Re: PC World's Top Ten PDA Phones...and Verizon Isn't On The List!

Pegleg wrote:
> http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,12...l?tk=nl_dgxrvw
>
> T-Mobile has 5
> ATT has 4
> Sprint 1
>
> Verizon ought to take a look and wake up and dump a bunch of their
> crappy phones!

It's just a misinformed author. I.e., the Q is available on Verizon, and
several of the other PDA phones have CDMA equivalents on Verizon.

Still, Verizon should some crappy models, as should all the other carriers.

On 2008-03-28, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:
> Pegleg wrote:
>> http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,12...l?tk=nl_dgxrvw
>>
>> T-Mobile has 5
>> ATT has 4
>> Sprint 1
>>
>> Verizon ought to take a look and wake up and dump a bunch of their
>> crappy phones!
>
> It's just a misinformed author. I.e., the Q is available on Verizon, and
> several of the other PDA phones have CDMA equivalents on Verizon.

I don't know that the author is that misinformed. While Verizon
does sell a Motorola Q (two models in fact), the Motorola Q they
like is a newer version than Verizon sells. The review for the
Q they like actually links to a review they did of the Verizon
version, so they know the difference.

As for the Blackberrys, two of the three they like have WiFi support
while the third is cheaper than anything Verizon sells. I don't see
any phone on their list for which Verizon has an exact feature-for-feature
match.

Dennis Ferguson

"Dennis Ferguson" <dcferguson@pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:slrnfuqe13.4e.dcferguson@akit-ferguson.com...
> On 2008-03-28, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:
>> Pegleg wrote:
>>> http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,12...l?tk=nl_dgxrvw
>>>
>>> T-Mobile has 5
>>> ATT has 4
>>> Sprint 1
>>>
>>> Verizon ought to take a look and wake up and dump a bunch of their
>>> crappy phones!
>>
>> It's just a misinformed author. I.e., the Q is available on Verizon, and
>> several of the other PDA phones have CDMA equivalents on Verizon.
>
> I don't know that the author is that misinformed. While Verizon
> does sell a Motorola Q (two models in fact), the Motorola Q they
> like is a newer version than Verizon sells. The review for the
> Q they like actually links to a review they did of the Verizon
> version, so they know the difference.
>
> As for the Blackberrys, two of the three they like have WiFi support
> while the third is cheaper than anything Verizon sells. I don't see
> any phone on their list for which Verizon has an exact feature-for-feature
> match.
>
> Dennis Ferguson

This is not 'new' news to longtime Verizoners. Slow to market (maybe not
completely their fault since GSM has a greater world-wide market share), and
limited features (designed to force you to spend extra $ every month). For
consumners it sucks, for stockholders it seems to be working. Good news is,
it seems to be slowly changing.