verizon

Verizon is a broadband and telecommunications company, headquartered in New York City. It was founded in 2000 after one of the original seven Baby Bells that was created after the large break up of AT&T in 1983, Bell Atlantic, acquired the company GTE. It's primary service area is on the east coast of the United States. Verizon is best known for its land line and wireless phone services.

The company is currently in the process of remaking itself as a data and video provider with its service Verizon FIOS. At an estimated cost of $4,000 per household the company is installing fiber-optic cables directly to consumers' homes. This allows the company to give users fiber-optic speeds of up to 50 Mpbs and good HDTV picture quality.

As a large and well known company, Verizon is often covered and discussed on blogs for its wireless product announcements, company privacy practices and customer service issues.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “verizon”

• in Android
  Samsung Galaxy Tab Leaked Again, Points to US Release
  Samsung Galaxy Tab leaked again; pictures point to US release
  by rohat / on Aug 30, 2010
• in Technology
  Is Your Cell Phone Bill Outrageous? Go Prepaid
  Pay only for the service you use
  by pvalerio / on Aug 25, 2010
• in Technology
  Verizon Successfully Field Tests FiOS Speeds Around 1GB Per Second
  verizon successfully field tested FiOS speeds around 1 gigabit-per-second with actual download speeds reach 925 mbps.
  by techandfit / on Aug 16, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “verizon”

 

• What service provider does the Sonim XP1 mobile phone work with?

  
  Daily Phones — Authority: 145
  I would like to know what service provider (T-Mobile, Verizon, etc…) supports the Sonim XP1 cell phone. Thanks. Right now I have a T-Mobile plan. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  11 hours ago

• Rivalry within a rivalry. HTC looks to compete with the Motorola Droid 2 on Verizon. Dual-Core 1.2GHz?

  
  NERD SWAGGER — Authority: 140
    So it looks like HTC is eying the success of Verizons original Droid and the current Droid 2. With what was(Droid) and is(Droid 2) probably the best Android smartphones with a physical qwerty keyboard, Motorola is dominating the Droid line-up on Verizon(cant forget about the Droid X). Sure, HTC has the ...
  11 hours ago

• Coming Up: HTC Touch HD2 VS Motorola Droid X

  
  WMPoweruser.com — Authority: 692
  If you read my previous article on the death of innovation in mobile technology, you will notice I spoke of the Droid X as being a copy of the HD2 (or Evo4G, depending how you look at it). Well it seems the copy is finally in my hands and ready to be put against the original. In this upcoming comparisons we I will ...
  12 hours ago

• Verizon prepaid 3G data packages ready to roll out

  
  Gizmos and Gadgets - Latest News about Cell Phones, Apple Products and other interesting gadgets — Authority: 156
  Verizon Wireless will be making available its prepaid 3G data packages to the masses from September 28th onwards, where they comprise of two plans - one for multimedia-capable handsets while the other will target not only multimedia handsets but smartphones as well. The first plan will cost monthly with just 25MB of ...
  14 hours ago

• HTC’s dual-mode CDMA / GSM Android slider hits the FCC, decked out in shades of Verizon

  
  TechBlogs Today — Authority: 522
  Remember that big, honking red-and-black HTC slider that dwarfed an EVO 4G? It’s back sporting Verizon colors just as we were told, and with a few more confirmed specifications thanks to the ever-reliable FCC. The HTC “PD42100″ is still missing a proper internal codename, but test reports confirm it’s ...
  14 hours ago

• HTCs dual-mode CDMA / GSM Android slider hits the FCC, decked out in shades of Verizon

  
  Engadget — Authority: 880
  Remember that big, honking red-and-black HTC slider that dwarfed an EVO 4G? Its back sporting Verizon colors just as we were told, and with a few more confirmed specifications thanks to the ever-reliable FCC. The HTC "PD42100" is still missing a proper internal codename, but test reports confirm its ready for at ...
  14 hours ago

• How to: Get a White or Red Battery Cover for HTC Droid Incredible

  
  erictric — Authority: 617
  Last weekend, we saw a few images of a HTC Droid Incredible in white. However, as we pointed out in the article, no white version of the HTC Droid Incredible is in production. Instead, users have the option to turn their devices white and even red simply by changing the original black battery cover with [...]
  18 hours ago

• BlackBerry Curve 3G To Verizon In Charcoal Gray & Vivid Red Colors

  
  WWWery.com — Authority: 556
  Some nice quick news here for the weekend, at least for those Blackberry fans. The latest leaked document from Verizon, essentially a rebate form confirms that the Blackberry Curve 3G from RIM is indeed heading to Verizon soon. Furthermore, we now know that the Blackberry Curve 3G 9300 is going to hit Verizon Wireless ...
  18 hours ago

• Droid R2-D2 Accessories Appear

  
  AndroidSPIN: Your #1 location for everything Android — Authority: 645
  If you haven’t heard yet, Verizon is going to be launching the special edition Droid R2-D2 on Thursday, September 30th.  Similar to the R2-D2 phone , which is the Droid 2 with a neat paint job, the docking station looks the same as the normal Droid 2 dock. Still, if you’re a hardcore Star Wars fan, then this ...
  20 hours ago

• Curve 3G coming to Verizon in 2 colors

  
  TechBlogs Today — Authority: 522
  A rebate form leaked from Verizon reveals that they will carry the BlackBerry Curve 3G in Charcoal Grey and Fuchsia… Photos: Read more at source
  20 hours ago

• Is the return rate on the DROID 2 the lowest out of all smartphones on Verizon?

  
  TechBlogs Today — Authority: 522
  From the sounds of it all, the Motorola DROID 2 is doing some wonders for the nation’s number one service provider as it’s reported to have… Read more at source
  21 hours ago

• IFA: Samsung Expects To Sell 7 Million More Smartphones

  
  I4U News — Authority: 695
  The Samsung Galaxy S is a major success by any definition of the phrase. So far the T-Mo and AT&T versions have sold over a million units, and that number will only rise as the Sprint and Verizon...
  21 hours ago

• Net Neutrality Woes

  
  Netizen — Authority: 438
  Image via Wikipedia New York Times: The Struggle for What We Already Have : When Google and Verizon , a month ago, put together a well-meaning proposal for enforceable net neutrality rules, the two companies were vilified by the net neutrality purists — because they wanted to exempt wireless..... Surely, ...
  22 hours ago

• Motorola DROID 2 has lowest smartphone return rate on Verizon Wireless?

  
  Boy Genius Report — Authority: 801
  On the fence about the Motorola DROID 2? Wondering if people are happy with the device? Well, we have been told that the Motorola DROID 2, according to one of our connects, has the lowest smartphone return rate on Verizon Wireless. Not only are people apparently thrilled with the device, but that pesky fluctuation ...
  22 hours ago

• BlackBerry Curve 3G heading to Verizon in two colors

  
  CrackBerry.com blogs — Authority: 692
  Today we got out hands on the latest rebate form from Verizon and from the looks of it the Curve 3G should be heading the way of Big Red. Much like the 8530 followed its 8520 sibling to Verizon, the Curve 3G will be landing on the CDMA carrier after it has shown up on Rogers and T-Mobile. The entry-level device will ...
  23 hours ago

• Verizon Samsung Fascinate Unboxing

  
  Daily Phones — Authority: 145
  The crew over at Droid Life has recently posted an unboxing of the Verizon Samsung Fascinate which w [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  1 day ago

• Verizon’s False Friends and Dysfunctional Family program

  
  Joho the Blog — Authority: 559
  On paper, Verizon’s Friends & Family program is sweet. We can list up to 10 telephone numbers we can call as much as we want without those minutes subtracting from the 2,100 minutes we pay for. (We have five lines.) Verizon also doesn’t count against those 2,100 minutes calls made to other Verizon wireless ...
  1 day ago

• Samsung Galaxy Tab coming to Spring with 3G/4G Connectivity

  
  TheGalaxyTab — Authority: 119
  We know by now that Samsung Galaxy Tab will be distributed by Verzion and Vodafone at the time of its launch. In interesting news, boygeniusreport revealed the fact that Sprint will get Galaxy Tab sometimes in November and what is more interesting is that it will support 3G and 4G! Sprint’s 4G wireless ...
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• Verizon’s R2-D2 Droid 2 accessories show up.

  
  Absolutely Android — Authority: 134
  On September 30th (my birthday), Verizon will be unleashing its Star Wars R2-D2 edition of its Droid 2 phone to the geek masses. The phone will feature all sorts of goodies packed inside the phone for the Star Wars fanatic.  I can feel the geek inside of me getting all giddy, too bad I don’t [...]
  1 day ago

• Verizon iPhone 4 Coming Next Year

  
  Tech, Gadgets, Web, How To, Reviews, News, Updates — Authority: 127
  This week Apple organized a special event in San Francisco on 1 st September. Thousands of iPhone fans were expecting that the Cupertino-based firm would certainly make announcement on the release date of iPhone on Verizon during the event.  But unfortunately Apple CEO Steve Jobs just remained silent on this issue. ...
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