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Updates at the foot of the post. Verizon has flipped the switch on itspre-order pagefor the new iPhone, allowing existing customers to log into the site using their existing Verizon credentials. The page has gone live some ten minutes early and is currently taking repeated attempts to fully load the page, presumably as US customers begin to bombard the site to order the new device. The Apple Storeis currently down whilst Apple make the necessary changes, if you are an existing Verizon customer and a resident in the U....

Verizon hasjust announcedthat it after the company ceased online pre-orders of Apple’s iPhone to existing customers, ending the day with the most successful first-day sales in the history of the company. “This was an exciting day,” said Dan Mead, president and chief executive officer for Verizon Wireless. “In just our first two hours, we had already sold more phones than any first day launch in our history. And, when you consider these initial orders were placed between the hours of 3 a....

We had all figured that Motorola would roll out LTE capability for the Xoom tablets long before anyone else had a chance to get in the market but that appears to not be the case. We’ve just gotten confirmation from Verizon that the company plans to start pre-orders (update: you can nowpurchase the 10.1 directly) of the 10.1-inch Galaxy tablet from Samsung starting on June 8th. The company squashes the Xoom rumors by calling the Galaxy it’s “1st 4G LTE Tablet”....

Verizon expected to see an iPhone this summer, even after they had worked out a deal for the iPhone 4, according to a CNBC interview with its COO Lowell McAdam. In the interview, McAdam commented on the impact that not having a new iPhone released in the quarter had on revenue growth. “We had assumed that we would see an iPhone early in the summertime as it’s been usually,” said McAdam, “and that’s going to be a little bit later in the year now....

Apple hasjust confirmedthat pre-orders for the Verizon iPhone 4 will be available at 3am eastern time tomorrow morning, giving Verizon customers the opportunity to get a one of a limited quantity of iPhone 4 devices set aside purely for existing customers. The exclusive offer is available online only, with prices starting at $199.99 for the 16GB iPhone 4 or $299.99 for the 32GB model with customers required to sign a two-year contract....