Information on upcoming Verizon phones

Information on upcoming Verizon phones

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Published on: 30 June, 2008 by Nanko Rusev

Information on upcoming Verizon phones

We've received information on Verizon Wireless's new phones, including the Touch Diamond and Raphael …

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Half of you people make fun of the iPhone and the other half make fun of everything else escept the iPhone. How about this.....IF YOU DON'T LIKE A PARTICULAR PHONE....DON'T COMMENT ON IT?
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when are the diamond and the raphael coming out for sprint, or is verizon getting them at the same time and does anyone have inside info on the thunder?
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i like buttons on my phone personally... easier to text while driving! HAHA jk... but seriously its faster for me in general. i have a dare but i kinda miss my chocolate. buttons just feel better for me!
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Beside Trevor being annoying he is not smart either. LOL What he does not know is that that HTC Touch came out well before the iphone and the iphone technology is a copy of the HTC Touch technology. If trevor wants an original he needs to go with the HTC product.
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Fact check. 1993. Apple Newton. Read: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/06/29/ft_newton_messagepad/

End of story.

Who copied whose technology, and why does it even matter?
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I hope they have fixed all the flaws that were present in the 6800 and 6900.... Ive owned them both and Ive had nothing but problems. I called and screamed forever at VZW but i realized its not their fault, They didnt make the phone. I just think more extensive testing should be done on the phones before they are released. Offering the phones to the customer when they have a list of known problems is not good for business. Oh, you think they dont know about the problems WRONG! Ive seen the list of "known issues" from their system. I have lil birdie on the inside that show it to me. But like i said, hopefully they have fixed all these issues.
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sure everone says they "know" someone...besides that vzw test their phone far more extensively than any other carrier
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ya right are kidding all verizon phone have bug every phone i had through them i had bug. It looks like a dont have a very good team testing there phones.
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Lets put this to bed, NOW. Iphone is an impressive piece of hardware. You cant argue with that...however, the Diamond and Touch Pro out rank it. Period.

- The Touch Pro/Diamond has better resolution (Maybe smaller screen, but not by much. Its image quality make-up for it!)

- 528Mhz processor with a fantastic 288Mb of DDR SDRAM! THATS MORE THAN WHAT WINXP RECOMMENDS YOU TO HAVE IN A FULL BLOWN DESKTOP PC!!(The iphone does not even publish these internal specs! however, it sports a CPU rated UP TO 620(or so)MHz and is speculated greatly that the iphone has between 64-128mb of plain old SDRAM...Correct my if i wrong but common!)

- Running a WM6.1 OS meaning that you can install WM applications and not be restricted to pre installed crap (VERY USEFUL AND THE MAIN REASON TO GET A WM DEVICE!) Install your own GPS software, Use remote desktop services, Play PC based videos, whatever...

- Only has a-GPS which means that it relies on cell-tower triangulation to "A"ssist in locating the device

- Touch Flo 3D interface is fantastic! Its intuitive, customizable, extremely handy and clean

- MicroSD slot can accept up tp 32GB cards (The biggest you can get is 8GB currently and they only cost like $45!)

- The touch screen is Resistive, which would be seen as a disadvantage because Capacitive is more sensitive...however, once again, it is CUSTOMIZABLE...so you can adjust the sensitivity. Also, the resistive screen is actually laminated to the glass (a first for HTC) which makes it much more sensitive than normal out of the box!

- Better camera (3.15MP vs. 2.0MP)

- Supports Video Calling with the use of the front CMOS camera...YES, THERE ARE 2 CAMERA'S!

- Both have WiFi...yay

Not to mention VERIZON HAS A BETTER NETWORK, FASTER DATA RATES AND PLAN PRICING than ATT...EV-DO rev.A Is as good as it gets in the US...Sadly for us...

In the end, the Diamond/Pro are more versatile and as far as im concerned, that means better to people who will use such things.

Im waitin on the Verizon Touch Pro. As far as thickness goes, I have handles phones with almost identical dimensions and it's really not that bad at all...also, think about it...The CDMA Diamond is ~14mm thick due to the new back for the larger battery. (IMO the original Diamond battery time of the 900mAh was worthless so the larger battery is a must as far as im concerned) So now add another 4mm and you get a full keyboard and almost 100mb more RAM with the CDMA version of the Touch Pro...SOLD
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i dont think so iphone out ranked them
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if the iphone was on verzons network what would you guys have to talk about?? best phone best service but that not gonna happen verizon smokes att so go with a service that is reliable verizon babe!!! oh and the thunder will be the iphones final killer end of story!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bye iphone
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I am just giddy waiting for the HTC touch pro to land on the US shores!!!
When is it coming? How much? No Xmas gifts this year...I'm getting this phone.
I thought this phone would be usable on any of the bands...my service is with ATT, but I'm planning to buy this unlocked.
Tired of the slave chains to a carrier. I anxiously await the arrival...
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anyone know the pricing or day of release for this phone? also for people with experience, would texting be a pain with the diamond? cause i'd like to keep the phone on the small side, but if txting will be a bitch i might have to get the pro
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would they change anything if they were to make it for verizon? because for that canadian cell company they had taken out the cmos camera in the front, they didn't give it that "diamond" back with the new battery they added, would verizon get the phone like that too, different shapes or maybe even cripple the phone by taking away certain features?
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I'm like a lot of other folks waiting for a smart solid touchscreen phone on VZ. Touch Diamond looks to be the winner. Has anyone seen anything or heard anything around a release date on VZ? I want the phone and i want to stay on VZ but none of the phones they currently offer cut it in my opinion that are touchscreen. I was waiting for the Dare unti i found out it was a "dumb" phone. Tks for any info.
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