Samsung Galaxy SII, Droid RAZR, Epic Touch, Nexus, iPhone 4S, Bionic, Photon, HTC EVO 3D & Rezound Top Wireless and Mobile News' Best Smartphones 2011

Top Ten Best Hottest Coolest Smartphones Samsung Galaxy S II Nexus

Top Ten Best Hottest Coolest Smartphones Samsung Galaxy S II Nexus2011 was a stellar year for smartphones at Wireless and Mobile News.  The top best coolest hottest list displays speed, power and beauty. Our countdown, started last week showing results by carrier, including  for Verizon Wireless, AT&T,  T-Mobile and Sprint.

2011 is the first year, in the four years of the Wireless and Mobile News' Top Ten Best Coolest Hottest Smartphones Review of Reviews list that an iPhone does not top the list. It is also the first year that BlackBerry has no entries at all.

In 2008, there was a three-way tie for first place the BlackBerry Storm, T-Mobile G1 (Android) and iPhone 3G. In 2009, the iPhone came in first place, while there was three-way tie for third place between the Droid, Palm Pre and BlackBerry Bold.

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

Best of 2011 Amazon

Best of 2011 AmazonThe 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-seller with the most sold at Amazon Wireless was the Samsung Galaxy S II.  The Samsung Galaxy S II tops all the best lists for 2011 for every carrier, except Verizon Wireless where the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is competing with the Droid RAZR.

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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 4G LTE customer, don't panic. A few setting changes will enable 3G data access.

There are outages reported in New York City, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Detroit, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco, Toledo, and Portland.

Update 12/39/2011: We've received word from Verizon spokesman Tom Pica, "4G LTE issue resolved overnight. 3G operated normally; calling, texting were unaffected."

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

Verizon Deals Thursday Black Friday

Verizon Deals Thursday Black FridayIf 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 got, smartphones and tablets are so complicated nowadays that there usually is a learning curve to get up to speed. In fact, we know intelligent people with PhD's who have told us that the latest devices take time to master.

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