Verizon Wireless has announced the release of an Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrade for its Motorola DROID RAZR M product offering.
The DROID RAZR M is only the second smartphone from the US telecoms carrier to receive a Jelly Bean update.
Starting November 9, Verizon Wireless will gradually push the software upgrade to the handset. Customers who are keen to try to and pursue a manual download can do so within next week. Check the settings menu every now and then.
Google’s Android 4.1 Jelly Bean …

We all knew the LG Intuition will come sometime soon to Verizon Wireless because of previous leaks but the carrier has just made it official and announced a release date and price for the new LG smartphone.
The LG Intuition will be released by Verizon this Thursday and you can pick one up by paying $200 and signing a new two-year contract with the carrier.
That, however, will only be through Verizon Wireless’ online store as brick and mortar stores of the carrier will release the handset four …

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has just issued an order that has essentially laid to waste efforts from Verizon Wireless to stop using your smartphone as mobile hotspot on the nation’s largest wireless carrier by subscribers.
The order in effect forbids Verizon to block its customers from using tethering apps available from the Google Play store hence effectively skirting the $20 monthly fee the carrier charges for using a smartphone as a mobile

Verizon Wireless has unveiled a subscription-based gaming service for Android devices that will offer unlimited monthly access to several mobile games at $5.99.
The U.S. telecoms carrier assured subscribers access to over a hundred smartphone games and over 50 made-for-tablet games, which include titles such as Doodle God, Fruit Ninja, and World of Goo. On-demand gaming provider Exent will provide games for the Verizon’s new gaming service: GameTanium.
GameTanium is now available on Verizon …

US telecoms carrier Verizon Wireless will include 46 cities in the country as part of its 4G LTE network expansion, bringing its total to 304 markets.
The carrier started to deploy LTE back in 2010. Amid the increase in locations, Verizon is pushing coverage within existing markets, and said it will expand LTE in 22 markets where it is already available.
The 46 new markets that will go live today include: Florence, Ala.; Harrison, Ark.; Yuba City/Marysville, Calif.; Panama City, Fla.; …

US Authorities Planning Database to Combat Smartphone Theft / image via cio.com

Led by the US Federal Communications Commission (F.C.C.), government authorities and the wireless phone industry are fast on the heels of a national database that could track down hijacked smartphones and render them useless once reported stolen.
The New York Times reported Tuesday that officials of the communications commission are set to meet today in Washington with police authorities from New York, …

Popular US content streaming company Netflix may just be on its way to joining up ranks with traditional providers and cable companies. Netflix Chief Executive Officer Reed Hastings had said in the past that the progression or regression back to cable was a natural course of action for the company but said it was not in their immediate plans.
However, in an exclusive on Reuters, CEO Hastings appears to have accelerated that progression as he has reportedly met with a number of cable …

Sprint have a lot to be happy about this year because the company’s earnings call has come with a bunch of great news, not just good news. For the third largest carrier in the US, having it out with the big boys was never going to be easy but slow and steady seems to be just about right a formula for Sprint.
The company reported the best ARPU (Average Return Per Unit) in the industry coming in at $3.69, a number that many of the bigger carriers will be green with envy over owing to the …

Verizon Wireless has expanded its smartphone portfolio at the $300 range in an effort to establish a niche at the high-end mobile market.
The US-largest telecoms provider wants to strengthen its list of high-priced smartphones with the recently released Samsung Galaxy Nexus, offering the device one cent short of the $300 mark tethered to a standard two-year contract.
Verizon Wireless will gamble in hopes that customers stick to its reputation of excellent network quality and high-speed, …

US telecoms carrier Verizon Wireless has launched an exclusive handset offering with the new Samsung Illusion.
The CDMA-only smartphone, also known as Samsung SCH-i110, is a low-cost 2G/3G device that comes preloaded with Google’s Android 2.3 Gingerbread mobile operating system and Samsung’s relatively old Hummingbird chipset with a 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 processor, PowerVR SGX540 graphics and 512MB of RAM.
Internal storage is 2GB (package includes 2GB microSD card), but expandable via a …