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Verizon BlackBerry Z10 on Sale March 28, Preorders Start Tomorrow

Bonnie Cha in Product News on March 13 at 1:07 pm PT

Following AT&T’s announcement earlier this week, Verizon today revealed that it will offer the BlackBerry Z10 on March 28, with preorders starting March 14. The cost of the smartphone will be $199.99 with a two-year contract, and it will be available in black or white (exclusive to Verizon). The Z10 is the first handset to run BlackBerry 10, and features a 4.2-inch touchscreen, 4G LTE support and an eight-megapixel rear camera.

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Verizon Brings Jelly Bean, World Roaming to Samsung Galaxy S III

Bonnie Cha in Product News on December 13, 2012 at 12:15 pm PT

Verizon announced today that Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is headed to the Samsung Galaxy S III starting tomorrow. The carrier will push the update wirelessly to customers in batches, but if you can’t wait, you’ll also be able to download it manually within the next week. Along with the new features of Jelly Bean, the software adds world roaming capabilities, camera enhancements and support for the ISIS mobile payment system.

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Samsung Galaxy Camera Headed to Verizon Dec. 13

Bonnie Cha in Product News on December 11, 2012 at 11:38 am PT

Verizon announced today it will offer the Samsung Galaxy Camera starting on Dec. 13 for $550. Like the AT&T version, the Android-based digital camera offers a 16-megapixel lens, 21X optical zoom and a 4.8-inch touchscreen. Users will be able to post photos to their social networks over Verizon’s 4G LTE network, but it does require a data plan. For a limited time, Verizon is allowing customers to add the device to a Shared Everything plan for $5 per month.