2011 sure doesn’t feel like that long ago, but it’s evidently long enough for Verizon to realize that demand for innovation is booming in Silicon Valley . Not quite two years after the company cracked open the doors to its San Francisco-based Innovation Center , it’s already looking to expand. . . . → Read More: Verizon expanding San Francisco Innovation Center, currently working on cross-carrier HD Voice support
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 A pure LTE world is still a long, long way off. But some countries and carriers could get there quicker than others, and indeed Verizon has revealed that it’s considering launching LTE-only handsets, with no CDMA chip, within the next couple of years. Speaking to analysts at a recent Deutsche Bank event, the carrier’s CFO, Fran Shammo , said his company’s goal is to establish voice over LTE by the end of this year and then to “start to think” about pure LTE handsets in “late 2014″ . . . → Read More: Verizon hoping to launch cheaper LTE-only phones in late 2014, bid good riddance to 3G  A little while ago we showed a new Android powered Samsung flip phone that was destined for the Chinese market. Well, Samsung have quite strongly upped the ante with the launch of a brand new quad core flip phone powered by Android – again destined for the Chinese market only . . . → Read More: Samsung Reveal new Android flip format handset  It’s been almost a year since the ridiculously expensive SCH-W999 launched on China Telecom, so it’s about time for Samsung to come up with yet another dual-screen flip phone to lure folks with too much money. Launched in conjunction with a big charity concert (again) earlier today is the SCH-W2013, a 1.4GHz quad-core (likely an Exynos 4412 ) device with Android 4.0 and dual-3.7-inch 800 x 480 Super AMOLED touchscreens. . . . → Read More: Samsung’s SCH-W2013 is a quad-core, dual-screen flip phone, designed for Jackie Chan  Wireless device certifications can sometimes give away a little more of a company’s game plan than intended . Case in point: a China Compulsory Certification for the iPhone 5 . . . . → Read More: iPhone 5 swings through first round of Chinese approvals, may already have China Telecom onboard  The new, lighter iPhone 5 has a bigger screen, punchier processor, LTE and dual-band WiFi, but if you plan to pick one up for Sprint’s network, you can’t have it all. Carrier spokesperson Michelle Leff Mermelstein told Phone Scoop that its version of HD Voice will not work on Apple’s new w . . . → Read More: Sprint confirms its HD Voice is incompatible with the iPhone 5  If the now-deleted @evleaks is / was to be believed, Samsung is preparing a low-price handset for Sprint’s big yellow network. The pulled feed revealed that the Galaxy Reverb (SPH-M950) will pack a Snapdragon MSM8655 , a 4-inch 800 x 480 WVGA display, 768MB RAM, 4GB on-board storage and Ice Cream Sandwich . Photography enthusiasts should know that there’s a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 1.3-megapixel front-facer for those self-portrait moments . . . → Read More: Samsung’s Galaxy Reverb details echo across the twittersphere  With only one year to go before iDEN bites the big one , Sprint’s making sure subscribers steer clear of devices that run on the legacy service. The aging tech, famous for its walkie talkie-like feature, is now one foot solidly in the grave as the carrier’s removed all compatible handsets from its lineup, as well as subsidiary Boost Mobile’s. . . . → Read More: Sprint pulls iDEN handsets from retail, continues to sunset legacy Nextel network  Kyocera and the FCC have become buddies lately. A couple weeks ago the waterproof Hydro got the go-ahead for United States use, and today we witnessed its brother, the QWERTY slider known as the Rise , make it through the government’s hallowed halls . . . → Read More: Kyocera Rise ascends to heights of FCC acceptance  What’s a spankin’ new Android phone to do hot off its CTIA 2012 debut? Why, stop by the FCC for an inside-out coming out party. The Kyocera-crafted handset outlined in the docs looks to be the recently unveiled Hydro , as the device’s model number — C5170 — matches that of the unit we got hands-on with in New Orleans . . . → Read More: Kyocera Hydro bares all for the FCC |
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