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| Jul 21, 2017 | Verizon accused of throttling Netflix and YouTube | Earlier this week, a Verizon subscriber on Reddit noticed something peculiar when testing the data speeds on his phone. On Fast.com (a speed test site powered by Netflix), his download speeds were consistently capping out at 10Mbps, but usi... |
| Jul 5, 2017 | T-Mobile will quietly hike prices to Verizon levels | According to a post on Reddit and T-Mobile retail employees who talked to BGR, T-Mobile is planning on increasing the price of the One Plus add-on this week. One Plus currently costs $5 a month, and T-Mobile’s planning on bumping that up to... |
| Jun 30, 2017 | Verizon Wireless disconnects some heavy data users in rural areas | Enlarge
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Verizon Wireless said it is disconnecting a small group of customers who use vast amo... |
| Jun 29, 2017 | Verizon customers claim they’re being booted off Unlimited plans for using too much data | Verizon has made a lot of noise about its new Unlimited plans. They’re not actually unlimited in the true sense of the word, but rather they only slow you down once you use your 22GB data allowance, rather than cut you off.
But some custome... |
| Feb 26, 2015 | Verizon At Least Shows It Has A Sense Of Humor About Net Neutrality, Even If It's Incapable Of Respecting It | Sure, Verizon may be endlessly misleading when it comes to everything from the spectrum crunch to network investment. And when it comes to anti-competitive telecom behavior it wrote the book. Hell, Verizon’s even in many ways directly respo... |
| Feb 18, 2014 | Investors Whine As T-Mobile Finally Forces Verizon Wireless To (GASP) Compete On Price | For several years now, Verizon Wireless has tried to make the argument that they don’t have to compete on price because their network is just that fantastically awesome. The position wasn’t entirely unsupportable, given that Verizon Wireles... |
| Oct 27, 2012 | Social Annotation Site Diigo.com Recovering After Domain Hijacking Nightmare | Diigo, a social bookmarking and annotation site, is finally back online 50 hours after the domain was first hijacked. It’s an incredible story that involves crisis management, blackmail, investigative research, payoffs, a clever thief, and ... |
| Jun 12, 2012 | Nokia U.S. Head Confirms PureView Imaging Tech Is Headed To Future Lumia Phones | The charmingly chunky PureView 808 was the first to sport Nokia’s impressive new imaging technology, but it (thankfully) won’t be the last. In a brief video interview with HowardForums, Nokia US President Chris Weber noted that the company’... |
| Mar 16, 2011 | Motorola DROID 3 Gets Caught On Camera | Just as another year always seems to bring another iPhone, it’s starting to look like Motorola plans on churning out an annual DROID. A trio of spy shots of this year’s entry have just leaked out (two more shots after the jump). There’s not... |
| Mar 16, 2011 | Two More Motorola Android Handsets Get Pictured: The Targa and Droid X2 | You know, it’s just not a good day for Motorola. After JUST having what seems to be the DROID 3 get caught on camera, photos of two other devices — the Targa and Droid X2, both presumably for Verizon — have leaked out.
That big ol’ candybar... |
| Feb 2, 2011 | Windows Phone 7 data usage: finger-pointing and bad communication | reader comments 34 with 29 posters participating
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| Jan 20, 2011 | Canadians rejoice: the Nexus S is coming in March | According to Moblicity CEO, Dave Dobbin, everyone’s favourite Gingerbread totin’ handset — The Samsung Nexus S — will be released through the company’s AWS brand come March. If you care not for AWS, then you’ll be happy to hear that Doctor ... |
| Jul 27, 2010 | Video: S-LCD vs AMOLED vs S-AMOLED vs LCD | No doubt after yesterday’s news that HTC is making the switch from AMOLED displays to the much more readily available S-LCD panels, you — like me — have been itching for a hands-on comparison between the two technologies.
Well, I’m not abou... |
| May 26, 2010 | Spankin' new shot of the Motorola Shadow emerges, along with contradictory specs | It seems like only hours ago that a leaked shot of the yet-to-be-announced Motorola Shadow emerged, yet here we are with another shot of the possible successor to the Droid.
This time around there is no wacky story accompanying the leak, bu... |
| Dec 9, 2009 | Tired of waiting for the Droid 2.0.1 update? Wait no longer. | Oh, vast Internets, how boundless are your resources.
Just as we started hearing the first complaints of people still waiting for Verizon to grace their phone with the Droid 2.0.1 software update, the Android community has come through. Goi... |
| Sep 30, 2009 | More Motorola Tao (Sholes) Android shots leaked | Lots and lots of Big Red’s customers (not to mention potential defectors from other carriers) are getting really excited about the purported launch of an Android-powered, Motorola-made mobile for Verizon. New images of what was originally k... |
| Jul 3, 2009 | Samsung Glyde 2 spy shots leak, headed for Verizon | What’s black, red, wears a Verizon badge, and looks just like the Samsung Glyde? The Samsung Glyde 2, of course!
Presumably in hopes of losing a friend or getting someone fired, HowardForums user StandardsDT waited for his in-the-know buddy... |
| Jun 16, 2009 | The iPhone 3G S Pre-Orders Start Storming The American Beaches — But Will Apple Hold Them Back? | Last night, we noted that iPhone 3G S pre-orders started leaving their point of origin in China yesterday, and many had a scheduled delivery date of tomorrow — a full two days before they’re scheduled to hit stores. Today brings more proof ... |
| Mar 2, 2009 | Samsung SPH-M810 clears the FCC, is probably the Instinct Mini | Just weeks ago, word got out that a fun-sized version of the Instinct was on the way. It looks like it might have just cleared the FCC. How can we assume that its the Instinct Mini and not just any random Samsung?
The model number is SPH-M8... |
| Jan 23, 2009 | LG VX9600 Versa is super modular, super caught on camera | It’s a thought we’ve all had at one point or another: “Instead of having to decide between handsets with QWERTY and those without, why not just make the keyboard detachable?” Unfortunately, the majority of us aren’t major handset manufactur... |
| Dec 25, 2008 | Leaked 2009 Rogers/Fido roadmap is packed to the brim with smartphones | Yo dawg – Rogers heard you liked smartphones, so they put smartphones in your smartphone so you can smartphone while you smartphone.
But seriously, if you’re a smartphone fan on Rogers/Fido, your brain might just melt in 2009. HoFo-goer cle... |
| Nov 11, 2008 | Samsung Saga aka i770 hitting retailers 12/1, but you can get it this Friday | According to a screen grab posted by VZW E over on HF the Samsung i770 that was supposed to ship last quarter will go on sale this Friday. That’s all, folks. |
| Nov 11, 2008 | BlackBerry Storm pricing and release date revealed? | If we piece together a couple of Verizon sources, the BlackBerry Storm will launch on November 17, 2008 for $219 with a two-year contract. None of this is of course confirmed through VZW, but it seems to fit the timetable and price point.
V... |
| Nov 4, 2008 | Verizon nixing Pay as You Go data and requiring data plans | Are you content with your Verizon Pay as You Go data plan? Well, hold on to it. Hold on to it closely, my friend. BGR spotted a leaked document over at HoFo indicating that changes are on the way. Come November 14th, Verizon’s booting the o... |
| Sep 15, 2008 | BlackBerry Storm prep papers show up at Verizon stores | Click image for the embiggened version
Today’s supposed to be the big news day for the BlackBerry Storm on Verizon and, lo and behold, documents prepping Verizon employees for the news have started hitting desks. While it doesn’t mention pr... |
| Sep 14, 2008 | Verizon BlackBerry Storm announcement coming on Sept. 15? | Word is circling that a Verizon internal email foreshadows some “exciting news” tomorrow, September 15. Forums are abuzz that the news really is the touchscreen BlackBerry Storm announcement derived from the emailed image showing clouds and... |
| Sep 8, 2008 | T-Mobile’s 3G turned on early in Philadelphia | Know what I learned the last time I was in Philadelphia? Ben Franklin invented EVERYTHING. So it may be that Mr. Franklin is behind the surprise early launch of T-Mobile’s 3G service in his fair city. A post left yesterday on HowardForums d... |
| Jul 9, 2008 | HTC Touch Diamond to Sprint in early September? | According to a photo on the SprintUsers.com forum — a photo which apparently came from HowardForums (I couldn’t find it there) — several new handsets will be available on the Sprint network over the coming months. The HTC MP6950, also known... |
| Jun 19, 2008 | Canada: Internal Rogers memo leaks iPhone 3G info? | Take this with a grain of salt, but a user over on HowardForums who’s been known to leak credible information in the past has apparently leaked some pricing information about the iPhone 3G that’ll be heading to Canada on the Rogers network.... |
| Apr 23, 2008 | Analyst: Mobile DTV standards problem may never be solved | In-Stat has published a report that forecasts the future of the worldwide mobile TV market, anticipating a total of $12 billion dollars in revenue in 2012, but it appears the fragmented nature of standards is here to stay.
Much like PAL and... |
| Mar 7, 2008 | MobiTV Has A Totally Unsecured Feed, Threatens To Take Down HowardForums For Pointing That Out | If you follow the mobile communications world, you read HowardForums. It is, by far, the most comprehensive set of forums for anything having to do with mobile phones and mobile operators and applications. It’s a fantastic resource… and Mob... |
| Mar 7, 2008 | MobiTV flailing out at Howard Forums | Once again, a company is attacking instructions on how to subvert their control. This time it’s HowardForums who posted a list of links to mobiTV that basically give Sprint users free access to mobiTV’s offerings. The instructions and links... |
| Jan 18, 2008 | HTC Touch coming to Verizon: People who liked the Sprint Touch had better switch carriers, shave their bodies, prepare for His coming | Actually, I’m just joking. The Verizon Touch is a little slimmer than the Sprint version and it’s all white, but it’s really not the second coming of the great corn god Centeotl. It is, in fact, slim PDA with featuring a fairly cool UI tric... |
| Dec 19, 2007 | Smartphones Now: Five simple Windows Mobile tricks | The tricks contained within this post probably aren’t going to be revolutionary to most seasoned Windows Mobile users but if there’s one thing I can’t stand about the operating system, it’s how many steps and/or the amount of extra software... |
| Dec 11, 2007 | Using a Bluetooth phone with Linux | reader comments with 0 posters participating
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My old mobile phone, which was held together with duct tape for the last few months of its sad existence, has finally been repl... |
| Oct 2, 2007 | Helio Drift drifts away, makes room for Mysto | The Helio Drift has been wiped from the site, which means there’s room for another device and it means you can swoop up a Drift for cheap. A new Samsung device passed through the FCC that was branded Helio and it appears that Helio Mysto ha... |
| Jun 29, 2007 | AT&T Speedier Because of Something That Starts With i? | Late last night some AT&T geeks started benchmarking their network speed. Suddenly, after months of sub-standard EDGE speeds, they noticed 200+kbps during most trials, suggesting that someone out there has been tweaking things to make i... |
| Apr 29, 2007 | WinMo 6 for T-Mo Dash Leaked | ATTN T-Mo Dash Owners: WinMo 6 is finally here! Oh and don’t worry because this isn’t a Beta version. It’s the real deal holyfield. According to the folks on Howard Forums they haven’t had any problems upgrading so feel free to download and... |
| Mar 26, 2007 | Frickin' Motorola LAZR Beams! | All I want are some frickin’ lasers! Is that too much to ask? Motorola’s newest handset is making the rounds under the LAZR moniker with limited details. What we do know is that it runs a Linux OS, has 512MB on-board memory and Motiquette. ... |
| Jan 26, 2007 | Motorola Q Poses with Q Pro | We’re learning that the forthcoming Q Pro from Motorola is much like Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas, a little thick, and a lot sexy. The standard Q, on the other hand, is like Lohan, slender and enticing at first, but then you learn it has... |
| Oct 25, 2006 | Cingular Nokia N75 Self-Important Musicphone In the Wild | That’s not just a Nokia N75 in this photo, that’s a Nokia N75 with Cingular branding. Word on the tubes is that Cingy will be getting this 3G clamshell sometime in November. The N75, spotted here in the wild, is a musicphone, one from the l... |
| Oct 24, 2006 | Cingular 8525 Smartphone Documents Leaked, Launch Imminent | Looks like Cingular’s going to be releasing their 8525 quite soonish now – we’re looking at the first week of November – much to the delight of smartphone lovers everywhere (on Cingular).
In case you didn’t know, the Cingular 8525 is the su... |
| Oct 17, 2006 | Verizon's LG9900 Official Marketing Shots | Judging from these product photos, the newest LG communicator from Verizon, the 9900, seems to be almost ready to launch. Looking a bit sexier than the 9800, the 9900 has a 2-megapixel camera (up from 1.3-megapixel in the FCC filing), micro... |
| Aug 17, 2006 | Upcoming Verizon Chocolate Flip-Phone | This doesn’t look like the LG KG810 Chocolate (it has a different wheel), but it is definitely a flip-phone version of the Chocolate, headed for Verizon some time in the near future.
Howard Forums [via Phone Arena] |
| Mar 9, 2005 | Too Many VoIP And Mobile Data Outages | While it’s likely that it’s all just a big coincidence, there have been an awful lot of “major” outages among VoIP and mobile data providers over the last four days. Occasional outages do happen, but it just seems like there are a few too m... |
| Dec 20, 2004 | Cingular Integration So Slow That Much Of Its Network Is Down | It’s a bit surprising that this hasn’t caught the attention of the press yet (other than one small site), but apparently large parts of Cingular’s network are down (registration required — annoyingly BugMeNot resistant). Some online forums ... |
| Verizon customers claim they’re being booted off Unlimited plans for using too much data | Verizon has made a lot of noise about its new Unlimited plans. They’re not actually unlimited in the true sense of the word, but rather they only slow you down once you use your 22GB data allowance, rather than cut you off.
But some custome... |
| T-Mobile will quietly hike prices to Verizon levels | According to a post on Reddit and T-Mobile retail employees who talked to BGR, T-Mobile is planning on increasing the price of the One Plus add-on this week. One Plus currently costs $5 a month, and T-Mobile’s planning on bumping that up to... |
| Verizon accused of throttling Netflix and YouTube | Earlier this week, a Verizon subscriber on Reddit noticed something peculiar when testing the data speeds on his phone. On Fast.com (a speed test site powered by Netflix), his download speeds were consistently capping out at 10Mbps, but usi... |
