Verizon's "iPhone"

AmpedNow · Post by **AmpedNow** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:41 pm

http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/03/veri ... ll-lineup/

Verizon isn't kidding around this fall, with four new fashionable phones, a couple of which might divert a few iPhone dollars from archrival AT&T. It's those exact four that Engadget Mobile got the scoop on last weekend, the Juke, Pearl, Venus and Voyager.

You knew they were coming...

Ace Purple · Post by **Ace Purple** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:54 pm

I love my Verizon service with my LG phone. I dunno about the whole superphone phenomenon, but then again I was a long-time holdout on getting a cell phone. Now I don't even have a landline -- by choice.

Big Media · Post by **Big Media** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:50 am

A few years ago, I thought I wanted the phone completely loaded with features. What a waste of (company) money. I used it for voice and to store numbers. I may have taken three pictures with the crap cam that was built into the phone.

This time, I just asked for the bare-bones model.

AmpedNow · Post by **AmpedNow** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:04 pm

My thing is wireless internet virtually everywhere I go. I want to always be connected.

Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint are in a foot race to see who can provide the best high-speed wireless internet coverage nationwide. Right now, it looks like Sprint's Xohm WiMax service is the frontrunner. It will be launched in select cities beginning next year.

Of course, I don't expect WV to get any of this technology until it is already obsolete, while everyone else has moved on to the next big thing. But it would be nice to have decent coverage at decent speeds, whether it's with a smart phone or a laptop.

Verizon is supposed to have EV-DO coverage in WV when they turn their network on. I'm actually suprised that it's not on yet...

My contract is up in August, with the "New every two" option in June. I'm waiting to see how their in-state coverage is before I decide whether or not I stay with them.