Comments on: Verizon Roadmap: DROID CHARGE and Incredible 2 Headed for April – BIONIC, X2, and Revolution in May

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:32:00 +0000

Very happy with my TBolt. Hope I feel the same way next summer, as I went with a 2-year contract haha

By: charfromku

charfromku — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:00:00 +0000

Vanilla Froyo and CM7 Gingerbread is in the works for the Fascinate, at the moment. If you go to the Fascinate forums in XDA, you can see the change log (what works and what’s broken).

By: Mike Robinson

Mike Robinson — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:05:00 +0000

I’m probably going to get the BIONIC unless Verizon switches to “tiered pricing” before I can get one, and in that case, I’ll probably take my account (and the 3 lines attached to it) to Sprint as soon as I’m out of contract.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:02:00 +0000

I agree, Devs need to catch up,and I’m sure they will update and design functional software .

About NFC:
On the most basic level, whipping out a credit card to pay for something takes just a few seconds. So taking out a phone, opening an application and then waving it in front of a reader isn’t going to save a whole lot of time, if any. And even if carrying just a mobile phone and no wallet does become more efficient for some people there are other mobile payment technologies that work well already.

Specifically, SMS is being used by lots of people to make payments — especially outside of the U.S. People are doing things like topping up their phone accounts with credit, or transferring money via texting — where their phones are associated with a carrier plan. NFC really offers nothing unique.

Ah, The pros and cons, like Verizon , ATT, pepsi and coke the beat goes on…..

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:57:00 +0000

Most people who see an Android phone will immediately do two things: swipe through home screens and scroll through the app list. If they see lag and choppiness they inevitably compare to the *Phone and assume that the phone as a whole is not as fast and responsive; end-of-story for them.

If extra cores make browsing buttery-smooth, I’m all for it.
They shouldn’t be drawing extra power from your phone unless they are getting some tangible use anyway. (that is assuming some level of power-gating)

I like GPU acceleration too, but there is no reason to ditch a wider architecture because it’s effects are not immediately discernible by people browsing phones in the verizon store.

By: Chris Miller

Chris Miller — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:52:00 +0000

waiting for the quad core targa

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:53:00 +0000

I agree, Devs need to catch up,and I’m sure they will update and design functional software .
About NFC:
On the most basic level, whipping out a credit card to pay for something takes just a few seconds. So taking out a phone, opening an application and then waving it in front of a reader isn’t going to save a whole lot of time, if any. And even if carrying just a mobile phone and no wallet does become more efficient for some people there are other mobile payment technologies that work well already.

Ah, The pros and cons, like Verizon ATT, pepsi and coke the beat goes on…..

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:45:00 +0000

I agree, Devs need to catch up,and I’m sure they will update and design functional software .

By: Joel Seph

Joel Seph — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:34:00 +0000

LOL!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:47:00 +0000

yeh, seems to work off and on.

By: Craigg

Craigg — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 03:35:00 +0000

And which of these new models will be a 4G global phone? At present I see nothing exciting about any of the new models. What would be nice is if Verizon launched the Motorola Atrix with CDMA support

By: Tino Wallace

Tino Wallace — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:36:00 +0000

Ahh, this is 2 months, so i’m guessing still around xmas time for the Targa?? Booo..hope it comes out before then. I like my OG Droid but these new devices just crush it, especially the ones with 4G capability.

By: Zephaniah

Zephaniah — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:28:00 +0000

So, galaxy s 2 will have bing won’t it?

By: d-roids

d-roids — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:23:00 +0000

booooo why are the 2 phones im considering coming out in may!?!?! wack

By: Nathaniel Newman

Nathaniel Newman — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:49:00 +0000

It’s BAD when you have no money but want every cool phone. Well time to rob a bank! lol