Comments on: Microsoft and Verizon reportedly cooking up an iPhone competitor

By: lisa

lisa — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:28:15 +0000

finaly

By: Neek

Neek — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:28:13 +0000

Agree with dakota…I have been with Verizon for four years. I am VERY pleased with their network, service, call quality, etc. I’ve even enjoyed my little clamshell phones. I bailed on my AT&T contract – a costly venture – when I couldn’t take the dropped calls and jammed network anymore.

I am so ready for an iPhone….but I do not want the service that comes with it. If there is even a glimmer of hope the iPhone will come to Verizon, I will wait.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:27:10 +0000

I have been to the phone stores over and over again, looking for the phone that even comes close to the iPhone in UI and ease of use. I do not own an iPhone (have a contract with another carrier and not fond of AT&T) but I have an iPod Touch. Compared to any device I have owned, (Palm, MotoQ, HTC, and other windows mobile devices) flat out is that WIndows Mobile is terrible. The GUI is bad and you really can not use the browser for anything useful. Apple nailed it. The apps, the browser, the GUI, the actions you do with your fingers.
I have not had my hands on the Pre yet.

Unless Microsoft rewrites the Mobile OS, it will still be a clunky old system good for email and phone calls only.

By: dakota

dakota — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:18:45 +0000

win mobile sucks. i hate it with a passion. iphone is the ony touch screen phone i will EVER buy. i hope the iphone comes to verizon in 2010 or 2011.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:11:31 +0000

@Sonya

I’ve gotten misinformation from VZW managers before…they hear stuff just like the people hear do, and then they regurgitate it. I mean, if USA Today said it, then it must be true! I would say double check your “facts”. Not saying that you are wrong, but that manager doesn’t know for sure…they are just speculating.

By: Sonya

Sonya — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:13:59 +0000

I’m pretty getting the inside info as I’m close to a VZW manager. An iphone is coming to Verizon in 2010. I didn’t ask about this Pink thing. I actually was asking about the Omnia HD and he told me about the iphone thing. I’m assuming we will have both phones. I don’t see why not as Verizon is a huge company.

I really don’t think Verizon should be bashed for passing it up. They were trying to due what they though was right and it may have bit them in the ass. But come on who wants to sell a phone you can’t even put insurance and doesn’t have a removeable battery. I think if Apple fixes these problems, updates the phone (camera, new features, better screen quality) and comes to Verizon there would be no stopping the iPhone (no matter what carrier it would be on). Like MadeMike said, people have to push the envelope to beat this phone and their not. At least no in the U.S.

By: M0uthruNNer

M0uthruNNer — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:55:27 +0000

@Noah
It might take a while to develop an LTE phone that doesn’t suck. Suck its battery dry in half an hour for instance.

By: M0uthruNNer

M0uthruNNer — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:21:51 +0000

If Verizon can get its hands into the iCookieJar – it will. If it can release an LTE capable iPhone as soon as its G4 network is launched iPodophiles will cross over to the Red side and Verizon will clean up.

By: Pauldy

Pauldy — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:46:43 +0000

This is the last thing MS needs to be into and if they do and it does as well as the zune Balmer needs to just pack his bags and snag as much free soda as he can on his way out the door. It’s so sickening to see a company this large flounder so much on simple things because they are so ADD they can’t sit down and focus on getting anything right. Intel had this same problem in 2000 but they were smart enough to drop all the crap and focus on their core, I fear MS won’t be so prudent.

By: Carolyn Smith

Carolyn Smith — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:20:14 +0000

“Pink” Don’t think soooo!
How about “Plink?”
How many guys do you know that want to carry around or show off their “Pinkie?”

By: Noah

Noah — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:28:47 +0000

Considering LTE won’t be fully deployed on Verizon’s network until 2013… yeah, it’ll be a while before we nee an LTE iPhone.

By: iamjoel5

iamjoel5 — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:53:33 +0000

Frankly, to think any company would position their research and production around an “iPhone killer” is ridiculous.
Microsoft has been WELL ahead of apple for many many years (and still is when considering computer operating systems).
They have plenty of experience to not need to orient their mobile production around an “iPhone killer”…

By: scarface

scarface — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:52:39 +0000

I think the codename should be change. not PINK …

By: iamjoel5

iamjoel5 — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:44:00 +0000

Who cares…
“iPhone killer” is such a ridiculous term, especially overused so damn much.
iPhone is #1 for what it is, I doubt microsoft is as inexperienced to chase the coat tails of another company like that tern inplies.
The damn thing is spoken of like it’s invincible. Its great but not perfect.
Blu-Ray is great and was leading disc technology but it wasn’t long before GE busted out there 500GB holograph disc.
How ridiculous would it have been if people trended the term “blu-ray killer”
Any technological advancement will only hold its top position for the slight matter of time till the next new thing comes out.
For goodness sakes, shutup about the “iPhone killer” cause its gonna get real old to go through the list of all the upcoming advanced devices.

By: Hanna Montana

Hanna Montana — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:38:23 +0000

The Storm??? The ps was a failure it was supposed to be the “Iphone Killer” let me say this again “Iphone Killer” they sold 1 million in 3 months minus the 50% that returned the damn phone. The Iphone 3G on the other hand sold 4 million in it’s first week. and no I dont think that anybody here believes that MSFT can make the OS any better,they can throw money at it, but they’ve had plenty of time. iIf they could make it better they would’ve done it a long time ago.

By: mel

mel — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:01:49 +0000

i’ll pass on this one.

By: Kido

Kido — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:01:42 +0000

You know what is funny, I reported this story about two months ago in a comment on a iphone story, and nobody gave it any thought. I know the designer of the UI for the phone which he calls the Zune phone (that probably wont be the official name of it) and as soon as he is able to he is going to give me an interview and report on the phone. I also know that a group of students at BYU landed the marketing account for the new phone and have already started working on the marketing for it. I’ll do some more updates on my site http://www.simplifiedgeek.com since people don’t take these comments seriously.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:59:54 +0000

If these rumors solidify at all… even just a little… i’m leaving Big Red. The service is good, but not good enough to sit around and wait for Verizon to realize the whole crippled phone/forcing people to use their crappy software is not going to win the war. So what if they come out with a new MS/Zune phone? Even if they bring the iPhone on their network, do you think they’ll allow total freedom to download whatever app you want? I kind of doubt it at this point. Most people who are still on Verizon are probably just waiting for the new iPhone on AT&T… then we’ll see how their profits fare over the next 6 months. Good thing they’re doing well with FIOS…

By: ThatOneGuy

ThatOneGuy — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:58:44 +0000

I think the only phone that can ever kill the iPhone is if the phone is completely revolutionary and has something that people would love that others couldn’t have think of. Like when the RAZR came out in ‘04. Nobody thought of making super slim phones such as itself back then. The idea is be original; not follow along.

By: mangenius

mangenius — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:00:28 +0000

You guys are all mental if you think that MSFT cant dump enough money into this thing and overhaul the OS and look and feel. Blackberry did it with the Storm which as much as you guys hate the thing sold pretty well, and you can expect better numbers with the Storm2.

Verizon doesnt have to play Apples game, they are the champs in town and once Apple realizes that they need Verizon more than the other way around you will see VZW rocking an iphone.

By: GeekyDave

GeekyDave — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:53:00 +0000

ho hum and a yawn…another attempt from Microsoft to revive the Zune…a Zune phone…with windows mobile 7…touchscreen…wifi…camera…replaceable battery…oh yes…MMS…an app library…and the best cellular network carrier…verizon.

By: estefan

estefan — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:36:45 +0000

why windows mobile it isn’t the best os out there, waste of time verizon

By: idonrizzy

idonrizzy — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:58:34 +0000

Verizon is making moves

By: TRV$

TRV$ — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:39:31 +0000

Unfortunately Apple owns the market on “ohhh shiny”. You just can’t get that reaction from anything other than an apple product. They just have a hype factor built into their company. That’s hard to compete with, when you’re LG/Sony/Samsung/Microsoft.

you can’t tell me that the commercials selling the iPhone are doing that great of a job selling the phone. All those commercials do is reinforce the product availability and who sells it. The apple brand name is what actually sells people on the device.

By: Janus09

Janus09 — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:29:40 +0000

You guys that think that this is somehow a “FAIL” on Verizon’s part are just hugely wrong.

The fact is that Verizon is doing excellent despite having a worse high end phone selection than all of its competitors. And it can’t get the iPhone due to its exclusivity contract (which may or may not be renewed.)

So getting a straight Microsoft competitor to the iPhone won’t hurt and will somewhat satisfy the customers they have that are looking at the iPhone. Despite my feelings about the iPhones tech shortcomings, Apple knows how to market and sell the thing very very well.

It’s not an ideal solution in my mind, but it’s helpful. What I think they should do is something like get the LG GD900 exclusively and go toe-to-toe with the iPhone on the “ohhhhh shiny!” level and pimp it’s form factor and 8mp camera.

By: andre

andre — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:24:28 +0000

Wow, why would microsoft, want to try and 1-up their own competitor, apple, in a iPhone look alike contest? And if verizons gonna be getting an “iPhone lite,” then why make one that is just like it? It’s completely pointless!

Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).

By: JakeyBoy

JakeyBoy — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:12:57 +0000

“pink” was old news. anyhow, i think VZW is just drumming up speculation because the Pre and iPhone are coming out…where is your new phone VZW?

By: iPhone home

iPhone home — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:12:02 +0000

It’s windows mobile. It’s going to be slow no matter how much they tweak it all the win mo phones I had over the years where slow as hell

By: latinjersey

latinjersey — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:59:14 +0000

A device with the Codename “Pink”. Sounds just about right for the Verizon Fanboys out there.

By: gixxerjoe

gixxerjoe — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:50:00 +0000

Why all the hostility over a rumor…jeeze people! First like it has been stated, in only makes good business since for Verizon to try to get the iphone or a WM phone that is actually worth buying. I hope they get both plus the Storm 2. And all of you that have iphones now, I know you love your iphone. I mean why not it is a great device. Now put that same device on Verizon’s network and you will only love it more.