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Rumor: Verizon Wireless Launching LTE Nov. 15th
With the recent rumor of the iPhone coming to Verizon in January, we have another one for you. This time, BGR has an anonymous tipster that says Verizon is set to launch LTE on November 15th in 25 markets and LTE-compatible handsets will go on sale Black Friday. The 25 markets will supposedly cover 100…
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Update on CDMA iPhone: Now on VZW in January?!
In a previous story this month we talked about a company manufacturing CDMA iPhones. Well the latest is a story out of Bloomberg stating the iPhone will be on VZW in January 2011. “Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. mobile-phone company, will start selling Apple Inc.’s iPhone next year, ending AT&T Inc.’s exclusive hold on the…
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Latest EVO 4G OTA update may cause big problems
Sprint began to push a new OTA update out yesterday to eager EVO 4G owners that promised all sorts of good stuff. This all sounded exciting to most EVO users, especially when confronted with what many users believe are below average battery levels for day to day usage. Unfortuantely, as you can see here and…
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Froyo Officially Released For Nexus One Owners FRF85B
Last week we reported on the rumored “official” Froyo update for the Nexus One, with a version of FRF83. Last night, Google officially announced the Froyo update, which they say will be gradually pushed to phones this week. People are reporting the update version is FRF85B and is about a 500Kb update from FRF83. Last…
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Droid X Disassembled & More Android 2.2 News
It was only a matter of time and we all knew it was coming. The Verizon Droid X has been fully disassembled by the people at DroidX.net. Unfortunately, they weren’t able to see the models of some of the chips without unsoldering the metal casings around them. There’s not much information here, but they provide…
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iPhone 4 Reception Issues (Updated w/ Official Response)
Yes, the iPhone 4 was released yesterday in retail stores across the US and some people are already pointing out issues. Some have already broken the phone due to glass being on both the screen and the back cover or many are saying if held a certain way that you will lose bars (reception). Read…
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Android Updates: Froyo Official On Nexus One & Minor Update Coming For Evo Users
There are a few Android updates coming out over the next few days. First of all, the Google Nexus One is finally getting an official update to Froyo, with the official version being FRF83. There’s been two leaked builds over the last few weeks, FRF50 and FRF72, but this one is rumored to be official…
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In-Depth iPhone 4 Teardown!
The guys over at iFixit and Chipworks have done some excellent teardown work on the Apple iPhone 4 and gotten the full scoop as far as the materials and specs are concerned. First let’s take a look at the outside (pictures courtesy of iFixit).: “The rugged stainless steel bezels around the iPhone 4’s perimeter double…
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IPhone 4 Woe is You? Pre-Order Status in Doubt? Read on!
Despite the recent cancellations of pre-orders due to problems with AT&T and Apple, the majority of the pre-orders have been sent out (estimated 600,000 handsets) for the June 24th release which are now leaving people who didn’t pre-order with the question of “Can I upgrade?” Well I’m here to break it down for you.
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CDMA iPhone coming in Q4 2010? With 512 MB RAM!
Thanks to a tip from ‘geeker darren.wlsn1 we’ve got word of brighthand reporting Pegatron Technology is going to start manufacturing CDMA handsets in Shanghai and get them over to the states in time for a Q4 release this year. During this year’s World-Wide Developers Conference (WWDC), there were many rumors afloat regarding a Verizon iPhone,…
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iPhone 4 Record Pre-Orders!
Apple released a press release stating that more than 600,000 iPhone 4s were pre-ordered yesterday, June 15th. “It was the largest number of pre-orders Apple has ever taken in a single day and was far higher than we anticipated” Apple also commented on the trouble some would-be customers had in getting through online “Many customers…
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Verizon Wireless To Hold 4G LTE Web Conference Today @ 11AM, And PPCGeeks Is On It!
Hello Folks! As we all know, Sprint’s been taking the world by Storm with news of their EVO release over the past two weeks, Today, It looks like Verizon is taking a chance to fire back, holding a conference on their plans and specifications of the 4G LTE (Long-Term-Evolution) band, expected to replace 3G starting…
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Samsung Galaxy S Pro Coming To Sprint w/ 4G and Keyboard!
The thing holding a lot of people back when it came to the Evo was because of the lack of a hardware keyboard. Now we might have a game changer and a phone that could pull more Windows Mobile users over to the Android side. Introducing the Samsung Galaxy S Pro, fully branded with Sprint…
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Sprint Evo Screen Separation?
There’s been some reports going around of people experiencing glass separation issues on their new Sprint Evo’s. There’s been some people in our forums discussing this same issue. In the image about, you can see that its usually the lower portion of the screen, and while it may not look bad right now, it would…
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Verizon Droid X or Sprint Evo?
With many of our users recently upgrading to the Sprint HTC Evo 4G, it looks like there’s going to be another heavy hitter in the Android market, this time for Verizon Wireless. Meet the Motorola Droid Xtreme, or Droid X for short. We’ve heard rumors about it before, but now there’s finally some decent images…
