It's become apparent, if sources speaking anonymously are to be believed and sense is to follow, that the Samsung Galaxy Note will be coming to Verizon after all, this time re-named as the Galaxy Journal. This breaks the trend of the other three main carriers here in the USA getting one Samsung product while Verizon is left out, or vice versa, here the Galaxy Note coming to AT&T first, then to Verizon second, then the other two MAYBE soon after. In the case of the Galaxy S II, the other three carriers got the device while Verizon held back because of the device which came out soon after, the Galaxy Nexus, which Verizon then got the temporary exclusive on.
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Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX coming Jan. 26th with 3,300 mAh battery in tow
Earlier this week Motorola announced another handset to invade the signals of Verizon 4G LTE in the DROID RAZR MAXX. Stating this wasn't a replacement over the original RAZR just recently launched -- but an improved version with a larger battery. We were able to run it down on the showroom floor at this weeks CES 2012 and you can see our hands-on below. At no point was a release date detailed or confirmed -- until now.
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Verizon commits to 4G LTE for all future smartphones
Verizon has confirmed to CNET that it will be requiring all future smartphones to support 4G LTE. The carrier revealed that it would be an unyielding requirement for all upcoming 2012 mobile devices if they wish to run on Verizon's network. This includes smartphones, tablets, and even mobile hotspots and netbooks.
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Verizon FiOS TV app heading to Samsung Smart TVs and Blu-ray players
Samsung has announced that its 2012 lineup of Smart TVs and Smart Blu-ray players will be getting Verizon's FiOS TV app. This means that if you're a FiOS TV subscriber, you will be able to access the service directly from your new Samsung connected device. There's no need for the additional set-top box.
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CES 2012 Smartphone Round-Up
If Ultrabooks have been one of the key themes at CES 2012 this week, then smartphones have to be close behind: Motorola, Samsung, Sony and more have all rolled out new handsets to whet our cellular appetites. AT&T has pushed ahead with its eight-strong LTE range, including Nokia’s first 4G Windows Phone, while Intel has also staged its long-awaited push into smartphones. It’s enough to give anyone a headache, so read on for the SlashGear CES 2012 smartphone round-up.
Verizon bringing storage to mifi with Seagate LTE mobile drive
If you need a little more enterprise-friendly functionality in your broadband mobile router, Seagate and Verizon have a treat for you. Their new combination storage/mobile access device allows for sharing both a Verizon LTE mobile connection and files across the built-in hard drive.
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Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX hands-on
Motorola earlier today announced the rumored DROID RAZR MAXX. For those confused as Motorola just recently launched the original DROID RAZR, the RAZR MAXX is almost the same phone only slightly thicker and offering unparalleled battery life -- especially for a 4G LTE device. This new addition comes complete with a 3,300 mAh battery and manages to stay almost RAZR thin.
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Motorola Droid 4 Hands-on
The folks at Motorola have finally come clean with the next in line DROID device for Verizon's 4G LTE network, this a qwerty keyboard slider running Motorola's own user interface over Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread and having the same capabilities, to a point, that the RAZR has: this is the Droid 4. What we've got going here is a rather tough (or solid, however you look at it,) slider with a backlit set of keys, a dual-core 1.2GHz dual-core processor with 1GB of RAM, and they've put it on paper that it'll be running Ice Cream Sandwich in the near future.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 LTE coming to Verizon
Even before most of the world can purchase Samsung's first Super AMOLED tablet, the US is getting a version for Verizon's LTE network. Samsung broke the news themselves in their CES press conference today: the Galaxy Tab 7.7 is getting a localized Verizon LTE model The specifications are the same as the model revealed in 2010, with the obvious addition of mobile broadband.
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Verizon reveals purple DROID RAZR and DROID RAZR MAXX
Verizon announced some new additions to the DROID family today at CES 2012. It confirmed the DROID 4 earlier and now it's revealing a purple-colored DROID RAZR and a new variant called the DROID RAZR MAXX that boasts a longer-lasting battery while maintaining a still incredibly slim form at only 8.99mm thin.
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Verizon DROID 4 by Motorola official with QWERTY and LTE
Verizon has finally got around to launching the much-anticipated (and, for that matter, much-leaked) Motorola DROID 4, the Android device apparently taking the record for the "thinnest and most powerful 4G LTE QWERTY smartphone." Hiding a slide-out five-row QWERTY 'board behind a 4-inch qHD touchscreen, the DROID 4 has a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and 1GB of RAM, and runs Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread with an Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade in the pipeline.
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Verizon Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 LTE confirmed
Verizon has officially confirmed it will be offering an LTE version of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 7.7 tablet, the Super AMOLED Plus slate first unveiled back at IFA 2011. Running a 1.4GHz dual-core processor that drives a 1280 x 800 display and Android 3.2 with Samsung's TouchWiz modifications, the Galaxy Tab 7.7 LTE is just 7.9mm thick.
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