Comments on: T-Mobile + Sholes =

By: otto888

otto888 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:17:36 +0000

If this can be rooted(and has enough good roms) as easily as the Dream & Magic…I’m buying it.

By: MarvinAndroid

MarvinAndroid — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:33:41 +0000

correction: “…some people will buy the 360 together with GTA IV (MS and RockStar both win).”

By: MarvinAndroid

MarvinAndroid — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:32:11 +0000

I wouldn’t be surprised at all if Verizon paid Motorola a bit of money to make the Droid exclusive to Big Red for a least a few months. Stuff like this happens all the time in the video game industry. Microsoft, for example, paid millions of dollars to Rockstar games to make the downloadable content exclusive to the Xbox 360 (at leat for a while). It’s a game which was expected to sell a lot (and it did) and it has potential to sell actual hardware (people will buy a system just to play the game) and if people know the xbox 360 version will have more content than the PS3 version… some people will buy the 360 (MS and Rockstar both win). Verizon is obviously pushing this phone hard.. and Motorola is trying to make a last ditch comeback before they fall off the map. It’s in their interest to sell the phone on as many providers as possible.. but if Verizon makes it worthwhile to them to keep it exclusive for a few months… then they’d do it.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:30:16 +0000

between this and the sony x10 listing hspa 1700 in the specs i think i am beginning to see what they mean by “phones you crave” i need to start saving…my wallet is crying right now

By: Tose

Tose — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:59:35 +0000

Too late for me, I just pre-ordered the Droid.

By: jose

jose — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:46:12 +0000

forget the sholes and Bring on the fire breathing Dragons!

By: The GMG

The GMG — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:38:14 +0000

PLEASE LET IT BE TRUE. If this comes to tmobile i will be dropping the g1 for good

By: Garrett

Garrett — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:20:03 +0000

@Pieter ROFL

By: shivers316

shivers316 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:40:59 +0000

Talton and Rob are in fact two different people. But, ahem! Look who he thanks at the end.

By: AGx-07_162

AGx-07_162 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:17:17 +0000

I’d love to see the Infinity/X10 on TMO but if I can get it unlocked thats good enough for me. Its the device I’ve been waiting for. That and the GP-One but its not as pretty.

By: Pieter

Pieter — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:26:12 +0000

i just came a little

By: rizo

rizo — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:34:53 +0000

Good to see that the original and best carrier to carry the android platform on their phones is still getting love. And will still be considered the #1 android supporter. Verizion nickle and dimes their customers while Sprint just plain sucks!

By: JL

JL — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:48:24 +0000

I don’t know if I can hold myself back long enough. T-Mobile better get it official soon if it’s true.

By: Brad

Brad — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:47:45 +0000

Hmm. Interesting. People have been wondering why Verizon is planning on releasing so many more phones after the Droid this holiday season. I guess this means that they don’t have exclusive access to the Droid (only first dibs), which means they will quickly lose any sales advantage that specific handset would bring. It’s never a good idea to base an entire marketing campaign on one single product, at least not in the wireless carrier world, so it looks like their strategy is truly going to be a massive update to their entire smartphone arsenal, which includes Android, Blackberry, and even Windows Mobile devices. Things could get quite interesting very soon, depending partly on what gets announced in their holiday lineup this Thursday.

By: Dilbert

Dilbert — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:46:00 +0000

This site mentions that the Moto Sholes should be coming to other carriers too – in 2010…

http://androidandme.com/2009/08/news/motorola-sholes-to-launch-with-eclair-headed-to-multiple-carriers-att/

“…Verizon will get first dibs on the Sholes phone, but it is set to come to multiple carriers. Our source tells us a UMTS/W-CDMA version is already in the works and almost to appear on AT&T. W-CDMA is the same technology that T-Mobile uses for their 3G network so they remain a possibility as well. These other versions of the Sholes are likely to come a bit later(2010). The UMTS version will also hit several carriers worldwide….”