The heavily backed Isis mobile payment system is set to take on Google Wallet this summer and will be available to 100 Million U.S. cardholders. Chase, Capital One and Barclaycard have all signed on with Isis to enable their credit, debit and prepaid cards to be placed into the Isis Mobile Wallet. Isis is a joint venture created by AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless and is the reason why Google Wallet was blocked on the Verizon Galaxy Nexus (which is anti-competitive IMO but we have a fix for that).
Verizon has had some pretty decent deals as of late and they continue to discount some great 4G LTE devices. They are now offering an online only deal where you can pick up an HTC Rezound or LG Spectrum for the low price of $99 on a new 2-year contract. That’s a great deal when you consider both devices are packing a dual-core 1.5GHz processor. There certainly hasn’t been a lack of deals on smartphones, especially with Amazon constantly outdoing the carriers. Now’s a good time to grab a high-end device for a sub $100 price, so if you’re interested in either of these 4G LTE phones, hit the break for a quick spec refresher and links to purchase them.
In celebration of Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace 3D, Lucasfilm released a Darth Maul Me app onto the Android Market. Since Verizon has a standing Star Wars theme going with their DROID series, they figured it was a good opportunity to hold a contest — for a non-DROID phone!? Well, there is a contest, and up for grabs is 1 of 5 LG Spectrums. All you have to do to win, is follow these simple instructions:
Verizon appears to be on an SD removal kick. We saw them do it with the DROID RAZR and now they’re doing it with the DROID Bionic. You can now grab a DROID Bionic without the extra 16GB microSD card for $99 on contract. This move shouldn’t bother anyone as you can still add your own microSD card should you need the extra storage. At least now, you can catch a break in price on a 4G LTE device that sports a dual-core 1GHz processor and a 4.3″ 960×540 qHD display.
A few days ago we reported Verizon would be offering “buy-one get-one” on Motorola DROID RAZRs as well as bringing back their double data promo this Friday. Well, it’s Friday, and sure enough, the deals are now live and part of Verizon’s Valentine’s Sale.
