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Verizon Galaxy Nexus Hands-on

Vincent Nguyen, Dec 15th 2011 Discuss [18]

After weeks of waiting, the Verizon Galaxy Nexus LTE has finally arrived. It’s hardly an unfamiliar phone – after all, we reviewed the HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus back in November, coming away charmed by its combination of 720p HD display and Ice Cream Sandwich OS – but it brings with it a few advantages and a few potential compromises too. 4G means high-speed downloads on a par with what many people expect from their home broadband connection, assuming you have the coverage, but we’ve also grown used to LTE phones chewing through battery life in record time. Read on for our first impressions.

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Verizon Galaxy Nexus on sale now for $300

Chris Davies, Dec 15th 2011 Discuss [35]

The Verizon Galaxy Nexus, Google’s third Nexus smartphone and the first to include 4G LTE connectivity, has finally gone up for sale, priced at $299.99 with a new, two-year agreement. Officially announced yesterday, the Samsung-made handset includes a 4.65-inch Super AMOLED HD 720p display, 5-megapixel camera with 1080p HD video recording, and runs Ice Cream Sandwich, Google’s latest version of Android.

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Motorola DROID XYBOARD 10.1 Review

Chris Burns, Dec 14th 2011 Discuss [17]

When it comes to tablet warfare, Motorola seemed to get out in the open with a weapon of mass excellence with the XOOM pretty early, it being the first to run Android 3.0 Honeycomb, the first Android made specifically for the tablet form factor – now they’ve come back with the XOOM 2 aka the DROID XYBOARD and we’re not so sure it’s the same ground-breaking situation. What we’ve got here instead is certainly a solid package, this XYBOARD 10.1 making some improvements over the original XOOM, especially in form if you were one of the many people who said the XOOM was a hunk of metal with no style, (note: I was not one of those people, I still think the XOOM looks pretty awesome for the workhorse that it is,) and with LTE right out of the box, the XYBOARD provides the promise that the original XOOM took much MUCH to long to deliver on: 4G LTE connectivity. But is it enough for Motorola enthusiasts to want to upgrade from their first 10.1-inch love?

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Verizon Galaxy Nexus announced for sale [UPDATE: Off-contract pricing included]

Chris Burns, Dec 14th 2011 Discuss [40]

The device known as the Galaxy Nexus has been formally announced for sale this week via Verizon Wireless, this device being the first LTE smartphone running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and indeed the first Android device running that newest version on the market. We’ve been waiting for this release since the first announcement of the device in its international form back in Hong Kong a few weeks ago, and starting this month we’ll be able to pick the device up here in the United States at our local Verizon store for $299.99 connected to a 2-year contract – starting tomorrow, the 15th of December, 2011.

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Verizon Galaxy Nexus gets interactive support simulator, help with Android 4.0 ICS

Chris Burns, Dec 14th 2011 Discuss [28]

Though the differences between the original Galaxy Nexus that's been released a couple of weeks ago by Samsung internationally and the Verizon 4G LTE version of the handset are few, Verizon has gone above and beyond the call of duty in creating an interactive "this is how you do it" page for the device's relatively new software. What you'll be able to do on this Samsung Galaxy Nexus support simulator is find out how to access and use everything from Phone Calls to Android Beam, all of this fully activated and ready to go on the handset set to release SOON (tomorrow, if you believe the whispers from above.) Read The Full Story

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Motorola DROID XYBOARD 10.1 and XYBOARD 8.2 hands-on

Vincent Nguyen, Dec 12th 2011 Discuss [8]

Motorola’s first-gen XOOM launched with plenty of promise at the beginning of the year, but Honeycomb – and some expensive data plans from Verizon – left the Android alternative to the iPad looking less than appealing. Now Motorola’s second attempt at the segment, the XYBOARD 10.1 and XYBOARD 8.2, have arrived, fresh to the SlashGear test bench with new angular styling, faster processors and some special features that might at least give new tablet shoppers an idea what exactly to use big-screen slates for. Read on for our first impressions.

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AT&T, Verizon both testing Nokia Lumia 800 with LTE

Rue Liu, Dec 12th 2011 Discuss [0]

According to CNET sources, both AT&T and Verizon are currently testing LTE versions of Nokia's Lumia 800 Windows Phone. The device has already launched in Europe and is expected to hit stateside in early 2012, likely making a debut at CES in January. Read The Full Story

Verizon Galaxy Nexus set for December 15th says multiple sources

Chris Burns, Dec 12th 2011 Discuss [120]

This week we've got more sources than we know what to do with telling us that Verizon's new release date for the Galaxy Nexus is no later than December 15th - no sooner, either, if you put it that way. This device has been one of the most hotly debated madness inciters in months as it was released in the UK several weeks before being dropped here in the USA through its first and only carrier: Verizon. This device is the first device to carry Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and is Samsung / Google / Verizon's hero phone when it's released later this week - we hope! Read The Full Story

Verizon Revolution 2/LG Spectrum photos leak

Shane McGlaun, Dec 12th 2011 Discuss [3]

A photo showing multiple sides of the LG Spectrum to be known as the Revolution 2 on the Verizon network has surfaced. This phone was tipped in the Verizon computer last month with the model number VS920 reports Pocketnow. The photo shows the phone from the front, back, top, and both sides. The only angle lacking is one of the bottom of the phone. Presumably, that bottom section has nothing on it. Read The Full Story

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Dear Verizon: Don’t Try Streaming, It’s A Dumb Idea

Don Reisinger, Dec 10th 2011 Discuss [29]

Something rather interesting has been happening as of late: an increasing number of companies, smelling Netflix blood, want to jump into the streaming space and become the average consumers’ new go-to place for entertainment.

It makes some sense. Over the last several months, Netflix has been hemorrhaging subscribers who are displeased with the company’s new pricing plans. And its ill-fated decision to spin off its DVD rental business made management seem incompetent. Add those issues to the difficult relationships it has with content providers, and it’s no wonder companies like Amazon, Wal-mart and others, want to take it down.

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Verizon DROID XYBOARD 10.1 and 8.2 go on sale

Chris Davies, Dec 9th 2011 Discuss [5]

Verizon has thrown the DROID XYBOARD 10.1 and 8.2 tablets up for sale, offering Android Honeycomb on a 1.2GHz dual-core in a choice of sizes, though there are questions around whether the carrier has again overpriced its slates. Announced earlier this week as the 4G LTE versions of the Motorola XOOM 2, and rumored not to hit shelves until next week, the two DROID XYBOARD models are priced from $429.99 for the 8.2-inch model and $529.99 for the 10.1-inch model, both demanding a two-year data agreement. Read The Full Story

Verizon 4G LTE back online

Chris Davies, Dec 8th 2011 Discuss [3]

Verizon Wireless has restored its 4G LTE network, following an outage over the past 24-36 hours that saw customers dumped back onto 3G or even 2G data connections. The cause of the outage is yet to be confirmed - Verizon said only that it was a "technical issue" - but subscribers across the US were impacted as the high-speed service went offline, embarrassingly just days after the carrier had celebrated its first year of 4G service. Read The Full Story