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Re: BB Storm? What about a new Treo Windows Mobile Device?

2008-11-22T12:48:43Z

Your Treo is falling apart and you want to buy another one? Can't you
find a phone that won't fall apart?

Verizon bundle question

2008-11-22T09:57:04Z

i took up an offer to bundle DSL , landline and wireless onto one bill.
Verizon said i will get unlimited calling from LANDLINE to CELL and vice
versia. How is this determined ??? is it thru the CID ??? i had this
crazy wishful thinking if i forwarded incoming calls from the land line
they would be unlimited to the cell phone thinking the call would only

Re: eagerly awaiting experiences with Blackberry Storm

2008-11-22T08:26:07Z

Now that I think of it last year there were huge areas where Verizon
data did not work on my Verizon phone in Alabama (I-65) (I-20) and
Georgia/Tennessee/ Kentucky (I-75) along the interstate.
I got some kind of Verizon message that data was not available even if
I could make a phone call. It was real bad down around Mobile AL.

Re: BB Storm? What about a new Treo Windows Mobile Device?

2008-11-22T07:17:34Z

The economy is collapsing before our very eyes, and there's moron's in NYC
waiting in the cold to buy the Blackberry Storm.
It's a phone people, get a grip!

Re: eagerly awaiting experiences with Blackberry Storm

2008-11-22T07:17:00Z

That's not true. If you stay in a hotel or motel in rural America,
you're very likely to have WiFi, but not 3G data (and any data you do
have will likely be slow data on a rural carrier, that you can't use).
Often the WiFi is via satellite, so it's not super high speed, and
there's a lot of latency, but it works okay.

Re: eagerly awaiting experiences with Blackberry Storm

2008-11-22T06:42:56Z

They do not have McDonalds?
McDonald's back end data system is AT&T which is why iPhone (and AT&T
BB) users now get free wifi while visiting any Micky Dee. All others
pay $10 per hour if even allowed on the net.

Re: eagerly awaiting experiences with Blackberry Storm

2008-11-22T05:04:08Z

4phun wrote on [Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:49:42 -0800 (PST)]:
There's no wifi, only cell service, in rural America.

Re: Poor Reception

2008-11-22T04:18:54Z

If you want or need it badly enough. . . .

Re: Poor Reception

2008-11-22T04:13:37Z

Yea...like $600 bucks!

Re: Poor Reception

2008-11-22T03:36:44Z

if you don't mind spending a few bucks, checkout whole home repeaters at
[link]
(my home was next to a MT (got absolutely no signal) aimed the directional
yagi at a tower 18 miles away, and the omni inside - no wires to the phone,
worked great)

Re: eagerly awaiting experiences with Blackberry Storm

2008-11-22T01:33:18Z

But Verizon is on the verge of releasing the HTC Touch and HTC Touch
Pro, both of which have WiFi. Verizon has sold the HTC VX6800 with WiFi
for a while, as well as a couple of other WiFi smart phones.
It'd be really short-sighted if they didn't come out with an iPhone
competitor that had WiFi. The VX6800 is a bit old, and will soon be

Re: eagerly awaiting experiences with Blackberry Storm

2008-11-22T01:31:27Z

John wrote:
Three reasons:
1. If you travel to places where there is no EVDO, but where there is
free or low cost WiFi, you can use the data part of the device. I.e., I
stayed at some places in Montana and Wyoming this past summer where
there was no EVDO (and no Verizon) but where the lodge or motel had free

BlackBerry Storm Bug Fixes Are Coming Soon

2008-11-22T01:29:45Z

Blackberry storm
RIM Already Says BlackBerry Storm Bug Fixes Are Coming Soon
By matt buchanan, 11:59 AM on Thu Nov 20 2008,
Why do companies ship products they know are mad buggy?
RIM did it with the BlackBerry Storm, which locked up and crashed on
me plenty during the review period, even after it was delayed

Re: eagerly awaiting experiences with Blackberry Storm

2008-11-21T23:34:24Z

Rimm will hold its value. The people who got the world in this mess
use BB and they will buy the Storm without any thought. Besides that
is all Verizon has to sell.
BlackBerry Storm - All Noise, No Punch
RIM’s BlackBerry Storm smartphone offers all the enterprise features
that businesses have come to know and love—and that Apple’s iPhone

Re: eagerly awaiting experiences with Blackberry Storm

2008-11-21T21:54:10Z

yeah - the VZ marketing folks probably made that happen...
to "capture" the user and make them only use the VZ network.
Sorta like GM & Ford marketing saying -
why would you want anything besides a full size truck ?
We don't need to make anything else.... like smaller fuel effcient & hybrid
cars :)