There's a storm brewing...

[droidlover99]

You sure I tried the link and it worked fine. Didn't get any popups or anything and the site actually loaded pretty quickly. Interesting comments from Melone.

 

[amotter]

Well I have some fuel to add to that iPad 2 release fire

this came from an inside source, not going to reveal anyone and i don't have proof but i believe them, especially given how Apple operates

this also shows there scared of there competition getting the better of them.

the latest info is, Apple told Verizon to not release anything within 10 days of the iPad 2 and 10days after it was out, but i think they got a little lenience from Apple since pushing it past the 17th would be shooting themselves in the foot becuase of CTIA on the 22nd, the following Tuesday, where HTC is expected to show off the EVO3D/ EVO View and T-mobile's Double Shot and Pyramid phones. And when HTC got wind of that push back due to the iPad 2, that ad removal rumor started to float around.

Seriously though, I admire HTC for puting up with crap like this, and they still trail Apple in marketshare even when being double crossed.

then I also heard that the whole delay rumor business is just there marketing ploy, if anyone recalls late last year Verizon signed up the company responsible for the viral advertising of the Droid 1 and Droid franchise marketing materials (ie ads/signage/theme sound)

its beginning to look like while it was infact a viral marketing stunt to gain hype this entire time, it wasn't accounted for that the phone might run into actual delays due to LTE not being ready because of Verizon using half of its network team to tune the old 3G network for the Fruit release.

then we have the launch window completely open for the ThunderBolt's release on the 10th, and Apple swoops in and gets Verizon to push it back to the original non-early date.

NOTE: THIS IS SPECULATION but I wouldn't put it past Apple and Verizon to do this, notice all the effort there giving to Fruit now over there own products?

I think this is also another reason why crApple isn't even trying to make better devices besides slight upgrades, because they can say it has something and twist the facts and people will still buy it, because of its name.

Apple - status symbol because "we know you'll buy it no matter what we say just to be like the average tech consumer"

WE ANDROID faithful aren't the average tech consumer and Verizon knows that theres a majority out there that will likely buy the Fruit because everyone has to have one because there friends and there dog all have it.

Same was said for the for the Xbox 360 Kinect, once Oprah said "you gotta buy this" the sales went through the roof and still do because its a popular product just because, not because it is a good product, (i'm an extreme hardcore 360 fan and I don't even want one)

I guess that was a bad example but you can get the gist of my theory/speculation/Apple world domination plan blah blah blah and more blah blah etc

You don't have to believe it nor do I expect anyone to but alot of it makes sense and I know how Apple turns business's into "bend over backwards" pawns.

You forgot to add "winning" at the end!

 

[prakash99]

Boycott who? VZW? HTC? Cause I want a DInc!

I can't even BOYCOTT!!! I'm tied to the contract with 4 lines including my netbook (mobile broadband)

 

[jkemp63288]

I think we would all be ok if Verizon would just come out at tell us something. But they won't, so here we all waiting and waiting!!

 

[prakash99]

This is being retweeted over n over: "Apple's new strategy: 1) Launch a new device on Verizon every month 2) HTC Thunderbolt never launches 3) ??? 4) Profit!"

Not that I agree, but shows how frustrated ppl are.

 

[amotter]

Yikes on the second quarter, if that is the case, my contract is up on June 4. Not saying I will switch, but let's face it, HTC will have the "next" phone evolution out by then...just sayin Verizon...

 

[Sokar]

ok, so hows the... battery?

 

[NCX]

Yikes on the second quarter, if that is the case, my contract is up on June 4. Not saying I will switch, but let's face it, HTC will have the "next" phone evolution out by then...just sayin Verizon...

but this is supposed to the "phone after our dream phone" lol

it could very well be that the EVO3D may still have a single core processor just like the ThunderBolt, or it could have a dualcore and be tons better than the Tbolt

I guess we'll find out in about 15 days

 

[Bennnnn]

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[prakash99]

[Image too big]

Is that another cryptic clue?

Did you get reply to your txt?

 

[jayheartxo]

Nice.

 

[thedeceiver]

Stay cool guys. Best thing you can do in business is to lower expectations and then over achieve. Good exec always errs on the side of caution.

Sent from my ADR6300 using Tapatalk

 

[MyMeth]

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is this for real Bennnnn? some of us are tired of waiting you know...

 

[prakash99]

Stay cool guys. Best thing you can do in business is to lower expectations and then over achieve. Good exec always errs on the side of caution.

Sent from my ADR6300 using Tapatalk

Too late, bro! Already been pushed over the edge!!

On the other hand, staying cool is not much of a problem, it's 20 degrees out here!

 

[ntrimm]

Now THIS is interesting....

EDIT: To my knowledge Thunderbolts are ready to go. This seems fishy to me. I was told the 17th recently, and BMX has also confirmed it.

Bennnnn, meant no discredit to you nor your knowledge. Was just posting this to share. I hope you didn't take it wrong? Keep doing what you do.

 

[NCX]

Boycott who? VZW? HTC? Cause I want a DInc!

The Droid Incredible has the same hardware minus the 4G antenna as the EVO 4G, the EVO is just a bigger phone minus the internal 8GB storage down to 1GB
but also look at all the dev and accessory support the EVO has over the Incredible too

I love my Incredible, don't get me wrong, but the EVO is sadly a better device
Why do you think you see it more than the Incredible in comparisons or news?

 

[Mapex]

I tried to open this link and like 5 pop ups came up. Then may AV popped up saying there was a virus.


Just passing along the info.

ntrimm really should have linked the source article (which has some more information as well): Verizon CTO: We're working through LTE smartphone issues | ZDNet

 

[azdmelani]

Bennnnn what was the pic of?

 

[sammy303]

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I think Bennnnn is trying to tell us that this is bigger than we thought. It's bigger than us!!

 

[prakash99]

Bennnnn what was the pic of?

It was a pic of Thunderbolt showing the date of "Wed, March 16"