Apr 02

AT&T, Verizon looking to join e-book reader market?

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As far as business relationships go, Amazon and Sprint’s Kindle lovechild has proven to be a fruitful endeavor. So it’s with little surprise that other manufacturers have been seeking out that same feeling of carrier companionship. According to Verizon Wireless VP of open development Tony Lewis, there are five e-book readers in the works from various companies that are looking to be certified for use on the network, possibly in the same way Kindle uses its connectivity to download books on the fly. While he wouldn’t provide any names, he did hint they were looking at segments of the market Kindle isn’t currently catering to, such as college textbooks. We’ve also got word that AT&T’s looking to hop on the bandwagon, with head of emerging devices Glenn Lurie chiming in that they want to be a part of that market. If that Whispernet connectivity is the feature that’s been tempting you to go Kindle, looks like you’ll have a few more options on the horizon, if you’re patient.

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AT&T, Verizon looking to join e-book reader market? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 31

Motion brings Verizon WWAN, SSD, other upgrades to C5 and F5 tablet PCs

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It’s been a solid tick since Motion Computing overhauled its F5 Slate PC, but all that’s changing (seriously) today. As you can tell, the device now sports a freshened look with a black exterior to “better withstand dirty and dusty mobile work environments.” Additionally, the C5 tablet is joining in for the rest of the upgrades, which include inbuilt support for Verizon Wireless’ EV-DO network, Intel’s WiFi Link 5300 series 802.11a/g/n, Core 2 Duo CPU options, improved battery life, a 64GB SSD option and an external battery charger for hardcore field users. The Motion F5 gets going at $2,699, while the C5 starts up at $500 less; both machines are shipping now to the company’s network of resellers and distributors, and the release can be peeked in full just after the break.

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Motion brings Verizon WWAN, SSD, other upgrades to C5 and F5 tablet PCs originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 31

Screen Grabs: Verizon Hub tells of Serena’s galavanting

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We didn’t happen to spot Nelly’s shiny new BlackBerry Storm on last night’s Gossip Girl, but we did see that cast-wide Verizon contract rubbed in our faces again. Verizon’s newest non-cellphone (that’d be the Hub) made a brief appearance at the tail end of the episode to inform Lily van der Woodsen that her dearest Serena had reverted to her old carefree ways and hopped a private jet to Spain. Hope she took a worldphone over there, else making that “I’m here!” call is going to be just a wee bit difficult in GSM world.

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Screen Grabs: Verizon Hub tells of Serena’s galavanting originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 30

Verizon MiFi 2200 EVDO hotspot leaks out, will sell like Canadian bananas

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It’s not quite as sexy as the brushed aluminum version we saw back in December, but these leaked images showing a Verizon-branded Novatel MiFi 2200 personal hotspot are certainly enough to get the blood pumping. If you don’t recall the concept, the MiFi is a battery-powered EVDO router the size of a credit card that can provide network access over WiFi for up to four hours on a charge. There’s still a lot of details up in the air here, like how many devices can connect at once and the max data rate, but if this thing comes in anywhere close to its estimated $200 price tag we’d say a lot of those answers might not matter. Couple more pics at the read link.

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Verizon MiFi 2200 EVDO hotspot leaks out, will sell like Canadian bananas originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 27

Samsung’s Alias2 in live shots, still not looking awesome

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Don’t get us wrong, the concept of a truly dynamic keypad on a phone is awesome, and we’re sure that the concept is going to be going places in the next few years — we just don’t think that a handset that looks like this is going to be the one to light the fire. Pictures of the Alias2 from Samsung have filtered in after yesterday’s user manual leak, giving us a better idea of what the phone looks like; we still can’t put our finger on what technology the keypad is using, but given that we’ve heard that it’ll retain its layout with the battery out, we’re starting to think that it might be segmented E Ink. Active matrix E Ink would’ve been ten times cooler, but we imagine it’s not quite at the price point yet where it makes sense for a product in this range. Keep on keepin’ on with the innovative stuff, though, guys — just make sure it spends a little more time in the design department next time.

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Mar 09

Playing both sides: Nokia says its 4G position ‘has not changed’

Posted in: lte, nokia, Today's Chili, verizon, Verizon Wireless, VerizonWireless, vzw, WiMAX

Coupled with the discontinuation of the N810 WiMAX, Nokia’s intention to get LTE devices into the marketplace by next year had many folks thinking that the company was starting to sour on WiMAX altogether, but — at least officially — it turns out that’s not the case. Nokia has contacted us today to let us know that its positions on the battling 4G technologies have not changed, emphasizing that the N810 WiMAX’s departure “does not apply to other WiMAX business development efforts that Nokia is involved in.” Considering the growing belief that both of these technologies are here to stay — that is, it’s not looking like an HD DVD vs. Blu-ray-style battle of attrition — it’s a shrewd attitude for Nokia to take.

It gets juicier, though: Nokia is also refuting claims that it has entered into an exclusive agreement to develop a touchscreen LTE device with Verizon: “While we have not entered into any exclusive agreement for 4G touch screen device development as is being reported, we will continue to follow and pursue developments as a normal course of business.” In other words, “we’re not opposed to the idea, but we haven’t yet.” Sorry to leave you hanging, Verizon subscribers, but the good news is that we’re pretty confident these two giants are in bed together for the long haul in one capacity or another.

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Playing both sides: Nokia says its 4G position ‘has not changed’ originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 09

Verizon Adds Turner, Sony Content to FiOS On-Demand

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Verizon on Monday added video-on-demand content from Turner Networks and Sony to its FiOS TV lineup. The deal will allow customers to watch shows on-demand from channels such as the Cartoon Network, CNN, TNT, Turner Classic Movies, and more. The Sony partnership will provide access to HD movies like “Hancock” and “Pineapple Express,” Verizon said.

“Our ever-expanding VOD library gives customers a front seat to all of the best on-demand entertainment, with the convenience of watching what they want, whenever they want,” Terry Denson, vice president for FiOS TV content and programming at Verizon, said in a statement.

FiOS currently has about 14,000 on-demand options, 8,500 of which are free.

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Mar 08

Verizon’s Touch Diamond in the wild

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“Better late than never,” so they say. Perhaps — but with Sprint’s version of this in the rear view mirror for half a year now, just how relevant is a Touch Diamond on Verizon these days? Odds are we’ll find out next month — or, at least, that’s where the latest rumors have it lined up for launch — but in the meantime, we’ve got one floating around in the wilds looking pretty much like any other Touch Diamond you’ve seen in the past. Like its Touch Pro, it seems Verizon went ahead and nerfed the Diamond’s memory down to 128MB of RAM and 256MB of ROM (why is anybody’s guess), which only serves to reinforce our concerns that this thing is being launched months too late. We love you HTC, seriously — but with the Omnia at $99 on contract right now, we’re not exactly seeing the line starting to form at 8PM the night before release, if you know what we’re saying.

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Verizon’s Touch Diamond in the wild originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 07

Verizon’s global 3G modem from ZTE spotted in FCC

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We’ve known for some time that Verizon is fixated on dominating the global roaming market in the US — or, at the very least, catching up to AT&T — and to do that, they’re going to need hardware capable of taking advantage of the very best speeds that those wild and majestic foreign lands have to offer. In other words, no EV-DO-only modem is going to cut it, and an EV-DO modem with a sprinkling of EDGE on the side is a consolation prize that’s going to get frequent world travelers irked after a little while. To that end, we just witnessed this brick of a USB modem pass through the FCC bearing Verizon branding, the A3700 from ZTE. Name a frequency or wireless technology, the A3700 probably has it; in addition to EV-DO, it’s got GSM / EDGE and HSPA, so your bases are pretty well covered wherever you happen to be (hell, it even has North America-friendly HSPA 850 / 1900 in there, though Verizon wouldn’t dream of letting you stray from its own airwaves when you’re stateside). Enticing, yes — but considering that this is one of the ugliest modems we’ve seen in recent memory, you’d better really need that roaming capability when it gets around to launching.

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Mar 05

Nokia says it’ll have LTE devices by 2010, Verizon partnership in the works?

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Given Nokia Siemens’ commitment to getting the technology rolled out with carrier partners on the double and the fact that Nokia’s tie-up with Qualcomm for S60-optimized HSPA and LTE chipsets will bear fruit in 2010 — not to mention the fact that multiple carriers will be deploying LTE over the next two years — it only stands to reason that Espoo would have LTE devices in the pipe sooner rather than later. Indeed, the company has now gone on record saying that it’ll have “data intensive” LTE gadgets launched next year, though they’ve failed to go into the nitty gritty details of what kind of devices those might be. That could very well be where this new rumor comes into play, though: TheStreet.com is claiming that there’s chatter of a Verizon / Nokia partnership that would see a serious full touchscreen multimedia phone launched to help inaugurate Big Red’s LTE airwaves — and considering that Nokia has ramped up its Verizon-branded product portfolio over the past year and publicly cheered on the carrier for choosing LTE over WiMAX or UMB, it’s not all that difficult to believe. If the rumored device comes in a brown pleather wallet, count us in.

[Via Phone Scoop, thanks papari]

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Nokia says it’ll have LTE devices by 2010, Verizon partnership in the works? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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