One of our Verizon Wireless sources has just forwarded us an internal email detailing some data issues in the Midwest. According to the email, the issue affects only data, not voice, and is currently happening in over 3 states. Additionally, it looks like there is an issue with “RIM’s ...

The red-headed step child of the BlackBerry device family is launching relatively soon on Sprint (and probably Verizon), and we have got our hands on a nice overview of the product in case you had any unanswered questions. Quick recap? It’s a clamshell QWERTY flip device with a CDMA ...

For those of you venturing out today to pick up a BlackBerry Torch 9800 on AT&T or a Motorola DROID 2 on Verizon Wireless, we wish you good luck. Make sure to let us know if you’re successful in your quest, and what you think of your newly acquired toy.

Starting last week the updated NFL Mobile app was being pushed to Verizon Bold 9650 users. The app has the same guts as in previous years but adds in some features to keep things fresh. While it rings in at a whopping 2.8MB download, it does pack quite a ...

With Apple publicly stating specific handsets are susceptible to the same kind of antenna attenuation as the iPhone 4, and RIM and Nokia chiming in, we wanted to know what you guys are finding. Can you reproduce the same effect on your handset? Here is a handset that Apple didn’t specifically ...

This should make some Verizon Storm 2 owners happy. Verizon, has just made available for download OS 5.0.0.713. We've seen it released from TBayTel but now you can grab the official Verizon version from their download page. OTA updates don't seem to be working at this time but, I'm ...

We’ve heard from a couple people that most Verizon Wireless stores have inventory, and some are selling the device early. The official in store date is the 10th, but hey, no harm in harassing your local store and seeing if they’ll sell them, right? Let us know if you ...

BlackBerry Reporter has a screen shot of what they’re claiming to be an internal Verizon Wireless email. One that pegs the BlackBerry Tour Bold 9650 to land in Verizon stores on June 10th, and via direct fulfillment (the web and phone sales) on June 3rd. Stay tuned for our ...

When you think of push-to-talk you might conjure up images of construction workers on job sites wielding yellow ruggedized handsets. However, recently Verizon rolled out push-to-talk to its business-centric BlackBerry Tour handset in an attempt to bring PTT to new industries and work places. The adoption rate for this ...

One of our Verizon Wireless guys just let us know that there are a couple exciting product launches happening in May. In addition to the Microsoft KIN 1 and KIN 2 pre-sale going live on May 6th and the BlackBerry Bold 9650 being released later in the month, there ...