There's a storm brewing...

[thisiscrazy]

lol it looks like a piece of paper, anybody could print that

Yes, but it's from an anonymous source so it's got to be true. Why would anyone lie? That is just crazy talk.

 

[Chance]

Yes, but it's from an anonymous source so it's got to be true. Why would anyone lie? That is just crazy talk.

True.Dat

 

[prakash99]

True..but this fax is today's news. The Podcast is from yesterday.

True that. But it is still a rumored date and I hope March 17 is the one .. since they still haven't pulled the March Madness ads, which they would have if there was a delay.

 

[thisiscrazy]

So I go into the Verizon store today because I need to buy a new charger for my punk a$$ BB Storm2 and at the end of that transaction I ask if they have a TB for me to play with. I ask this because I don't see any TB advertisements anywhere in there, as opposed to Best Buy who has quite of bit of advertising including a dummy phone. So she says they don't have one for me to play with. I said, "you know you have a whole android community out there who is beyond disgusted with Verizon right now." She acknowledges our frustration..and mentions that she sees I'm eligible for upgrade. I tell her don't remind me!! I further explained that whenever VZW gets off its butt and releases this phone there's now way I'd buy it from them, that I'm going to BB instead because at least they seem interested in selling me the phone. Then she starts trying to make excuses for them and saying that we should want the phone to work properly and I told her we totally get that and yes we do want the phone to work properly, our problem is the deafening silence, the fact we don't know if we will have the phone this month, next month or the end of frickin' June for goodness sake!!! I mean seriously, I told her if I were her I'd be lookin' for another gig because after this refusal to care about this segment of your customer base AND the fact that Best Buy offers the Buy Back program no intelligent person would buy a phone directly from them anyway and for job security alone she should start lookin' into Best Buys and Nebraska Furniture Marts benefits and consider applying for employment with them because Verizon SUCKS!! She was polite but if Verizon didn't have the best network I really would switch to another carrier but their network is the best but that said I will never purchase another phone directly through them because this not knowing...UNACCEPTABLE!!!! -end of rant- :'mad:

So the ~$200 every two years you spend at that store was keeping them open. You purchasing at BB instead will do nothing. The masses enlarge don't care about the drama of this phone. Life will go on.

 

[prakash99]

95% of the cellular customers probably have not even heard of Thunderbolt.

 

[gunmetalgr3g]

My dad just bought an Evo, I told him to wait but w/e.. That phone is fast, it defiantly secured my intentions on buying a thunderbolt.. And I dont see why people are worrying about dual core and quad core phones, are you going to be rendering 3D objects any time soon??!?? This single core 1ghz and 768mb of ram should do you just fine.

 

[elemerica]

So I go into the Verizon store today because I need to buy a new charger for my punk a$$ BB Storm2 and at the end of that transaction I ask if they have a TB for me to play with. I ask this because I don't see any TB advertisements anywhere in there, as opposed to Best Buy who has quite of bit of advertising including a dummy phone. So she says they don't have one for me to play with. I said, "you know you have a whole android community out there who is beyond disgusted with Verizon right now." She acknowledges our frustration..and mentions that she sees I'm eligible for upgrade. I tell her don't remind me!! I further explained that whenever VZW gets off its butt and releases this phone there's now way I'd buy it from them, that I'm going to BB instead because at least they seem interested in selling me the phone. Then she starts trying to make excuses for them and saying that we should want the phone to work properly and I told her we totally get that and yes we do want the phone to work properly, our problem is the deafening silence, the fact we don't know if we will have the phone this month, next month or the end of frickin' June for goodness sake!!! I mean seriously, I told her if I were her I'd be lookin' for another gig because after this refusal to care about this segment of your customer base AND the fact that Best Buy offers the Buy Back program no intelligent person would buy a phone directly from them anyway and for job security alone she should start lookin' into Best Buys and Nebraska Furniture Marts benefits and consider applying for employment with them because Verizon SUCKS!! She was polite but if Verizon didn't have the best network I really would switch to another carrier but their network is the best but that said I will never purchase another phone directly through them because this not knowing...UNACCEPTABLE!!!! -end of rant- :'mad:

This "deafening silence" argument is old now; along with the whining like a child.

Put yourself in their shoes: you're working on a new technology and you're not entirely sure when it'll be 100% ready to go live, how can you give a specific date for a release? Sure it would be nice to hear "we're working on issues," but that's not exactly great for business - admitting there are issues with your brand new piece of technology.

Stop whining like little children and sit back and wait like the rest of us. I want a Thunderbolt too, but whining and getting all anxious about it isn't going to make it get released any sooner. It'll be released when everything is ready.

 

[Chance]

95% of the cellular customers probably have not even heard of Thunderbolt.

I would say this figure is incorrect, have you not seen the amount of HTC Commercials?

 

[psycho_maniac]

Sounds like she really likes BestBuy. Maybe she should work there!

 

[thisiscrazy]

I would say this figure is incorrect, have you not seen the amount of HTC Commercials?

Who is HTC?

 

[markadocious]

Here's another crazy article to pass the time... This TB madness has people really going mad!

Htc Thunderbolt Crazy Statistics For Release Date

 

[azdmelani]

So I go into the Verizon store today because I need to buy a new charger for my punk a$$ BB Storm2 and at the end of that transaction I ask if they have a TB for me to play with. I ask this because I don't see any TB advertisements anywhere in there, as opposed to Best Buy who has quite of bit of advertising including a dummy phone. So she says they don't have one for me to play with. I said, "you know you have a whole android community out there who is beyond disgusted with Verizon right now." She acknowledges our frustration..and mentions that she sees I'm eligible for upgrade. I tell her don't remind me!! I further explained that whenever VZW gets off its butt and releases this phone there's now way I'd buy it from them, that I'm going to BB instead because at least they seem interested in selling me the phone. Then she starts trying to make excuses for them and saying that we should want the phone to work properly and I told her we totally get that and yes we do want the phone to work properly, our problem is the deafening silence, the fact we don't know if we will have the phone this month, next month or the end of frickin' June for goodness sake!!! I mean seriously, I told her if I were her I'd be lookin' for another gig because after this refusal to care about this segment of your customer base AND the fact that Best Buy offers the Buy Back program no intelligent person would buy a phone directly from them anyway and for job security alone she should start lookin' into Best Buys and Nebraska Furniture Marts benefits and consider applying for employment with them because Verizon SUCKS!! She was polite but if Verizon didn't have the best network I really would switch to another carrier but their network is the best but that said I will never purchase another phone directly through them because this not knowing...UNACCEPTABLE!!!! -end of rant- :'mad:

What is unacceptable is the way you treated a poor rep who has no control over when the phone is released. Shame on you

 

[psycho_maniac]

True that. But it is still a rumored date and I hope March 17 is the one .. since they still haven't pulled the March Madness ads, which they would have if there was a delay.

They don't talk about the Thunderbolt because really there is nothing to talk about. They don't want to guy your hopes up either. The only thing to really talk about is speculated release dates. Beating a dead horse

 

[KingChicago]

Here's another crazy article to pass the time... This TB madness has people really going mad!

Htc Thunderbolt Crazy Statistics For Release Date

Journalism at its goodest. Yea. I said it.

 

[blueyzfr6]

I had another dream last night about the damn TBolt. That makes 3 in the last 2 weeks

 

[thisiscrazy]

Here's another crazy article to pass the time... This TB madness has people really going mad!

Htc Thunderbolt Crazy Statistics For Release Date

Awesome article! Very funny.

 

[gregc29]

Well, Opening round is on the 15th, but that is usually a crap game anyway. The 17th is the real 1st day and we did hear that we would be able to watch it on our TB's. I still say the 17th is it. They can't afford to wait any longer. Rumor has it all hands on deck from now until launch(No date) for everyone associated with LTE/Thunderbolt.

(off topic but with all the food talk ... I will address this)
The field expanded this year so it won't be one crap game but 4 games. Two on Tuesday and Two on Wednesday.

It will not be the games that determine the 4 16 seeds but rather the last 4 at large seeds so you could see some far lower than 16 seeds wind up in that game.

Either way - Yes Thursday is the first BIG day and being able to get it and watch would/is going to be awesome!

 

[biff6789]

Here's another crazy article to pass the time... This TB madness has people really going mad!

Htc Thunderbolt Crazy Statistics For Release Date

I truly hope this guy is being facetious.

If not, then the thunderbolt release date articles have officially jumped the shark

 

[KingChicago]

I had another dream last night about the damn TBolt. That makes 3 in the last 2 weeks

You need to see a psychiatrist. I'm pretty sure that having repeated dreams about technology, proves that you will one day invent Skynet.

 

[prakash99]

I would say this figure is incorrect, have you not seen the amount of HTC Commercials?

LOL! I am not statistician. I was just throwing out a random figure. But we have to agree that very few of cellular customers really pay attention to the brand and name of every cell phone commercial they see.