If that Motorola Droid seems rather strange to you well then we’ll happily remind you that you already know it as the Tao or the Sholes. The phone is supposed to be the first Android handset coming to Verizon Wireless and now we have some leaked info which point to a October 30 release date. The picture here shows a Verizon Wireless screenshot. The Motorola Sholes can be clearly read in that October 30 box so we naturally assume that the phone is coming at the end of the month. Wait a minute there… are we calling it the Sholes again? Someone has to make up their mind regarding the name of this first Verizon Android phone. We really don’t care how you call it as long as you stick to a single name!

via BGR

Tags: Android, Droid, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, Sholes, TAO, Verizon, Verizon

We’re not surprised to see stuff leaked from Best Buy and this time we have some details about the company’s upcoming holiday releases. And there are quite a few phones there ready to capture your imagination, but also a netbook we’ve seen in the news lately:

• Nokia Booklet netbook - October 25th launch (AT&T activation)
• Sprint HTC Hero - October 11th
• Sprint Palm Pixi - launch date TBD
• Verizon Storm II - launch date TBD
• Verizon Android device - launch date TBD
• T-Mobile CLIQ - launch date TBD

We’re particularly interested in that “new technology which doesn’t exist today” mentioned in the leaked documents and we definitely want to hear more about those BlackBerry and multiple Android phones which will also be available from Best Buy soon. We’ll be back with official prices and release dates so in the mean time you have plenty of time to decide what phone to ask from Santa this Christmas!

via BGR

Tags: Android, best buy, Booklet 3G, Cliq, Guide, Hero, Holiday, HTC, HTC, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, Nokia, Palm, Pixi, Research In Motion, Sprint, Sprint, Storm 2, T-Mobile, Verizon, Verizon

If you are currently a member of Twitter and want to get a new phone for Verizon Wireless then you should probably consider following them as they are holding $25 off deal today only for all of their followers.

As you can see above, if you follow VZWOffers and enter in the promotional code TWITTER25 at checkout you will be given a $25 discount off any phone you chooose.

Remember though, this deal is for today only and there’s no telling when there may be a similar one.

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We have referred to it as the Sholes and the Tao but it looks like the first Android phone coming from Verizon will be called the Droid. And we’ll start straight with some bad news! The Droid will be a clean Android phone with no MOTOBLUR on top of it. Sadly, and for whatever reason, someone decided that the phone shouldn’t have Motorola’s highly customized social networking interface.

Here’s what specs you can expect from the Droid:

• 3.7-inch screen
• 854×480 WVGA capacitive screen
• 5-megapixel camera
• ARM Cortex 500MHz CPU
• Facial recognition using the built-in camera
• Custom Motorola Interface/UI
• Available in black and titanium

And if you want a keyboard-less version of the Droid then you’re going to get one sometime in 2010. So what do you say? Anxious about any of these two Droid versions?

Tags: Droid, MOTOBLUR, Motorola, Motorola, Sholes, TAO, Verizon

Those of you waiting for RIM’s BlackBerry Storm 2 should head to Best Buy stores on or around October 25. That’s the date when the Storm 2 dummy phones will be available in Best Buy phones which suggest the fact that we’re getting closer and closer to the actual release date of RIM’s newest flagship phone. After all there’s no point sending those dummy phones to retailers if the real version won’t be available soon. There’s no official news from Verizon or RIM to support all that but we shall keep our eyes wide open for more Storm 2 leaked info for you.

via BGR

Tags: best buy, BlackBerry, Dummy Phones, Portable Devices, Research In Motion, RIM, Storm 2, Verizon, Verizon

Rumors have just surfaced that suggest that Samsung’s Omnia II will be hitting Verizon Wireless sometime later this month.

That’s all fine and dandy considering the Omnia II is a beautiful handset but there’s just one problem with this rumor; Verizon’s Omnia II is expected to ship with Windows Mobile 6.1. If you’ve been paying attention, you’ll know that Windows Mobile 6.5 powered devices will be shipping later this month, so why not the Omnia II?

Well, the same rumors say that although a 6.5 update will be in the pipeline it won’t actually be pushed out until some time after the phone goes on sale.

If this is true, what gives?

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Tags: Cell Phones, microsoft, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Omnia II, Samsung, Verizon, Windows Mobile 6.1, windows mobile 6.5♦

For the moment CLIQ is the hot Android phone coming from Motorola via T-Mobile. But fear not Moto fans, CLIQ has a worthy follower or so we suspect. The Tao or Sholes or however they decide to call it at launch, has been spotted in the wild running Android. What other OS would it run? As you can see the phone was running Google Maps at the time the picture was taken and you can also see it’s going to offer us a pretty impressive 1390mAh battery. We have no more details at this point in time but in Verizon we trust to launch the phone already!

via phonearena

Tags: Android, Cliq, Google, leak, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, Sholes, TAO, Verizon, Verizon

A document has just leaked that show a new budget phone coming to Verizon Wireless on October 6th called the Razzle.

As you can see from the above document this phone will feature a QWERTY keyboard, music player, VZ Navigator, a 1.3 megapixel camera and a microSD slot.

Price wise you will be able to snag the Verizon Wireless Razzle for $69.99 on a 2-year contract or $139.99 if you opt for the prepaid route.

via bgr

Tags: Cell Phones, Mobile News, Portable Devices, Razzle, verison wireless, Verizon

Back in July it was announced that Barnes & Noble would be teaming up with AT&T to offer free WiFi access for all of their customers. Today, Borders has announced that they too will be offering free WiFi access as a recent partnership with Verizon.

The deal has just been sealed so reports say you can expect virtually all of the 500 nationwide Borders stores to have free WiFi access by the end of October.

via engadget

Tags: Access, At&T, barnes noble, Borders, Mobile News, Mobile Software, retail, Verizon, WiFi

What you see above is a screen shot of Best Buy’s product inventory database listing for the BlackBerry Storm 2’s Verizon dummy unit.

At first glance, this may not seem like anything special but once you see that Best Buy is going to stock the unit on October 25th leads us to believe that the actual fully functioning handset will be made available for purchase sometime soon after the 25th.

On another note, BGR has also apparently been told that the Storm 2 will be priced at $599 with no contract. Potential buyers fret not as once the carrier subsidization is factored in, it’s sure to be a lot lower.

Tags: best buy, BlackBerry Storm 2, Cell Phones, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Research In Motion, rumor, Verizon, Verizon

It seems that the same handset we spotted a few weeks ago has again turned up and this time with a Verizon branding. The above handset is the Windows Mobile 6.5 powered HTC Imagio that was rumored be launching for Verizon on October 6th.

The device is said to feature Verizon’s VCAST TV service in addition to a 528MHz processor, 3.6-inch touch screen, WiFI, HTC’s TouchFLO 3D UI and a microSD port.

In other words, this device is nothing special but the fact that it has Windows Mobile 6.5 on it means Microsoft is sure to hype it up.

via phonearena

Tags: Cell Phones, HTC, htc imagio, Mobile News, Mobile Software, touchflo 3d, vcast, Verizon, Windows Mobile 6.5

It seems that the phone we saw pictured yesterday entitled the Motorola Barrage has been made official today for Verizon by way of a leaked spec sheet, pictured above.

As you can see, this sheet gives not only the handset’s specs (which we already knew about) but also the pricing and release date for the phone. According to said sheet, the Motorola Barrage will be made available in Verizon retail stores on November 16th, 2009 for $179.99 on a 2-year contract.

You amy be asking yourself how could anyone charge such a price for a flip phone and the answer is becasue of the materials that were used to make its ultra “rugged durable design”.

via engadget

Tags: Cell Phones, design, durable, leak, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Motorola, motorola barrage, rugged, spec sheet, Verizon, Verizon

The leaked Verizon roadmap we saw a couple of months back revealed the Motorola V860 to the world.  We only had a name then, but now thanks to PhoneArena, we have pictures and specs too.  The Motorola Barrage V860 will be one tough clamshell with with a black-rubberized texture for covering its body and supports PTT service.  Hiding under its ruggedized body are sizeable internal/external displays, a 2-megapixel camera (a model without a camera will be available too), 2.5-mm headset jack, microSD expansion, and dedicated music controls on the handset’s front.  No other details like a price or a release date were revealed, but we are here to give you those when Motorola/Verizon get official about the device.

Tags: Barrage, Cell Phones, Motorola, ptt, V860, Verizon

The fact that Big Red is investing in LTE technology is not news anymore. Verizon wants to launch the 4G network at some point next year and it’s currently testing and deploying it in various markets. The company will make LTE available in about 30 markets next year, while its entire CDMA footprint will get LTE in three years time. According to Verizon’s CTO, Tony Melone, the company wants to launch LTE in “as close to all-at-once as possible.” This will be possible by using part of the current CDMA infrastructure which should speed up the whole deployment process.

In case you’re scared that your current equipment will not function once LTE is deployed then I’m happy you need not worry. LTE and CDMA will work together so nobody will force you to ditch your favorite 3G device in favor of a brand new 4G gadget. Biut you’ll probably want to do that after you’ve seen the difference between LTE and 3G.

via informationweek

Tags: 3G, 4G, Big Red, CDMA, LTE, Mobile News, Verizon, Verizon

Don’t look so surprised by that number! Windows Mobile 6.5 is coming and it looks like there are quite a few phone makers ready to roll phone capable or running Microsoft’s newest OS. And while we’re definitely thrilled to see that concept tablet, the Courier already, we can’t say we’re similarly interested in Windows Mobile 6.5. The OS is clearly a transition platform from the old Windows Mobile 6 to the future Windows Mobile 7.

Nonetheless manufacturers out there are ready to launch Windows Mobile 6.5 phones! Those 30 new handsets capable of running Microsoft latest OS will be made by HTC, Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson, Acer, Toshiba and HP. The phones will be released by the end of the year and we know a few carriers are definitely interested: AT&T, Sprint, Verizon Wireless, Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone, NTT DoCoMo, Softbank Mobile, SKT, Telestra and Telus.

Will you buy a Windows Mobile 6.5 phone?

via digitimes

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We are stumped.  We just can’t decide if this is the OmniaPRO with the model number B7610 or a whole new device called the Houdini.  The design seems similar except for the silver smiley at the bottom of the device housing the send/end buttons, but is it really the OmniaPRO? And a little bit of digging reminds us that there was indeed a Houdini listed on T-Mobile’s leaked roadmap, but wasn’t that supposed to be an Android smartphone, when clearly the Houdini here is showing off Windows Mobile 6.1? OmniaPRO or the Houdini, this device is definitely conjuring up a lot more questions than the great magician himself and the specs on this seem like a dream too.  The Houdini will run on a 800MHz CPU with HSDPA capable of speeds up to 7.2Mbps, a 3.5 inch AMOLED WVGA touchscreen with TouchWiz UI, GPS, WiFi, 500MB of onboard memory with 32GB microSD support, four-row slide-out QWERTY, FM radio with RDS, a 5mpx lens with power flash, 3.5mm headphone jack, and DivX/DNSe/TV-out support humming along nicely on a 1500 mAh battery.  An official announcement could straighten the whole thing out but seeing that it hasn’t happened yet, you might as well eyeball the video above till then.

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Tags: B7610, Cell Phones, Houdini, OmniaPro, Samsung, Verizon

Motorola have today come forth to let us know of the W766 Entice which will be available for Verizon later this month for $39.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and 2-year contract.

The W766 Entice features a clamshell design with external touch buttons for easy media player and speakerphone control. Other features include a 2.0 megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth and a microSD slot for up to 8GB of removable memory.

Software wise the Motorola W766 Entice features VZ Navigator, an Email Client, Mobile IM, Verizon’s Backup Assistant which will keep your contacts backed up on a secure website and IM style threaded texting for easier viewing.

Tags: 2 megapixel, Cell Phones, Entice, im, microsd, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Motorola, Motorola, Verizon, W766

We first officially heard of the Samsung Omnia II way back in June when we pondered if it would be making its way onto Verizon Wireless. Well today we have official confirmation that the device will in fact hit Verizon at a currently unannounced date.

As you can see above, this Omnia II features a slight hardware revision over the one we saw back in June. No, it doesn’t have an updated camera or anything but it does do away with the cubic center button. Otherwise, the handset features a 3.7-inch AMOLED display, Windows Mobile, and Samsung’s TouchWiz 2.0 UI.

We’ll keep you updated as an official Verizon Wireless release date is made known.

via engadget

Tags: Cell Phones, center button, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Omnia II, Samsung, Samsung, TouchWiz, Verizon, Verizon

The name Chocolate Touch has been popping up from time to time via leaked roadmaps and other sources, but we couldn’t get you some pics of the device, until now that is. And we also have some information on the mysterious device, including the fact that among the two prototypes (one of which was modeled around the lovable BL40) presented to a “focus group,” the design you see above turned out to be the winner, which should dampen any hopes that you will see a BL40 or a BL40-esque handset anytime soon on Verizon. The Chocolate Touch will feature a WVGA TFT touchscreen display, a 3.2-megapixel camera, HTML browser, and a 3.5mm standard headphone jack. Now, there isn’t much going for the LG VX8575 compared to the other leaked handsets set for a debut on Verizon later this year, but let’s wait and see if it has any surprises hidden when they make it official.

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Tags: Cell Phones, Chocolate Touch, LG, Verizon, vx8575

Verizon has released a fresh OS OS 4.7.1.5 for BlackBerry Tour that makes the device much much better and adds some significant upgrades.

The new version will become available pretty soon (on the Software Update page of Verizon’s website) and among others it has seen the following changes:

- better sound quality when making calls and using bluetooth heasets;
- better video player;
- the visual voice mail application has been improved;
- errors have been fixed on geo-tagging and on DRM functions;

Tags: BlackBerry, Cell Phones, Tour, Verizon, Verizon