December 2011 Archives

Change.org Helps Verizon to Change and Drop $2.00 Extra Charge

Change.org Helps Verizon to Change and Drop $2.00 Extra Charge

Verizon will not be charging "convenience" fees for one-time bill payments made online and customers have Change.org to thank.  After a petition to stop the fee gained support, Verizon dropped the charge. Verizon Wireless announced that it listened to its customers and pulled the fee even befor…

Verizon Outage Explained for 4G LTE Network that Exceeded Expectaions

Verizon Outage Explained for 4G LTE Network that Exceeded Expectaions

On Wednesday, Verizon Wireless 4G LTE customers experienced a data outage. Today,Verizon Wireless issued a statement and the outages technical glitches were explained and analysed.  Phone calls, texts and other functions continued to operate.  The network experienced "growing pains" from issues…

Kindle Fire, Samsung Galaxy S II, Nexus and Droid RAZR Tops Best Lists @ Amazon

Kindle Fire, Samsung Galaxy S II, Nexus and Droid RAZR Tops Best Lists @ Amazon

The best-selling, most wished for, most gifted, and most loved tablet and smartphones at Amazon were revealed in its top best of 2011 lists.  The Amazon lists mirrors trends and top smartphones found by Wireless and Mobile News for Verizon Wireless, AT&T,  T-Mobile and Sprint.  The best-s…

Top Best Smartphones: Droid RAZR, Galaxy Nexus, Bionic, iPhone 4S, HTC Rezound ThunderBolt & LG Revolution

Top Best Smartphones: Droid RAZR, Galaxy Nexus, Bionic, iPhone 4S, HTC Rezound ThunderBolt & LG Revolution

Wireless and Mobile News reviewed all the top best hottest coolest smartphones of the year lists and the results are in. We published the results for T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T.  Today we look at the results for Verizon Wireless. Read the best smartphones results. Verizon Wireless' top p…

Top Best AT&T: Samsung Galax S II, iPhone 4S, Atrix, LG Thrill, Samsung Focus Flash, Infuse 4G & Focus S

Top Best AT&T: Samsung Galax S II, iPhone 4S, Atrix, LG Thrill, Samsung Focus Flash, Infuse 4G & Focus S

Wireless and Mobile News analysed all the top best hottest coolest smartphones of the year lists and the results are in. We published the results for T-Mobile and Sprint.  Today we look at the results for AT&T. AT&T is the only carrier to have two Windows Phone winners. This is the fi…

Wimonews Top Best Wireless Trends 2011 Waiting for Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy S II, Transformer Prime, Cheap HP TouchPad, Kindle Fire & Android 2.3 ICS Updates

Wimonews Top Best Wireless Trends 2011 Waiting for Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy S II, Transformer Prime, Cheap HP TouchPad, Kindle Fire & Android 2.3 ICS Updates

As we round-up the best smartphones of 2011, there were also top stories and trends in wireless and mobile news. What were the most important, exciting, top, and best stories of the year for Wireless and Mobile News? Top Ten Best Wireless Trends in 2011 from Wireless and Mobile News: Trend Waiti…

Top Best Coolest: Samsung Galaxy S II Epic, Nexus, HTC EVO 3D, iPhone 4S & Moto Photon @ Sprint

Top Best Coolest: Samsung Galaxy S II Epic, Nexus, HTC EVO 3D, iPhone 4S & Moto Photon @ Sprint

Wireless and Mobile News staff completed the analysis of all the top best hottest coolest smartphones of the year lists and the results are very interesting. We will be publishing the results by carrier, maker and OS this week along with the top best smartphones of the year. So far, we've publi…

LTE Outage Tip – How to Get VZW Data Satisfaction for Galaxy Nexus, HTC ThunderBolt, Rezound, Droid RAZR, Bionic, Charge & More

LTE Outage Tip – How to Get VZW Data Satisfaction for Galaxy Nexus, HTC ThunderBolt, Rezound, Droid RAZR, Bionic, Charge & More

The 4G LTE network of Verizon Wireless experienced problems in some cities, today. There could be data disconnections for devices such as the, Galaxy Nexus Droid Charge, Droid RAZR, Pantech Breakout, Samsung Stratosphere, HTC ThunderBolt, HTC Rezound, 4G tablets, and USB modems. If you are Verizon…

TS2R Wireless News: LTE Cheaper, Insure 2Day, AT&T & HP TouchPad Riot

TS2R Wireless News: LTE Cheaper, Insure 2Day, AT&T & HP TouchPad Riot

TS2R Wireless News from Wireless and Mobile News: Full news stories today include, new smartphone activations on 12/25, best T-Mobile smartphones,  Samsung Galaxy S III, the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich updates from LG and Samsung.  Here's the news that is too short to report: Tariff C…

Samsung Galaxy S III, 3rd Time 3D Charm for Samsung Specs?

Samsung Galaxy S III, 3rd Time 3D Charm for Samsung Specs?

Samsung is the top maker of smartphones according the "Wireless and Mobile News' Top Best Coolest Hottest Smartphones Review of Reviews for 2011" and is expected to continue innovation, next year. Samsung reportedly will continue expand it Samsung Galaxy S line with the Samsung Galaxy S III. L…

Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate, Captivate, Vibrant, Epic 4G & Tab Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Update Update

Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate, Captivate, Vibrant, Epic 4G & Tab Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Update Update

A blog post from Samsung which indicated that the original Samsung Galaxy S line of smartphones and Galaxy Tab tablets would not be updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich caused an uproar of complaints. Now, Samsung reportedly is reconsidering its decision not to update the Samsung Galaxy Tab…

Top Best Coolest Hottest 2011 Makers & T-Mobile Winners: Samsung Galaxy S II, Galaxy S, myTouch 4G Slide, G2x & HTC Sensation

Top Best Coolest Hottest 2011 Makers & T-Mobile Winners: Samsung Galaxy S II, Galaxy S, myTouch 4G Slide, G2x & HTC Sensation

Wireless and Mobile News staff completed the analysis of all the top best hottest coolest smarpthones of the year lists and the results are very interesting.  We will be publishing the results by carrier, maker and OS this week along with the top best smartphones the year. Android dominated the …

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Update for LG Optimus, G2x, Thrill 4G & Revolution

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Update for LG Optimus, G2x, Thrill 4G & Revolution

LG announced that next year, during the second and third quarters, it will provide updates to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) to eleven of its popular smartphones released this year. LG says that it will offer a smooth OS upgrade in a timely manner. Start dates will be announced later and wi…

Very Active iOS and Android Xmas 2011 and Appy New Year

Very Active iOS and Android Xmas 2011 and Appy New Year

Many good boys and girls received new iPhones and Android devices on Christmas day. According to research by Flurry Analytics, there were 6.8 million activations of iPhones and Android devices on December 25th. It was also a very "appy" day with 150 million apps downloaded. The average daily acti…

Asus Transformer Prime News: Primed to Ship Without Lawsuit Worry

Asus Transformer Prime News: Primed to Ship Without Lawsuit Worry

Workers at Asus seem to be having happy holidays and not concerned about the pending trademark infringement lawsuit from Hasbro. Some preorders of the Asus Transformer Prime models are being shipped. The Asus design staff is shown in a YouTube video making a Christmas Tree out of gift boxes. The…

Starting Tips for New Samsung Galaxy SII, Nexus, Transformer Prime, Kindle Fire & More

Starting Tips for New Samsung Galaxy SII, Nexus, Transformer Prime, Kindle Fire & More

If you were lucky enough to receive a new Android smartphone or tablet this year, we have some tips to make your experience easier. We hope you are able to enjoy one the top ten best hottest coolest smartphones of 2011 or maybe the sold-out Transformer Prime or Kindle Fire. No matter what you've …

Top 10 Best: Nexus Tablet, Samsung Galaxy SII/Tab, Transformer Prime, Galaxy Nexus and Top 2011 Smartphones

Top 10 Best: Nexus Tablet, Samsung Galaxy SII/Tab, Transformer Prime, Galaxy Nexus and Top 2011 Smartphones

Most Read Top Wireless and Mobile News Stories this Week in Review: Due to the holiday, this weekly feature is being published today. Our top best read stories this week center around hot tablet sales, new releases, top/best smartphones of 2011 and updates. The most popular news story is th…

No Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Update for Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate, Captivate, Vibrant, Epic 4G or Tab 7″

No Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Update for Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate, Captivate, Vibrant, Epic 4G or Tab 7″

The Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate, Captivate, Vibrant and Epic 4G will not be getting an update to the latest version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS). The original Samsung Galaxy Tab 7" model won't be updated either. Update 12/27/2011: There are new reports that suggest that Samsung is recon…

Wimonews 12 Days of Techmas: For a Very Merry Droid RAZR, Galaxy SII, Nexus, HP TouchPad, Kindle Fire, Tranformer Prime New Year!

Wimonews 12 Days of Techmas: For a Very Merry Droid RAZR, Galaxy SII, Nexus, HP TouchPad, Kindle Fire, Tranformer Prime New Year!

We wish you all happy holidays and best wishes for a happy new year. We are not finished with our round-up of the top stories and smartphones of the year, yet. However, you will  get a clue of what were the top trends of the year by the following song, sung to the tune of "The Twelve Days of Chri…

TS2R Wireless News: AT&T Buys Lower 700, Santa on Google Maps & Smartphone Photos Grow

TS2R Wireless News: AT&T Buys Lower 700, Santa on Google Maps & Smartphone Photos Grow

TS2R Wireless News from Wireless and Mobile News: Full news stories today include the latest suite of lawsuits, more top best smartphones of 2011, Cricket's first LTE city and Android games for the rest of the family.  Here's the news that is too short to report: Qualcomm announced that t…