Verizon Hub

{{Short description|Mobile phone sold by Verizon Wireless}}

{{Infobox Mobile phone

| name = Verizon Hub

| image = Verizon-hub-application-screenh4web-reduced.jpg

| imagesize =

| caption = Verizon Hub showing navigation screen and major applications

| slogan = Welcome to the home phone reinvented

| manufacturer = Verizon

| carrier = Verizon Wireless

| available = February 1st, 2009[https://www.engadget.com/2009/01/23/verizon-hub-landline-slayer-officially-unveiled/ Verizon Hub "landline slayer" officially unveiled - Engadget]

| discontinued = September 29th, 2009[http://www.gearlog.com/2009/09/rip_verizon_hub_2009-2009.php Geek.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100525220439/http://www.gearlog.com/2009/09/rip_verizon_hub_2009-2009.php |date=May 25, 2010 }}

| screen = 7" WVGA LCD screen (800 x 480 pixels) at 16-bit color with alpha blending.

| camera =

| operatingsystem =

| input =

| cpu = 500 MHz FreeScale iMX.31 & BlackFin BF537 DSP

| memory = 128MB RAM

| storage = 64GB NAND flash (formatted with YAFFS2)

| memory_card =

| 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

| networks = VoIP

| type = media phone

| size = 9" x 12" x 0.5"

| weight = 1.5 lbs.

}}

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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090629195003/http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/vzhub/techspec.jsp Verizon Wireless] The Verizon Hub did not require the owner to have Verizon Fios,[http://news.vzw.com/news/2009/01/pr2009-01-23a.html February 1: Verizon Wireless Reimagines The Home Phone] 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.

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.{{cite episode |url=http://g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/gadgetpr0n/66580/Verizon-Hub-Review.html |title=Review of Verizon Hub |series=Attack of the Show |series-link=Attack of the Show |credits=Hardwick, Chris & Pereira, Kevin |network=G4 |location=Los Angeles |air-date= April 15, 2009}}