I just spoke with Verizon tech. and was told that both Treao 650 and Samsung i730 were delayed to network issues.

As to specifications, Verizon tech had one with him and told me that it has

* BLUETOOTH

* WIFI

* MEGAPIXEL CAMERA



THANK YOU VERiZON

As to released date they hoping for middle of April.

Cheers!

How is that a delay? Delay from what initail data?

April is right around the corner!

Well, it supposed be releaed in March but now it is shifted to April.

So far, that's not much of a shift given it is March 17th already. I could do another month standing on my head at this point.

Mark

That is good news! Did your guy say anything about how well the BB client is working?

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My local Verizon Tech rep told me the same thing....about April 15th. He had an i730 last week for two days for testing and he loved it! He was pretty excited about it. He also confirmed that it had WiFi, BT, and the camera!

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Will I beable to use the i730 as a modem for my PC and have it use EV-DO? With PDA/unlimited data feature?
If yes, how can I tether it?

1. BT?
2. cable?
3. ????

There are time That I need to do this.

Any word on pricing? Either raw, with a 1 year or 2 year contract.

Everyone I talk to at Verizon thinks I'm nuts when I ask about the i730, including today. They keep saying, "Surely it would be in my system or at least a placeholder or some information if it were coming out soon. Must not be for a few weeks, at least." This makes me confused.

Any more baseless rumors from reputable sources?

Ever work on a big project? The dates always slip. There is no such thing as a firm date to release a new phone.

I'm so confused. I was under the impression that:

a) Developing, manufacturing and distributing a new phone was a small project.

b) release dates are always firm, all the time.

I guess you learn something new every day.

that's right. It takes only 1 man hour and about 1 dollar of investment as well.

A lot of the time the date slips due to nothing with the phone, like burning old inventory or waiting for the xmas season ... or some new deal or maybe inresponse to competitor packages.

They do that in other industries like movies and tv constantly.

Might have something to do with their stock prices too!

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Just a suggestion.

Let's stop using this thread unless we hear of concrete delays in the 650 and i730.

My heart stops every time I see this thread title jump to the top of the stack

I know, I know, now I'm guilty of it too.
You can tell from my name that "me a culp-a".

This phone will NOT Work as dailup modem bluetooth nor Usb cable. Phone does not have bluetooth profile for being used as modem. The only way you can use the network connection directly on the phone.

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PDA Guru

Not even with a cable?

PDAGuru, are you positive about this?
I am talking about with Verizon as the cell provider.

Thanks
Mark

As far as I know bluetooth will not work 100%. cable as modem still not 100% sure, however there is no software with the phone that will make it work, may have to research with 3rd party vendors.

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PDA Guru

So long as the DUN hasn't been purposefully crippled by the carrier, it doesn't matter that DUN software isn't provided. Others will provide the DUN software.

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Dave

Hrm, I thought they would cripple it since they aren't including the bluetooth DUN.....although thinking about it, couldn't one get another MS Bluetooth stack off another device and put it on the i730 to get the profile?