Operating Systems, Verizon Wireless, Google, Android
Verizon Wireless unleashed its latest addition to Android phones with the Viewdini video search app.

The Viewdini app hopes to make it easier for users to parse through the multitude of streaming video out on the web, from clips and shorts to TV and movies.

As a video search aggregator, the...

Operating Systems, Tablets, Motorola, Verizon Wireless, Google, XOOM, Android 4.0
The Verizon Motorola XOOM was the very first tablet to get Android 3 Honeycomb. Sadly, that is still what runs on the device. However, rumor has it that an Ice Cream Sandwich update for the XOOM is right around the corner.

Cell Phones, Operating Systems, Samsung, Verizon Wireless, Google, GALAXY Nexus CDMA, Android 4.0
Verizon finally updated its website with information about the IMM76K Android 4.0.4 update for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. The long-awaited update has been approved by Verizon and should hit Nexus handsets in the next few days. The update will be delivered over the air and a notification will alert Nexus...

Cell Phones, Operating Systems, Samsung, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, AT&T, Google, Android 4.0
Samsung has posted a list of the smartphones and tablets available in the U.S. that it plans to upgrade to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich at some point this year. Most of the phones on the list have already been promised upgrades to Android 4.0 by their carriers, but it never hurts to have further confirmation...

Operating Systems, Microsoft, Verizon Wireless, Windows Phone 8
Verizon Wireless has not exactly been supportive of Windows Phone 7 so far. Now in a surprise announcement Verizon’s chief financial officer Fran Shammo has told Reuters said the company wants a third strong software competitor in the mobile market and were prepared to do what it takes to make Windows...

Cell Phones, Operating Systems, Microsoft, NOKIA, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Windows 8
Moving away from the hubbub about Windows Phone 8 upgrades, we now also have increasing evidence of actual new Windows Phone 8 hardware being tested in the wild.

The latest is via DSLReport’s mobile speed test, which shows the user agent of two Windows Phone 8 handsets, one named Qualcomm Fluid...

Cell Phones, Operating Systems, Motorola, Verizon Wireless, Google, DROID X2, Android 4.0
Verizon Wireless has begun distributing an update for the Motorola DROID X2 smartphone. The update fixes a handful of bugs in the device's software and patches a security hole. Unfortunately it does not update the DROID X2 to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and Motorola has not announced plans to do...

Operating Systems, HTC, Verizon Wireless, Google, Android 4.0
Looky what we have here – a brand new HTC Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone! What's that model we're dealing with here? Well, you might be surprised, but we actually don't have a clue. We were recently approached by a tipster of ours who was generous enough to share these pics with us. Thanks to the photos,...

Cell Phones, Operating Systems, Samsung, Verizon Wireless, Google, GALAXY Nexus, Android 4.0
A little gem known as Android 4.0.4 wriggled its way onto the interweb last week, and while it was geared specifically for Sprint's Nexus S 4G, a similar version has just cropped up for the CDMA / LTE Galaxy Nexus from Verizon. While it's only available for tenacious users who've unlocked their bootloader,...

Cell Phones, Operating Systems, Samsung, Verizon Wireless, Google, GALAXY Nexus, Android 4.0
A lucky human known as "Bradgog" posted the above screenshot to a thread on My Droid World last night, ostensibly heralding the arrival of Android 4.1 on Verizon's Samsung Galaxy Nexus. As you can see in the image (purportedly taken on Verizon's 3G network), the firmware update appears to bring a new...

Cell Phones, Operating Systems, HTC, Verizon Wireless, Google, Droid Incredible, Android 2.3
HTC and Verizon Wireless have apparently restarted the deployment of the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for the original DROID Incredible. Initially released back in September, the companies pulled the update shortly after it went out for undisclosed reasons. Here we are over two months later and users...

Operating Systems, Tablets, Samsung, Verizon Wireless, Google, GALAXY Tab, Android 2.3
Remember the original 7 inch Samsung Galaxy Tab? Verizon has given new blood to the ol' boy with a firmware update that gives the device a Gingerbread transfusion. The tablet was launched with Froyo installed and the update from Verizon adds some new features as well as Gingerbread functionality.
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Cell Phones, Operating Systems, LG, Verizon Wireless, Google, Android 2.3, Revolution
Sure it might have been the least favorable of the initial three 4G LTE smartphone offerings from Verizon Wireless, but in any event, the LG Revolution is finally packing its Froyo bags and moving right up to Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Naturally, the wait was a lengthy one for handset owners, but it’s...

Cell Phones, Operating Systems, HTC, Verizon Wireless, Google, Android 2.3, ThunderBolt
Verizon Wireless announced on Wednesday that it is beginning to issue an Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) update to its HTC ThunderBolt customers. In addition to bringing the device from Android 2.2 (Froyo) to Android 2.3, the update will add a new Download Manager application, app and power management tools,...

Operating Systems, Microsoft, Verizon Wireless, Windows Phone 7.5
We believe AT&T will roll out the Windows Phone 7.5 Mango update on the 27th, and now Verizon customer support appears to suggest the CDMA carrier will be launching the software update on the same day also.

Of course customer service reps are not always the most knowledgeable and accurate in the...