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Verizon looking to bump early termination fee to $350 on 'advanced' devices {Engadget Mobile}
Nov 4th 2009 11:40AM This isn't as ridiculous as it sounds. I know some companies that offer phones like the BB Tour, Palm Pre, Bold's, etc. for free, and they ship from the corporate warehouses. Customers would get the phones on 5 lines, and flip the phones for 350+, and only pay a termination fee of 175. This fraud usually happens in conjunction with a Tax ID and/or business account, and is how a ton of new devices hit eBay in mint condition (sometimes before release date). Let's put it this way... I KNOW this guy received these phones for next to nothing:
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/06/05/palm-pre-hits-ebay-prior-to-official-launch-just-900-and-a-fis/
Verizon to charge for Exchange access on the DROID, probably on the honor system {Engadget Mobile}
Nov 2nd 2009 6:54PM This would be dumb for Google and Verizon. The knock on the Android system is how it works with corporate clients/servers...I would think it would be hard for a business decision maker to get in the door, and try Android, if there was more upfront costs associated with it (and it isn't proven for businesses). I know Blackberry is constantly lowering their CAL costs, and outsourcing the tech support...combine that with BB's reputation, and even though the Droid is cool, a business would have to go with BB's. But, what am I thinking...this is just an up sell for mobile pros who walk out of VZW with their Driods this Friday, only to come back on Monday saying that their corporate email doesn't work. After they are told they have to add the 15 dollars, they will complain, but give their money to the company that is the BEST at getting it.
Buy this book: Chris Ziegler's 'Palm Pre for Dummies'! {Engadget Mobile}
Oct 14th 2009 11:26AM hmmmm, any run-on sentences with these things -- in it ?
Samsung Trill and Caliber coming to US Cellular {Engadget Mobile}
Sep 28th 2009 11:41AM who names these phones? Bun B? Paul Wall?
Jabra's HALO now ready to make stereo Bluetooth look a little less ridiculous {Engadget Mobile}
Aug 26th 2009 1:26PM Wouldn't it be better if you gave it a couple hours of charge, to be fair? I do the same thing, though... so I understand
LG and Nortel complete first LTE-CDMA handoff, Verizon swoons {Engadget Mobile}
Aug 26th 2009 12:56PM They couldn't use USC because USC does nothing but throw bombs against other scrub Pac-10 squads, like these 2.
Jabra's HALO now ready to make stereo Bluetooth look a little less ridiculous {Engadget Mobile}
Aug 26th 2009 12:16PM barrette is what it should be...
Samsung Instinct S50 now reportedly the Instinct HD, 'HD' officially the new black {Engadget Mobile}
Aug 13th 2009 5:12PM I would assume EngadgetMobile takes responsibility before posting things that aren't confirmed, from readers.
Update: They just put a watch with a RIM logo on their front page (leading readers with no reading comprehension to believe it is a real accessory), along with an article filled with wild speculation. No responsibility there.
Sprint HTC Touch Pro2 shows up sporting a 3.5mm headphone jack {Engadget Mobile}
Aug 10th 2009 11:09AM I have long been a proponent for this type of jack...kudos to HTC!!!
Sprint's developer site reveals Touch Pro2's innermost secrets {Engadget Mobile}
Aug 6th 2009 6:32PM Lol...we need to have a beer summit, because I'm not white. Two, I am also not a sales manager...I own a cell phone component distribution warehouse, in Vegas. Three, my salespeople who do sell phones are as good as it gets. Four, you started a sentence with a number (3.5) and nowhere in the sentence did you mention that the reason you like the jack is because any phone with a 3.5 mm jack doubles as your girlfriend. Five, my salespeople are the best in the business and they qualify people for phones like the TP2 by figuring their server needs, software needs, etc., and if the customer balks at a deal because of a 3.5 mm jack, our response will be:
Mr. Doax, put down the Star Wars action figure and come out of your mom's basement. Tradition is the albatross around the neck of progress. Get over the 3.5 mm jack, and worry about the 85 other features that make this a great phone.
Six, you guys need a sense of humor...
