It looks like right around its release, Storm snaps its first award. Read the press release below. The BlackBerry® Storm™ 9530 Smartphone Wins its First Award! The CDMA Development Group has awarded RIM and Verizon Wireless its 2008 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Award for Subscriber Technology Innovation for the BlackBerry Storm 9530 smartphone. The award recognizes innovative thinking in...

Apple (AAPL) iPhone 3G was the top-selling consumer smartphone in America this summer, well no surprise there, the iPhone 3G beating Palm’s Centro (PALM) and two RIM (RIMM) BlackBerry smartphones according to research company NPD group. What’s even more impressive about this is that the phone didn’t even launch until July 11 so we were

Verizon has released their own demo video of Droid on YouTube.DROID by Motorola arrives on November 6th on Verizon Wireless. Droid is the first smartphone powered by Android 2.0 Specs-wise, the GSM Droid should be similar to the CDMA version. First a refresher on the specs: 3.7-inch touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera, 3G, Wi-Fi, both physical and virtual

A new innovation from Research in Motion is soon to be unveiled via Verizon Wireless. The gadget is labeled as the BlackBerry Tour, a smartphone that boasts of global roaming, a complete qwerty keyboard, entry to Verizon’s high-speed CDMA network, and 3G UMTS and GSM networks support. The BlackBerry Tour also features a 3.2 megapixel camera,

ZTE said it planned to make a major smartphone push in the U.S. market in 2009, including possibly partnering with Verizon Wireless on a dual-mode CDMA/LTE handset. The Chinese telecom equipment vendor and handset maker said that it will focus primarily on smartphones and on phones with Qwerty keyboards, according to George Sun, chief executive of ZTE USA. ZTE has previously said it hopes to becom...

Keen eyes over at WMExperts have spotted a banner for the Treo Pro being "3G CDMA + EVDO" ready, meaning that the device could be expected to appear on Sprint or Verizon Wireless in the US. The Treo Pro, previously reviewed, is available in its current incarnation as a GSM only device, with 3G HSPA connectivity. The device is sold through Palm and retailers unlocked and is not available subsidized...

It probably hasnt been more than a week since a rumor surfaced about Apple (NSDQ:AAPL)s iPhone making the jump to Verizon (NYSE:VZ) Wireless from AT&T (NYSE:T), but the newest buzz claims a Qualcomm chip will help the smartphone bridge the gap between CDMA and UMTS 3G networks. The latest churn of the rumor mill claims that

A Verizon Wireless rep has said that while there will be a CDMA version of the newly announced Google Nexus One that will run on its CDMA-based 3G network, the phone will not be sold directly by Verizon Wireless. The Verizon version of the Nexus One is expected to be available at some point in the ...

Without fanfare, Verizon Wireless has slashed the prices of almost all of its smartphones to $99 or less when customers sign a two-year contract. The move puts Verizon's smartphones into direct competition with Apple's iPhone 3G through AT&T, and increases speculation that newer smartphones may be coming to the carrier.  Every BlackBerry device from Research In Mot...

Here's an exciting update for Verizon Wireless subscribers who own 3G smartphones. An upcoming Verizon Skype mobile app (announced at MWC) will allow customers with smartphones to make and receive unlimited Skype-to-Skype voice calls to any user in the world over the carrier's 3G network. Starting next month, smartphone owners who subscribe to a Verizon monthly data plan will be able to ...