Today Verizon Wireless announced that it will be selling the Samsung Omnia. The Omnia, which was first announced earlier this year, includes Samsung’s TouchWiz user interface as well as Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. Features include a 3.2-inch wide touch display, GPS, stereo Bluetooth, WiFi, and 8 GB of internal memory plus a memory card slot. […]

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Verizon Wireless customers are going to have to drop an extra $50 than their AT&T brethren to get the qwerty-sliding HTC Touch Pro. It popped up on VZW’s web shop for $420 minus a $70 mail-in rebate (hopefully not administered by Rebatestatus.com).
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Verizon Wireless is adding two more world phones from Samsung to its ranks. Shared features include EV-DO 3G for data in the U.S. and quad-band GSM/GPRS radios for roaming abroad, stereo Bluetooth, support for microSD cards, and 2 megapixel cameras.

Saga: This Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional smartphone has a touch screen and full QWERTY keyboard. It […]

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Today documents seen on the FCC Web site provided details about the Samsung U440. The U440 is a clamshell reminiscent of the compact LG Lotus with a full QWERTY keyboard for messaging. It has been released in Canada as the Cleo, and, based on the numbering and draft user manual, could be offered for sale […]

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As promised, Vodafone has officially announced a November delivery order date for its BlackBerry Storm — November 14, to be specific. Pre-orders are being taken (as they are in the States), so if you want to be in the first batch of Brits to rock this thing, it might be a good idea to go […]

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The Verizon Wireless-Alltel acquisition has caused the FCC to review other carriers and it has found that Deutsche Telekom is violating U.S. law by owning too much of T-Mobile USA. Deutsche Telekom owns 30% of T-Mobile USA, and the legal limit states that foreign entities cannot own more than 20% of an entity controlling a […]

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A new Windows Mobile device from Samsung was sighted on the FCC Web site. The i770 runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and is a mono-block phone with full QWERTY keyboard. The FCC documents confirm that it has both CDMA-EVDO and quad-band GSM radios, as well as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR. The i770 supports microSD storage […]

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This week, Verizon Wireless voluntarily offered to divest another 15 markets — bringing the total to 100 — in order to entice the FCC into approving its planned acquisition of Alltel. The markets are located in Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina and Utah. Verizon said it will give […]

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Today Verizon and Motorola announced two new handsets, the VU30 and VU204. Both are clamshells that have GPS and can use Verizon’s VZ Navigator service. Both wil be available in the fourth quarter.

VU30 Rapture: The Rapture has a touch-sensitive external display that can be used to access the music application and camera. It also has […]

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Verizon this morning added an unusual slider media phone that combines some budget and mid-range features in the same device. The Samsung Sway is capped at 1X RTT for data and so needs to use USB to sync with Verizon’s V CAST Music store rather than download over EVDO. However, the phone counters this with […]

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