Bringing out the Big Guns: Ballmer, Elop, De La Vega

[red grenadine]

CEOs of Microsoft, Nokia, and AT&T out in force. Things are looking bright and I'm excited that it looks as though AT&T is going to really own the "Premier Partner" label and push Windows Phones (and specifically Nokia).

This while Verizon lies through their teeth about needed LTE before supporting WP7. Bull.

 

[trandz]

I love it. And they weren't all 100% serious and suit-y too. Relating to the consumer, and showing promise!

 

[Premium1]

CEOs of Microsoft, Nokia, and AT&T out in force. Things are looking bright and I'm excited that it looks as though AT&T is going to really own the "Premier Partner" label and push Windows Phones (and specifically Nokia).

This while Verizon lies through their teeth about needed LTE before supporting WP7. Bull.

How exactly is verizon lying? It is their business they will carry whatever phones they want and seeing how they are getting away from 3g and want to move everything to their lte network they aren't lying when they say they don't really want to carry many 3g phones. Do a little research next time......

 

[red grenadine]

How exactly is verizon lying? It is their business they will carry whatever phones they want and seeing how they are getting away from 3g and want to move everything to their lte network they aren't lying when they say they don't really want to carry many 3g phones. Do a little research next time......

They said they wouldn't support WP7 because it doesn't support LTE

Well, with the announcement of 3 LTE Windows Phones on AT&T today that's obviously not true

Hope that helps

 

[N8ter]

They said they wouldn't support WP7 because it doesn't support LTE

Well, with the announcement of 3 LTE Windows Phones on AT&T today that's obviously not true

Hope that helps

Well those phones are basically clones of Mango devices and have worse specs than the 1st generation LTE phones that launched on Verizon (Thunderbolt, etc.). Maybe they feel they need something a bit more impressive?

 

[red grenadine]

Well those phones are basically clones of Mango devices and have worse specs than the 1st generation LTE phones that launched on Verizon (Thunderbolt, etc.). Maybe they feel they need something a bit more impressive?

Well, they sprung for the Lumia 710 instead. So if they were looking for impressive they're doing it wrong

 

[The_Vermonster]

Well those phones are basically clones of Mango devices and have worse specs than the 1st generation LTE phones that launched on Verizon (Thunderbolt, etc.). Maybe they feel they need something a bit more impressive?

Basic clones I'll give you. But remember the Titan I has only been out for 2 months. I wouldn't expect much more than LTE from a release that fast.

But to say the first gen LTE phones on VZW had better specs is just plain Ignorance. The ONLY thing the Thunderbolt can hold over an HD7, yes HD7, is about 200mb of RAM. Also remember that Android NEEDS dual core, ect ect just to run smooth. Look at the whole phone not just the specs.

 

[jeremyshaw]

Well those phones are basically clones of Mango devices and have worse specs than the 1st generation LTE phones that launched on Verizon (Thunderbolt, etc.). Maybe they feel they need something a bit more impressive?

256MB more RAM. Every other spec is either equal, or worse.

Though, to be fair, the thunderbolt had two celluar radio modems, instead of the normal one (which gives it the distinction as one of a few (LTE != automatic simultaneous voice+data capability) phones on Verizon that could do voice+data at the same time).

 

[Premium1]

256MB more RAM. Every other spec is either equal, or worse.

Though, to be fair, the thunderbolt had two celluar radio modems, instead of the normal one (which gives it the distinction as one of a few (LTE != automatic simultaneous voice+data capability) phones on Verizon that could do voice+data at the same time).

all lte phones can do voice and data over lte, the thunderbolt was one of the few that could do it over 3g.

 

[Premium1]

They said they wouldn't support WP7 because it doesn't support LTE

Well, with the announcement of 3 LTE Windows Phones on AT&T today that's obviously not true

Hope that helps

I thought they said they wouldn't support it if it did not have lte, not if it didn't support lte ala unless MS wants to give them a lte wp they won't really back it. And who knows or says they wont get the samsung or htc lte? Just because they didn't announce anything yet doesn't mean anything.

 

[jfa1]

They said they wouldn't support WP7 because it doesn't support LTE

Well, with the announcement of 3 LTE Windows Phones on AT&T today that's obviously not true

Hope that helps

To be fair to verizon the report was really more of a rumor coupled with the reports that a VZN team was at Nokia World but maybe som,eone at VZN "misremembered" maybe the conversation about offering and rejection is a hoax