This phone has gone through the grinder and has been thoroughly worked through. I will take any spec or tech questions,

Mark it on your calendar - November 8th! This is set in stone

The new netbook is a P-Series one by Sony

ACM how retarded are you? Show me where on that map does it say "3G"??? It just says data coverage. That in no way means that all of that is 3G. Not only do I test our phones, but we also do side by side with plenty of ATT & T phones and I can tell you that there is so many shaded places on that map that are not 3 G

Kelloggs,

This is the battle folks like me have fought for a very long time. We deal with big whigs every day that make decisions with blinders on and have very short sighted vision. One of the main reasons, I may soon be jumping over to RIM.

So I switched departments and now deal mainly with the Android launches that are in the works. But I can definitely shed some light on the Chocolate Touch. First, I will say that this picture is the picture of the Chocolate Touch launching in October. Verizon was testing a few prototypes for a long period of time. The BL40 included. The main issues that kept the device from being launched in time for the holiday was disagreement over Wifi. I will say adamently that 90% of the folks in the lab loved this device and pushed very hard for it to be included in our lineup. Long story short, there was a lot of bullsh!t beaurocracy and the response we received in regard to why the BL-40's plug was pulled was because "The focus groups showed that it only reached out to a very small segment of our customer base". They also pointed that because of the wifi it made it difficult to classify the device. Whether it would fall under a smartphone type plan or multimedia plan. I am not the type of person that has my nose up my companies @ss so I will call it like I see it.....they wanted to be able to control revenue by making it so customers would have to purchase apps and such through the upcoming launch of the VCAST app program that will soon be available. I will say that the BL-40 still has a good chance to be available on Verizon and I have fellow employees who are still working on this device on a daily basis. I might consider giving Chris a number to anyone who wants to contact Verizon to voice their opinion.

Another cool device that I have had a chance to test for VZW is the PCD 3050. This will also be a Android device. In addition, The Toshiba G1 final prototype is sick.

The dates are accurate for a mid October launch. One piece of info is that the Sholes has finally received its launch name of the "Tao"

I will say that Xmas will be good for verizon customers who are eligible for their upgrades. The link that Rob has provided is very accurate to the design of the phone that will be on Verizon. It will contain Wifi and the camera is set to be 5 mp. The Calgary will be launching for Xmas as well! It is being tested as the Motorola A855 Smartphone (The Calgary name is no where to be seen but it is the same device. I will try to make a video some time soon if possible...of course all of us carry camera-less blackberries to avoid this temptation.

I'm sorry if this passed through my office for testing I would dropkick it out my 3rd floor window and hope that it gets run over by a tractor trailer