Verizon Wireless has updated its text and multimedia messaging Android app, called Verizon Messages, to version 4.0. The latest upgrade integrates messages, including SMS and MMS, across devices using the customer’s mobile number. Messages will sync and appear simultaneously on the user’s Android smartphone, Android tablet, iPad and/or PC. This is achieved by storing...
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Verizon Wireless posted the full changelog for the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean OTA update that should already be rolling out in phases to the Galaxy Nexus. As expected, the JDQ39 upgrade introduces significant, new features like Photo Sphere, Notification Panel enhancements, LockScreen Widgets and Gesture Typing to Big Red’s LTE variant of the Galaxy...
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Verizon Wireless has finally upgraded its Samsung Galaxy Nexus from Android 4.1.1 to 4.2.2 Jelly Bean (JDQ39). While 4.2.2 is the latest version of Android to date, the Google-backed Nexus device should have received build 4.2 months ago. Instead, users have had to sit through inexcusable and unexplained delays. The GSM Galaxy Nexus was...
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Samsung announced the Galaxy S 4 flagship Android handset tonight and in doing so, unleashed a flurry of specs, images, video and other information about the device. Of course, that also means we have some details on availability. For U.S. residents, the Galaxy S4 will be released on Verizon Wireless, Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T, US...
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We can finally put all the speculation to rest, as Samsung has officially announced and unveiled its next-generation flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S4. Let’s first look at the Galaxy S4′s finalized specs. The third iteration of the Galaxy S brand delivers on high-end features, including a 5-inch 1080p Full HD Super AMOLED display...
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It appears the HTC One will land on Verizon Wireless after all. The Taiwanese manufacturer previously announced the flagship Android smartphone for AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile with Verizon left out of the loop at the time. According to a source close to the matter, however, Verizon will indeed release an HTC One, but it...
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Verizon Wireless has updated the Motorola Droid Razr and Droid Razr Maxx from Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Not to be confused with the newer Droid Razr HD and Droid Razr Maxx HD, which received Jelly Bean upgrades three months earlier, the original pair of Droid Razr smartphones have...
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The LG Optimus F5, recently announced as part of the trio of F-Series Android smartphones at MWC 2013, is heading to Verizon Wireless as the LG Lucid 2 (VS870), according to evleaks. The successor to the original Lucid (VS840) should sport many of the same features as its European/Asian counterpart: a 4.3-inch qHD (960×540)...
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An unannounced Samsung smartphone with SCH-I545 model number appeared in a recent NenaMark2 benchmark listing. The handset is apparently equipped with a 1.9Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor with Adreno 320 graphics, 1920x1080p display, and Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. We’re thinking it’s the next-generation 1.9GHz Snapdragon 600, not to be confused with Snapdragon 800,...
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Verizon Wireless remains king of customer care, according to J.D. Power and Associates. It’s the fourth consecutive time Verizon has claimed top honors in the bi-annual wireless customer care full-service performance study. The 2013 volume 1 survey results are based on responses from 7,332 wireless subscribers from July through December 2012. Verizon scored 766...
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The HTC Thunderbolt, the first 4G LTE smartphone on Verizon Wireless, was released nearly two years ago, yet, here we are in February of 2013 with a significant upgrade for the device. Starting today, Big Red is updating the Thunderbolt from Android 2.3 Gingerbread to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with Sense 3.6. The...
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The Verizon edition of the Samsung Galaxy Note II Android phablet is starting to receive a new over-the-air maintenance update. The VRALL4 update changelog lists “Android Security Patch added for additional security,” so it likely fixes the previously documented Exynos exploit which made the Galaxy S III and Note II vulnerable to malware. SAMSUNG...
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In this video, we benchmark the Samsung Galaxy Note II and HTC Droid DNA Android smartphones, both of which are available on Verizon Wireless, using the standard benchmarking utility known as Quadrant. The Droid DNA clearly wins that round convincingly; however, if you take a look at the benchmark results using other apps, like...
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The HTC Droid DNA is the first smartphone in the U.S. to feature a 1080p Full HD display. The Super LCD3 display with 1920×1080 resolution and 440ppi is also complimented with a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro 1.5GHz quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, an 8 megapixel rear camera, a 2.1MP front-facing camera, and 4G...
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Shoot, edit and share images on the go! Verizon Wireless just announced the Samsung Galaxy Camera, the World’s first 4G LTE digital camera that also happens to run Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. It’s essentially the same point-and-shoot that debuted on AT&T last month, however, that device only had access to a 3G data network,...
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