Being a CDMA user is a bittersweet deal. In the U.S., the two big CDMA carriers (Sprint and Verizon) get a good amount of awesome devices that don’t make it to other carriers. On the flip side, once on those two CDMA carriers, venturing to other carriers globally is an incredibly limited experience. Globally speaking, CDMA is the ugly duckling. GSM and SIM cards rule! For a little while a few years ago, “Global” version of Verizon Wireless (and a few...
Looking to make the best of Verizon’s upcoming shared data plans and bring your old, grandfathered, unlimited data plan for the ride? Don’t. Verizon Wireless’ Fran Shammo, Executive Vice President and CFO, told a room full of investors this morning that once customers upgrade to a 4G LTE device making use of the new data share plans, they would no longer be able to have their unlimited data plan grandfathered any further. Users wanting access to LTE will...
Verizon will once again prove this Thursday, May 17th, why they are the defacto standard when it comes to next-gen LTE service. The carrier has a huge assortment of expansions and new networks going live in less than 48 hours. In addition to the immediate rollouts, Verizon claims that from today until the end of the year, a total of 140 new markets will join the LTE fun, bringing the overall total number of LTE markets live by the end of 2012 to 400. AT&T, Sprint and...
Southern Michigan residents in the counties of Benton Harbor and St. Joseph will soon be able to join the ranks of the LTE crowd, according to Verizon Wireless spokeswoman, Michelle Gilbert. In just a few short days, you fine folks will be able to enjoy speedy 5+ Mbps downloads (often 10+ in many areas) and 2-3 Mbps uploads. Of course, speeds will vary greatly depending on network load/congestion. Any southern Michigan residents itching to put that LTE device to good...
The long awaited successor to the “smaller” Droid in Verizon’s lineup, the Droid Incredible, has finally arrived. Today, Verizon Wireless and HTC took the wraps off of their latest device. While it isn’t the top-tier device that HTC’s other phone (One X) is, it is a very important device for a large swath of smartphone users for one big reason — the display. Pretty much every high-end smartphone with a fast processor, LTE and high...
