photo credit: Motorola Splits

Effective January 4, 2011, Motorola will split into 2 companies. According to an article written by Peter Svensson, AP, Motorola is splitting its consumer-oriented side, which makes cell phones and cable set-top boxes, from the side that sells police radios and barcode scanners to government and corporate customers. Shareholders of record on December 21, 2010 will receive shares in both the consumer business, Motorola Mobility, and the professional business, Motorola Solutions after the first of the year. Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: Verizon iPhone

When Verizon finally gets the iPhone 4, Apple’s stocks will skyrocket. This is according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. Munster is so sure that Verizon will have the iPhone 4 in early 2011 that he has included Verizon in his Apple sales estimates for next year. Munster is predicting that Verizon will sell 9 million iPhones next year, and that is a conservation estimate. Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: Verizon at Airport

Verizon will be giving 60 airports nationwide faster wireless data networks. According to Roger Yu, USA Today, Verizon plans to have the faster networks in place by the end of 2010. With the faster speed, the 4G network will allow users to everything a wired network will do. Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: Mobile Medicine

4G networks allow radiologists to download and upload images 10 times faster. With the new technology, 4G offers a way for radiologists to do preliminary reads or image demonstrations on Smartphones and iPads. It won’t replace actually reading the image with the more sophisticated imaging equipment, but it allows radiologists the flexibility to view a “quickie.” Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: 4 G in Seattle

Last month Verizon announced its plan to offer 4 G wireless service to Seattle by the end of the year. 4 G is a new-technology market already offered in Seattle by Sprint and T-Mobile, so naturally Verizon wants to join in the race. AT&T Mobility, having exclusive rights to the iPhone at this time (which is NOT 4 G), hasn’t announced plans to join the 4 G race in 2011. If they do join in the fray, can we assume then that AT&T will be pushing for 4 G iPhone? Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: Verizon to the rescue

Lost your phone and all its data? Verizon Wireless has a solution that allows you to not only recover all your data and contacts, but also to wipe out the info from the lost phone. Verizon Wireless has just announced the release of a new mobile application for its users, the Mobile Recovery software solution from Asurion, which comes as a web- and phone-based application aimed at helping users in the event they lose their devices. Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: Android 2.2

Which Verizon phone will get the Android 2.2 operating system first? The just released Droid X was supposed to get the upgrade by the end of July, but as a Droid X owner, I have not seen the upgrade yet. The new Droid 2, being released sometime this month, is slated to come with the new Android 2.2 operating system. Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: Data Glut

Verizon announced a five-fold increase in data use in the first week after the Droid X was released. Verizon Wireless saw a similar surge in mobile data use when it introduced the original Motorola Droid in November 2009. The most likely reason is that Droid X owners are probably downloading all those wonderful new apps available. Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: Droid X

Droid X was released on July 15th and was sold out by the next day. The rush to buy the new Droid X vastly exceeded Verizon’s expectations. Rallying to the demands, Verizon and Motorola had more for shipping out on July 23rd. Read the rest of this entry »

photo credit: Phones for Soldiers

Justin Blanford, 17, decided to donate 36 of his 87 cell phones to Verizon’s Cell Phones for Soldiers program. Justin is a senior at  Rocky Mount Preparatory School  in Rocky Mount, NC. 6 of 87 cell phones? And all working? Amazing! Justin started collecting cell phones in 2003 at garage sales and thrift stores and developed a fascination for how they work. Read the rest of this entry »