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SMRpodcast #52: Cannot Pocket My PlayBook In Skinny Jeans

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Hosts: Rod Simmons, Chris Ashley,Brent Harman, Robb Dunewood

  • Recorded: January 23rd, 2011
  • Published: January 24th, 2011
  • Duration: 1hr 232min 40sec

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SHOW TOPICS

We talk about the Google and Apple Shakeup

  • Robb says that the Google change is no big deal but the Apple one is
  • Rod is wondering if Steve Jobs will call it quits
  • Chris says no way

We discuss Google porting Numbers

  • Rod says that it is too late for him
  • Chris says that he would not do it
  • Robb is wondering about Google Voice quality

We discuss if the Verizon iPhone

  • Rod says he will get one
  • Chris prays that it drops calls
  • Robb says that it probably won’t

Verizon Offering a Phone return deal (to help people get the iPhone)

  • Rod says this is a bad deal for customers
  • Robb says he has no sympathy for anyone who is stuck
  • Chris says this is a mob move for Verizon

Why were there no Windows Phone 7 devices at CES

PICKS OF THE WEEK

Opening Song

Simon Says Pharoahe Monch  – iTunes

Recently Purchase A Phone On Verizon? Return It And Get $200 Towards The Purchase Of An iPhone

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Verizon has announced a new program that, depending on when (between 11/26/2010 and 01/10/2011) and what type of phone that you may have recently purchased from them, could be a great way to get a $200 off the full retail purchase price of an iPhone 4, but, also could be a complete and utter rip off.

Here is the deal as outlined on Verizon’s FAQ page…

I just purchased a new smartphone during the holiday season, but if I knew that iPhone 4 was going to be available soon I would have waited. What are my options now?

Current Verizon customers who purchased and activated new smartphones, feature phones or certified pre-owned phones between 11/26/2010, and 01/10/2011, are eligible to receive up to a $200 Visa debit card when they purchase an iPhone 4 at full retail price by 02/28/2011 and return their existing phone. Note: This offer is only available on consumer accounts with five lines or less, who are purchasing iPhone 4 through Verizon Wireless retail stores, telesales, or through verizonwireless.com.

Let me start off by stating that if you bought another phone on Verizon within the last 30-days, this deal is not for you.  You should return your device and just go back to using your old phone until the iPhone 4 comes out, then get it subsidized.  If you don’t have an old Verizon phone to go back to borrow one, or, even buy a cheap used one off someone just to hold you over for 3 weeks.

If you bought a smartphone on Verizon and want to swap it out for the iPhone, but, are beyond the 30-day return window, check to see if you can sell your device on ebay, to a friend, on Gazelle, etc. and see if you can’t get more than the $200 that Verizon is offering.  If you got a good phone and it is still in out of the box condition, you probably can do better than $200.

If you bought a feature phone, that was completely, or, almost completely subsidized and are beyond the 30-day window, this deal probably isn’t that bad.  Just remember that you are paying full retail less $200 on the iPhone 4.

[Source Verizon via Simple Mobile Review]

SMRpodcast #51 — BlackBerry Is About To Get Rolled

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Hosts: Rod Simmons, Chris Ashley,Brent Harman, Robb Dunewood

  • Recorded: January 16th, 2011
  • Published: January 17th, 2011
  • Duration: 1hr 31min 31sec
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CES

  • We cover some of the announcement from CES
  • Rod talks about the Playbook as one of the best devices
  • Brent said he has no interest in the Motorola Atrix
  • Robb got an iPad

We discuss if the Verizon iPhone will impact Android sales

  • Robb says no
  • Brent says no
  • Chris says yes
  • Rod says yes
  • hard discussion begins

We discuss Google

  • Rod is wondering if anyone cares about Chrome OS
  • Chris says no
  • Robb isn’t sure where they will fit in
  • Brent makes the case on how Chrome OS will work

BlackBerry Playbook

  • Rod mentions that the Playbook is coming out on Sprint
  • Robb clarifies that they are getting the 4G device everyone else can get the WIFI

Why were there no Windows Phone 7 devices at CES

  • Chris says that the Mobile World Congress is more the venue for Microsoft and Phone 7
  • Argument ensues

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Opening Song

Santa Clause Is Coming Town by Pleasure – Amazon

It’s Official… iPhone 4 Head To Verizon Feb. 10th

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Update:  We just heard via a Verizon spokesperson that the Verizon iPhone will not come in white…

This should come as no secret to those that read blogs about cell phones…  Verizon has officially announced the iPhone 4 and that it will be available starting Feb. 10th.  The Verizon iPhone 4 will come in both white and black, starts at $199.99 for the 16 GB model, and, unlike AT&T, will support Wi-Fi tethering.

A lot of Verizon BlackBerry users have been saying that they are going to switch to the iPhone as soon as it comes out.  Now that it is here are you sticking to your guns and making the move?

Will Research In Motion Make Any Significant Announcements At CES?

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For those of you not aware, CES, the biggest consumer electronics show of the year, starts Thursday with a bunch of announcements likely coming tomorrow, and, the big question for me is ” What will Research in Motion have to say?”  We know that the BlackBerry PlayBook is coming and that QNX will eventually power a BlackBerry device, however, I’d like to know what else Research in Motion has coming down the pipe, namely in the way of BlackBerry devices.

It’s been 6 months since RIM has released a high-end CMDA BlackBerry and Verizon BlackBerry Storm and Storm2 users especially, with no BlackBerry Storm3 or other Touchscreen device in sight, have seemingly been left out in the cold.  This could be the perfect opportunity for RIM to announce a new CDMA BlackBerry with a touch screen, even if it only runs BlackBerry 6.

There are rumors that Apple may officially announce the Verizon iPhone this week,and, if there is no good news on the BlackBerry front coming out RIM, the BlackBerry platform may see many more BlackBerry users switching platforms compared to those that a going to switch regardless of what RIM has to say…

Let’s hope that RIM has good new for us this week

Both Apple And RIM Soon To Be Overtaken By Android In U.S. Smartphone Market Share

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It’s been just over a month since the iPhone overtook the BlackBerry in total U.S. market share and as we begin 2011, Apple still is in the top spot.  This may not be the case for to long, however, because Android is poised to overtake RIM and Apple with the ridiculous growth that the platform is experiencing.

According to November 2010 data, Apple holds 28.6 percent of the U.S. smartphone market up slightly from 27.9 percent in October. Meanwhile, BlackBerry OS slipped again in November to 26.1 percent, down from 27.4 percent in October and 33.9 percent in June. Android OS closed the distance on Apple and RIM reaching 25.8 percent in November, compared to 22.7 percent in October and 15 percent in June.

It’s pretty clear that Android will over take RIM relatively soon.  This would probably be true for Apple as well if it weren’t for the the fact that the iPhone is soon coming to Verizon.  My gut tells me that the Verizon iPhone will become the fast selling smartphone ever and will probably hold of Android for a bit longer, while increasing the speed of the BlackBerry’s decline as the churn of current Verizon BlackBerry users that switch to the iPhone will probably be at all time high levels.

[Via Gigaom]

Bloomberg: iPhone Coming To Verizon In January

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According to two (unnamed)  people said to be familiar with the plans, the iPhone, currently exclusive to AT&T in the United States, will become available to Verizon subscribers starting in January of next year.  This isn’t the first time that we’ve heard this rumor.  It is, however, the first time that we’ve heard it from a news organization as big as Bloomberg.

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Is The iPhone Coming To Verizon? RIM Certainly Hopes Not…

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According to a report on the Wall Street Journal, Apple plans to release an iPhone that runs on CDMA network technology that could end AT&T’s exclusivity on the device in the United States.  To make a long story short, the iPhone may be coming to Verizon.

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Is The iPhone Heading To Verizon In 2009?

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The last rumor in the world that AT&T would want to start spreading around the internet is that the iPhone may be coming to Verizon next year, so, make sure you keep this just between you and me.

9to5Mac is reporting that an Apple insider has told them that a CDMA iPhone will come to Verizon in 2009 and that it could be announced as early as MacWorld.