Be careful. Your emotions are showing. Actually, I know a friend who was laid off after the company he worked for was bought by VZW many years ago. He says he has a friend who is the 4th cousin of the sister of a friend who is the uncle of Yankee fan who used to love the Red Sox and now likes hockey who sat next to VP of a big company and his two miniture schnauzers at a picnic a week after being transferred to a different group but who uses VZW phones when his batteries burn out in his at&t and Sprint phones. He said that the i760 would definately be released on ... Wait a minute. I forgot what he said. Never mind.

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Below is the email I got from my B2B rep.....no confirmed dates take it for what it's worth.....


From:
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 4:40 PM
To:
Subject: Re: Verizon Wireless Order # xxxxxxxxx


Hi xxxxxx

Thanks for your prompt shipment!

So I just send the old USB720 modem back to you? Any instructions on returning the old modem would help, thanks.

By the way, any news on the Sansung i760 pda phone?


date Oct 2, 2007 4:41 PM
subject RE: Verizon Wireless Order # xxxxxxxxx
signed-by verizonwireless.com
mailed-by verizonwireless.com

Samsung should be launching any day.



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WHAT is NE2??

Thx

And Verizon would come back and say, but we did release new devices since the i730...

6700
three different Blackberrys
Treo 700W
Treo 700Wx
Motorola Q
Motorola Q9
PN820

All of those are business class "PDA Phones". All of those came out since the i730. They don't specifically say "We will provide you an upgrade path of your current device", they say something along the lines of "we will have something for you to use your New Every 2". I don't even think they call it "upgrading", they just say you can get a new device. So then that also includes all of the phones too.

I am not sticking up for Verizon, I want my i760 just as much as the rest of you, but the complaints coming because of the lack of release are just uncalled for, and unneeded. Sure Verizon really should be getting us an "upgrade", and they really should be giving us our i760 that we want, but they are a business, I do own stock in them, and their goal is performance by the numbers, and that is what they push, the stuff that makes them money. PDA phones, although growing, is just a drop in the bucket for them and the other devices they sell.

Everyone here is preaching to choir. We want the i760, we are all in the same boat (except for those lucky few that were able to order it already), and it doesn't do any good to say the stuff here, or threaten to leave here, cause my remark would be, there is the door, go ahead and leave and go to Sprint or AT&T. Personally I am sick of reading complaints and threats, it does no good here but to make us have to skim over them to look for good information, or discuss things that can help the device when the majority of us get it.

It will come out when Verizon wants to release it, no matter what we do, no matter how loud we scream, it simply won't come out any faster. The latest release date that was mentioned was Friday October 5. Sure I don't think it will drop then, but we should at least wait for that date. Verizon isn't telling many of their people about release dates, because of the leaks of those dates. Ethan knows when it got moved to, but he won't tell me, simple as that. He just isn't going to jeopardize his job to let us know anything. So if you don't want to wait, move on. If you do want to wait, we will continue to hear clues, and continue to lust after the i760.

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New Every Two...

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Yep, it's frustrating. Honestly, I was quite hesitant to post the info that was passed down from our rep for fear of adding to the frustration. But I've been lurking for a while now, and thought I would pass along the one piece of useful info that I've gained. If it pans out or not.. who knows. I was just happy to finally get a response from the guy.

truthfully, there has not been one bit of "good" information in this or the previous thread from you, the saintly "Ethan" or anyone else. the only thing keeping people coming back to this thread is the entertainment value, i.e. the jokes, the opportunity to complain and the highs and lows of continuous letdowns....which i still argue all relate to the rumors/release of the i760 and should be allowed.

and as i always do, i'll tell you that Verizon promises much more with their NE2 program than you mention. if all they say is we promise that two years from now we'll have new phones that are substantially identical in specs and features (like the phones you listed), i don't think the program would have much value.

mrailing's downplaying aside, here's what they really say: Verizon Wireless

My southern California B2B rep, just called me to tell me that he was going into a meeting and that he had just heard that Verizon's engeneering group was holding up the phone and he did not expect the phone until end of the month or early next month now. He promised to call me with an update on the release after his meeting where he said he would be hearing more about it.

I will post what he says when he calls me later today.

-Jason

I say we all send VZW our old Qs, 6700s, and i730s when they finally release the phone...