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Verizon Wireless Escapade is an affordable, compact global roaming clamshell phone with quad-band GSM compatibility for use during international travel, it sports 2-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth for hands-free devices; access to personal email and instant messaging services; GPS-enabled for turn-by-turn directions; Family Locator service keeps tabs on family members’ locations.
The phone supports up to 3.75 hours of talk time, up to 316 hours (13+ days) of standby time. People are very happy with such a cool phone.

The Verizon Wireless Escapade Phone is ideal for globetrotting jet setters, it runs on the reliable Verizon Wireless voice and data network in the United States while also offering quad-band GSM compatibility for international roaming.

You’ll also stay on course thanks to the VZ Navigator GPS audible turn-by-turn direction service, and be able to keep track of family members with the Family Locator service.

What’s more, the Verizon Wireless Escapade also sports dual LCDs with the external screen displaying incoming calls as well as current time and date–perfect for keeping track of things while globetrotting. So I think you’ll love this Verizon phone.
The Verizon Wireless Escapade Phone comes with many wonderful features, let’s have a look.
Features:

• Runs on the reliable Verizon Wireless voice and data network (1xRTT data frequency)
• Global roaming capabilities with voice access in more than 220 destinations
• GPS navigation capabilities via VZ Navigator service
• Internal 2-inch LCD screen (176 x 220 pixels, 262K color depth)
• External 1.1-inch screen displays current time, signal strength, battery life (96 x 96 pixels, 65K colors)
• Standard alpha-numeric keypad
• 2-megapixel camera for still photos with no video capture capability
• Bluetooth connectivity for hands-free devices as well as Phonebook Access and Object Push for VCard
• Full messaging capabilities including SMS, MMS, Mobile IM, and Mobile e-mail
• Mobile Web capable with access to the latest in news, sports, weather and more
• Voice commands
• Advanced speech recognition
• Media Center capable for downloading games, ringtones, and more
• Organizer tools including calendar, alarm, notepad, world clock, tip calculator, and unit converter
• Phonebook with up to 500 entries with multiple contacts per entry
• 2.5mm headset jack

Of course, these are just the main features this phone offers, you’ll enjoy more when you get the phone.
Specs:

• Affordable, compact global roaming clamshell phone with quad-band GSM compatibility for use during international travel
• GPS-enabled for turn-by-turn directions; Family Locator service keeps tabs on family members’ locations
• 2-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth for hands-free devices; access to personal email and instant messaging services
• Up to 3.75 hours of talk time, up to 316 hours (13+ days) of standby time
• What’s in the Box: handset, rechargeable battery, charger, 3 international plug adapters, SIM card (pre¿installed), quick start guide, user manual

Price: $0.01 (with new service plan)

Verizon Wireless today also unearthed the Samsung Convoy, a rugged Push-to-Talk was built to meet military specifications to withstand the harshest of elements. Samsung Convoy looks just like one of those ugly Nextel phones that are designed for on-field workers.

Samsung Convoy features a long battery life, Push to Talk capabilities that leverage Verizon Wireless’ Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) Revision A (Rev. A), VZ navigator (GPS navigation), 2-MP digital camera, and stereo speaker.

Samsung Convoy will be available Nov. 15 for $49.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement with Verizon Wireless.

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Motorola Milestone/Motorola Android 2.0 launches in Europe with MOTONAV turn-by-turn navigation which is free for the first 60 days, but then a license fee kicks-in and loses free turn-by-turn navigation from Google, because in europe this feature turn-by-turn navigation from Google is not ready for primetime in Europe yet.

Motorola Milestone is is not exactly the same phone as Verizon Droid. In one way it’s better – Motorola Milestone comes with multi-touch pinch&zoom gesture support, which, for some reason, was disabled in Droid.

Motorola Milestone is the same old Droid with:

* WCDMA/900/2100, GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSPA, GPRS connectivity
* Android 2.0 OS
* 3.7″; WVGA (480 x 854 pixels); 16:9 widescreen; PPI 267
* 5 megapixel camera
* Wi-Fi, GPS, Accelerometer
* 1400 mAh battery, And all other goodies original Droid had.

in Europe market will be Italy and Germany be the first markets to get Motorola Milestone
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Samsung Intensity is a cheap QWERTY Keyboard phone, only for $29.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate both on a 2-year contract. The Samsung Intensity features include Slide-out QWERTY Keyboard, 1.3 Megapixel Camera with NightShot, a 2.1-inch display, V CAST Music with Rhapsody, Up to 16GB microSD Optional removable memory.

Verizon Samsung Intensity is a low-end phone. I thought it was perfectly operational, Qwerty keyboard works for me. Samsung makes good, sturdy, straightforward products, which I enjoy. New Verizon Phones – Samsung Intensity features include a 2.1-inch 176×220 pixels screen, 1.3-megapixel camera, full slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 2.5mm headset jack, GPS, support for microSD cards up to 16GB.

Verizon Samsung Intensity Specifications:
- Carrier: Verizon
- Available: September 8, 2009
- Networks: CDMA 1X 800/1900mHz Digital Only
- Display: 2.1-inch
- Camera: 1.3 Megapixel Camera with NightShot
- Input: Slide-out QWERTY Keyboard
- Memory card: microSD / TransFlash
- Storage: Up to 16GB microSD
- Connectivity: GPS – VZ Navigator, Bluetooth 2.0
- Misc: V CAST Music with Rhapsody, MP3, WMA, unprotected AAC+ formats
- Form factor: Slide
- Battery: 960mAh Li-Ion
- Dimensions: 108 x 53 x 17 mm
- Weight: 140 g

Nokia 7705 Twist’s unique swivel design turns heads. When closed, the elegant, minimalist surface showcases a large screen and smooth buttons with tactile feedback, anchored by a Contact Light ring in the lower right corner that lights up to let you know when someone is trying to contact you. the phone swivels open, snapping with a click, to reveal a QWERTY keyboard and even a handy built-in mirror on the back. The phone also features dedicated buttons for the music player, a 3.0 megapixel camera with flash, HTML Brower, VZ Navigator and Mobile Web. You can even change the back cover to suit your style.

Verizon Nokia Twist 7705 feels great while using, the Nokia 7705 Twist is not for me, since it has a mirror backside, and I think it is kind of girly. the Verizon Nokia Twist has abundant features and will be free with contracts. it will run $149.99 on a two-year deal before rebate.

* Unique Swivel Design with Full QWERTY Keyboard
* HTML Brower
* 3.0MP Camera/Camcorder with Flash
* Habitat Mode Unique Display Theme
* Contact Light Ring for contact & event notification

Verizon Nokia Twist 7705 Specifications:

- Carrier: Verizon
- Available: September 13 2009
- Networks: CDMA dual band (800/1900 MHz), CDMA2000 1xRTT/1xEV-DO rev.0/1xEV-DO rev.A
- Display: 2.4-inch screen, 262K-color, 320 x 240 px
- Camera: 3.0-megapixel camera with flash
- Input: full QWERTY keyboard
- Memory:
- Memory card: microSD/microSDHC up to 16GB
- Connectivity: GPS – VZ Navigator, Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0
- Misc: VCAST Music / Rhapsody
- Form factor: unique swivel design
- Battery: Li-Ion
- Talk Time: 4.50
- Standby Time: 312
- Dimensions: 69 x 69 x 15 mm
- Weight: 98 g

Verizon Wireless will be introducing three new LG Mobile Phones, just in time for summer. LG enV3 is available Friday, while LG enV TOUCH and LG Glance will be available June 5.

Features they all offer:

* Text, picture and voice messaging with threaded message feature
* Bluetooth headset-capable
o headset, hands-free (car kits), object push (for vCard and vCal), and phonebook access
* VZ Navigator
* Mobile Email, Mobile Web, Mobile Instant Messaging and Chat
* Chaperone Parent-capable
* Ability to save up to 10 contacts as favorites



LG enV3 and LG enV TOUCH offer:

* Full QWERTY keyboard
* HTML Web browsing-capable
* Visual Voice Mail
* Up to 16 GB microSD card optional removable memory
* Text Instant Reply feature – can automatically start a reply message when you read a message
* Media Center for storing and downloading music from V CAST Music with Rhapsody, games and more

Unique to LG enV TOUCH:

* Read documents from any microSD card in several file formats including .doc, .xls, .ppt, and .pdf
* 3” external touch screen / 3” internal screen
* 3.2 megapixel camera/camcorder with autofocus, flash and image editor

Unique to LG enV3:

* Internal screen: 2.60” and external screen: 1.56”
* 3.0 megapixel camera/camcorder

Unique to LG Glance:

* An ultra-slim design with a “woven” metal back plate
* 1.3 megapixel camera

The LG enV3 cost $129.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. LG enV TOUCH cost $149.99 after a $70 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. LG Glance cost $49.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. Customers will receive the rebate in the form of a debit card; upon receipt, customers may use the card as cash anywhere debit cards are accepted

Rumor has it, Nokia and Verizon are going to roll out a new high-end full touchscreen QWERTY slider. The product launch is scheduled to coincide with the latest installment of the Superman trilogy – Superman Prevails –where it will be featured rather prominently in the movie itself. It is informed that its hardware and software are anything but the N97. Unwired also said that Nokia Superman is the first fruit of that Nokia/Qualcomm cooperation officially announced in February, so it will run on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz CPU, Sadly there is no picture available.
Nokia Verizon Superman’s other highlights include:
*3.5″ AMOLED touchscreen display
*12 megapixel autofocus camera with Carl Zeiss lens
*Xenon flash and HD video recording
*64GB internal memory
*microSDHC memory card slot.

Verizon Wireless informed the availability of new Verizon Wireless CDM8975 through business sales channels. The phone, developed by Personal Communications Devices, LLC, joins Verizon Wireless’ robust line-up of Push to Talk handsets that provides customers with fast two-way communication to get their jobs done quickly and efficiently. The Verizon Wireless CDM8975 gives customers a feature-rich wireless experience at an attractive price. The CDM8975 clamshell has CDMA (800/1900MHz) support and features EV-DO (Rev. A) for high-speed data connectivity on Verizon’s network. The wireless phone, the CDM8975, sells for $100 after a $50 rebate and requires a new two-year wireless service agreement. The goodies, although the CDM8975 is intended for business users, it also gives access to V CAST Music with DRM-free Rhapsody music service access and V Cast Video services that allow users to download or stream popular video.


The specs include:
-EV-DO Rev. A connectivity
-VZ Navigator
-Bluetooth
-Dedicated Push to Talk / speakerphone button
-1.3 MP camera
-MicroSD card support, up to 8GB
-3.7 x1.9 x 0.8 inches
-3.2 ounces
The company said The CDM8975 will be available beginning March 9th or you can go to its site for more information

Verizon Wireless announced today that the new Verizon Wireless Push to Talk CDM8975 is available immediately through business sales channels. The phone, developed by Personal Communications Devices, LLC, provides customers with fast two-way communication to get their jobs done quickly and efficiently.

Packaged in an industrial clamshell design, the Verizon Wireless CDM8975 gives customers a feature-rich wireless experience at an attractive price. It will be available online at www.verizonwireless.com and in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores beginning March 9.

The Verizon Wireless CDM8975 provides customers with access to Verizon Wireless’ Push to Talk service that leverages the company’s Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) Revision A (Rev. A) network. The Verizon Wireless CDM8975 also supports VZ Navigator(SM) with access to audible turn-by-turn maps, directions and millions of data points that can help business customers locate their offsite meeting locations quickly and even share their maps with colleagues.

The Web-enabled phone supports Bluetooth® technology, a 1.3 megapixel digital camera with video recording capabilities, voice commands, voice activated dialing, and a stereo speaker. Customers can stay entertained on a long commute or a business trip with Verizon Wireless’ V CAST Music with Rhapsody® and V CAST Video services.

Additional features and capabilities on the Verizon Wireless CDM8975 include:

* Dedicated Push to Talk and speakerphone button
* Internal antenna “intenna”
* Bluetooth technology – headset, hands free (car kits), dial-up networking, stereo, phonebook access, basic printing, basic imaging, object push for vCard, and file transfer
* Media Center-capable – downloadable games, ringtones, wallpapers, location based services and more
* V CAST Music with Rhapsody-capable – download music directly to the phone from a library of more than 5 million songs and get the master copy of the song on a PC free of digital rights management software that restricts how and where music can be played. Customers can also sync favorite tracks, albums and playlists from a PC.
* V CAST Video – download or stream video from the best names in news, sports, entertainment and more
* Text messaging
* Enhanced Message Service
* Multimedia Message Service
* T9 Predictive Text
* Phonebook with up to 500 entries with multiple contacts
* Push to Talk phonebook with up to 500 individual contacts and up to 100 group contacts with up to 50 members per group
* Expandable memory on an optional microSD™ memory card up to 8 GB (card not included)
* Web browser: WAP
* Customizable wallpaper
* TTY/TDD-capable
* Bilingual interface for English and Spanish
* Dimensions: 3.7” (h) x 1.9” (w) x 0.8” (d)
* Weight: 3.2 ounces

The Verizon Wireless CDM8975 is available for $99.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and a new two-year customer agreement. Customers will receive the rebate in the form of a debit card; upon receipt, customers may use the card as cash anywhere debit cards are accepted. Corporate discount pricing is available. Verizon Wireless customers can add Unlimited Push to Talk for $5 per month, per line to any Nationwide voice plan.

Well lookey here. Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Wireless has finally gotten around to releasing the almost irrelevant Windows Mobile 6.1 ROM update for customers using the Verizon XV6900 (Verizon's version of the HTC Touch). Of course, most HTC Touch owners unfortunate enough to find themselves under Verizon's thumb have likely already upgraded their Verizon XV6900 with the Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional ROM that was leaked a couple months ago.

The Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional ROM should enable EVDO Rev. A data speeds, threaded messaging, VZNavigator, and compatibility with 16GB microSDHC cards on your Verizon-branded HTC Touch. Unfortunately, support for VZNavigator means the GPS hardware within the XV6900 can only be used through the Verizon's premium navigation service. Although, a little hacking magic might allow you to free your XV6900's GPS receiver from Verizon's mis-guided grip.

In all reality, we really didn't expect Verizon to get their Windows Mobile 6.1 update out to XV6900 owners before Mobile World Congress in Frbruary. So, it's nice to see Verizon beating our expectations, regardless of how low we set the bar…

Grab your Verizon XV6900 Windows Mobile 6.1 update here.

For those of you still hoping for Verizon to change their minds regarding GPS on phones, don’t lose hope. Currently, Verizon is said to be working with Windows Mobile device manufacturers for a software update that would enable the standalone GPS chips inside phones while retaining their ability to support assisted GPS.

So in the future, not only will you be able to navigate with assistance from Verizon’s cellular network, but also with the use of your device’s standalone GPS chips. This is still a work in progress, but it’s good to now that Verizon is not ignoring the issue, which has been affecting a lot of their customers for quite some time now.
Verizon has confirmed this through an e-mail to users that have campaigned for them to open up said feature in phones, the full text of which is below:

Verizon Wireless, like all carriers, orders devices to meet certain specifications inclusive of features. Each of these specs is tested to determine if it meets our performance goals. There are instances when the phone will pass our extensive testing process but a specific feature may not meet the standard. We will often choose to introduce the phone without that feature but ask that the manufacturer come back to us with revised software that has to be tested to make sure the service works the same across our entire wireless footprint –from Maine to Hawaii. In the case of open standalone GPS, we are partnering with the Windows Mobile device manufacturers to provide a software upgrade that will add this capability to the existing assisted GPS capability. This is a complex development project to provide open standalone GPS while maintaining the assisted GPS capability with the level of performance and security that our customers expect. The recently introduced Windows Mobile devices including Omnia, Saga, and Touch Pro are targeted to add open standalone GPS in the 1st half of 2009.

Steve Schwed
Verizon Wireless
HQ Executive Relations Supervisor

So, Omnia, Saga, and Touch Pro owners should be the first to watch out for this software update to be made available. As well as owners of other Windows Mobile-powered and GPS-equipped handsets in Verizon’s line up.

In a fit of trying to squeeze more money out of their web-hungry customers, Verizon Wireless plans to remove all options for Pay As You Go Data plans starting November 14th. A document containing Verizon's plans for the future in detail has been leaked, and with the information it carries, many will not be pleased.

The exclusive document states: Pay As You Go, 1X Block and 10MB data plan/feature not available for new PDAs/Smartphones devices launched on/after November 14, 2008. And you can take that as it is. Verizon will no longer offer PAYG, 1X Block or 10MB data plans starting on that fateful day. There is a bit of good news, however, in that users of old phones currently using a PAYG data plan won't be forced to upgrade.

But if those old phone users do upgrade, they will then have no choice but to sign up for a new data plan starting at $29.99 per month.

Also mentioned in the document is an upcoming mandate for plans with select Mobile Web 2.0 phones in 2009. Clearly, this is a ploy to take advantage of users who are currently taking advantage of their phone and network's mobile offerings, which not many will like, but will have to endure anyway. Well, you can always bail, if you want. But that's just a suggestion.