Hi, I have been following this thread for a few months now because I also want the i760. I just registered so I can share the little info that I had received. I stopped into a verizon store a few days ago and talked to the manager that I kind of know. I asked him about the i760 and this is what he said. "my samsung rep came in this morning with her boss. The 2 of them told me that the i760 will not be released in July for sure. They did say that it will be released in Aug. for sure" He then told me that his rep's boss had the i760 and that he let him play around with it for a few minutes. He told me that he was waiting for the 6800 but now that he saw the i760, he changed his mind because the i760 is so sweet.

I hope I got all the model #'s right and my story makes sense. I have never posted on a forum before but I just thought that I would relay this info. Take it for what it is worth. I cannot confirm anything. This is just what I was told. Thanks

Interesting in that it is VZ Navigator not GIN that is also presenting a problem for the 8830 and opening up the GPS on that phone. I wish they'd quit trying to cram their own stuff on the phones, as that more than testing seems to be the constraint. But this is preaching to the choir.

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What in the world are people going to need get it now for on a pda phone that already is capable of installing 3rd party software out of the box. What are they going to do? Disable this too!?

I just got a call from VZW telemarketing trying to get me to re-up for another year. Just for fun I said that I was waiting to see any new pda phones to come out.

VZW: Which one is that?
Me: The Samsung i760.
VZW: Hmmm. I'm not familiar with that one. When is it coming out?
Me: That's what I was hoping you could tell me!

This is what I received from our sales rep a couple of minutes ago:

Hello Brian,

This device may release in September (tentative). Unfortunately it did not pass testing. I will keep you posted.


Thank You,

***********
Business Account Executive
Southern California
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Damn that sucks!!

Cheers

Brian

Just for fun, I emailed by rep again today, and tried to feed him some BS just to see how he responded...

Don't be timid. We are happy for any leaks we can get.

Ok guys, here is the deal, I've seen the i760 at the CES on Jan. of this year and waited until now and still not available! The damn iPhone came before this damn thing!

So, here is my plan, I still have a 8 months left with Verizon, so I am going to get the BB 8830 for now so I can use it overseas. By April of 2008, I will switch to AT&T so I can fondle the iPhone and at the same time the BB 8820 with wifi! How sweet is that?!?! I am tired of reading the forum everyday in hopes of seeing the release of the i760!

Thanks for reading!!!

MRAILING EDIT - I removed the title for this post, since this doesn't comply with the house rules. Do NOT use foul language here, even if you * it. It's uncalled for and unnecessary in a forum for PDA Phones.

If you've been reading every day, you would have seen mrailing's post a few days ago directing people to cease using curse words with asterisk's substituted for individual letters.

More example of Verizon greed, Why do they think I want to pay them for services that are otherwise available free in the internet?

Oh yea, I forgot the Terms Of Service agreement!

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Verizon, Can you hear me now?

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