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Verizon Wireless Introduced Casio G’zOne Rock Rugged Phone

Kenson — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:20:08 +0000

Verizon Wireless today beefed up its line of rugged phones by announcing the cool looking Casio G’zOne Rock. Normally, a rugged phone is super ugly (you could try to view the line-up of Sprint Nextel’s rugged phones and see how ugly there are), but this Casio G’zOne Rock looks quite hot. Designed to resist water, shock, and dust, the Casio G’zOne Rock is perfect for people who love outdoor activities. The phone has advanced G’zGear software that operates in six modes, including Earth Compass, Walking Counter, Thermometer, Astro Calendar, Sunrise Sunset and Tides, with the help of its Triple Sensor technology. Whether your lifestyle has the demands of an avid fisher, hunter, hiker or climber, the Rock is prepared to handle life’s most challenging obstacles while providing directional information.

The G’zOne Rock supports Verizon Wireless’s Push to Talk technology, and 3G connectivity. The selling price is $199.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.

Casio G’zOne Rock Features and Specifications

Key features:

Tough Technology design that can withstand water, shock, dust, vibration, humidity, salt fog, solar radiation, altitude, and high and low temperature storage (conforms to MIL-STD-810F)
2.0 megapixel camera with still flash, video capture and LED light
Stereo Bluetooth®
Touch-sensitive music controls on the sub-display
One-touch open button
Clear Talk
Push to Talk capabilities that leverage Verizon Wireless’ Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) Revision A (Rev. A) network for fast two-way communication

Lifestyle features:

G’zGear (six outdoor applications)
- Earth Compass – functions as a standard compass; GPS shows the distance from and directions to over 40 domestic and worldwide locations
- Walking Counter – measures steps, time, distance, speed and energy consumption Thermometer – shows current temperature in both Celsius and Fahrenheit
- Astro Calendar – provides the moon’s age and days until a full or new moon
- Sunrise Sunset – shows the current time and position of the sun and times for sunrise and sunset for current, past and future dates; allows you to view times for select major cities; shows the ratio of day and night in numbers and graphs
- Tides – shows the tidal graph for the day; shows the time of ebb and flood tides; shows the time of sunrise and sunset; shows past and future sea tide levels; shows tidal graphs for 100 locations made available by Surfline’s webcams, and GPS will show the nearest location; shows the current tide and the best time for fishing
Supports Verizon Wireless services, including V CAST Music with Rhapsody, V CAST Video and VZ Navigator(SM)
microSD™ storage up to 16 GB for high-quality photos, music and more
Speakerphone with front-facing stereo speaker
Field Force Manager-capable – a resource management tool that provides businesses with the ability to locate and communicate with their mobile field workers

HTC Droid Eris Is Now Available at Verizon Wireless

Kenson — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:58:31 +0000

Verizon Wireless saved the best till the last. Out of the four phones (the other three are BlackBerry Curve 8530, Samsung Convoy, and LG Chocolate Touch) that VZ launched today, the best is the HTC Droid Eris full touch screen phone powered by Google’s Android operating system. The Droid Eris runs on HTC Sense user interface that allow users to create customized home screen that suit their needs. Users could customize a seven-panel wide home screen with a wide variety of widgets designed to bring the most important information to the surface.

The Droid Eris will be available online and at stores on Nov 6, and its selling price is merely $99.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement on a voice plan with an e-mail feature or e-mail plan. That is a very good price compared to T-Mobile MyTouch, which is selling for $179.99 as of today.

Features and specifications of HTC Droid Eris

3.2 inch capacitive touch screen and trackball interface
5.0 megapixel auto focus camera
Expandable memory with pre-installed 8 GB microSD card (up to 16 GB supported)
Supports USB mass storage
Bluetooth®, Wi-Fi and 3.5 mm headset connectivity
Integrated GPS and a digital compass with a sensor that enables the phone to know what direction it is facing
Smart dialer for simplified dialing by name, number or initials
Full HTML browser with Flash Lite capabilities
Seamless compatibility with Google services like Google Maps, Gmail, Google Search and more

Verizon Wireless Lands Samsung Convoy Push-to-Talk phone

Kenson — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:50:45 +0000

Besides launching LG Chocolate Touch, and BlackBerry Curve 8530, Verizon Wireless today also unearthed the Samsung Convoy, a rugged Push-to-Talk phone that is built to meet military specifications to withstand the harshest of elements. The Samsung Convoy looks just like one of those ugly Nextel phones that are designed for on-field workers. The Convoy features a long battery life, Push to Talk capabilities that leverage Verizon Wireless’ Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) Revision A (Rev. A), VZ navigator (GPS navigation), 2-MP digital camera, and stereo speaker.

The Samsung Convoy will be available Nov. 15 for $49.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement with Verizon Wireless.

Verizon Wireless Launches LG Chocolate Touch Today

Kenson — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:22:07 +0000

LG Chocolate Touch, as part of Verizon Wireless’s Nov 5 crazy big launch of mobile phones, is unearthed by Verizon Wireless today. This touch-screen version of LG Chocolate phone is designed for music lovers who would like to have an excellent MP3 music phone to replace their iPods. The LG Chocolate Touch is equipped with Dolby® Mobile that delivering richer listening experience with its potent bass and sparkling clarity.

The phone also features a 3.2-megapixel digital camera, social network apps (Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace), and definitely a touch-sensitive screen for more intuitive navigation.

The selling price is $79.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement on a Nationwide Calling Plan.

Features and Specifications

FM radio with 12 presets
Integrated Song ID
Dedicated side key for easy access to favorite songs
Bluetooth®-capabilities with support for the following profiles: headset, hands-free, dial-up networking, stereo, phonebook access, basic printing, object push for vCard and vCalendar, file transfer, basic imaging and human interface device
“Join the Band” feature allows customers to use their fingers to tap on a full drum kit complete with snare drum, kick drum, floor tom, hi-hat cymbal, ride cymbal, crash cymbal, and even a cowbell

The “Join the Band” piano function allows customers to play along on a full scrolling 88-key keyboard. With the option to press “Pause” to stop the music and show off solo skills, the possibilities of fun are endless

Dolby Mobile equalizer, enhancing the listeners experience with:

Sound Space for Headphones – Adds spaciousness and impact to headphone listening from stereo content
Natural Bass – Provides a clean, powerful bass extension without artificial side effects
High-Frequency Enhancer – Reinforces high frequencies, especially for lower-quality source content
Sound Level Controller – Maintains a consistent playback level, both within a particular program and across content

Additional features:

Sleek, compact and stylish multi-featured touch screen phone with a rounded shape and metallic finish
Access to Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and other social networking sites. A dedicated social networking shortcut key allows users to upload pictures and videos to Twitter, Facebook®, MySpace and other social networks.
3.2 megapixel camera and camcorder that includes:

Five different resolutions
Zoom up to 1.6 times
Intelligent shot for improved image quality
Panorama for three guided sequential shots
Facial makeover that removes blemishes and enhances features
Image editor with zoom, rotate, crop, added frames and stamps
Ability to write over images
Customize brightness, white balance, shutter sounds, color effects and use a self-timer

BlackBerry Curve 8530 Is Now Available at Verizon Wireless

Kenson — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:10:21 +0000

BlackBerry Curve 8530, the latest Curve-series smartphone from RIM, is now available at Verizon Wireless as well. The Verizon Wireless’s version of Curve 8530 is pretty much just like T-Mobile’s Curve 8520, except the VZ’s Curve 8530 supports its own Verizon Wireless GPS services.

Features and specs of the Curve 8530 include 3G connectivity, Wi-Fi, built-in GPS, full QWERTY keyboard, 2-MP digital camera, and advanced media player for music, pictures and videos. This BlackBerry phone supports BlackBerry App World for downloading third-party mobile applications.

The selling price is $99.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement on a voice plan with an Email and Web feature or an Email and Web for BlackBerry plan.

Motorola Droid Could be Tethered…For A Price

Kenson — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:27:26 +0000

Verizon Wireless spokesmen today said that the Motorola Droid phone, Motorola’s first Android-powered phone, could be tethered (means users could use the Droid phone as a wireless modem for a laptop to browse the Internet) starting in the first quarter 2010. Wait a second. Before you jump and down celebrating, there is a catch for that. There is a $15 dollars fee for this service, and you could only get up to 5GB of data per month. Verizon Wireless didn’t say what is the penalty if you use more than 5GB of data per month.

HTC Desire – Android-powered touch screen phone is set to launch for Verizon Wireless?

Kenson — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:07:36 +0000

Motorola’s first Android phone has gained a lot of spotlights recently, and people kind of forget that Verizon Wireless is set to launch the HTC Desire, also an Android-powered phone. The pictures you saw below are the leaked photos of HTC Desire that is rumored to be released on October 28, which is two days later.

The HTC Desire looks pretty much like T-Mobile’s HTC Hero. It features a 3.2-inch HVGA LCD screen, HTC Senses UI, and 5-megapixel digital camera, 528MHz processor, WiFi, and A-GPS. Please stay tuned for the official release on 28th.