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- Verizon Wireless USB760 modem
- Back in April, we took a look at the T-Mobile WebConnect USB Laptop Stick. It was T-Mobile's first 3G cellular modem, but these devices aren't new. In fact, T-Mobile's the last of the major carriers as AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon Wireless have had mobile broadband products for some time now,...
- Tags: Modems, Wireless and Mobility, Microsoft Windows 2000, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless USB760, Verizon Wireless, USB760, modem
- Product reviews 2009-05-07
- Don't F: with our networks
- Don't F: with our networksGreat and handy toolsDon't blame the very useful flash drive. If you don't execute stuff on them, they can't do any harm. And after all, just how freaking [b]insane[/b] is it to execute any random crap you find on a removable storage device?Next thing...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Flash memory, network, disk, CD, floppy disk, cloud computing
- Discussion threads 2008-12-15
- Samsung Omnia (Verizon Wireless)
- Photo gallery:Samsung OmniaEditors' note: Portions of the Design and Features section were taken from our original review of the unlocked Samsung Omnia, since both models share a number of similarities.Back in late September 2008, we reviewed the unlocked version of the Samsung Omnia and at the time, we didn't know...
- Tags: Keyboards, Smart phones, Monitors & displays, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Obviously IT, Verizon Wireless, Samsung OMNIA, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Omnia, touch screen, RIM BlackBerry, full-QWERTY
- Product reviews 2008-11-25
- Palm brings Centro to Verizon Wireless
- Palm got a nice distribution boost Thursday in a deal with Verizon Wireless. The companies said statement that Palm's Centro--the one bright spot for Palm in a landscape of bleak news--will hit Verizon Wireless stores June 13. The Centro has been a big hit...
- Tags: Palm Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Verizon Wireless, Centro, Centro Spec, Modems, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-12
- Motorola Q9c (Verizon Wireless)
- First announced at CTIA 2008 but available at Sprint since November, the Motorola Q9c is finally available at Verizon Wireless. Unlike the previously released Motorola Q9m, the Q9c ditches some of the multimedia goodness, namely V Cast support, in favor of integrated GPS to provide a more useful tool to...
- Tags: Smart phones, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Operating systems, Cellular phones, Verizon Wireless, number key, Motorola Q9c, Motorola Inc.
- Product reviews 2008-05-21
- RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 (Verizon Wireless)
- Just as Sprint has been long overdue for the RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330, so has Verizon Wireless. However, the time has come for the carrier, and we're happy to say it was worth the wait. With its full QWERTY keyboard and well-rounded feature set, the BlackBerry Curve 8330 is a...
- Tags: Handhelds, RIM BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330, RIM BlackBerry Curve, BlackBerry Curve, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Communications
- Product reviews 2008-05-20
- Review: Verizon UM150 USB EV-DO modem
- While Wi-Fi hot spots may be proliferating, they're not always reliable and don't help you much when you're in between coverage areas. Neither do the usurious rates carriers are charging for Wi-Fi these days. When you're in business and need Internet access while traveling there's no substitute for an EV-DO...
- Tags: jason D. O'Grady, EVDO, Modems, Cellular Phones, Verizon Communications Inc., 3GStore, Components, Consumer Electronics, Hardware, Personal Technology, UM150, UM150 EV-DO Modem, VZW BroadbandAccess Network
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Verizon Wireless XV6900
- Verizon Wireless made a number of smartphone announcements at CTIA 2008, and we're slowly seeing the roll out of the new devices, the first being the Verizon Wireless XV6900. Available now for $249.99 (with a two-year contract and after rebates), the XV6900 is basically the HTC Touch with Verizon's branding....
- Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Cellular phones, XV6900, Verizon Wireless XV6900, Verizon Wireless
- Product reviews 2008-04-22
- AT&T matches Verizon (T-Mobile follows): Welcome to the wireless price wars
- Updated: Verizon Wireless announces a $99.99 a month unlimited wireless access plan and AT&T matches it just a few hours later in a move that almost resembles something you'd see in the airline industry. First, Verizon Wireless announced Tuesday that it will immediately offer nationwide anytime wireless...
- Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., T-Mobile, AT&T Corp., Carrier, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-19
- HTC SMT5800 (Verizon Wireless)
- We've been waiting for this petite but powerful smartphone to land at a U.S. carrier for a while, and the time is finally here. The Verizon Wireless SMT5800 is a CDMA variant of the GSM HTC Vox. On the inside, it's your standard Windows Mobile 6 smartphone but its true...
- Tags: Smart phones, Keyboards, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Operating systems, High Tech Computer Corp., HTC SMT5800, Verizon Wireless, Verizon Wireless SMT5800, smart phone
- Product reviews 2008-01-31
- Nokia sees HD video on cell phones in a few years
- Nokia sees HD video on cell phones in a few yearswe don't have real HD on TV's yet...The amount of compression going into the signal is insane when it's going through a fiber network as it is. Now they want to get HD signals to cell phones?Verizon doesn't let you...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, phone, HD Video, cell phone, Nokia Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-12-05
- Novatel V640 EVDO card and why you want one
- Ive been using a Novatel V640 EVDO ExpressCard/34 for a while now on the Verizon network and its fantastic. It allows you to get online anywhere where theres high-speed EVDO coverage and it fits in the skinny (34mm, hence the name) ExpressCard/34 slot found in the MacBook Pro.The V640 was...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Expresscard, Verizon Communications Inc., Verizon&rsquo, s BroadbandAccess, EVDO, Novatel Wireless
- Blog posts 2007-03-15
- Verizon Wireless PN-820
- Smart phones have come a long way in design. Nowadays, they come in all shapes and sizes--from the sleek to the small--and not just the bricklike variety. Yet there's one form factor that the phone manufacturers have yet to conquer--flip phones. The Cingular 3125 was a good effort, but its...
- Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, Cellular phones, PN-820, Verizon Wireless PN-820, telephone, Verizon Wireless
- Product reviews 2007-03-14
- RIM BlackBerry 8703e (Verizon Wireless)
- We imagine a few CrackBerry addicts and messaging fanatics rejoiced when Verizon Wireless announced the availability of the RIM BlackBerry 8703e during the fall CTIA 2006 show. Similar to theBlackBerry 8700g for T-Mobile and the BlackBerry 8700c BlackBerry 8700c for Cingular, the 8703e features a full 35-key QWERTY keyboard and...
- Tags: Handhelds, Verizon Wireless, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, e-mail, RIM Blackberry 8703e
- Product reviews 2006-11-07
- Mobile telephony: the unacceptable face of capitalism
- Mobile telephony: the unacceptable face of capitalismI wouldnt miss the othersPhone companies try to pass charging customers a higher fee in the name of quality of service.How about the oil industry.They seem to be coming up with new excuses for raising price of oil.Supply and demand it not the reason....
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, T-Mobile, mobile, capitalism, Gestapo, telephony, HotSpot
- Discussion threads 2006-07-18
- T-Mobile: 'No hotspot? Sorry, no refund either'
- T-Mobile: 'No hotspot? Sorry, no refund either'You have to wonder...At what point will these companies get it?Argue that the service is not deliveredDear Mr Berlind,You might have went about the wrong way. You should had argued that it is "failure to honour the contract" on the grounds of...
- Tags: Help desk, Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Customer Service Rep, T-Mobile, refund, T&C, HotSpot
- Discussion threads 2006-07-18
- Verizon treads into the realm of The Prince
- A reader, la'ikoa, was kind enough to point out a change in Verizon's customer service agreement that may have serious consequences for groups of customers with a complaint against the company. Here's the background: A group of Verizon Last...
- Tags: Verizon Communications Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-07-05
- Motorola Q
- Editors' note: Ratings have been adjusted with respect to newer devices that have entered the market.The Motorola Q certainly knows how to make an impression. Ever since its introduction almost a year ago, this smart phone has generated a lot of buzz for its ultrathin form factor. Of course, Motorola...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Operating systems, Motorola Inc., Motorola Q
- Product reviews 2006-05-24
- Using a Treo as a Bluetooth modem with a MacBook Pro
- While it's not the fastest method of connecting to the Internet, there are times when it's convenient to use your mobile phone for Dial Up Networking DUN. The problem is that some operator-supplied handsets (like my Treo 650 from Verizon) have the DUN profile for Bluetooth disabled.Use the following steps...
- Tags: Bluetooth, Dial-up networking, Palm Treo, Verizon Communications Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-03-14
- RIM BlackBerry 7130e (Verizon Wireless)
- Verizon Wireless customers may have been feeling a bit neglected by Research in Motion, since every other major carrier features one of the sleek, consumer-friendly BlackBerry 7100-series models in its lineup: the BlackBerry 7100g for Cingular, the BlackBerry 7100i for Nextel, and the BlackBerry 7100t for T-Mobile. But it turns...
- Tags: Handhelds, e-mail, Verizon Wireless, RIM BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry 7130e
- Product reviews 2006-01-20
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