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Yep, December 9th is here and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus still sits idly on the back room shelves at many a Verizon Wireless retailer. Just because Verizon hasn’t officially released the phone doesn’t mean one customer wasn’t able to snag one, however.  An Android Forums user wishing to remain anonymous forwarded along the above image [...]

Google introduced the world to their new mobile payment service for smartphones aptly named, Google Wallet. While the service isn’t officially live just yet, you can hit up Google.com/wallet to signup and get notified as soon as it is. Currently, there is only one phone in the US that is actually NFC enabled to take [...]

The Motorola XOOM WiFi is slated to launch at major retailers this Sunday, but one lucky reader of Droid-Life’s got his in the mail already. He pre-ordered his from Staples but did it over the phone instead of at the retailer’s website. This sometimes happens when you preorder devices with telecoms over the phone, too. [...]

T-Mobile’s already taken home the highest marks for customer service in JD Power & Associate’s Quarter 2 surveys, and their train continues to roll today as they’ve once again been ranked the highest in customer satisfaction at the face-to-face point of sale. Alongside reading the press release, there’s nothing to say, really, except: T-Mobile must [...]

Verizon does promotion like no other! They don’t just send you on your way after they’ve gotten your money, they send you stuff. Cool Stuff. Cool Droid related stuff. Our awesome tipster – going by the name of Jubba – was the recipient of a “Thank You” package that included a DroidDoes T-shirt, a 25% [...]

Are we surprised anymore? Quarter after quarter, J.D. Power and Associates surveys a number of cell phone users in America (9,690 to be exact this volume) on how satisfied they are with their carrier’s customer service (they had to have come in contact with retail sales associates in stores and over the phone in the [...]

In an attempt to contravene any negative image Apple may have bestowed upon their brand after the almighty “Antennagate” press conference Apple held this past Friday, HTC’s brought out their handy book of numbers. Apple claims that – of the three million+ iPhone 4s they’ve sold – just over half of one percent called to [...]

More details are coming to light regarding the lucky chaps who were able to order the Motorola Droid X from Verizon’s Customer Care line over the phone and received them more than a week early. Apparently, there’s a warehouse in Memphis, Tennessee chock full of these devices (how does 25,000+ sound to you?) ready to [...]

Even the smaller, regional carriers get excited to unveil their product line-ups, and Cellular South is no different. While we’ve seen them carry Android devices before (HTC Hero, anyone?), they’re promising to keep the momentum going with a big announcement regarding their latest stream of devices