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Hot new phones coming to Verizon next month! (Phone Arena)
Hot new phones coming to Verizon next month! (Phone Arena)
Verizon “Big Red” Wireless wants to be better than Santa and prepares a bunch of hot new phones for the Holidays (scheduled to be released in November), an internal document tells us. We’ve heard about them in earlier rumors, but here is the real deal: The Samsung OMNIA SCH-i910 looks exactly as ...
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updates.zdnet.com — ZDNet Resources The $99 iPhone Needham Research's Charlie Wolf thinks that Apple could drop the price of... an 8GB iPhone to $99 and crush the competition. Except for "niche" smartphone manufacturers, like RIM, that is. Any such price drops would be ... (more) 3g Resources
Verizon Reports Continued Growth in 3Q: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
biz.yahoo.com — Wireless retail gross customer additions were strong, up 5.3 percent over the prior year. Organic growth (growth... from sources other than acquisitions) was 1.5 million retail net customer additions, essentially all post-paid. Total growth was 2.1 ... (more) Verizon Reports Continued Growth in 3Q: Financial News - ...
Verizon halts Glyde sales, says it has "an issue"
Verizon halts Glyde sales, says it has "an issue"
engadgetmobile.com — We're not sure if these are like intimacy issues, magazine issues, or technical issues, but Verizon has... put out a vaguely-worded all points bulletin to its employees saying that the Glyde's somehow screwed up and should be pulled off shelves ... (more) Verizon halts Glyde sales, says it has "an issue"
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Next Month on Verizon: Samsung Omnia, HTC Touch Pro and More [Unconfirmed]
Gizmodo — ... , but it'll be tarted up red, the only way VZW likes it. The Touch Pro seems like it'll be the same too—it's even keeping Wi-Fi, a daring feat on Verizon. The other two phones are both Sammy—Saga, the CDMA version of the Epix, and the renown, a global flip phone. [Phone Arena] ...

HTC Touch Pro, Samsung Omnia and others confirmed for Verizon, pics leaked
Unwired View — ... Phone Arena has it that Verizon will launch both said handsets sometime in November, thus offering its customers early Christmas gifts.   ...

Three new Verizon handsets leaked: Samsung Omnia and Saga, HTC Touch Pro
Boy Genius Report — Finally, a little more holiday love from the jolly red giant. Sure the BlackBerry Storm will be out before Santa rolls around this year but it’s always nice to have options - especially since the Storm’s touchy clicky screen will surely not appeal to everyone. Worry not, it looks like the boys in red have a few treats for you. First up, the Samsung Omnia. Pictured above sporting a Verizon Wireless boot screen, the Omnia is one of Samsung’s answers to the, dare we say, iPhone. Optical mouse, nice big touchscreen, Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro, 5 ...

Christmas coming to Verizon
Mobility Site — ... It looks like Verizon is about to get ready for Christmas with several new devices for you to give your best friend (and maybe one for yourself).  The folks at Phone Arena got some great news that next month you will see the Samsung OMNIA SCH-i910, the HTC Touch Pro and the Samsung Saga SCH-i770.  Each of these devices have great looks and neat features; certainly it will be a tough choice on which one to get … ah, go ahead, get all three! ...

Branding overkill: Verizon's Omnia, Saga, Touch Pro, and Renown all pictured
Engadget Mobile — ... In case it wasn't already clear that the wireless industry was heading into a dark, cold winter of ridiculous product names, we present to you Verizon's latest batch: the Omnia, Saga, and Renown from Samsung, and the Touch Pro from HTC. Granted, the Touch Pro isn't ...

New Verizon Phones: Omnia, Renown, Touch Pro, and Saga
PR News: — ... Looking at the features list, things do look pretty much the same. The Touch Pro or Verizon Wireless XV6850 is the successor to the XV6800 and features a 3.2MP camera and runs on Windows Mobile 6.1. The Samsung Saga SCH-i770 is the third new mobile to run on Windows Mobile 6.1. This phone only comes with a basic 2 megapixel camera. Samsung Renown SCH-U810 is a clamshell cell phone and also has a 2 megapixel camera. The handset also comes with Stereo Bluetooth. Source

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