And now we tackle a simple phone for Verizon–the LG Accolade. It’s got simple stamped all over it, and this has some inherent problems in and of itself. Simple is seldom a bad thing, except when it means lacking in the basics. But how will the LG Accolade stack up? The LG Accolade is a [...]

It’s not secret that Verizon is a huge fan of Android as several of the wireless carrier’s hardest hitting smartphones are powered by the Google-developed open source mobile platform. Due to this buddy-buddy relationship, it should come as no surprise that Verizon will continue to release Android powered devices – the next dubbed the LG [...]

I’ve never been really fond of Samsung products.  It seems like every time I try one, it’s either wildly overpriced or inherently flawed somehow.  Their cell phones, however, have proven to be at least somewhat different, and the Samsung Intensity is a solid piece of equipment. The Samsung Intensity is a slider-style cell phone with [...]

Once again the threat of “salt fog” looms large against us, and once again it’s up to a heavily reinforced phone to stand against it.  Today’s challenger, the one, the only, the CASIO G’ZONE ROCK! The upshot about typing the name in all caps is that I don’t have to do that ridiculous every-other-cap thing [...]

I confess that I like the trend in cell phones to make them more robust and resistant to damage.  They’re called MOBILE for a reason–they need to be able to go places, and if they go places, they might get dropped.  They need to be able to survive that, and the Samsung Convoy is a [...]

LG has seldom offered me cause for concern, but today will be something different.  Today I’m actually going to offer up a complaint about the design of one of the newer LG model cell phones, the LG Glance. The LG Glance is a candy bar style cell phone with conference call capability, speakerphone, caller ID, [...]

The mapping software made by Verizon Wireless, also known as VZ Navigator has been recently upgraded and is now set at version 5.0. In terms of new and important features of this new version we’ve got roadride assistance and social networking. The roadride assistance is a good option to use when you want to send [...]

Verizon has today announced that their Escapade handset is set to launch both in-store and online tomorrow for $29.99 on contract. As you can see, this device doesn’t have a touchscreen, it doesn’t have a full QWERTY keyboard and it doesn’t even have EV-DO, UMTS or EDGE data capabilities However, it does offer voice and [...]

Last week we told you that HTC’s Ozone would be hitting Verizon Wireless online on June 29th but we left you without a price or many details about the phone. Luckily, we now know that the phone will retail for $49.99 with a 2-year contract after a mail in rebate. The HTC Ozone will feature [...]