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Verizon 4G LTE 1 Year B'Day: Moto XOOM (CPO) $199, Free Droid RAZR & Samsung Galaxy Tab COHOHO Promos

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Cohoho

CohohoOne year ago, today, Verizon launched its 4G LTE network and it has been a great ride for users and reporters.  To celebrate the Holidays there are some great promotions going on.

Verizon Wireless is giving away free Droid RAZR smartphones via Verizon Insider. To enter you fill out a form and then share the message on Facebook or Twitter.  Verizon says "Think of this as caroling in the social era, only now you can win big." Has tag the Tweet with  "30DayofRAZR" to win you have to be a legal resident of certain states.

There is also the COHOHO 12 Days of Holiday GiveAWAy where you can win a Droid RAZR or Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 that ends December 16.

Verizon has part of its CPO (Certified Pre-Owned) sale today is offering the Motorola Xoom CPO for $199 with a contract.

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Carrier IQ? NO: VZW, Nokia, Nexus One/S, Galaxy Nexus & BlackBerry - Yes: Kindle Fire AT&T, Sprint Moto Photon

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You may ask your smart friends what's your IQ, more importantly you should ask your carrier and smartphone maker What is Carrier IQ? Is it on my smartphone?

Carrier IQ is app that reportedly tracks smartphones and secretly recored behavior. Researcher Trevor Eckhar found the Carrier IQ software on an HTC Android smartphone.  It has many people worried about privacy issues.  It can record  dropped calls, battery use and  network problems.  The software maker denies that it can record every keystroke.

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Motorola Xoom Update Primed for Prepaid Option B/4 Android 4.0

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Xoom Update

Xoom UpdateThe Motorola Xoom was  our readers' favorite Black Friday and Cyber Monday bargain and Verizon Wireless sold so many of these full featured tablets with a two-year contract for the rock bottom price of $199.99. There is a Xoom update that will enable it with with new 4G LTE data options.

A new update for the Motorola Xoom is minor but will enable the super tablet to be pay-as-you-go which could be a good deal for those whose contracts end in a few years. It could also mean that Verizon will sell a non-subsidized pay-as-you go Xoom.

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TouchPad Déjà Vu $199 BlackBerry PlayBook Sold-Out : Cheap Tablets Needed!

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BlackBerry PlayBook Out of stock

BlackBerry PlayBook Out of stockHere we go round the TouchPad déjà vu, all over again. The BlackBerry PlayBook sale was so much of a success even BlackBerry ran out of the 16GB BlackBerry PlayBook when the price went down to $199. The price had been lowered to $299 previously and that didn't catch the eyes of tablet bargain hunters. Now all the online retailers who have the BlackBerry PlayBook sale are showing either out-of-stock or email sign-ups.

Earlier this week, Best Buy mistakenly was taking orders when it did not have the 16GB PlayBook in stock. They say they will have more inventory in the near future.  However, the coveted sales price of $199.99 well end on December 3. We checked and Walmart, Office Depot and RadioShack are all sold-out of the 16GB BlackBerry PlayBook.

We have recieved reports from readers that RIM has cancelled pending transactions. We contacted RIM PR rep Shelly Sofer to see what the "official" situation is.

As of today the RIM website has the following message under the 16GB PlayBook:

"Out of Stock We are sorry!! This item is currently out of stock. You can still place a request using Keep Me Posted option. We will get back to you as soon as we receive inventory. " There is a delay in shipping. The RIM website warns "Due to high volume of PlayBook orders, orders may take up to 7 days to ship." ON SALE: $199 (16 GB), $299 (32 GB), $399 (64 GB) - Limit 3 per customer. SALE ENDS: 12/3/2011

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