Verizon Hub

The Verizon Hub was a media phone available from Verizon Wireless. It featured a seven-inch LCD screen with 16-bit color. The hub was able to sync the user's calendar, contact details, maps, traffic, and weather reports.[3] The Verizon Hub did not require the owner to have Verizon Fios,[4] and connected to a wireless network. It featured a wireless handset and speakerphone. The hub also allowed users to send text and photo messages, but only to other Verizon Wireless phones. Because the device utilized voice over internet protocol (VoIP) technology, users were able set the hub to forward calls to another phone number in the event of a power or internet outage.

Verizon Hub
Verizon Hub showing navigation screen and major applications
ManufacturerVerizon
SloganWelcome to the home phone reinvented
Compatible networksVoIP
Availability by regionFebruary 1st, 2009[1]
DiscontinuedSeptember 29th, 2009[2]
Typemedia phone
Dimensions9" x 12" x 0.5"
Mass1.5 lbs.
CPU500 MHz FreeScale iMX.31 & BlackFin BF537 DSP
Memory128MB RAM
Storage64GB NAND flash (formatted with YAFFS2)
Display7" WVGA LCD screen (800 x 480 pixels) at 16-bit color with alpha blending.
Connectivity
  • (1) 10 / 100 Ethernet Port
  • (1) 802.11b / g wireless client interface
  • 802.1x connectivity support for WEP, WPA, WPA2 and QoS
  • DECT 6.0

The hardware and the custom Linux distribution was provided by Open Peak Inc. Most application development work was done in Verizon's India-based office VDSI in Hyderabad. The device also required users to watch video advertisements before utilizing features such as the traffic application, despite a monthly subscription fee of $35.[5]

Features

Some of the features of the Verizon Hub were:

  • Anonymous Call Blocking
  • Call Logs
  • Scheduled Call Forwarding
  • Speed Dialing
  • Unlimited Nationwide Calling (US & Canada)

References
  1. Verizon Hub "landline slayer" officially unveiled - Engadget
  2. Geek.com Archived May 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Verizon Wireless
  4. February 1: Verizon Wireless Reimagines The Home Phone
  5. Hardwick, Chris & Pereira, Kevin (April 15, 2009). "Review of Verizon Hub". Attack of the Show. Los Angeles. G4.
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