[Hidden-tech] moto droid phone, something similar on at&T?

[Jan Werner]

Verizon will introduce the Curve 8530 ("Curve2") a few days before 
Thangsgiving. It has a faster processor than the Curve 8330 and both a 
mini trackpad and WiFi. It is supposed to go for $100 with a 2-year 
contract, so if you can live with a 320x240 screen instead of the Tour's 
480x320, it's a very good deal.

Verizon has said that all future Blackberrys on its network will have 
WiFi, so while they haven't announced a Tour successor yet, I assume it 
will have WiFi too if/when it shows up.

I have an aging Treo 650 on Verizon which I would be happy to replace 
with a Curve2 8530 (I also have a T-Mobile Curve 8320), but I question 
whether Verizon will cripple features like GPS, WiFi and Bluetooth as 
they have in most of their other phones to force people to buy their 
proprietary services rather than use better and freely available ones.

Jan Werner
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Joseph Steig wrote:
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> Jeff,
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> The BlackBerry Tour on Verizon is essentially the new Bold but lacks
> WiFi and the minitrackpad. You should look at that too. Verizon's
> claims of a great 3G network are for real (at least in the U.S.)
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> J
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> On 11/5/09, Matt Lampiasi<mattl at florenceit.net>  wrote:
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