Verizon Wireless Will Support Android

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Verizon: LTE in 20-30 Markets by 2010, Android On the Way
May 28, 2009, 1:57 PM
Speaking at an investor conference, Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam provided more details about its planned launch of Long Term Evolution. He said the company will have 20 to ...   read

BlackBerry Storm 2 Revealed By Verizon Wireless CEO
Oct 13, 2009, 9:33 PM
Today, Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam told the New York Times that he's been carrying the BlackBerry Storm 2 around for several weeks and has been showing it to ...   read

Palm Pre, BlackBerry Storm 2 Headed to Verizon Wireless
May 28, 2009, 12:30 PM
Verizon's Lowell McAdam recently said that it, too, expects to sell the Palm Pre. Specifically, McAdam said, "Over the next six months or so you will see devices like ...   read

Guard Changes At Verizon Wireless
Dec 19, 2006, 3:31 PM
Verizon Wireless CEO Denny Strigl has been called up to parent Verizon Communications to be the company's new President and COO. He will begin the new post on January ...   read

Verizon Wireless to Deploy Java Platform Micro Edition
Jun 2, 2009, 10:26 AM
Today at the JavaOne conference, Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam announced that the company is making a strategic shift and will begin to deploy Java Platform Micro Edition-based services ...   read

Verizon, Google Agree on Net Neutrality
Oct 22, 2009, 7:38 AM
Lowell McAdam, CEO of Verizon Wireless and Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, recently issued a joint statement about the issue of net neutrality. though the companies disagree on many ...   read

Motorola De-Googling Android Phones for China
Jan 25, 2010, 2:49 PM
In apparent reaction to Google's threatened pull-out from China, Motorola has announced plans to replace Google services on its Android phones for China. Search will be provided by Google ...   read

Google Reveals More Platform Details
Nov 5, 2007, 1:42 PM
In a conference call today, Google provided some additional information about its new mobile platform. Google's new partners make up the Open Handset Alliance. The OHA is a collection ...   read

Verizon Wireless Clarifies LTE Timeline
May 13, 2009, 6:47 PM
During today's Long Term Evolution webcast for developers, Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam made clearer the schedule Verizon has envisioned for rolling out its LTE network. Lowell said the ...   read

Sprint CEO Confirms Android Handset by Year's End
Jul 27, 2009, 11:08 AM
Speaking at an event last week, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse made some remarks concerning the Android platform. He indicated that the company was glad it waited for the Android ...   read

Sprint Says It Will Offer Android 'When the Time Is Right'
Dec 11, 2008, 4:52 PM
Sprint may have recently said publicly that Google's Android platform isn't quite ready yet, but that is not stopping the company from watching Android's development carefully. Sprint's vice president ...   read

Verizon Wireless Sets October 28 for Droid Announcement
Oct 22, 2009, 7:51 AM
Verizon Wireless has ramped up an advertising campaign to raise awareness of its upcoming Droid device, to be made by Motorola and run Google's Android OS. Now, Verizon has ...   read

Google CEO: 2009 Is the Year of Android
Apr 17, 2009, 7:53 AM
During Google's quarterly earnings call, CEO Eric Schmidt said that, "Overall, it looks like Android is going to have a very strong year." He went on to say that ...   read

Google: Android to Become More Social
Jul 10, 2009, 3:39 PM
Speaking at an event in San Francisco, Google's Andy Rubin (chief architect of Android) made sure to spell out the differences between Google's recently announced Chrome OS for netbooks ...   read

Open Handset Alliance Gains 14 New Members
Dec 9, 2008, 11:07 AM
Another 14 companies have joined the Google-led Open Handset Alliance. The new members are: Sony Ericsson, Huawei Technologies, AKM Semiconductor, ARM, ASUSTek, Atheros Communications, Borqs, Ericsson, Garmin International, Omron ...   read

Verizon Offers Free FiOS DVR App to Droid
Jan 19, 2010, 1:22 PM
Verizon Wireless recently made a free application available to its Android customers via the Android Market. The app, which is called Verizon FiOS Mobile, allows Android users to program ...   read

Acer Joins Open Handset Alliance, Android Phones On the Way
Jun 1, 2009, 3:40 PM
Today Acer announced that it officially joined the Google-led Open Handset Alliance. It also indicated that it will launch phones based on the Android operating system, with one hitting ...   read

Google: There Will Be 18 Android Phones This Year
May 28, 2009, 7:51 AM
Speaking at Google's I/O conference, Andy Rubin, the brainchild behind Android, said that the company expects its handset partners to deliver 18 new phones using the Android operating system ...   read

Opera Mini to Be Available on Android
Apr 10, 2008, 8:02 AM
Today Opera Software announced that it has made a version of its Mini browser available to developers of the forthcoming Android mobile platform. The preview of the mobile browser ...   read