Verizon Wireless Windows Phone 7 status (official release May 26th)

[doogie]

Thanks for the news, waycool. Anything to break the silence here is good..

[waycoolkennel]

You know... the more I think about it.. the more it makes sense that ... VZW probably WANTS me to buy an eyephone..

So.. I think I'll just wait ... Unfortunately it would be hard for me to switch carriers in my geographic location.. but I can darn sure wait for WP7 to spite VZW..

There's alot of sweet lemons here right now.. But I guess if you have lemons.. may as well make lemonade !

[WMFan85]

Originally Posted by waycoolkennel

You know... the more I think about it.. the more it makes sense that ... VZW probably WANTS me to buy an eyephone..

So.. I think I'll just wait ... Unfortunately it would be hard for me to switch carriers in my geographic location.. but I can darn sure wait for WP7 to spite VZW..

There's alot of sweet lemons here right now.. But I guess if you have lemons.. may as well make lemonade !

That's the way I'm thinking too. I'm pretty limited to the carriers in my location (North Dakota). We have Verizon and AT&T here and that's it. I've heard numerous issues with AT&T and besides my wife just bought an android and we are locked into a 2 year contract.

I will wait them out.

[doogie]

Originally Posted by WMFan85

That's the way I'm thinking too. I'm pretty limited to the carriers in my location (North Dakota). We have Verizon and AT&T here and that's it. I've heard numerous issues with AT&T and besides my wife just bought an android and we are locked into a 2 year contract.

I will wait them out.

I'm sure VZW would love for you to drop by and grab an iPhone! For me, my parents, my in-laws, my (non-technical/non-nerd) friends, all have them. To get away from my TP2 for a mimnute, I tried one out over the last couple of weeks. It felt just like the relevant Futurama episode. There's the associated stigma/attitude and being told what's okay and what's not with regards to my device, yeah, I'm good. Plus that, iTunes, uh, I'd rather catalog my music in Excel.

Android, like a few others have said..looks a bit rough around the edges, and I primarily use my phone for work, synced to Exchange. I'll be damned if I get fired because some kiddie buried a rootkit in the next app I download, and stole my data.

tl;dr tried the other stuff, still waiting for WP7.

[DavidinCT]

Originally Posted by doogie

tl;dr tried the other stuff, still waiting for WP7.

Yep, same here, the eyephoney is not a BAD phone, it's just not for me.

I'm just waiting to have an option from Verizon and not get the "Early 2011" from Verizon, as Early 2011 has come and gone.

Ugh....hate waiting and if you have been waiting for a phone from Verizon, your used to that.

[waycoolkennel]

Isnt that just peachy....

The Samsung LTE Hotspot gets announced 2 days ahead of the schedule on the leaked memo... and here we sit waiting ... waiting.. yep.. STILL WAITING...

LOL ok.. its almost starting to be funny.. but not really

[Griff1324]

Some food for thought...

Verizon typically launches new phones on a Thursday. A Verizon internal document originally stated the Trophy would be available on the 24th, which wass a Thursday. If I am not mistaken, not much longer after that the MS promotioanl poster showed up showing a new expiration date of April 1st. This expiration date is almost exactly one week past the "original" launch date of the 24th.

The 24th came and went with no appearance of the Trophy. We just had recent FCC approval of the phone and now the MS promotional poster has been updated to show an expiration date of April 7th. Assuming that the MS promotion was intended to last about one week after the launch of the phone and Verizon lauches the phone on a Thursday....this would put the release date of the Trophy on March 31st.

If I am not mistaken, Verizon only officially announce the Thunderbolt a day or two prior to the actual release. With all that said, I am crossing my fingers that we will see the Trophy this week.

[doogie]

VZW seems to be firing off the LTE modem/hotspot devices today, maybe they'll see fit to include WP7 amongst the announcements..

Novatel's USB551L 4G LTE modem hits Verizon March 31st -- Engadget

Verizon's Samsung LTE Mobile Hotspot goes on sale: $100 on contract -- Engadget

[DavidinCT]

Verizon sucks....they can't provide the customer what they want....AT&T is looking better and better by the day. Their coverage in my area appears as good as VZW...

[deadwrong03]

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Originally Posted by Griff1324

Some food for thought...

Verizon typically launches new phones on a Thursday. A Verizon internal document originally stated the Trophy would be available on the 24th, which wass a Thursday. If I am not mistaken, not much longer after that the MS promotioanl poster showed up showing a new expiration date of April 1st. This expiration date is almost exactly one week past the "original" launch date of the 24th.

The 24th came and went with no appearance of the Trophy. We just had recent FCC approval of the phone and now the MS promotional poster has been updated to show an expiration date of April 7th. Assuming that the MS promotion was intended to last about one week after the launch of the phone and Verizon lauches the phone on a Thursday....this would put the release date of the Trophy on March 31st.

If I am not mistaken, Verizon only officially announce the Thunderbolt a day or two prior to the actual release. With all that said, I am crossing my fingers that we will see the Trophy this week.

sounds good but who knows what to believe...i hope ur right. i called customer service and they found it in the system but couldnt give me a release date