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Following up the launch of the Motorola DROID, Verizon has also launched the HTC DROID Eris.
As previously reported, the DROID Eris is functionally identical to the Sprint Hero with pricing set at $469.99 Retail/Month-to-Month, $269.99 after a new 1 year agreement and $199.99 after a 2 year, with the $100 mail-in rebate bringing the totals [...]

Verizon has launched the long-awaited Motorola DROID Android smart device after weeks of anticipation.
The complete featureset consists of the 3.7 inch WVGA resolution capacitive touch display, QWERTY keyboard, 550 MHz application processor, microSDHC expansion slot with included 16GB card, 5.0 megapixel camera with dual LED flash, autofocus and DVD resolution video recorder.
Secondary specifications include Bluetooth [...]

Verizon has launched the LG Chocolate TOUCH after an unexplained delay.
The LG Chocolate TOUCH is a music oriented touch screen device that features an FM radio with 12 presets, Song ID, dedicated side key foraccess to favorite songs, Bluetooth with stereo audio support,“Join the Band” music accompaniement feature, Dolby Mobile equalizer technology, 3.2 megapixel camera [...]

Verizon has confirmed that it will allow tethering on the forthcoming Motorola DROID for an additional $15 on top of the required $30 data plan for the device, pricing both device data and modem access at $45 per month.
Verizon will begin to offer the service in 2010.
Update: Verizon has clarified to PhoneNews.com that the rate [...]

An internal document has been leaked confirming that Verizon Wireless will raise the ETF on customers that purchase what it classifies as an “Advanced Device” (smartphone) from the carrier to $350 beginning on November 15th. The ETF will decrease by $10 for each month the customer remains with the carrier during the 1 or [...]

Not long after the introduction of the VoLGA voice over LTE standard in September, AT&T and Verizon along with other telecom companies have introduced their own standards-based proposal known as One Voice.
If adopted by the 3GPP, One Voice would utilize the IMS (Internet Multimedia Subsystem) network overlay to send voice calls and SMS over LTE [...]

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On the same day as the launch of the Motorola DROID, HTC will be launching its DROID series device in the HTC Eris for Verizon, which will also mark the debut of the DROID branding as a series of devices on Verizon Wireless.
The HTC Eris is functionally identical to the forthcoming [...]

Motorola, and Google, have done something that no other phone has done before. They have built a phone better than any iPhone. Now it gets interesting.
First, we’ll get the obligatory iPhone boilerplate out of the way. Yes, contrary some fist shaking, iPhone (3GS) was the phone to beat, until today. Be it in the performance [...]

Verizon has officially announced the forthcoming launch of the Motorola DROID Android smart device after months of rumor and speculation.

The Droid will be the first device to feature Android 2.0 and Google’s new Google Maps Navigation service which lets Google Maps act as a turn-by-turn navigation application that uses the onboard GPS transceiver and features [...]

As expected, Verizon has launched the BlackBerry Storm2.
The BlackBerry Storm 2 features a 3.25 inch 480 x 360 capacitive touchscreen display with integrated Send, End, Menu, Escape functions and new SurePress version, EV-DO Rev A/UMTS/HSPA on 2100 MHz and quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM networks for international roaming, new Wi-Fi radio, 256 MB of RAM, 2 GB of [...]