about everything we’d want to know about the Droid Incredible 4G LTE has been revealed save for the release date. The device briefly popped up on Verizon’s website late last month, but even that turned up no leads. Well, a new report from PhoneDog on Saturday claims the device is being prepared for a

The Galaxy S III is here! Well not exactly, but it’s officially on its way; our friends across the pond have already received carrier launch details and now its our turn here in the good old U.S. of A. Samsung has officially launched the Galaxy S III’s sign-up page, which currently lists seven popular stateside

Verizon announced on Wednesday that it will be releasing an LTE-based home Internet solution, known as Homefusion Broadband, tomorrow. Powered by Big Red’s LTE network, which is currently available in 230 markets, customers in remote areas with restricted Internet access options may benefit greatly from this offering. On a par with most subsidized smartphone prices,

Ever wish your monthly wireless bill was more expensive? If you’re an Android user, you now have the option to roll all of your Google Play purchases — apps, music, movies and books — right into your monthly phone bill. Previously extended to just Android apps, the expanded service only applies to certain carriers: T-Mobile U.S.,

Whitey Bluestein, a veteran wireless industry strategist who has managed deals for companies such as AT&T, Intel, T-Mobile, Verizon and Microsoft, believes that Apple is planning to become a direct mobile service provider. Gasp. Shriek. Yell. Seriously? Bluestein offered that Apple “has the distribution channels, digital content portfolio and customer base to make the move,”

Verizon’s Xperia Play has received a most epic update and no it’s not Ice Cream Sandwich. The would-be PlayStation Phone has received a new software enhancement, which packs on a few bloatware pounds, adding VZ Navigator and Video On-Demand. Now before you go crying, “why do I want this?” You may want to take note that

Verizon announced on Monday that starting on May first it will launch its latest prepaid offering of unlimited talk, text and 1GB of data for $80 a month. The first device to cruise Big Red’s off-contract offerings will be Samsung’s Illusion sans 4G. This modest Android device features a 3.5-inch display, 1GHz Hummingbird processor, 3-megapixel

Following Apple’s acquisition of Chomp earlier in the year, many wondered what the future held for Chomp’s Android app. It appears that the question has been answered, as the app has now been pulled from Google Play and discontinued on Android. This may not be too much of a shock, but it does make us wonder

Samsung has released a list of products launched in the United States that will receive an upgrade to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The company will update the following devices on AT&T: the Galaxy S II, the Galaxy S II Skyrocket, the Galaxy Note, the Captivate Glide, the Nexus S and the Galaxy Tab 8.9.

As a leaked MAP document recently suggested, Verizon on Monday officially made its on-contract price of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus $100 cheaper. I hope none of our readers picked up the device yesterday. The Galaxy Nexus, which was the first Android 4.0 phone to market, now runs for $199.99 with a two-year contract. At that price-point,

T-Mobile USA CEO Philipp Humm met with senior FCC officials last week to discuss his company’s efforts to block Verizon’s purchase of advanced wireless spectrum (AWS) from various cable companies. Humm stated that Verizon’s plan to auction its 700MHz A and B block spectrum licenses isn’t enough to counter the negative impact that the company’s purchase