why not verizon?

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I AM SALIVATING THINKING ABOUT THE SHOLES THIS WAIT IS KILLING ME BUT IF THE SHOLES HAS EVEN HALF OF THESES SPECS ITS GONNA BE A BEAST TO SAY THE LESAST

THE SHOLES DOES NOT RUN MOTOBLUR. This is false so take note. The Sholes will just be a Android phone with no UI over it.

[...] http://androidandme.com/2009/09/news/10-reasons-to-start-saving-for-the-verizon-motorola-sholes-and... a few seconds ago from web [...]

What is the deal with the fear of Verizon crippling? They do cripple their regular phones (severely), but their smartphones are mostly left alone. Aside from GPS, which they’ve recently been leaving unlocked or having unlocked shortly after release, the OS is the same. No CDMA Blackberry devices have had wi-fi, so that isn’t a Verizon crippling. Blackberry and WinMo have still been the same ole Blackberry and WinMo. Why would Android be any different?

I’m currently on VZW, and luckily for me my contract expires this month. I like T-Mobile’s pricing, but am concerned with their network coverage. AT&T concerns me with their network bandwidth issues. And VZW concerns me if they block ANYTHING on an Android phone. That leaves me Sprint?

I would SO wait and stay on VZW if I could get a Sholes that is not crippled. These Wireless providers need to wake up to what customer’s want, and that is a non-crippled phone.

Open Source is meant for applications to take advantage of the entire capabilities of the phone, and not for manufacturer’s to pile on their own pieces and flavors of an “OS”.

Manufacturer’s, please focus on the hardware. Google, please focus on the OS (as u do so well). And Wireless providers, please focus on great coverage, great prices, and great service. In that you will create loyal customers willing to pay you reasonable prices. :)

looks like Verizon openly admits to releasing a Motorola (Sholes) phone for Verizon later this year but doesnt name anything..

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/09/17/verizon.cellphones/index.html?iref=24hours

I just can’t do Verizon anymore. Especially considering Sprint’s new Everything Data Plan. Been a Verizon customer for probably 4 years, and they’ve always nickle and dimed me and crippled the phones. They may have the best network, but I’m not interested in crippleware and deceptive pricing. That’s more important. Hopefully InstinctQ will rock.

no one knows at this point.. i just hope it comes out before the end of the year although my hopes were really high for next month.. but ill be happy if it just gets here before the new year..