TyTn coming to Verizon!

[BrainC]

This is great news for me, as I'm one of very few people around here that use Verizon...

EngadgetMobile has a pic of the CDMA version of the TyTn (8525, Hermes, etc) and it has a rumored release date of Jan. 15 '07!!!

Here's the specs:
WM5 AKU 3
256MB flash / 96MB RAM
Thumb wheel
802.11b/g
Bluetooth 2.0
BBAC -- BroadbandAccess Connect, i.e. tetherable EV-DO
microSD slot

According to Ryan Block, there's more VZW news coming today - stay tuned!

[via EngadgetMobile]

[Pegleg Pete]

Originally Posted by BrainC

This is great news for me, as I'm one of very few people around here that use Verizon...

EngadgetMobile has a pic of the CDMA version of the TyTn (8525, Hermes, etc) and it has a rumored release date of Jan. 15 '07!!!

Here's the specs:
WM5 AKU 3
256MB flash / 96MB RAM
Thumb wheel
802.11b/g
Bluetooth 2.0
BBAC -- BroadbandAccess Connect, i.e. tetherable EV-DO
microSD slot

According to Ryan Block, there's more VZW news coming today - stay tuned!

[via EngadgetMobile]

Hoooorooo!
Looks like VZW finaly caved on the WIFI issue.
Good news for you, I think.

I was a STAUNCH VZW customer as it evolved over last 12 years. CDMA vs GSM, to my thinking was Sony Beta Max vs VHS (tapes, kids, those things that preceded CD's?), far superior technology.

Too, VVZW's towers up here in Colorado gave me better signals than AT&T's GSM numerous tests revealed. Plus, the Palm OS on the Kyocera 7135 just did stuff I liked and had a HUGE software smorgasboard.

THEN, the 400mhz 8525 pushed me over the edge for a Cingular GSM (Europe AND USA on one "smartphone," Imagine that??!!) 30 day trial. I stayed and was VERY impressed with the warranty response from Cingular (see thread "Sweet 8525 croaked").

Still some WM 5.0 bugs and several "head up & welded" WinMob apps, but the performance is certainly in the TyTN Hermes (8525) and I'm now a DarkSide prosletizer.

Actually, the Cingular GSM is superior in coverage and signal strenghth in the mountains where I live and operate. That was a pleasant surprise.

Verizon pards will do well to get the device, I think.
PP

[henry14]

No wonder no one uses Verizon. I received the notice on 12/22 and was told the cut off was 12/27. So now I'm switching to Cingular and the 8525.

Best regards-Henry

[Pegleg Pete]

Originally Posted by henry14

No wonder no one uses Verizon. I received the notice on 12/22 and was told the cut off was 12/27. So now I'm switching to Cingular and the 8525.

Best regards-Henry

Henry14,
Whilst we slept, the definition of "unlimited" must have changed, eh? Don't you just hate it when you get a lie pitched your way?

Friend of mine opines:
"If he lies, he will cheat. If he cheats, he will steal."

[henry14]

but all I can do is switch. I've called 8 million times and thy all read from a prepared script. Letter was received 12/22 and cut off is 12/27. I've sent e mails to Verizon and news services but no one cares.

[BrainC]

Did you tether to a laptop? Have you visited the Verizon forums at howardforums.com? I know there have been a few people that have been unfairly terminated or charged for their "unlimited" plan...

best of luck~

[randychnr]

k folks i just talk to utstarcomm tech support and they told me this gem is coming out late 2nd quarter because they are still testing wm6 and that is the hold up.i cant wait for this new toy.lol

[Dale Ahn]

Originally Posted by randychnr

k folks i just talk to utstarcomm tech support and they told me this gem is coming out late 2nd quarter because they are still testing wm6 and that is the hold up.i cant wait for this new toy.lol

That's exciting! Thanks for the update randychnr!