New Merge story

[butler360]

HTC Merge for Verizon: First Press Shots

WTF...

 

[BoSoxSuperman]

Wait...Wha?!?!?!

Btw, those are old images...still have the bing on them...

 

[dyslexicbunny]

Are those pictures in the article the press shots? I feel like I've seen them before. Hell, my photoshopped April Fools Day picture has similar pictures. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to get out of this article.

Considering Phil's post in another thread, I'm not sure I buy this one. But I want to be disappointed in my thinking that this is wrong.

 

[butler360]

Yeah, I thought it was suspect too. No source is cited. But this phone just keeps popping up in different places...

 

[dyslexicbunny]

Well one thought I had was if what Phil said is true about Verizon being unsure whether they will release the phone, maybe they are releasing stuff about the phone here and there to gauge the interest in the phone. If they like the interest it gets, they release the phone? But who knows...

 

[butler360]

Yeah, I dunno. But my Windows Mobile Touch Pro 2 keeps getting better and better versions of Android and it has a great keyboard. Maybe I'll just keep it forever, haha.

 

[Phil Nickinson]

HTC Merge for Verizon: First Press Shots

WTF...

That's old. Way old.

 

[butler360]

That's old. Way old.

Hence the WTF.

Also the fact that it refuses to die!

 

[BoSoxSuperman]

So then why repost it as new on April 6, 2011?? Are they morons?

I freaking hate verizon....

 

[Phil Nickinson]

So then why repost it as new on April 6, 2011?? Are they morons?

I freaking hate verizon....

Lemme put it this way: This "new" hands-on video was from CES. In January. And is not new in any way.

Verizon Samsung Stealth Hands-on (Video)

 

[rickhamilton620]

This phone's killing me.....If it doesn't come out I might buy a VZW TP2 and be done with it...I don't want another Motorola Droid phone with a crappy keyboard that they cant seem to get right no matter how large they make the damn thing. (i'm looking at you Droid 3.....) I don't want Motorola's impenetrable bootloader either. UGH.

 

[BoSoxSuperman]

Lemme put it this way: This "new" hands-on video was from CES. In January. And is not new in any way.

Verizon Samsung Stealth Hands-on (Video)

Valid point.

I guess I'm just getting sick of all these rumors getting me pumped for something that will likely never happen, when I should be spending the upcoming weeks resigning myself to having to learn to tolerate a stupid virtual keyboard...its enough to make me wanna burn down the nearest dozen Verizon stores...

 

[dyslexicbunny]

I think these expectations of timely reporting are the faults of Phil and the rest of the AC crew. If you guys didn't work hard to keep us up to date on the latest news, we wouldn't have these expectations that other sites should too.

 

[BoSoxSuperman]

Darn right DB!!

I mean that very first "hands on" video was like porn to a Merge hungry guy like me...complete with the music!!

I couldn't stop watching it over and over!

 

[rickhamilton620]

Darn right DB!!

I mean that very first "hands on" video was like porn to a Merge hungry guy like me...complete with the music!!

Ha! Totally, the first hands on video i saw and i was like...yeah that's my next phone.

That said, I'm glad AC does these, we would have never even had a glimpse of knowing how cool this phone is otherwise so I have no qualms there.

 

[Phil Nickinson]

I think these expectations of timely reporting are the faults of Phil and the rest of the AC crew. If you guys didn't work hard to keep us up to date on the latest news, we wouldn't have these expectations that other sites should too.

lol. Thanks, I think.

 

[BoSoxSuperman]

So I guess if we're gonna be screwed on the Merge...anyone have an inkling if there is any chance the SE Xperia Pro is gonna have a CDMA version on Verizon like they have the Play??

That keyboard isn't as good as the Merge...but its a darn sight better than Droid #

 

[butler360]

Plus they have that new official bootloader unlock thing going on.

 

[BoSoxSuperman]

Which is probably because they realized 'Timescape' stinks...

 

[rickhamilton620]

So I guess if we're gonna be screwed on the Merge...anyone have an inkling if there is any chance the SE Xperia Pro is gonna have a CDMA version on Verizon like they have the Play??

That keyboard isn't as good as the Merge...but its a darn sight better than Droid #

I hope so, but i suspect they're going to test the waters with the Play before committing to carrying more SE handsets....we all know how conservative Verizon is when it comes to trying new things.

Plus they have that new official bootloader unlock thing going on.

The bootloader unlock only applies to non carrier branded devices. Xperia Play and any other Verizon SE phones will most likely remain encrypted.

Which is probably because they realized 'Timescape' stinks...

Ugh, I'd pay anything to get rid of a SE skin if it arrives on a Verizon version of the Pro.