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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.

Sony Ericsson Joins the Google’s Android Party – Launch Its First Google Phone

Kenson — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:28:03 +0000

Sony Ericsson today announced its first Google phone called Sony Ericsson Xperia 10, which looks pretty much like the regular version of Sony Ericsson Xperia.

The Xperia 10 will feature a huge 4-inch LCD touch screen, 8.1-megapixel digital camera, and is powered by 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor.

Sony Ericsson hopes that Xperia 10 will help to regain market share of high-end smartphones, which Sony Ericsson is losing to Apple, BlackBerry, and HTC.

It is kind of disappointing that the Xperia will only go on sales in early 2010, while Motorola Droid is available 3 days later on November 6.

Motorola Cliq Is Available at T-Mobile Stores Today

Kenson — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:33:16 +0000

Motorola’s first Android phone, Motorola Cliq with MOTOBLUR™, is available at T-Mobiel stores beginning today. The selling price for the phone is $199.99 with two-years contract agreement. Although the Cliq phone might have been overshadowed by the launch of Motorola’s Droid (Android 2.0), it is still worth taking a look at this Motorola Cliq.

“Smartphones are fast becoming the primary way many consumers engage with social networking services, e-mail and the Web, which makes the Motorola CLIQ with MOTOBLUR the right phone at the right time,” said Travis Warren, director, product marketing, T-Mobile USA. “T-Mobile continues to expand upon its industry-leading lineup of Android smartphones for the holiday season with the launch of the CLIQ, and we expect it to be very popular among our highly connected customers.”