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Passion/Dragon news for today

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CSTblank said:
Not that I know any release dates, but I've heard about the Vphone?

Also, not that it's android, but the latest in the rumor mill is that Verizon will get it's own version of the iPhone (slightly smaller) in June of 2010.

lol I've been researching what's the best phone to get on what network for some months. Want to make sure I have the best I can get at the time.
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So far I really like INBRICS phone

http://gadgetblips.dailyradar.com/video/meet-inbrics-android-mid-1/
 
I gotta say, that while the Passion's Hercules Power is very appetizing, I'm not so sure that I'm hyped about the aesthetics of it.

I'm hoping some skins will be available for it.
 
No disrespect to anyone here, I absolutely love this place, but I think this thread is starting to wander a bit off topic.

Carry this to a new thread or direct posts here Please? :
http://androidforums.com/verizon/21685-future-android-phones.html
or
http://androidforums.com/verizon/20690-next-droid-phones-verizon-when-they-coming-out.html

There is an Inbrics Thread here:
http://androidforums.com/android-news-talk/21830-inbrics-android-mid-coming-early-2010-a.html




I check this post to read about Passion/Dragon news for today
;)
 
Android_LIFE said:
No disrespect to anyone here, I absolutely love this place, but I think this thread is starting to wander a bit off topic.

Carry this to a new thread or direct posts here Please? :
http://androidforums.com/verizon/21685-future-android-phones.html
or
http://androidforums.com/verizon/20690-next-droid-phones-verizon-when-they-coming-out.html

There is an Inbrics Thread here:
http://androidforums.com/android-news-talk/21830-inbrics-android-mid-coming-early-2010-a.html




I check this post to read about Passion/Dragon news for today
;)
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That`s tuff, you don`t tell anyone what to or not to do so sit down.
 
Bigger than you said:
That`s tuff, you don`t tell anyone what to or not to do so sit down.
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I actually asked a question in my previous post. I made NO demand.

First I made it clear I mean't no disrespect. Then I asked a question.
Finally, I only made suggestions.

I ask do not take offense, which I may and will do.
 
I think the reason this is running off topic is there is no news on the Passion. Im thinking this was all a rumor some kid started in his basement lol. No FFC check, no solid pics (real), no news,even BGR has dropped the Passion hoopla. I think they should close the whole damn forum on Passion. Putting alot of presure on HTC to rename a phone the Passion to not let us down lol.
 
Bigger than you said:
That`s tuff, you don`t tell anyone what to or not to do so sit down.
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The request was not only very polite, but reasonable. Please do take a look at the rules thread. You will notice several mentions of being respectful to the members around you. Please soak that in before continuing to post.

Am I suggesting you can't have a little side talk during slow Passion news time? No. Still, do I want it to derail the thread? No. This is a Passion thread in the Passion forum. So if someone politely asks you to move irrelevant talk to a relevant thread, don't fault them for that. Much less be rude about it. Hell, ignoring the request altogether would have been better than that childish response.

A reasonable approach would have been for you and CST to take the talk to PMs (or a new thread) after the first couple posts of realizing you were both interested in this other phone.

Please keep all further replies to this thread on topic please. If you (or anyone) has any feedback or response in reply to this post, do it in PMs.

And by do it in PMs, I mean - send me a private message. Do not click the "reply" button, and continue this talk here. Seems silly for me to have to say? You'd be surprised.
 
Is there ever going to be anything new? I've been able to absorb 3 months worth of rumors in one day, simply because there really is NO information on this phone.

Makes you wonder if someone didn't just make it all up after seeing the picture of the mystery HTC phone leaked.
 
harsaphes said:
Be patient. Its coming. My friends have it, they love it, they work at Google, no they wont give it to me.
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You keep telling us this. You are one of the reasons I continue to have hope. I hope for you're sake you are right, otherwise you are going to have a mob of angry phone nerds coming after you - you could loose an eye from a rogue stylus, or be sufficated by a discarded screen protector.... :p
 
So again this isn't something people haven't heard before. The device is slated for verizon but the details are sketchy even for verizon corporate development. I was trying to get a device to test with but all I can get is that the "htc dragon" people talk about isn't a device but the dragon is the codename for the processor being used, simple as it is the snapdragon, and the "passion" is the codename for the device that is due out sometime in Q1.

Verizon has been keeping the droid stuff close to the chest from on high, corporate development didn't get the phone to show off to us till a week before it launched and generally we can get phones at least a month ahead of time and have information long before then.
 
harsaphes said:
Be patient. Its coming. My friends have it, they love it, they work at Google, no they wont give it to me.
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Have they been given an official name of the phone, any official specs of the phone they are using, has this phone passed the FCC yet, or how long they were told they were going to "test" this phone? Any additional info would take the edge off for another week or two :).
 
This photo of some HTC device http://www.droiddog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/HTC_Dragon-3.jpg looks to have the same startup screen as the Motorola Droid (which can be seen in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07OE7jvl02M&feature=player_embedded#.... Sorry I couldn't find a still photo of the screen.) Where the black censor bar is should say droid. Makes me wonder two things, if this Unicorn Phone is part of Verizon's Droid line, or if this photo was photoshopped. The ladder seems more likely considering that the startup screen on the Eris looks nothing like this. Also the top bar where the service tower, clock, and battery are, is very characteristic of a Motorola device.

People, I think we've been duped :(
 
So I finally stopped by my Verizon store in Sevierville and asked my friend if he knew anything about the HTC Passion. He smiled, almost slyly, before saying he knew nothing beyond the rumors online and that I was the third person to ask. He said that there was a phone on a different network being called the Passion and that when Verizon gets it, it will probably be the Dragon. I of course jumped on that comment with a "So Verizon IS going to get it?" To which he replied, "That's still unofficial."
So like kyler13 said, he's in the same boat we are. I did get to see the Eris for the first time and I have to say was kind of surprised. I had only see the picture, which does not do the phone justice. Was really nice.
 
kinderknm said:
So again this isn't something people haven't heard before. The device is slated for verizon but the details are sketchy even for verizon corporate development. I was trying to get a device to test with but all I can get is that the "htc dragon" people talk about isn't a device but the dragon is the codename for the processor being used, simple as it is the snapdragon, and the "passion" is the codename for the device that is due out sometime in Q1.

Verizon has been keeping the droid stuff close to the chest from on high, corporate development didn't get the phone to show off to us till a week before it launched and generally we can get phones at least a month ahead of time and have information long before then.
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Where did you get this information?
 
CSTblank said:
Where did you get this information?
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I work for one of Verizon's corporate customers. We had some emails going back and forth early last month about it as I want to test some features for staff that can handle strong cpu processing and the eris doesn't cut it. Also I don't want the staff having that physical keyboard to play with nervously as it will cause issues.
 
harsaphes said:
Be patient. Its coming. My friends have it, they love it, they work at Google, no they wont give it to me.
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Cant you get one of them to take a picture of themselves holding the phone? Not focusing on the phone but a kind of "Oh hey I accidentally took a picture of my torso while holding this phone"
 
Makes sense, but then HTC prob. as a division like Fringe science and is dedicated to hunting those people down after posting a picture to the online community, and divulging information that can prob. cost millions of dollars......

Or they are just lying !
 
When the droid (motorola) came out we (VZW employees) had to sign about 6 different NDA's when we went to training for the device and for the invite only rally for our region. VZW is taking these android handsets VERY seriously, honestly, I'm not going to put my job in jeopardy to show people a phone, that we all know is coming out sooner or later anyways.
 
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