Visual Voice Mail announced by Verizon for LG Voyager

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Verizon Wireless announces Visual Voice Mail service available today on the LG Voyager smartphone.
Visual Voice Mail was first available on the Apple iPhone. Since Apple had to license Visual Voice Mail from Klausner it seems everyone who licenses from them can call it Visual Voice Mail. Read more

Posted on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:38:02 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pink BlackBerry Curve 8330 and BlackBerry Pearl 8130 announced by Verizon

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Verizon Wireless announces the BlackBerry Curve 8330 and the BlackBerry Pearl 8130 smartphones in Pink.
Verizon targets college students with the pink BlackBerries. I am not sure why - Verizon thinks that it would add flair when they are at school or interviewing for an internship or job.
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Posted on Fri, 8 Aug 2008 14:57:14 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Verizon Wireless supports QualComm Gobi World-wide

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Verizon Wireless announces global wireless service offerings for the Qualcomm Gobi module embedded in upcoming Notebooks.
Gobi will work with Verizon Wireless GlobalAccess and BroadbandAccess services to provide global mobile broadband access on both CDMA and GSM wireless networks in over 125 destinations worldwide. Read more

Posted on Mon, 4 Aug 2008 10:02:34 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Casio G'zOne Boulder available on Verizon

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Verizon Wireless announces the Casio G'zOne Boulder as the newest Push to Talk phone that is exclusively available through Verizon.

The G'zOne Boulder rough and tough mobile phone is built to military specifications to withstand shock, water and dust environment.
The rugged design of the new G'zOne meets military specifications 810F standards for water, shock and dust resistance; immersion; vibration, salt fog; humidity; solar radiation; altitude; and low and high temperature storage. Read more

Posted on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:40:10 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Verizon quarterly Profit gains, led by Wireless

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc on Monday said quarterly profit rose on strong wireless sales, shrugging off the impact of a weaker economy and offsetting a fall in landline users.
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Posted on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:42:44 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Verizon adds 1.5 million Customers in 2nd Quarter

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Verizon Wireless today announced second-quarter 2008 net customer additions of 1.5 million.

At the end of the quarter the company had 68.7 million customers, including 66.7 million retail customers, which are those it directly serves and manages and who choose the Verizon Wireless brand. More customers use the Verizon Wireless brand than any other wireless brand in the U.S. Read more

Posted on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:28:18 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

LG Chocolate 3 unveiled by Verizon Wireless

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Verizon Wireless announced on iPhone 3G launch day the new LG Chocolate 3 phone.

The new LG Chocolate 3 is a flip phone style music phone with support of the new Verizon Wireless V CAST Music with Rhapsody. Read more

Posted on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Verizon launches V CAST Music with Rhapsody

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Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody (RealNetworks) and MTV Networks launch V CAST Music with Rhapsody.

V CAST Music with Rhapsody delivers unlimited monthly access to music on up to three Rhapsody-compatible mobile phones and players and online on multiple PCs and Web browsers, for about the cost of a single CD. In addition, customers who purchase music over-the-air are able to download the master copy of the songs or albums to their PCs free of digital rights management (DRM) software that restricts how and where music can be played. Read more

Posted on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:37:54 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

LG Dare now available on Verizon Wireless

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Early June Verizon announced the LG Dare touchscreen phone. Today Verizon says that the smartphone is now available.

The LG Dare features a 3 inch touchscreen with handwriting recognition, a 3.2MP camera with face detection and flash, and photo editing capabilities. Read more

Posted on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:17:06 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Verizon Wireless Says Texting Not Just for Kids

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Verizon wireless wants to be sure that mobile phone users know that texting isn’t just for kids. According to Verizon Wireless over 1 billion text messages are sent over its Florida wireless network each month.

Many see texting as something that kids use mostly, but Verizon says that texting is a good way for adults and businesses to communicate when only short bits of information are needed to be exchanged. Texting also has the benefit of leaving a record for people to reference later. According to Verizon about 20 billion text messages are sent across its network nationwide each month. Read more

Posted on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Loopt location-based service now on Verizon Wireless

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Verizon Wireless and Loopt announced today that Verizon Wireless customers can now access Loopt’s interoperable location-based service.

Loopt allows friends who opt in to be located by other friends to show where the friends are located and what they are doing via detailed, interactive maps on their mobile phones. Loopt helps friends connect on the go and navigate their social lives by orienting them to people, places and events. Users can also choose to permit sharing of location updates, geo-tagged photos and comments with friends in their mobile address book or on online social networks, communities and blogs. Read more

Posted on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:33:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

RiffWare Miles To Go Applications for Verizon Wireless Helps Auto Lease Customer

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One of the biggest problems for people who lease vehicles is keeping track of the number of miles that they put on the vehicle. Most leases have really high mileage fees for any amount of miles that go over a preset limit.

In some cases going over by as little as 2,500 miles a year can add thousands to the amount you have to pay. A new application available for Verizon Wireless customers on their cell phones helps keep track of how many miles are left. The application is called Miles To Go and it warns drivers when driving patterns will lead to overages allowing them to adjust their habits. The application retails for $2.99. Read more

Posted on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Nokia & Verizon Wireless Team Up for the Nokia 6205 Dark Knight Edition

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Verizon Wireless and Nokia have teamed up for a new special edition Nokia 6205 Dark Knight Edition handset. The device is a Verizon Wireless exclusive and is black with the Dark knight emblem on the back.

The flip phone also includes wallpapers, voice tones, screensavers and the full movie trailer pre-loaded. Other features include external music controls, a 2-inch LCD, Verizon V Cast compatibility and more. The camera features a 1.3MP camera phone with flash and 4x digital zoom. Internal storage capacity is 58 MB. Read more

Posted on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:04:58 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Verizon announces Palm Centro

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Today Verizon Wireless announced that the Palm Centro smartphone will be available online on June 13th (Tomorrow).

The Palm Centro runs on Verizon Wireless’ high-speed data network and Verizon Wireless customers can also use the Centro as a modem for their laptops when they subscribe to Verizon Wireless’ BroadbandAccess Connect service plan. Read more

Posted on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:04:41 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

LG Dare, LG Chocolate 3 and LG Decoy new at Verizon

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Verizon Wireless is expanding its LG line-up with the LG Dare, LG Decoy, and the new LG Chocolate 3.

The most interesting of the three new LG phones from Verizon is the LG Dare touch-screen phone.

The 3G V-Cast enabled LG Dare features a 3.2MP camera, in-phone photo editing tool, direct uploads to a social networking site. Other details are still not published. Verizon promises updates on the Dare later this month. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Verizon offers small Businesses unlimited Wireless

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc on Wednesday launched an unlimited wireless calling service for small businesses, amid growing competition with AT&T Inc to grab corporate customers.
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Posted on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:16:21 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pearl Jam and Verizon go mobile for live Bootlegs

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By Jonathan Cohen

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Pearl Jam has struck a deal with Verizon Wireless' V Cast service to sell select tracks from the authorized live bootlegs that will be available in conjunction with the band's upcoming summer tour, which begins Wednesday (June 11) in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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Posted on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:44:29 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Verizon Games Offers over 1000 Games on Demand

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Verizon Wireless says that it now offers over 1,000 premium games via its Verizon Games on Demand service. Verizon says that the 1,000 game number makes it the largest and most diverse library of any PC games service.

The 1,000 game milestone was hit when video game versions of classic Hasbro titles Risk and Boggle, Poker superstars III, and Cake Mania 2 were added. Verizon offers games for publishers like Ubisoft, Eidos, Scholastic, ValueSoft, and PlayFirst on its service. Read more

Posted on Mon, 9 Jun 2008 12:34:55 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

JetBlue LiveTV to buy Verizon's Airfone network: WSJ

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - JetBlue Airways Corp's LiveTV unit said it has agreed to buy Verizon Communications Inc's Airfone network as aims to develop in-flight email and Internet services, The Wall Street Journal said on Monday.
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Posted on Mon, 9 Jun 2008 00:50:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Verizon buys Alltell for $28.1 billion

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Verizon announces that it has entered into an agreement with Alltel Corporation and Atlantis Holdings LLC, an affiliate of private investment firm TPG Capital and GS Capital Partners, to acquire Alltel Corporation in a cash merger.

Verizon Wireless will acquire the equity of Alltel for approximately $5.9 billion. Based on Alltel’s projected net debt at closing of $22.2 billion, the aggregate value of the transaction is $28.1 billion.

"This move will create an enhanced platform of network coverage, spectrum and customer care to better serve the growing needs of both Alltel and Verizon Wireless customers for reliable basic and advanced broadband wireless services," said Lowell McAdam, Verizon Wireless president and chief executive officer. Read more

Posted on Thu, 5 Jun 2008 09:37:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Verizon in Talks to buy Alltel for about $27 billion: Source

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By Sinead Carew and Paritosh Bansal

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless is close to sealing a roughly $27 billion deal to buy rural mobile service provider Alltel Corp, aiming to overtake AT&T Inc as the top U.S. wireless service, a source familiar with the talks told Reuters on Wednesday.
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Posted on Thu, 5 Jun 2008 01:19:53 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr