Joining the LG Optimus U and LG Apex are the Samsung Gem and the HTC Merge. All four Android smartphones are offered by US Cellular in terms of prepaid options. The monthly plans US Cellular offers range for $40-$70, but it is worth noting that with any monthly plan priced at $50 or higher, you more »

Cellular South offered up the news that they were planning to launch the HTC Merge back towards the end of March. And well, at the time it was expected to come available sometime “next month” which lead us to believe that they would have it ready sometime in April. Needless to say April (along with more »

Despite seeing a few reports suggesting that the HTC Merge was going to launch with US Cellular on April 29th, we can now safely say that did not happen. And as one would expect, when a rumored release date passes there is generally another rumored release date that pops up shortly after. Well, that future more »

As we had expected, the HTC Merge has finally come available for Verizon Wireless. Except this release comes with a small catch, the handset is available for Verizon but not with Verizon. Bottom line, those with Verizon can get an HTC Merge smartphone however they will not be able to pick one up directly with more »

Similar to the HTC Trophy, Verizon seems to be keeping us hanging with official details for the release of the HTC Merge. Anyway, thanks to some recently discovered details — it looks like the Merge will be coming available today May 12th. Though, that coming available comes with a catch. According to the image that more »

While the whole HTC Merge coming to Verizon has already proved to be a long running series of rumors, it seems the same may be happening with US Cellular. It was just about a week ago when we saw a rumored launch date of April 29th. Of course, that date was quickly denied by US more »

The HTC Merge has had a rather interesting lifecycle so far and it has not even been released. The story goes all the way back to last year when we began seeing things such as the user guide and boot animations leak online. And then, there was the waiting for announcement from Verizon and then more »

The HTC Merge made an early and somewhat brief appearance on the Verizon website just a few days back and now it looks like the handset has returned to the spotlight in the form of Verizon branded press images. Sadly the images did not come along with a press release or any of the other more »

Yesterday brought the news that the Samsung Gem had been spotted on the Verizon website and now it looks like there has been some in-the-wild style images that leaked to the web. The images arrive by way of Chris Ziegler and well, what can we say — it is a Samsung Gem with Verizon branding. more »

While we are still awaiting the official release of the Samsung Gem and the HTC Merge with Verizon, it looks like they have made an appearance (in part) on the Verizon website. Granted, this does not necessarily mean a release is coming anytime soon, but it could lead to some speculation that an announcement is more »