Amazon Slashes Prices on Android Handsets and Adds Additional Incentives
It always pays to shop around, even when buying a carrier-branded phone. Did you know that the same phones you can buy at the Verizon store are available on Amazon — some at greatly reduced savings...
View ArticleWin up to $10,000 with Verizon’s 4G LTE Field Tester’s Challenge
Are you an aspiring filmmaker? A smartphone owner? If so, it might be time to get down to business making a 60 – second video for Verizon Wireless’ new Field Tester’s Challenge. The premise is...
View ArticleMobile 4G & LTE, Just a Faster Way to Hit Your Data Cap?
Image courtesy of Droid-Life What drives me nuts about mobile carriers these days is that I truly believe they are using new technology against us. Maybe you think I’m out of my mind, but it’s...
View ArticleHTC Rhyme Introduced with a Family of Integrated Accessories and Sleek Good...
I can’t even find it in myself to be annoyed that HTC has introduced a phone that is so obviously aimed at women; if they had just colored it plum and called it good, I would have been livid. But no....
View ArticleGear Games Deal: Madden 12 Android Free for Verizon Oct 1 – 3
Here is a great deal for those of us who are on Verizon and have one of the supported phones: Madden 12 for Android is Free Oct 1 – Oct 3 for Verizon Customers! To get it call **MADDEN (**623336) From...
View ArticleFacetones on Verizon
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again (partly because I have a tendency to repeat myself, as Sami sometimes points out): Competition is a Good Thing™. I like to see different products offered on...
View ArticleVerizon Gets All the Cool New Android Phones, Including the Beats Audio...
If HTC and Beats Audio have their way, we aren’t going to be able to immediately dismiss the headphones that come with mobile phones as being anemic or lame for much longer. Today HTC announced the...
View ArticleAmazon Has the Motorola Droid RAZR for $111.11 … But There’s a Catch!
Today is 11/11/11 – or in Europe 11/11/11 – and Verizon and Motorola are releasing the cool looking ultra-thin Droid RAZR Android smartphone – at 11:11:11, naturally. Never one to be left out of a...
View ArticlePSA: If You Are a Verizon Wireless Customer, Check Your Privacy Settings!
Whenever a wireless carrier discusses your private information, you can be sure of one thing: they are trying to squeeze more money out of you by leveraging your information, but know that if they...
View ArticleDroid 4 Revealed – Like a Moto Razr with a Slide-Out QWERTY Keyboard
When it comes to mobile devices I tend to be fairly platform agnostic, owning Android phones, iPod Touches (well, iPods since the original one in 2001), and both iPads and Android Tablets. But there...
View ArticleThank You For Calling Verizon Wireless, How May I Collect an Extra $2 (or not)?
Sorry about the Better Off Dead image, but when I saw this at Droid-Life yesterday that was all I could think of … Verizon Wireless as Johnny chasing Lane across the field and down the mountain in...
View ArticleWilson Electronics New Sleek 4G LTE Universal Cellular Signal Booster Rocks!
I’m a big fan of Wilson Electronics Cellular signal boosters, and I got to spend a little bit of time Joe Banos (their CEO) checking out their new 4G LTE Universal Cellular Signal Booster and learning...
View ArticleVerizon Customer Service Rocks!
Sarah and I are planning a trip abroad soon, and on my to-do list was to call Verizon and add international roaming to my iPhone. When I called the customer service line, I was incredibly impressed...
View ArticleVerizon Announces 14 Android Devices Are Getting 4.0 ICS Updates This Year!
While Motorola threw a wet towel on the Ice Cream Sandwich party recently with a schedule making it look like we wouldn’t see updates anytime soon, while on the Verizon Wireless site yesterday...
View ArticleThe Wilson Electronics AG Pro 75 Was Worth the Upgrade
It’s no secret that if you live or work in an area that isn’t in the middle of a strong cellular coverage zone, your mobile phone signal is going to suffer. That’s one of the things I knew I would...
View ArticleNews Flash – You Can Use Up Your Data Plan Faster on Your iPad With 4G Speeds!
We already know that Dan is a heavy data user – AT&T has him nationally ranked, after all! Today Dan mentioned that in the first week with the new iPad he has already exceeded 2GB of usage. My...
View ArticleBuying an iPhone, Despite Verizon’s Best Efforts!
Dan’s wife Elana was not the only Gear Diary spouse to give in to the iPhone pressure this weekend-Sarah replaced her HTC Incredible with a 16GB 4S! However, the Verizon salesman betrayed his Android...
View ArticleHands on with Motorola Droid 4 Pre-ICS ROM Update!
Verizon and Motorola are notoriously slow at getting updates, which was something I knew when I bought my Droid 4. They laid out their plans for the Ice Cream Sandwich Android operating system for...
View ArticleHTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE Revealed at CTIA
Were you under the impression that most Droids were made by Motorola? I’ll admit that for a while, when I heard Droid that was my first thought — probably because of the Motorola Droid commercials...
View ArticleSometimes Verizon Expands LTE into Areas Not Listed on Updates!
Each week Verizon expands their massive high-speed LTE network into new areas and buildt out existing areas. Unfortunately for me, neither my home nor my main work office is in LTE coverage, though my...
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