"Dennis Ferguson" <dcferguson@pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:slrnfuqe13.4e.dcferguson@akit-ferguson.com...
> On 2008-03-28, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:
>> Pegleg wrote:
>>> http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,12...l?tk=nl_dgxrvw
>>>
>>> T-Mobile has 5
>>> ATT has 4
>>> Sprint 1
>>>
>>> Verizon ought to take a look and wake up and dump a bunch of their
>>> crappy phones!
>>
>> It's just a misinformed author. I.e., the Q is available on Verizon, and
>> several of the other PDA phones have CDMA equivalents on Verizon.
>
> I don't know that the author is that misinformed. While Verizon
> does sell a Motorola Q (two models in fact), the Motorola Q they
> like is a newer version than Verizon sells. The review for the
> Q they like actually links to a review they did of the Verizon
> version, so they know the difference.
>
> As for the Blackberrys, two of the three they like have WiFi support
> while the third is cheaper than anything Verizon sells. I don't see
> any phone on their list for which Verizon has an exact feature-for-feature
> match.
>
> Dennis Ferguson

This is not 'new' news to longtime Verizoners. Slow to market (maybe not
completely their fault since GSM has a greater world-wide market share), and
limited features (designed to force you to spend extra $ every month). For
consumners it sucks, for stockholders it seems to be working. Good news is,
it seems to be slowly changing.