Archive for the ‘Verizon’ Category

Following up on the myriad of Motorola Droid issues this week, a recently leaked Technical Bulletin has surfaced that clearly spells out all of the major issues Droid owners have been complaining about since launch(speaker echo/audio problems and recent autofocus problems found on the camera) and what steps will be taken to address them, culminating [...]

Verizon will launch the Samsung Omnia II on December 2nd for $519.99 Retail/Month to Month, $369.99 after a 1 year agreement and $299.99 after a 2 year agreement before an additional $100 mail-in rebate.
The Omnia II features a 3.7 inch AMOLED widescreen resistive touch display at WVGA resolution, Windows Mobile 6.5, Bluetooth with stereo audio [...]

Verizon has released a firmware update for the BlackBerry Tour. The update addresses issues with email sync on personal accounts and other issues yet to be listed by the changelog.
The update requires BlackBerry Desktop Manager to be installed on the host Windows or Mac computer in order to be completed.

Amongst all of the uproar over a “silent update” that “fixed” the recently released Motorola Droid’s camera autofocus issues this morning, Android developer Dan Morrill has given an even simpler explanation for the seemingly rectified nature of the issue:
“There’s a rounding-error bug in the camera driver’s autofocus routine (which uses a timestamp) that causes autofocus [...]

As expected Verizon has begun its new ETF policy on what it considers “advanced devices” which not only includes all smart devices as first thought but some high-end non-smartphones and the discountinued Verizon Hub as well.
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The Motorola Support forums have been busy with reports of the recently released Motorola DROID having intermittent main speaker issues whereby the device’s speaker will not function spontaneously, with notifications as well as ringtones only being heard through the earpiece, causing inconvenience for some using the device as an alarm clock or using the device [...]

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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 [...]