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Verizon Wireless has introduced the Verizon Network Extender (enter ZIP code to view product details), designed to improve the performance of Verizon Wireless phones where they hurt the most (and where almost every customer uses them): in their homes. The Verizon Network Extender creates a small, single-cell mobile network for use in a home or building, then pushes users calls and data server back out to Verizon using an existing broadband Internet connection. Users need at least 300 Kbps of upstream bandwidth to use the device, the device should be places near a window so it can pick up time and location information via GPS, and the system does not support EV-DO data, Verizon’s V Cast or location-based services. But for Verizon customers who would like to use their cell phones at home without stepping out onto their frozen-over porches, the Verizon Network Extender might be just the trick.

LG updated its popular enV slider for Verizon on Monday with the introduction of the enV2. The newest iteration of the device features extra-large front keys for easier dialing and a slimmed-down form factor.

Both changes were made to accommodate for the ever-growing crowd of chronic text messagers, according to Ehtisham Rabbani, LG’s vice president of product strategy and marketing for mobile phones. “We know the texting audience wants a mobile device that is compact enough to slide easily into pant pockets and handbags without compromising the integrity of the phone’s features,” he said in a statement. “The slimmed-down enV2 offers everything consumers loved about the enV with the added benefit of a larger, more spacious internal screen with large easy-to-text keys.”

Camera phones have been coming into their own lately. Last week, Nokia launched the N82 with its legitimate camera features, and this week, we finally get the long-leaked FlipShot from Samsung and Verizon. With a 3.0-megapixel CCD, the two companies are pushing the phone as yet another digital camera replacement.

Besides its relatively high resolution, the phone has a rotating display that swivels 180 degrees for picture-taking, effectively putting the interior LCD screen on the outside for use as a viewfinder. Other features include PictBridge for printing photos directly from the camera, Verizon V Cast capabilities for mobile music and video, and Bluetooth.

Verizon Wireless has announced it will begin offering the Samsug SCH-i760 smartphone early next month. The i760 is designed to appeal to business and professional users who not only want a powerful phone, but also need mobile messaging and productivity functions…and a little entertainment on the side to make the expense all seem worthwhile.

"The SCH-i760 is an exciting handset for Samsung because it features a full QWERTY keypad in a horizontal slider," said Samsung senior VP Peter Skarzynski, in a statement. "This is the next generation in smartphones and features the total business package."

Both Verizon Wireless and Sprint have announced they will begin offering the Motorazr V9m mobile phone to customer beginning in September. The V9m is the latest iteration in Motorola’s line of sleek, popular RAZR-style clamshell phones, offering dedicated multimedia features and a shiny stainless steel case. Motorola is hoping the V9m rekindles interest in its Razr line, which has seen sales slump in favor of a few newer, sleeker high-end handsets.