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Verizon Wireless Announces the Hub Home Phone
Phone Scoop - Latest News —
... pings, and can send driving directions to handsets. The Hub will be available through all of Verizon Wireless's retail stores and can use any broadband connection. Users will have to live in an E911-capable area, and will be able to port existing home phone numbers to the new service. The Hub will cost $200 after a $50 mail-in rebate, and will require a $35 per month subscription. That monthly fee gets unlimited national anytime minutes and unlimited messaging to/from the device. more info at Verizon Wireless ...
Verizon Hub "landline slayer" officially unveiled
Engadget —
... We've been on the trail of the Verizon Hub since way back when it was called the Verizon One, in fact, but it's just been officially announced, and there are plenty of details to report now. The system boasts a 7-inch touchscreen display, and will work with ...
Verizon Hub "landline slayer" officially unveiled
Engadget Mobile —
... We've been on the trail of the Verizon Hub since way back when it was called the Verizon One, in fact, but it's just been officially announced, and there are plenty of details to report now. The system boasts a 7-inch touchscreen display, and will work with ...
Verizon Hub Phone gets really real, really
Boy Genius Report —
First uncovered well over a year ago, the “Verizon Hub” is finally going to see the light of day. Talk of the Hub, Hub Phone, Ultra-deskphone or whatever else you want to call it, was revived earlier this week when accessories began popping up on the Verizon website. Lo and behold, Big Red has made it official with a press release. So, umm, what is it?
…a new touch screen home phone system designed to replace old-style home phones with a souped-up home communications system, bridging wireline and wireless connectivity ...
Verizon Launches A Pretty Hub For Landline Phones
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... Other fun things to do with the Hub include the ability to check local traffic and weather, update calendar remotely and preview movie trailers and purchase tickets using the phone. ...
Verizon’s Hub: Another way to fight iPhone churn?
Between the Lines —
... Verizon Wireless today announced a new product that goes after an old market - the landline home phone crowd. There aren’t a ton of details yet about the Verizon Hub - but stay with me here for a minute while I go out on a limb for this product. I could say that it has potential to revolutionize the home telephone - but that’s been already been done on so many facets (wireless, voip, digital) that it seems silly to even go down that path. Instead, I wanted to look at this product from a business perspective, specifically as another tool for customer retention and loyalty. ...
Verizon Hub - Touchscreen Home Communications System
iTech News Net —
... The Verizon Hub is designed to replace your landline and runs, instead, on any broadband connection.
Thanks to broadband connection, the Verizon Hub can check local traffic and weather, update calendar, receive text messages, and even buy movie tickets. Users of Verizon Wireless can also can connect to popular applications including VZ Navigator and Chaperone.
Verizon Hub is available at $200, after a $50 mail-in rebate with a subscription fee of $35 per month.
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Verizon Hub coming to homes on February 1
Gadgetell —
... itself. It actually offers some sort of “synchronization” which allows you to update your home’s Verizon Hub wirelessly from the Verizon Hub website and your updates will be reflected on your Verizon Hub home account. In addition, the Verizon Hub will also allow you to connect your other Verizon devices to the Hub and gives you access to other popular Verizon Wireless services including VZ NavigatorSM, Chaperone, and V CAST contents.
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Verizon Hub Details Emerge, Price To Be Announced February 1st
GadgetReview —
... phone, although Verizon fails to make it entirely clear. Families - as Verizon likes to pitch it - can peruse movie trailers, check weather, get directions (and send them to their phone) and view traffic. Additionally, Verizon Wireless customers can sync contacts and calendar information to their Verizon Wireless phones as well as connect applications to the device, such as VZ Navigator and Chaperone.
The Verizon Hub will go on sale on February 1st.
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Verizon Wireless to launch the Verizon Hub on Feb. 1st.
Krunker —
... which will allow you to make updates to the Hub.
Will this device be a hit for Verizon Wireless? It’s hard to say since most people could care less about the home phone these days – especially with the widespread adoption of mobile phones. Heck, many families have altogether dropped their home landline connections in favor of just carrying a mobile phone. I guess we’ll see in a few days about how capable the Hub really is.
Stay tuned on pricing and service plans.
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GeekBrief.TV —
... The Verizon Hub is a VoIP phone meant to help your family manage their lives. It has visual voicemail, contact list management, text message calendar alerts and it’s all managed on a color touch screen. ...
MS Files Patent for Smartphone USB Docking Bay
Everything USB - Gadgets, Wireless USB, USB 3.0 —
... Verizon has recently released a bridge device (Hub) with a display and adaptive connectivity for home/wireless use. Microsoft seems to be looking to go even further making the smart-phone into the core of a home computing environment instead of just a expanded phone station. With the mention of connecting to TVs 4G, 5G or 8G might provide enough mobile bandwidth to stream entertainment media via wireless broadband without breaking the bank. No word on the release or even what generation Microsoft is planning to enter the market, but good money says it will be a while. ...
Landlines That Do More
Screenwerk —
... Verizon has introduced a device called the Verizon Hub in a bid to make the home phone more dynamic and prevent further declines of the wireline (wireless only households in the US are estimated to be at about 18% or so). It uses both a wireline and wireless broadband Internet connection. ...
