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Old 07-05-2007, 03:58 AM
     
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Kylah
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Join Date: 07-01-2007
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Originally Posted by DaveM View Post
Did anyone notice that they dropped the Silver Q from the website today? It was up there yesterday. They also moved up the Black Q to the top above the PN-820. Possible positioning for another addition but really means nothing...thought you might find that somewhat interesting over and above all of the date speculation.

Those devices are all on close-out now. That is why they removed it from the website. Aside from the WX and 8830 there are no true PDA's available from VZW. The i730 is gone (atleast in New England) and i830 is direct fulfillment only. 6700 is on close-out and all but gone in most areas. It's time to release it, and I can't imagine them holding off any longer, regardless of the GIN issue (which is supposed to be resolved by Q3, assuming things stay on track)

I know there are PDA's that are ready for launch, I just can't figure out why they won't atleast start the groundwork for them. Maybe the 760 is a sleeper and they're going to just spring it on us. I trust my sources, but they don't know everything and can't predict what the corporate execs will do from one week to the next.

VZW has a brief window to get this accomplished before they fall out of the game. I know they're excited about the new chocolates and other "cool" VCast devices, but they've got the data network and they're squandering it away on Mobile Web 2.0 and VCast Music / Videos. Where's the big push on data they spoke of at the beginning of the year? I swear it's like they heard iPhone (sorry!) and crapped their pants. It's not that great of a phone, and instead of trying to react to it, they need to stick to what they do best. Full steam ahead on the GIN for PDA's, that's going to put them ahead of the game. Release the next-gen devices and stop worrying about what other companies are doing. That's what they've said and done before, I don't know why this is any different.

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