Comments on: Verizon And Google Announce Partnership

By: Steel

Steel — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:23:28 +0000

No phones = no phones. See, easy. Announce the phones or there is no news.

By: Technorotic

Technorotic — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:54:15 +0000

Verizon may be the largest wireless company in the U.S., but it doesn’t have a killer phone. That may be one of the reasons it decided to join forces with Google to create some brand new additions for the Android armada.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:20:09 +0000

Well this definitely is interesting. It coincides right with the wife bitchin about leaving Verizon for T-mo. I was kinda thinking about giving ole V another chance and this certainly could make me lean a little further. But if they don’t lower those data plan prices its still gonna be a hard sell. If T-mo were to get something up to snuff with a Hero then it may be back to lights out for Verizon.
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Oh and with all the major carriers on the Android train Apple better figure out something quick for the IPhone lol.

By: Gunderstorm

Gunderstorm — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:23:08 +0000

“But how will T-Mo and Sprint feel about this?” really?

Think maybe they’ll cry sad salty tears into pints of Haagan-Dasz?

Giant corporations don’t feel anything.

By: Miller

Miller — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:19:44 +0000

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By: jon

jon — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:10:35 +0000

any information about whether android can be used on a pre-paid plan?

$0.99/day for unlimited data = $30/mo and everything i could possibly want.

hopefully there is a way to disable the default phone function so we don’t accidentally use phone and get slapped with $.40/minute

By: davzig

davzig — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:55:04 +0000

Pics of the phones?

http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/06/second-verizon-android-phone-to-be-the-htc-hero-motorola-sholes/

By: Phssthpok

Phssthpok — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:18:05 +0000

Wonder if Google will be sharing any of their spectrum with Verizon for their 4G rollout. If they’re looking at phones, netbooks, etc, Verizon will need a pretty broad amount of spectrum or they’ll suffer AT&T’s iphone congestion.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:59:56 +0000

I am still very skeptical, just because a CEO says something doesn’t mean it is true. I would take the press release more heavily because it has been read by many company executives and is much more ambiguous which is to be expected before any sort of platform launch. They state “unique applications” will be developed by Google and VZW. Sounds like applications that VZW can lock you into and charge you to use. Now the third-party developers may sound nice but that doesn’t mean that Verizon won’t play gatekeeper. As far as we know, these phones may not be “Google Experience” so there is no requirement on VZW’s part to include the Android Marketplace.The 2nd and 3rd paragraphs are the most worrying. The emphasis on pre-loaded apps is VZW’s attempt to market its services solely and probably means these are not “Google Experience” phones.

By: OutstandingO

OutstandingO — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:53:09 +0000

Engadget has pictures of what seems to be a Verizon branded HTC Hero.

Can some one please tell me why in God’s name T-Mo can’t use their sense (pun intended) and get with rest of the market to see what people really are looking for. In my estimation it was the sense UI that really put Android over the top.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:30:06 +0000

I’ll bet that if Google is willing to share the stage with Verizon that the phones will truly be open, and it makes sense from a business perspective. Having the weight of Google behind the phones helps Verizon sell phones, and attract iPhone and to a lesser degree Pre customers from AT&T and Sprint, respectively. They are giving up nickles and dimes in the add-on and services category in order to drive volume, market share, and new customers.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:25:55 +0000

@Geoff

Yeah if I was the exec at T-Mo I would be too, but I think Android did just as much help for T-Mo as it did Google… I have no physical proof, but from what I have read a lot of people either jumped carriers to Tmo for an android phone or just upgraded their current, but even if it was just an upgrade, assuming they didn’t have a smartphone before then Tmo is making $20/mo or more just from the data plan.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:54:19 +0000

Meh. Verizon has no coverage in my state at all… where I live, it’s either at&t or sprint – and I know it’s similar in multiple spots, with sprint edging at&t in some. Personally, I’m much more interested in the GSM version of the Sholes that’s been rumored. Probably for T-Mobile, but an at&t user can hope.

By: will

will — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:49:25 +0000

The plans already exist, so correct me if I’m wrong.

$30 a month unlimited Data
$45 a month unlimited Data / tethering

That’s how the billing is currently for other VZW phones.

Subject to change, sure.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:46:37 +0000

That’s some highly spoken words from Eric Schmidt from a carrier that has yet to even put out an Android phone. If I were an exec at T-Mo I’d be pretty pissed.

They launched the first phone when it was still highly buggy and marketed the shit out of it.