Verizon has said today that Samsung’s first LTE device, the Droid Charge, will be available on April 28th.
The Droid Charge runs Android 2.2, has a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED screen, a 1GHz processor, an 8MP rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3MP front-side camera.
Samsung has pre-loaded Flash and the Samsung Media Hub, offering up movies and TV shows for rental or purchase.
Verizon says LTE users should have down speeds of 5-12Mbps and upload speeds of 2-5Mbps.
The Droid Charge will also feature mobile hotspot, allowing up to 10 devices to connect to the LTE. For now, Verizon is offering that feature for free.
Starting next week, the Charge will cost $300 with two-year contract, and it comes with free $25 credit to Samsung Media Hub.
Result for: rental
Amazon has begun bundling digital copies with sales of physical Blu-rays and DVDs, giving buyers a chance to watch the film almost immediately while they wait for their title to ship.
The new promotion, dubbed Disc+ On Demand works on 313 titles. Says Amazon: “Buy select DVDs and Blu-ray discs and watch the Amazon Video On Demand version instantly as a gift with purchase.”
There are newer titles such as Funny People and many catalog titles such as The Wizard of Oz and Ghostbusters in both DVD and Blu-ray.
Notably, some of the digital copies will be rentals while others will be permanent downloads. Those with rentals are available for 30 days after download and can be played back on any device that supports the Amazon Video On Demand platform, including PCs and Macs.
View the full promotion here: Amazon Disc+ On Demand
Result for: rental
Mark Wattles, the former founder of Hollywood Video and current owner of Mark’s Video rental chains in Washington, Oregon, Nevada and Arizona has announced across the board price drops on rentals via his stores.
Per night prices for rentals have been dropped to $1.49 USD for Blu-rays, $0.99 for new release DVDs and $0.49 for catalog films, prices that match or even undercut rental kiosk giant Redbox.
VideoBusiness has confirmed the new aggressive price drops.
Wattles currently owns 20 locations which were spun off from Hollywood Video when it was purchased by Movie Gallery.
