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Good news, Samsung Omnia II lovers! It looks like Verizon is finally ready to sell the device. The phone has already been made available in Canada by Bell so it was about time for Verizon to announce it too.

Big Red start selling the phone through all channels around December 2. And the Omnia II will be priced at $199.99, as expected, with a $100 mail-in rebate and a new 2-year contract.


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In case you were not aware of it, AT&T has sued Verizon because of its recent There's a Map for That Ad campaign. In those ads Verizon is making fun of AT&T's 3G coverage while boasting its own 3G network.

Naturally AT&T has filed a false advertising lawsuit and Verizon had to issue an official responds. And here's what Verizon's lawyers were able to come up with:


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The Droid launched last Friday and we can already say it had a very successful first weekend. Motorola and Verizon managed to sell 100,000 Droid in the opening weekend and analysts already predict that the phone will have a bright future.

Sure the Droid's first weekend can't be compared to the way the iPhone 3GS sold in its opening weekend but Motorola has a winner on its hands. Analysts predict that Motorola will sell 1 million Android phones in the last quarter of the year and that number includes both the Droid and the CLIQ.


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Verizon was so kind to leak quite a few pages filled with issues that need to be fixed in the near future. What issues you ask? Well it looks like neither the Droid nor the Droid Eris are the perfect phones you were expecting. Both have flaws that need to be addressed and a firmware update is going to arrive soon.

The leaked documents suggest that a first OTA update is going to be launched on December 11 while another one could follow at some point in January. In total Verizon came up with 5 pages for the Droid and 7 pages for the Droid Eris and they are filled with bugs that need to be addressed.


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Verizon is getting really serious about its business. With a hot phone like the Motorola Droid coming out tomorrow and with the BlackBerry Strom 2 available in Buy One Get One promotions the carrier wants to make sure that its offers won't be exploited in the near future.


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The HTC Droid Eris is no secret anymore. In fact the Internet is filled with details and pictures of the phone and we already know that it will be available starting with November 6 in Verizon Wireless stores.


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Verizon is just about to begin its Android adventure and we already have rumors regarding its next Android phone. After the Droid and the Droid Eris which will become available to the public tomorrow, the Saygus VPhone V1 might also be heading to Verizon.


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Leaked documents have confirmed what we already know; the HTC Droid Eris is indeed coming on November 6 and it will be available for $99. Verizon will launch the cheapest Android phone in the U.S. and you'll be able to get it next Friday.

The leaked documents confirm that the HTC Droid Eris is going to offer you a 528MHz Qualcomm processor, a 320 x 480 screen, 8GB microSD card and Android 1.5 in the background.

In other words the Droid Eris is another version of the Hero which is pretty bad news for Sprint. The carrier is selling the Hero for $179.99 and it won't be happy to see Big Red offering a similar phone for almost half the price.


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Motorola's Droid is not the only Android smartphone coming from Verizon Wireless this year. In fact, Big Red has a cheaper Android phone scheduled for you. The Droid Eris made by HTC will be available on the same day the Droid will be sold, November 6.


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Verizon has announced the Motorola Droid and the handset will probably be the best sold Android handset of this year. It is a little too early to make assumptions but the Droid is really a remarkable handset.


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